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Election Law
Election Law
Covers election law, campaign finance, legislation, voting rights, initiatives, redistricting, and the Supreme Court nomination process. By Rick Hasen.
http://electionlawblog.org/
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Sep 19
“Has the Top Two Primary Elected More Moderates?”
“Has the Top Two Primary Elected More Moderates?”Eric McGhee and Bors Shor in Perspectives on Politics: Party polarization is perhaps the most significant political trend of the past several decades of American politics. Many observers have pinned hopes on institutional reforms to… -
Sep 19
“California postpones an election to help one of its own”
“California postpones an election to help one of its own”Derek Muller: A sure sign of political manipulation of an election is delaying it. Troubled states like the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Somalia, and Haiti have recently come under United Nations scrutiny for delaying their elections.… -
Sep 19
Trump DOJ, Again Siding with Texas in Voter ID Case, Opposes Having Entire 5th Circuit Hear Appeal Initially
Trump DOJ, Again Siding with Texas in Voter ID Case, Opposes Having Entire 5th Circuit Hear Appeal InitiallyFull throated defense of Texas’s current position in this litigation, a 180 from where DOJ was during the Obama administration. … Continue reading →
Rank this Week: 39
Freedom to Tinker
Freedom to Tinker
Focuses on issues related to legal regulation of technology, and especially on legal attempts to restrict the right of technologists and citizens to tinker with technological devices. From Princeton's Center for Information Technology Policy.
https://freedom-to-tinker.com/
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Sep 19
Breaking your bubble
Breaking your bubbleThis is the first part of a two-part series about a class project on online filter bubbles. In this post, we talk about our pedagogical approach and how we carried out the project. To read more about the results of the project, go to Part… -
Sep 19
What our students found when they tried to break their bubble
What our students found when they tried to break their bubbleThis is the second part of a two-part series about a class project on online filter bubbles. In this post, where we focus on the results. You can read more about our pedagogical approach and how we carried out the project here. By Janet Xu… -
Sep 18
SESTA May Encourage the Adoption of Broken Automated Filtering Technologie
SESTA May Encourage the Adoption of Broken Automated Filtering TechnologieThe Senate is currently considering the Stop Enabling Sex Traffickers Act (SESTA, S. 1693), with a scheduled hearing tomorrow. In brief, the proposed legislation threatens to roll back aspects of Section 230 of the…
Rank this Week: 1511
Lobby Comply Blog
Lobby Comply Blog
Covers campaign finance, lobbying, procurement and ethics laws. By State and Federal Communications, Inc.
http://stateandfed.com/lobbycomply/
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Sep 19
Seattle City Council Selects City’s Third Mayor in Less Than a Week
Seattle City Council Selects City’s Third Mayor in Less Than a WeekThe Seattle City Council has chosen Councilman Tim Burgess to replace Council President Bruce Harrell as temporary mayor of the Continued on Next Page -
Sep 19
Special Election Announced for Open Pennsylvania House Seat
Special Election Announced for Open Pennsylvania House SeatHouse Speaker Mike Turzai announced a special election will be held for House District 133 on December 5, 2017. Rep. Continued on Next Page -
Sep 19
Utah Special Session Called
Utah Special Session CalledThe Utah Legislature will meet in a special legislative session Wednesday September 20, 2017, to consider a proposed $11.4 million Continued on Next Page
Rank this Week: 3104
Excess of Democracy
Excess of Democracy
This blog covers election law issues and issues related to legal education. By Professor Derek T. Muller.
http://excessofdemocracy.com
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Sep 19
California postpones an election to help one of its own
California postpones an election to help one of its ownA sure sign of political manipulation of an election is delaying it. Troubled states like the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Somalia, and Haiti have recently come under United Nations scrutiny for delaying their elections.And then… -
Sep 18
Would Jesus oppose partisan gerrymandering?
