“Special Panel Hears Debate in Challenge To Overall Cap on Campaign Contributions”
Bloomberg BNA reports.
Monthly Archives: September 2012
Election Law Journal 11:3 Now Available; Preview of 11:4
The new issue of ELJ (11:3) is out now. Here’s the table of contents:
The Party Line: The Shifting Electoral Landscape, by Paul Gronke and Daniel P. Tokaji
ARTICLES
The Effect of Prepaid Postage on Turnout: A Cautionary Tale… Continue reading
” Citizens United, Corporate Personhood, and Corporate Power: The Tension between Constitutional Law and Corporate Law”
Susanna Kim Ripken has posted this draft on SSRN. Here is the abstract:
In Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, the Supreme Court invalidated strict federal campaign finance laws and upheld the First Amendment right of corporations to use general… Continue reading
Josh Douglas Lecture on Contested Elections at Xavier U. Sept. 18
See this flyer for information.
“Why Partisans and Election Law Shouldn’t Mix: See Ohio”
The American Prospect on Jon Husted.
“New IG Report Sets Off Debate About MOVE Act Implementation”
“Voting rights cases: Made simple”
SCOTUSBlog: “Editor’s note: During the Supreme Court’s summer recess, the blog is publishing a series of posts that explain, in non-legal terms, some of the most important cases that the Court will consider in the new Term that starts… Continue reading
“Court hearing held on Iowa new voter rules”
AP: ” Polk County judge heard arguments Thursday in a lawsuit filed by two civil rights organizations challenging new rules enacted by Iowa’s Republican secretary of state that would purge certain voters from Iowa’s voter registration list and make… Continue reading
“Voter Suppression, Then and Now”
David Blight has written this piece for the NYT Campaign Stops blog.
“Texas AG wins round in battle over tougher voter signup rules”
LA Times on Early Voting Decision from Ohio
I missed this story over the weekend.
2-1 Fifth Circuit Panel Stays District Court Ruling Enjoining Texas from Enforcing Its New Voter Registration Rules
Democrats Rebuffed in Effort to Reject Republican Candidates Who Used Paper Clips Rather Than Staples for Nomination Papers
The latest illustration of why we should not leave elections in the hands of partisans.
“The Supreme Court’s next corporate campaign finance quandary”
Alison Frankel reports for Thompson Reuters.