No Bar is Too Low Dept.
Heather Gerken kindly points me to this, in response to my earlier snarky comment.
Monthly Archives: February 2008
Bob Pastor Responds to My Carter-Baker Oped Criticism
Following up on this post, I received the following email from Bob Pastor which he asked me to post on my blog:
The “Voter ID Study” that we recently published as a report (see www.american.edu/ia/cdem), and which Rick Hasen… Continue reading
Wendy Weiser on the Indiana BMV Purge
Don’t miss this post.
“Convention Party Do’s and Don’ts”
Ben Pershing has this post on the Washington Post’s “Capitol Briefing” blog.
“Stealthy Groups Shake Up Races”
The Wall Street Journal offers this report.
Former FEC Chair Michael Toner Has A Different View than Former FEC Chair Brad Smith about the McCain Campaign Finance Conundrum
See here.
Is the California Electoral College Measure Officially Dead?
I seem to recall that today was the deadline to turn in signatures for the measure which would change the allocation of California’s electoral college votes from winner take all to a congressionally based system. So it looks like the… Continue reading
“Record outside spending, mixed results”
The Politico offers this report.
“Confessions of a poll worker”
Don’t miss this LA Times oped by Ellen Slezak, which concludes: “So, please, on Tuesday, and then again in November, don’t forget to vote. And, please, be patient with your election clerk when you do — she means well, but… Continue reading
“How to untangle the politics of Super Tuesday primaries”
The Christian Science Monitor offers this report.
Law and Politics Book Review of “The Final Arbiter” Book on Bush v. Gore
See here.
“Older Voters: Opportunities and Challenges in the 2008 Elections”
The U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging recently held this hearing.
Heather Gerken’s Modest Proposal
Don’t run out of ballots. Talk about setting a low bar!
“Ruling ejects public from tally of votes”
Dan Smith sends along this troubling report from Florida, which begins: “A little-known legal opinion issued days before Florida’s presidential primary has slammed the door on public oversight of the final vote tally in Florida elections.”