Monthly Archives: October 2008
Sixth Circuit, on 2-1 Vote Upholds Preliminary Injunction in Michigan NVRA Case
A Presidential Candidate’s Decision to Take Public Financing: Who Cares?
I’ve been saying for a while that the Obama decision to back off a pledge to aggressively pursue a public financing agreement with his opponent just doesn’t register on the public’s radar screen, despite Sen. McCain’s attempt to make political… Continue reading
“Beleaguered ACORN fighting back”
The Washington Times offers this report. A snippet: “‘Even the general council of the RNC cannot cite a single example of an improper vote being cast due to voter registration fraud,’ Mr. Kest said. ‘We think really what this… Continue reading
Exhaustion on the Campaign Trail for Journalists
See here. And I would add for election lawyers and bloggers. I can’t remember being this tired since December 2000.
Tomorrow’s Indiana Election Law Litigation Today
See here. Not to be confused with today’s litigation that was already in the state Supreme Court and may be there again if it is not moot.
Got it?
“Stevens allowed to vote next week”
The Hill reports.
Finally, A Story on What’s Happening with Election Administration in Missouri
See here. Nothing new in Moritz’s litigation tracker for the state.
“Mail ballot backlog poses problems for L.A. County voters”
The LA Times offers this report.
“Election Law Litigation–Everyone’s Doing It”
The Wall Street Journal‘s Law Blog has this post, linking to this article on rising election law litigation in the states, this column by John Fund on ACORN, and the DOJ letter to the editor I linked to earlier.
Ross and Raskin Debate the Electoral College
Here.
George Will on Senator McCain and Campaign Financing
“Democratic Party Spending Giving Big Boost to 10 Senate Candidates”
The Campaign Finance Institute has issued this report. And check out the graphic on the Institute’s main page tracking party IEs. Very interesting.
“Concern Mounts Over Expected Voting Surge”
This report appeared on CBS’s “The Early Show.”