Election-Campaign Law

How Hillarry can turn her carriage into a pumpkin

Posted on May 08, 2008
Why Clinton Stands to Lose Millions - US News and World Report US News and World Report reports: Experts disagree on whether or not Clinton will actually stick in the fight until the Democratic National Convention in August. But the...

The "Nuclear Option" at the Democratic Convention

Posted on May 04, 2008
Tom Edsall writes on the Huffington Post: Hillary Clinton s campaign has a secret weapon to build its delegate count, but her top strategists say privately that any attempt to deploy it would require a sharp and by no means...

North Carolina: "Women's Voices, Women Vote" in hot water over robo-calls

Posted on May 04, 2008
The Washington Post reports: Women's Voices, Women Vote is one of those little advocacy organizations with a lot of big names attached: Former White House chief of staff John Podesta is a board member, Hillary Rodham Clinton campaign manager Maggie...

Colorado: slow preparations for convention security prompts suit by ACLU

Posted on May 03, 2008
The New York Times reports: Groups planning parades or protests at the Democratic National Convention filed a lawsuit here on Friday charging that the Secret Service and the City of Denver are threatening free speech — not because of tight...

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"Republicans Crossing Over to Vote in Democratic Contests"

Posted on May 03, 2008
The New York Times reports: Even some states without open primaries seem to have experienced crossover voting. In the Pennsylvania vote on April 22, voter surveys indicated that about 5 percent of those voting in the Democratic primary were Republicans...

London: Boris Johnson wins mayoral race on "instant runoff"

Posted on May 03, 2008
BBC reports: Boris Johnson has won the race to become the next mayor of London - ending Ken Livingstone s eight-year reign at City Hall. The Conservative candidate won with 1,168,738 first and second preference votes, compared with Mr Livingstone...

Guam: Obama wins by 7 votes, recount "imminent"

Posted on May 03, 2008
Pacific News Center reports: The Democrat Party Nominating Committee said officials will look over the large amount of spoiled ballots in the coming days. At issue is the small margin of victory of Senator Barack Obama. He beat his rival,...

Senate says McCain is "natural-born citizen"

Posted on May 01, 2008
The New York Times reports: The Senate on Wednesday delivered its judgment on a constitutional question involving one of its own and formally declared that Senator John McCain is eligible to be president — at least from a citizenship perspective....

Alabama: GOP sees green light to pass tough voter I.D. law

Posted on April 30, 2008
AP reports: Republicans in Alabama say they will push for a stronger law requiring voters to show photo identification at the polling place during next year’s regular session or possibly during a special session later this year. The renewed push...

Florida: agreement allows voter registration organizations to keep registering til July

Posted on April 30, 2008
From a press release via email: Today, the parties to LWV v. Browning, a lawsuit challenging Florida’s onerous restrictions on third-party voter registration, entered into a binding agreement filed in federal court. The agreement comes the day after plaintiffs sought...

Tennessee: woman arrested for voting-while-felon

Posted on April 29, 2008
The Leaf Chronicle reports: A Clarksville woman has been arrested on three counts of illegal voting. Carla Thomas Smith, 36, who gave a 718-1/2 Central Ave. address, was booked Friday into the Montgomery County Jail and has since been released...

New Jersey: independent reivew of e-voting machines approved

Posted on April 29, 2008
Ars Techinca reports: In a decision issued last week, superior court judge Linda R. Feinberg ruled that a technical review of voting machines used in New Jersey may proceed despite the objections of the manufacturer, Sequoia Voting Systems. Serious problems...

Michigan: lawyer testifies he was reimbursed by Fieger firm, but was not pressured

Posted on April 29, 2008
The Detroit News reports: A lawyer who works for indicted Southfield attorney Geoffrey Fieger testified Monday that Fieger s law firm reimbursed him for $8,000 in political donations he made on behalf of himself, his wife, and his two college-age...

Florida: LWV sues over restrictions on voter-registration groups

Posted on April 29, 2008
The New York Times reports: The League of Women Voters of Florida sued state election officials on Monday to challenge a law that fines voter registration groups for losing registration forms or returning them late. The lawsuit, filed in Federal...

Indiana: Supreme Court OKs voter I.D. law

Posted on April 29, 2008
The New York Times reports: The Supreme Court upheld Indiana’s voter identification law on Monday, concluding in a splintered decision that the challengers failed to prove that the law’s photo ID requirement placed an unconstitutional burden on the right to...