Would Jesus oppose partisan gerrymandering?The title may be slightly glib, but a biblical allusion caught my attention as I was reading the briefs in Gill v. Whitford, the partisan gerrymandering case before the Supreme Court. The reference appeared in the amicus brief of Heather… -
Sep 6
Bar exam scores rebound to highest point since 2013
Bar exam scores rebound to highest point since 2013After last year's slight year-over-year improvement in bar exam scores, bar exam scores are up again. The scaled mean of the Multistate Bar Exam rose 1.4 points to 141.7, the highest since 2013, which was 144.3, shortly before a hasty…
Rank this Week: 1842
Election Law @ Moritz
Election Law @ Moritz
Information and insight on the laws governing federal, state and local elections. By the Moritz College of Law.
http://moritzlaw.osu.edu/electionlaw/
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Sep 13
U.S. Supreme Court Grants Texas\' Request for Stay in Redistricting Case
U.S. Supreme Court Grants Texas\' Request for Stay in Redistricting Case -
Sep 12
The Missing Link in Gerrymandering Jurisprudence
The Missing Link in Gerrymandering Jurisprudence -
Jul 13
The Vare Precedent in the Senate—and Its Relevance to the Trump-Russia Inquiry
The Vare Precedent in the Senate—and Its Relevance to the Trump-Russia Inquiry
Rank this Week: 148
California Election Law
California Election Law
Providing legal resources and election news to California election officials and the attorneys who represent them. By Renne Sloan Holtzman Sakai LLP.
http://www.calelectionlaw.com/
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Jun 19
Voter fraud trial to begin for former L.A. Councilman Richard Alarcon”
Voter fraud trial to begin for former L.A. Councilman Richard Alarcon”You can read the LA Times article here. -
Jun 17
“Ninth U.S. Circuit Court rules against sponsor IDs on ballot initiatives”
“Ninth U.S. Circuit Court rules against sponsor IDs on ballot initiatives”You can find the SF Chronicle story here. You can read the Ninth Circuit’s 2-1 decision here. -
Feb 11
Verification of Independent Expenditure
Verification of Independent ExpenditureCampaign committees that make independent expenditures of $1,000 or more must now verify that (1) the independent expenditures they make are not coordinated with the supported candidate or ballot measure committee, and (2) the committee is…
Rank this Week: 3926
Campaign Finance Blog
Campaign Finance Blog
Covers campaign finance, election, and political law. By William J. McGinley.
http://campaignfinanceblog.com/
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Apr 3
United States Supreme Court Strikes Down Aggregate Contribution Limits in McCutcheon v. FEC
United States Supreme Court Strikes Down Aggregate Contribution Limits in McCutcheon v. FECYesterday, the United States Supreme Court struck down the aggregate contribution limits that apply to individuals on constitutional grounds in McCutcheon v. Federal Election Commission. The opinion can be found here and the link… -
Jun 25
United States Supreme Court Issues Voting Rights Act Decision
United States Supreme Court Issues Voting Rights Act DecisionThe United States Supreme Court issued its opinion in Shelby County, Ala. v. Holder, holding that a key provision of the Voting Rights Act (“VRA”) is unconstitutional. Listed below are the key paragraphs explaining the… -
Jun 21
President Announces Two Nominations For FEC
President Announces Two Nominations For FECPOLITICO reports that the President has nominated Ann Ravel, a Democrat who chairs the California Fair Political Practices Commission, and Lee Goodman, a Republican election lawyer, to the Federal Election Commission.
Rank this Week: 3069
Equal Vote
Equal Vote
Information and insight on the laws governing federal, state and local elections. By Michael E. Moritz College of Law Professor Dan Tokaji.
http://moritzlaw.osu.edu/blogs/tokaji/
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Dec 18
The Wrong Approach to Election Reform
The Wrong Approach to Election ReformThe Ohio legislature yesterday approved a bill (SB 380) that would eliminate the window for early registration and absentee voting, among other things. -
Nov 7
Reforming Registration
Reforming RegistrationOn Monday, I identified four problem areas to watch out for on Election Day: 1) lines at the polls, 2) voting equipment, 3) voter registration lists, and 4) provisional and absentee ballots. While machine breakdowns and polling place lines… -
Nov 4
What We Don't Know
What We Don't KnowWe now know that Barack Obama will be the 44th President of the United States of America. In the enormity of this moment in American history, the gritty details of election administration, upon which my Moritz colleagues and I spend so much…
Rank this Week: 1237