Georgia asks for DOJ Reconsideration of Preclearance Decision on Voter Verification Process
See here.
Monthly Archives: August 2009
More on Senator Martinez’s Spending
Following up on this post, a reader sends along the following comments:
That Miami Herald article is extremely misleading. A candidate is allowed to keep the funds that he has obtained for the Primary election up until the date… Continue reading
“Campaign Support, Conflicts of Interest, and Judicial Impartiality: Can the Legitimacy of Courts Be Rescued by Recusals?”
Jim Gibson and Gregory Caldeira have posted this draft on SSRN. Here is the abstract:
Many legal scholars and observers perceive elected state courts in the U.S. as under siege by the politicization of judicial elections – by candidates for… Continue reading
“Sen. Martinez not running, but still spending campaign funds”
The Miami Herald offers this report.
“Should the Supreme Court Alter Its Approach to Campaign Finance Regulation?”
Michael Dorf has written this Findlaw column.
Richard Epstein and Larry Lessig Debate Campaign Finance Reform
Here.
The Latest on the Firing of U.S. Attorney Iglesias
Washington Post: ” Miers told investigators that Rove called her in September 2006, ‘agitated’ about the slow pace of public corruption cases against Democrats and weak efforts to pursue voter fraud cases in the state. In the call, Miers… Continue reading
A Clarification on the McCain-Feingold FEC Replacement Proposal
In this post, I stated that under the proposed new FEA, appointed commissioners “could not have served on the FEC.” As a reader informed me, this is not accurate. Only those FEC commissioners who have been subject to term… Continue reading
“Around the state: Clerks, public oppose early voting”
AP offers this news from Wisconsin.
“A Century-Old Principle: Keep Corporate Money Out of Elections”
Adam Cohen has written this Editorial Observer column for the NY Times on Citizens United. Though the column speaks of the ban on corporate treasury “contributions” to candidates, as I’ve explained, what’s at issue are independent corporate spending limits… Continue reading
“Obama Picks Foley Hoag Bundler for Ambassador to Norway”
BLT reports on the nomination of Barry White. My first thought: Can’t Get Enough of Your Love, Babe.
Sens. McCain and Feingold Suggest Alternative to FEC
Via the Center for Competitive Politics, which hates the idea, comes news that Senators McCain and Feingold have proposed scrapping the FEC for a new 3-member body, with a 10-year chair and two other members with staggered six-year terms,… Continue reading
“Free Speech and Our Election Laws”
Former Sens. Bob Kerrey and Warren Rudman have written this Boston Globe oped on the Citizens United case.
“Parties Seek To Influence More Than Elections; Campaign Committees Are Increasingly Flexing Their Clout On Issues”
Eliza’s latest.