“An Idea Worth Saving”
NYT editorial on presidential public financing.
Monthly Archives: May 2012
Frank Bruni Interviews Ousted Iowa Judge
A Misguided Democracy Index in Flordia?
I’d like to know more about this.
Hearing List for Durbin Ohio Hearing on Election Issues
“Voter registration down among Hispanics, blacks”
WaPo: “The number of black and Hispanic registered voters has fallen sharply since 2008, posing a serious challenge to the Obama campaign in an election that could turn on the participation of minority voters….For both Hispanics and blacks, the… Continue reading
House Judiciary Committee Report Criticizes DOJ Handling of Voter ID Claims
See pages 6-7 of this report (via RNLA blog).
“LDF and Project Vote Win Important Legal Victory for Public Assistance Recipients in Louisiana”
Press release: “Yesterday, voting rights advocates won an important legal victory that will ensure that Louisiana’s public assistance agency clients—the state’s poorest and most marginalized residents—will be offered an opportunity to register to vote. In a forceful decision, a … Continue reading
“Is Washington’s Partisanship ‘Even Worse Than it Looks?'”
The News Hour talks with Mann and Ornstein.
“Americans Elect: They Built It, And Nobody Came”
David Karpf has this oped at TechPresident.
Teaching Election Law Symposium Published in St. Louis University Law Journal
Vol. 56, No. 3 looks like a must-read for election law scholars. Here’s the Table of Contents:
TEACHING ELECTION LAW
TEACHING BUSH V. GORE AS HISTORY …………………. Richard L. Hasen 665
TEACHING ELECTION ADMINISTRATION ………………… Daniel P. Tokaji 675
ELECTION… Continue reading
“The Woman Who Dared to Vote: The Trial of Susan B. Anthony”
A copy of this book by N.E.H. Hull just arrived in the mail, part of the University of Kansas’s excellent “Landmark Law Cases and American Society” series.
“Tired of ‘Tainted’ Image, Lobbyists Try Makeover”
NYT reports.
“4 Years Later, Race is Still Issue for Some Voters”
NYT reports.
“Wisconsin Cheddar: How Scott Walker’s Fundraising Windfall Could Decide the Recall”
Time reports.