“Majority Want a Third Party”
Political Wire reports.
Monthly Archives: September 2010
NYT Mines the FEC Expenditure Reports of the Tea Party Express
Some value in disclosure of expenditures, and not just contributions.
LA Times Front Page Story on Vernon and Voting Rights
Here.
“What Happens If You Misspell a Write-In Vote?”
A timely explainer.
“Vote Set on Campaign Spending Measure”
NYT on FENA.
Murkowski Write-in Campaign Looks Like a Go
See here. Will this split the Republican vote and favor Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate from Alaska, Scott Adams?
“NYC Event to Examine the Impact of Campaign Finance Regulation on Small Donors and Citizen Participation”
The Campaign Finance Institute has put out this press release about an interesting event on Sept. 28.
“Obama needles GOP for allowing ‘corporate takeover’ of U.S. campaigns”
The Hill reports.
Big NYT Story on Prop. 23 Oil Industry/Koch Funding
Here.
“Texting Your Campaign Donation?”
Politico offers this report.
“Secretary of state candidate Jocelyn Benson calls on help from University of Michigan students”
AnnArbor.com reports.
More Election Law Course Syllabi
Josh Douglas has done a public service by soliciting syllabi to update the Repository of Election Law Materials that I posted a few years ago. Below are some recent syllabi:
Steve Pershing and Payton McCrary
David Schultz
Dan Tokaji (and… Continue reading
Court Denies Government Discovery Request in Shelby County VRA Case
You can read the Court’s order here. Among other things, the DOJ wanted to determine whether Shelby County is eligible for bailout. But Shelby County does not want bailout. So the case is moving directly to summary judgment on… Continue reading
“Mini-Super Tuesday brings mixed results”
That’s the lead story in this week’s Electionline Weekly.