The Minnesota Independent asks the question. I pointed the reporter to 11 C.F.R. section 11 110.3(d): (d) Transfers from nonfederal to federal campaigns. Transfers of funds or assets from a candidate’s campaign committee or account for a nonfederal… Continue reading

Check out this extraordinary statement of reasons issued by Commissioners Weintraub and Bauerly involving apparently blatant violations of campaign law by a candidate committee in failing to make a good faith effort to file accurate contribution reports. At first, the… Continue reading

See here. UPDATE: When the court official sent out this message, there was some initial confusion about what it meant and whether it meant the Supreme Court opinion was to be released imminently. It was followed by a message… Continue reading

Don’t miss Justin Levitt’s post on von Spakovsky, the VRA, DOJ, and Judge Sotomayor.

Roll Call offers this report ($). My earlier coverage of Judge Ortero’s order is here and here.

The NY Times offers this report. See also this WSJ article.

See this report in The Guardian. FairVote has much more.

A number of reporters have asked me about the kind of relief that Norm Coleman might seek from the U.S. Supreme Court if he loses in the Minnesota Supreme Court. I have explained that Coleman might ask for a stay… Continue reading

Following up on this post, Judge Ortero’s reasoning may not be as “solid” as I thought upon my read of the opinion this morning. See the thoughts of Fred Woocher and Allison Hayward.

Politico offers this report, which begins: “After nailing down the Democratic presidential nomination, Barack Obama poured $33 million into state parties — more than double the amount transferred by Republican John McCain — with the bulk of it in… Continue reading

Alec Ewald, The Way We Vote: The Local Dimension of American Suffrage (Vanderbilt 2009). In my blurb of this book, available through the link above, I say:”Ewald’s book fills an important void in the literature on election administration, focusing on… Continue reading

Hans von Spakovsky has written this WSJ oped. Think Progress responds.

I have no inside information, but that seems to be the usual opinion day. In the usual course, litigants are told of the release the Monday before. But “[i]n certain time-sensitive cases, the Supreme Court may issue opinions or… Continue reading

So reports the website of the Senate Judiciary Committee.