Denver Post: “The Colorado Secretary of State’s office is considering changes that would relax security around electronic voting machines, making the already-vulnerable equipment more susceptible to hacking, opponents of the equipment and the draft rules said today.”
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6. If the Republican caucus were being held today, and the candidates were: (Michele Bachmann), (Herman Cain*), (Newt Gingrich), (Jon Huntsman), (Ron Paul), (Rick Perry), (Mitt Romney), (Rick Santorum), who would you support? Which candidate are… Continue reading
Must-read Josh Gerstein post: “It’s illegal in some places to eat peanuts in church. And in some states it’s illegal to sell beer on Sundays. But could it really be illegal to talk politics in the White House press… Continue reading
Earlier I invited Darry Sragow of Americans Elect to write a response to my Politico oped, “A Democracy Deficit at Americans Elect.” He has sent along the following response, which I am reprinting in its entirety (click the to… Continue reading
Political Wire flags the issue. The federal statute bars making such promises “for the purpose of procuring support in his candidacy.” I read this as requiring proof Gingrich said he would appoint Bolton for the purpose of getting Bolton’s support. … Continue reading
Oops. Update: a reader emails that this story is wrong, and that Gov. Kasich signed a bill moving the primary to June, with a filing date 90 days before.
See this report with updated info.
Jim Gardner has written this post on a new election law litigation project of his:
I’d like to thank Rick for inviting me to blog about a redistricting legal challenge in which I’m involved. The case, Pearson v. Koster, is… Continue reading
Here’ Chris Elmendorf’s latest guest post:
In yesterday’s post, I argued that constitutional doubts about Section 2’s results test would be put to rest if plaintiffs were required to show that their injury resulted from race-biased (prejudiced or… Continue reading