See The Bailout Bait and Switch: DOJ’s Last-Ditch Attempt to Rescue Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act and McDonnell (Rightly) Vetoes Va. Redistricting Plan.

See this report from the National Institute on Money in State Politics.… Continue reading

Erwin Chemerinksy and James Sample have written this must-read oped in the NY Times, which begins: “LEGAL elites must come to terms with a reality driven by the grass-roots electorate: judicial elections are here to stay. Given this reality, we… Continue reading

The incompetence of the Wisconsin election official in the WI Supreme Court race shows why we need stricter voter i.d. laws.

See this column in the OC Register, which describes Michael Warnken’s crusade for smaller legislative districts.

Jeff Mapes: “Nobody wants to claim credit for a bill that would neuter the Independent Party by saying it could no longer use the word ‘independent.’ That’s like telling a showgirl she can stay in the business as long… Continue reading

By Ciara Torres-Spelliscy has written this oped for Oregon Live.

The Arizona Republic offers this report.

USA Today offers this report. [Disclosure: I am one of the lawyers for Mr. Carrigan.]

See here (via Doug Pennington).

WaPo reports.

AP offers this report.

The Journal-Sentinel reports. The race is within the margin for a state-funded recount. Ms. Kloppenburg has not announced whether she will ask for the recount or concede.

Moritz has the details.