“Ind. Law – Suit filed in federal court challenges Indiana’s disfranchisement of qualified voters who have been incarcerated by reason of a misdemeanor conviction”
The Indiana Law Blog explains.
Monthly Archives: August 2010
“Refunds of campaign donations up 70%”
USA Today offers this report.
“Court Halts Rule on Political Ads”
The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel offers this report.
“Conservative group kicks off $4.1-million election ad campaign”
Very interesting. Would disclosure of the funding of these ads—which do not mention or feature any candidates for office—be subject to disclosure under the most recent versions of DISCLOSE? I would think not.
Election Law–Cases and Materials 2010 Supplement Now Available
My copy of the supplement just arrived in the mail.
“Presidential Public Financing 2.0”
The Washington Post offers this editorial.
“Is Justice for Sale? Report Cites Exploding Costs, Role of Special Interests in State Court Elections; Justice Sandra Day O’Connor Warns of ‘Crisis of Confidence'”
This press release describes a major new report (executive summary) on judicial elections written by written by the Justice at Stake Campaign, the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law, the National Institute on Money in… Continue reading
More on Possible Stay Motion in Prop. 8 Case in the Supreme Court
I wanted to give a bit more detail here on my comments in Monday’s New York Times on how the Supreme Court might treat a request for a stay of Judge Walker’s Prop. 8 ruling. (I had earlier suggested that… Continue reading
“GOP moderates could sink Kobach bid in Kansas”
KansasCity.com reports.
“Gay activists have Target in their sights”
Channel 4 News (U.K.) has this report.
Looks Like a Great New Issue of the Journal of Law & Politics
Journal of Law & Politics, Volume 25, Number 3, Summer 2009
The New Role of the Small Donor in Political Campaigns and the Demise of Public Funding
Molly J. Walker Wilson
Two Birds, One Stone: Reversing “Frontloading” by Fixing the… Continue reading
“Commonsense Ten, Club for Growth and the FEC’s Deregulation of Corporate Money in Politics”
Paul Ryan’s comments are well worth reading.
“In the Eye of the Beholder? Motivated Reasoning in Disputed Elections”
Kyle C. Kopko, Sarah McKinnon Bryner, Jeffrey Budziak, Christopher J. Devine and Steven P. Nawara have written this article for Political Behavior (draft also here). Here is the abstract:
This study uses an experimental design to simulate the ballot… Continue reading
“Judge sides with American Indians in voting case”
AP reports from Fremont County, Wyoming.