So reports ($) BNA. You can find my earlier coverage here. You can now find the request for the advisory opinion here.

Andrew Gumbel has written this article on the civil rights division of the DOJ for The Nation.

The Michigan Messenger offers this report.

Richard W. Bourne has posted Richardson v. Ramirez: A Motion to Reconsider (forthcoming Valparaiso University Law Review). Here is the abstract: In Richardson v. Ramirez, 418 U.S. 24 (1974), the Supreme Court held that Section 2 of the Fourteenth Amendment… Continue reading

The Boston Globe offers this report. And here‘s Charlie Cook on an electoral college tie.

Here at Politico’s Arena.

CQ Politics offers this report.

It is now available.

Washington Wire offers this report. I first blogged about this issue back on August 29.

The ACLU, siding with Republicans, has issued this press release. I am happy the ACLU is in this fight. UPDATE: The Ohio Supreme Court has unanimously rejected the secretary’s position and directed that otherwise compliant absentee ballot applications be… Continue reading

See here. Apparently this is to air two days before Election Day.

More troubling news.

Dan Smith and Dustin Fridkin have written this article for the American Political Science Review. Here is the abstract: Between 1898 and 1918, voters in 20 American states adopted constitutional amendments granting citizens the power of the initiative. The embrace… Continue reading

You can find the 2-1 opinion here. Judge Griffin dissented solely on the majority’s decision to reverse the district court TRO barring Sec. Brunner from enforcing her directive to local elections boards to bar election observers from early voting… Continue reading