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Monthly Archives: July 2012
A Very Big Thank You….
to Dan Tokaji and Justin Levitt, who guest blogged while I was travelling out of the country. It is good to know that my blog readers were in such good hands.
And now back to our regularly scheduled programming….
“Voter ID Law May Hit More in Pa. Than Originally Estimated”
The latest report by the state, based on comparing voter registration rolls with DMV databases, puts the number of registered voters without state photo ID at more than 758,000 — 9.2% of the registered voters in the state. 186,830… Continue reading
“Fight Back Against Restrictive Voting Laws”
Larry Norden, on CNN.
New Suit Challenging Colorado Campaign Finance Filing Threshold
New Gardner-Charles Casebook Coming
Election Law in the American Political System, by Jim Gardner and Guy-Uriel Charles. Jim gives a description of the book here. I’m looking forward to checking it out.
“Money, Incumbency, and Competitiveness in 2009-10 State Elections”
Two new data-heavy reports from the National Institute on Money in State Politics.
“Latino Groups Call for Probe of Rangel Race”
When the margin of victory is narrower than the margin of litigation.
Ohio Redistricting Reform Headed to Ballot?
Pending signature verification, it looks like Ohio may have redistricting reform on the ballot once again this November. The initiative would create a commission to draw districts modeled in some ways on California’s new commission, though with important differences in… Continue reading
Michigan Gov. Snyder Vetoes Some Controversial Election Bills
A report is here; the official message from the governor’s office is here.
Official proponents of some of the more controversial provisions of the bills had praised the package in a commentary running earlier this morning.
UPDATE: Follow-up… Continue reading
“Asian American Groups Criticize Voter-ID Law”
The specific focus of this article out of Pennsylvania: nondrivers’ photo-ID application forms that are only available in English. Might these be “materials or information relating to the electoral process,” for purposes of section 203 of the Voting Rights… Continue reading
Interesting NJ Federal Court Opinion on Candidates’ Durational Residency
In a 2001 decision in Robinson v. Bartels, a NJ federal court invalidated New Jersey’s one-year durational residency requirement for state legislative candidates following a redistricting cycle, on federal constitutional grounds. Earlier this year, the NJ State Supreme Court disagreed,… Continue reading
“Update on Corporate Political Activity”
John Coates (disclosure: my Corporations prof) responds forcefully to this Manhattan Institute report on the impact of corporate political activity for shareholder value.
“Politicians Condemn Voting Rights For INEC Officials”
Putting the Voting Wars in perspective. Here, there’s a debate over whether sitting election administrators should have leadership responsibilities in partisan campaigns. In Nigeria, the fight is apparently about whether election officials should be voting at all.