The Lexington Herald-Leader offers Coal execs hope to spend big to defeat Conway and Chandler and an editorial, McConnell’s Hypocrisy on Campaign Disclosure.

David Fleisher, in this LA Times oped on a this new report about exit polling about Prop. 8: It’s true that the official election results — 52% to 48% — appeared quite close. But the truth is more complicated. The… Continue reading

If you are smart, you already subscribe to Ballot Access News. Those who don’t can read the monthly publication one month after publication on Richard Winger’s website. Here‘s a link to the July issue, featuring Richard’s analysis of Prop.… Continue reading

Michael Doran has posted this draft on SSRN (forthcoming, Emory Law Journal). Here is the abstract: The closed rule constitutes a critical component of managerial power in the contemporary House of Representatives and an increasingly important element of the legislative… Continue reading

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CA Republican gubernatorial nominee Meg Whitman has already spent nearly $100 million on her campaign.

The NYT offers this front-page report.

A trend, especially in light of the Target fallout?

Very interesting National Journal poll, and reminiscent of voter attitudes toward term limits. Voters hate the global practice, but have a different view when it comes to their own representative.

TPM offers this report. See also Human Rights Campaign Slams Target And Best Buy For Supporting Anti-Gay Tom Emmer.

Steve Bickerstaff’s Lines in the Sand is coming out in paperback. He’s going to be teaching a class on Texas redistricting at UT in the fall.

An FPPC subcommittee will be presenting this report to the full FPPC at its next hearing. (I testified at one of the FPPC subcommittee’s hearings). The report contains some important analysis and interesting observations. Given my own testimony and past… Continue reading

This item is on the agenda for the next FPPC meeting. In my view, the staff memorandum fairly describes the state of the the Supreme Court’s jurisprudence on the constitutionality of disclosure rules related to campaigns.

Here.