"Popular monitoring of popular elections"- July 8, 2008 Heather Gerken writes on Balkinization: Archon Fung, one of the most interesting thinkers at Harvard's Kennedy School, has just come up with an intriguing idea for monitoring elections: a teched-up, wiki-based system for reporting problems on election day. It's modeled...http://www.votelaw.com/blog/archives/005951.html Lack of Millionaire's amendment leaves some candidates scrambling for more donors- July 6, 2008 The Washington Post reports: In summer 2003, an Illinois state senator used a new law to collect campaign contributions six times the normal limit for his insurgent U.S. Senate race against a multimillionaire securities trader. But last week the Supreme...http://www.votelaw.com/blog/archives/005950.html Republicans as agents of change- July 6, 2008 DoonesburySlate - Daily Dose explains that Republicans are agents of change -- "Changing the rules, changing the subject."...http://www.votelaw.com/blog/archives/005949.html Louisana: Vitter wants to use campaign funds to pay legal bills related to hookers- July 5, 2008 The Times-Picayune reports on why being pol is such a great gig -- if you get into trouble, other people pay your legal bills: Sen. David Vitter, R-La., is asking the Federal Election Commission whether he can use campaign money...http://www.votelaw.com/blog/archives/005948.html Alaska: Rep. Young spending big bucks on lawyers- July 4, 2008 AP reports: With an election-year corruption investigation looming, Rep. Don Young has tapped his campaign war chest to pay not only his own million-dollar legal tab but also to hire lawyers for his campaign manager, who is also under FBI...http://www.votelaw.com/blog/archives/005947.html 6th Anniversary- July 4, 2008 Six years ago, Votelaw was launched on Blogger. Lots has changed since then. I hardly knew who Barack Obama was. My parents and my ex-wife were still alive. I was living in the Washington, DC, area (I am now in...http://www.votelaw.com/blog/archives/005946.html DOJ to go after 527s- July 3, 2008 The Swamp reports: In a letter to a campaign finance watchdog group, the Justice Department says it plans to make cracking down on so-called 527 groups a priority this election cycle. The department was responding to an inquiry from Democracy...http://www.votelaw.com/blog/archives/005945.html "Election Day"- July 1, 2008 The PBS documentary Election Day will air tonight on many PBS stations. Look for the P.O.V. series or check the local listings here....http://www.votelaw.com/blog/archives/005944.html Arizona: signatures challenged for use of P.O. box addresses- July 1, 2008 The Gallup Independent reports: Native American tribal, community and state leaders gathered on the lawn of Arizonas Capitol June 25 to protest that their petition to vote rights were being assaulted. The petition signatures of some Native American voters was...http://www.votelaw.com/blog/archives/005943.html Florida: suit filed against write-in candidate "loophole"- July 1, 2008 The Tampa Tribune reports: Two registered voters have filed a lawsuit in Pasco County challenging the write-in candidate "loophole" in state election law. They say the provision unfairly closed the Aug. 26 primary election in a county commission race, effectively...http://www.votelaw.com/blog/archives/005942.html |