“Super Tuesday Turned Into a Super Flop”
Michael McDonald has written this Roll Call oped ($).
Monthly Archives: February 2008
“Ohio Officials at Odds Over Paper Ballot”
The NYT offers this report.
“This year shows why primary system must change”
Joshua Spivak has written this SF Chronicle oped.
” Huckabee challenges ‘dubious’ caucus count, sends lawyers here “
The vote count apparently stopped in yesterday’s Washington state Republican caucuses at 87% counted with McCain and Huckabee less than 2% apart. Strange.
Portrait of Nebraska Caucus Chaos
See here.
Potential Disenfranchisement in Indiana through BMV Name Purge?
The latest here.
“A Do-Over? Democrats’ Fate May Ride on It”
The Wall Street Journal offers this report. See also this NY Times story on superdelegates and this NYT oped by Tad DeVine.
“Panel Votes to End Fla. Election Probe”
The FL-13 probe in the House is over.
“Michigan’s Missed Moment as Clinton-Obama Fight Continues”
Dan Balz has written this interesting post at “The Trail,” a Washington Post political blog.
Will Illinois’s Governor Sign the National Popular Vote Bill?
It is on his desk.
Citizens United Case on Fast Track?
Via the Supreme Court’s online docket, it seems that Jim Bopp’s motion to expedite this case is on the Court’s conference agenda for 2/15. I’d be interested to hear if others think that the SG will file something opposing… Continue reading
“‘Double bubble’ causes toil, trouble in L.A. elections”
Following up on my LA Times oped yesterday, AP offers this report. On the question of the foreseeability of this problem, I noticed the following in this Sacramento Bee oped: “Worse, acting Los Angeles County Registrar of Voters… Continue reading
Voter ID Nuggets
There’s a new effort toward implementing a stricter voter id requirement in Missouri.
No one reportedly was turned away from the polls in Athens, Georgia for lacking id last week. The article does not mention how many people, lacking id,… Continue reading
“What Albany Could Learn from New York City: A Model of Meaningful Campaign Finance Reform In Action”
This article by Ciara Torres-Spelliscy & Ari Weisbard appears in the inaugural issue of the Albany Government Law Review. Link via ReformNY, a new Brennan Center blog.