“Detectives investigating potential voter fraud on Craigslist”
The Seattle Post-Intelligencer offers this report.
Monthly Archives: January 2009
Everything You Wanted to Know About MUD But Were Afraid to Ask
For a bit of background on the district at issue is NAMUDNO, check out Wrestling with Muds to Pin Down the Truth about Special Districts by Sara Bronin (Fordham Law Review). From the SSRN abstract:
ederal, state, and local governments… Continue reading
“Judicial panel named to hear Minn. Senate lawsuit”
The latest from Minnesota.
“Campaign Finance Reformer Christopher Shays Joins Legal Center Board”
The Campaign Legal Center offers this press release.
“Minnesota, Not D.C., Should Choose Senator”
Senator John Cornyn has written this Roll Call oped ($).
“Von Spakovsky: Will S.C. House keep elections legal?”
“FEC’s Old Controversies Carry Over Into New Year”
Eliza Newlin Carney’s column is now available.
“Coleman is Casting a Wider Net for Votes”
The Star Tribune offers this report.
“A Threat to McCain-Feingold”
The NY Times offers this editorial.
“Irony in Madera: A ruling that invalidated how elections were held for the Madera Unified School District’s board may end up making Latino representation harder.”
The LA Times offers this editorial.
“Abolish the Electoral College”
The Sarasota Herald-Tribune offers this editorial.
News Roundup on NAMUDNO Note of Probable Jurisdiction
“What Will the Life of Riley v. Kennedy Mean for Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act?”
Mike Pitts has posted this draft on SSRN (forthcoming Maryland Law Review). Here is the abstract:
Riley v. Kennedy is the Roberts Court’s first decision involving Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act and also the first Section 5 decision… Continue reading
“Buying an Audience: Justifying the Regulation of Campaign Expenditures that Buy Access to Voters”
Ari Weisbard has written this student comment for the Yale Law Journal. It begins: “This Comment suggests a new constitutional approach to the regulation of political expenditures. The approach pushes beyond the question of whether political expenditures are more like… Continue reading