CCP Responds to Reform Group Letter to the FEC
See here.
Monthly Archives: February 2009
“Redrawing the lines– almost 200 years of gerrymandering”
CNN offers this report.
“GOP senators in no hurry for Minn. seat to be filled”
The Hill offers this report. See also here.
Seven Campaign Finance Reform Groups Send FEC Letter Expressing Deep Concerns About Agency
Read it here.
“The Obama Factor: The Impact of the 2008 Presidential Election on Future Voting Rights Litigation”
Kristen Clarke has posted this draft on SSRN. Here is the abstract:
Some commentators have begun pointing to Barack Obama’s 2008 presidential victory as singular evidence that we have overcome and resolved the problem of race in America. In particular,… Continue reading
” D.C. Voting Rights Bill Headed to Senate Floor”
Roll Call offers this report. My recent Slate piece on the bill is here.
“Voter ID, early voting bill passes”
The latest from Mississippi.
“In the Coleman-Franken Contest, the Three-Judge Court Will Now Be Tested”
Ned Foley has this must-read post on putting the Franken-Coleman dispute in a larger context. I’ve been working on some related issues and hope to comment on this soon in light of a framework I’m developing.
My favorite part of… Continue reading
“Amendment Would Ban Appointed Senators”
Politico offers this report.
“Campaign Finance Legislation Receives Senate Committee Approval for Third Time”
Kentucky Sec. of State Trey Grayson has issued this press release.
A Light at the End of the Tunnel?
Some progress in resolving the Minnesota election dispute.
Wonder how things would have gone if these were presidential votes being counted and the national outcome depended on it.
“Election overseer calls vote ‘boring'”
From Israel, the headline every election administrator dreams of.
Nou on “Privatizing Democracy: Promoting Election Integrity through Procurement Contracts”
Jennifer Nou has posted this draft on SSRN (forthcoming, Yale Law Journal). Here is the abstract:
Voting machine failures continue to plague American elections. These failures have fueled the growing sense that private machine manufacturers must be held accountable. This… Continue reading
“Why Obama Wants Control of the Census”
John Fund has written this WSJ oped.