Alabama: Homewood mayor apologizes for cut rate to McCain

Posted on April 29, 2008
The Birmingham News reports: Homewood Mayor Barry McCulley apologized Monday for granting the McCain presidential campaign a reduced rental rate at Rosewood Hall for an April 21 fundraiser. The campaign was charged $250 to rent two rooms, which have a...

United Kingdom: report calls for photo I.D. and safeguards on postal voting

Posted on April 28, 2008
The Guardian reports: UK elections fall short of international standards and are vulnerable to fraud, a report published today claims. Measures introduced to improve choice for voters, such as postal and electronic voting, increase the risk of fraud, according to...

Military forces and electronic voting

Posted on April 28, 2008
AP reports: U.S. forces in Iraq and Afghanistan can speak to their families by Web camera and fight insurgents using sophisticated electronic warfare. Yet when it comes to voting, most troops are stuck in the past. Communities in 13 states...

It's so nice to have a jet in the family

Posted on April 27, 2008
The New York Times reports: Given Senator John McCain’s signature stance on campaign finance reform, it was not surprising that he backed legislation last year requiring presidential candidates to pay the actual cost of flying on corporate jets. The law,...

Michigan: Feiger criminal trial opens

Posted on April 26, 2008
TalkLeft reports: Flamboyant attorney and legal analyst Geoff Fieger, perhaps best known for his defense of Dr. Jack Kevorkian, is on trial in federal court in Detroit. He and his law partner, Van Johnson, are charged with having employees at...

Virginia: VA GOP files FEC complaint against Dems' anti-McCain ad

Posted on April 26, 2008
AP reports: Virginia Republican Party chairman John Hager filed a complaint Friday over a Democratic National Committee ad attacking John McCain. Hager alleged in an affidavit to the Federal Election Commission that the DNC coordinated the ad with the campaigns...

Alabama: who has the authority to set the rate for the McCain fundraiser?

Posted on April 26, 2008
The Birmingham News reports: A brewing dispute over a $250 rental rate charged to Republican presidential candidate John McCain has pitted Homewood s mayor and the City Council on opposing sides. Mayor Barry McCulley authorized renting two rooms in Homewood...

Michigan: Clinton supporter files challenge to exclusion of delegates

Posted on April 26, 2008
Political Diary - WSJ.com The Wall Street Journal 's Political Diary reports: Yesterday, a key supporter of Hillary Clinton's filed a challenge demanding that the Democratic National Committee seat all of Michigan's pledged delegates – 55% of whom backed Mrs...

Michigan and Florida: DNC Rules Committee to meet on 31 May

Posted on April 26, 2008
AP reports: A plan to award half-delegates for the disputed Michigan and Florida Democratic presidential primaries will get a hearing before party leaders. The co-chairs of the Democratic National Committee s Rules and Bylaws committee sent members a memo Friday...

Judicial Watch files FEC complaint against McCain

Posted on April 24, 2008
From a press release: Judicial Watch, the public interest group that investigates and prosecutes government corruption, announced today that it filed a formal complaint, dated April 22, 2008, with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) related to a fundraising luncheon held...

Alabama: Homewood mayor gives McCain 80% discount on city meeting space

Posted on April 24, 2008
The Birmingham News reports: Republican presidential candidate John McCain got a deal when his campaign rented gathering space from the city of Homewood for a private fundraiser earlier this week. His campaign was given a discount of about 80 percent...

Missouri: civil rights groups sue state officials over Motor Voter non-compliance

Posted on April 24, 2008
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports: Voting-rights activists filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday against Missouri public aid officials and election authorities in St. Louis and Kansas City, saying that agencies have failed to help poor people stay active on the voter...

Pennsylvania: polls will close on time, judge rules

Posted on April 22, 2008
Philly.com reports: Philadelphia Common Pleas Court Judge Ramy Djerassi has rejected a request to extend Philadelphia poll hours to 10 p.m., and to distribute emergency paper ballots to all precincts where there have been reports of broken voting machines...

Alabama: $40,000 for "exclusive" donor events

Posted on April 22, 2008
The Mobile Press-Register reports: At least 86 individuals will enjoy access to Alabama Gov. Bob Riley, thanks to their pledges of $40,000 each to a Republican fundraising committee designed to gain control of the Legislature. The state GOP says it...

Davis' challenge to "Millionaire's Amendment"

Posted on April 21, 2008
The Washington Post reports: Wealthy, self-financed congressional candidate Jack Davis says the McCain-Feingold Act s Millionaire s Amendment, which raises the contribution limits for opponents of wealthy, self-financed candidates, is not only unfair but also unconstitutional, and his lawyers will...

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