Posted Tuesday July 8, 2008, 12:41 pm, Over one day old
The Campaign Legal Center is urging the newly-reconstituted FEC to quickly implement HLOGA bundling and travel provisions. Meanwhile, a group of labor and non-profit lawyers have sent this letter to the Secretary of the Senate and Clerk of the House...
Read HLOGA Rules Up for Discussion (Links)
Posted Tuesday July 8, 2008, 12:41 pm, Over one day old
Bob Bauer's latest. Read his parsing of Day and Justice Alito's treatment of unequal contribution limits for candidates and see if you are as sanguine as Bob....
Read "A Promising Exchange with Hasen: One More Note on Davis and Public Financing " (Links)
Posted Tuesday July 8, 2008, 12:41 pm, Over one day old
This article appeared in the Oakland Tribune. I think sustained opposition from the civil rights community in California will make it very difficult to pass redistricting reform in the wake of the state Democratic Party's opposition. In light of the...
Read "Civil rights groups worried about effects of remap proposal" (Links)
Posted Monday July 7, 2008, 12:04 pm, Over one day old
NPR offers this report....
Read "Liberal, Conservative Groups Vie For Vets' Interests" (Links)
Posted Monday July 7, 2008, 12:04 pm, Over one day old
Katrina Vanden Heuvel has written this essay on election reform in The Nation....
Read "Just Democracy" (Links)
Posted Monday July 7, 2008, 12:04 pm, Over one day old
Heather Gerken has written this post on Archon Fong's interesting idea. On a somewhat related note, I often think about what Florida 2000 what have been like had the blogosphere been in bloom. I'm guessing the Democrats would not have...
Read Gerken on Fong on Popular Monitoring of Elections (Links)
Posted Monday July 7, 2008, 12:04 pm, Over one day old
Download it here....
Read EAC Chair Rodriguez Issues Statement on Florida Voter Registration (Links)
Posted Monday July 7, 2008, 12:04 pm, Over one day old
Bob Bauer takes issue with my calling his position on public financing plans in light of FEC v. Davis rose-colored. Here is what I originally wrote on this point on the day Davis was decided: I am often called for...
Read More on Public Financing Post Davis v. FEC (Links)
Posted Monday July 7, 2008, 12:04 pm, Over one day old
Tony Mauro's latest Legal Times column mentions this blog post of mine from June 25....
Read "Courtside: With Footnote, Souter Causes Stir; What did the justice mean with brief reference to Exxon paying for studies?" (Links)
Posted Monday July 7, 2008, 12:04 pm, Over one day old
This article appears in Time....
Read "Florida Voting: Third Time's a Charm?" (Links)