Election-Campaign Law

Texas: Obama gets majority of delegates despite Clinton primary win

Posted on March 07, 2008
Ron Elving reports on NPR.org: Hillary Clinton has called her primary victories this week stunning, but their contribution to her delegate total continues to dwindle. Senator Clinton won the Ohio primary with a healthy margin and squeaked past 50 percent...

Will that be paper or electronic?

Posted on March 07, 2008
Pam Fessler reports on NPR: Voting officials across the country have been trying to find a secure, reliable voting system ever since the 2000 presidential elections. After electronic machine failures, a number of states are returning to paper ballots...

Panel discusses voter I.D.

Posted on March 07, 2008
The Daily Free Press reports: A panel of professors and lawyers hosted by the Harvard Journal on Legislation analyzed the implications of voter identification laws and their potential impact on the presidential election this year, at the Harvard Law School...

Independent redistricting initiative getting GOP dollars

Posted on March 07, 2008
Inside Bay Area reports: In a display of bipartisan unity, Republican Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and former Controller Steve Westly, a Democrat, went from table to table at a local restaurant this week, beseeching diners to sign a petition supporting a...

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Florida, Michigan: Soft money may pay for the do-overs

Posted on March 07, 2008
The Los Angeles Times reports: Eager to break an impasse over contested votes, prominent Democrats are floating possible solutions that include new presidential nominating contests in Florida and Michigan, and a compromise forged by a special committee of party elders...

What do we want? Citizenship. When do we want it? Now.

Posted on March 07, 2008
The New York Times reports: A lawsuit filed Thursday in a federal court in New York by Latino immigrants seeks to force immigration authorities to complete hundreds of thousands of stalled naturalization petitions in time for the new citizens to...

Michigan, Florida: looking a way out

Posted on March 07, 2008
The New York Times reports: With the two Democratic presidential candidates in near-deadlock and battling for every delegate, party leaders and the rival campaigns started searching in earnest on Thursday for a way to seat barred delegations from Florida and...

Scotland: vote-counting firm could not count the votes because software license had expired

Posted on March 07, 2008
The Herald reports: The firm behind last year s election fiasco has been blamed again after a local council by-election was thrown into disarray. More than 100,000 votes were not counted in last May s debacle but fewer than 3000...

Ohio: secret ballot?

Posted on March 05, 2008
The Cleveland Plain Dealer reports: How secret was your ballot Tuesday? Well, that depends. Many Cuyahoga County voters complained their privacy was compromised as they turned in their ballots. Many voters had no way to shield the filled-out ballot from...

Kentucky: governor makes it easier to get voting rights restored

Posted on March 05, 2008
The Herald-Leader reports: Felons who complete their sentences can get their voting rights restored more easily under changes to the pardon process announced Tuesday by Gov. Steve Beshear. Beshear said he will drop requirements for an essay and three character...

Ohio: several counties fail the Gerken test of compentency

Posted on March 05, 2008
The New York Times reports: A federal judge in Ohio granted a request late Tuesday from Senator Barack Obama’s campaign to extend the voting hours in 21 precincts in Cleveland by an extra 90 minutes because of a lack of...

Nadler tells DOJ, "we need vigorous enforcement." of the NVRA

Posted on March 04, 2008
Voting Matters Blog reports: February 26 was not a good day for Asheesh Agarwal, Deputy Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division of the U. S. Department of Justice. During a hearing of the House Committee on the Judiciary,...

Alberta, Canada: Liberal leader calls for voter I.D.

Posted on March 03, 2008
The Edmonton Journal reports: Alberta needs to overhaul its electoral system because votes conducted in the province almost have the feel of a banana republic, says Liberal Leader Kevin Taft. Taft made the call as Albertans prepare to go to...

Problems beset statewide voter lists

Posted on March 03, 2008
AP reports: Welcome to the first presidential election in which nearly every state must have a list of every registered voter. Here's the catch: if your name isn't on it, you may have trouble casting a ballot in this historic...

Alabama: Rev. Glasgow's effort to get voting rights restored to ex-felons

Posted on March 02, 2008
The New York Times reports: The Rev. Kenneth Glasgow, onetime criminal and founder of a ministry called The Ordinary People Society, spent years helping people with criminal records regain the right to vote in Alabama, where an estimated 250,000 people...

Nevada: NVRA agency-based registrations very low in state

Posted on March 02, 2008
The Las Vegas Sun reports: Poor people have less say at the polls in Nevada than in most of the nation — and public assistance offices appear to be partly to blame, according to a recently released report. In 2006...

New York: Pataki's PAC continued to spend after he dropped campaign

Posted on March 02, 2008
The New York Times reports: After ending his exploration of a presidential bid early last year and all but disappearing from politics, former Gov. George E. Pataki spent more than $1 million from his political action committees for Broadway theater...

Senator wants to make only some Americans-at-birth "natural born" and eligible to be president

Posted on February 29, 2008
The New York Times reports: Senator John McCain said Thursday that he had no concerns about his meeting the constitutional qualifications for the presidency because of his birth in the Panama Canal Zone. A Democratic colleague said she wanted to...

Illinois: Dems file FEC complaint against Oberweis for filing to iile Millionaire's Amendment report

Posted on February 29, 2008
The Daily Herald reports: Accusing Republican congressional candidate Jim Oberweis of attempting to flout campaign finance law, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee on Thursday filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commission. Oberweis failed to file a specific FEC form...

Alabama: PAC to PAC transfer bill passes senate

Posted on February 27, 2008
Alabama Senate approves bill to regulate PAC donations | TimesDaily.com | Times Daily | Florence, AL AP reports: The Democrat-controlled Alabama Senate split largely along party lines Tuesday to approve a bill that would stop some financial transfers used to...

Ohio: McCain received ballot spot because of federal matching-fund certification

Posted on February 27, 2008
The New York Times reports: Did Senator John McCain of Arizona benefit unfairly from rules that automatically placed him on the ballot in Ohio once he qualified for public campaign financing? The legal question, which also has political significance given...

Colorado: comprehensive gift ban will go into effect, for now

Posted on February 26, 2008
The Rocky Mountain News reports: A Monday court ruling on Amendment 41, the controversial law that limits gifts to government workers, failed to clarify the measure and leaves the door wide open for more court challenges. The state Supreme Court...

DNC v. McCain, the complaint and the bank's letter

Posted on February 25, 2008
Reuters reports: The Democratic Party asked the U.S. government on Monday to investigate whether Republican presidential candidate John McCain has violated campaign-finance laws by exceeding spending limits he agreed to last year. In a letter to the Federal Election Commission,...

Puerto Rico: feds may be investigating governor's campaign finances

Posted on February 24, 2008
The New York Times reports: The rumors wash up against the gray walls of La Fortaleza, the governor’s palace in this city’s colonial quarter, with the regularity of the ocean’s waves. Every few weeks they seem to gather momentum, like...

DNC to file FEC complaint against John McCain

Posted on February 24, 2008
The DNC will file a complaint with the FEC on Monday against John McCain for his alleged violations of the campaign finance law. Former Gov. Howard Dean, chair of the DNC, and Joe Sandler, DNC general counsel, held a press...

Alabama: supreme court dismisses suit challenging election of 4 Democratic senators

Posted on February 24, 2008
AP reports: The Alabama Supreme Court on Friday upheld a Montgomery judge s decision to dismiss a lawsuit challenging the election of four powerful Democrats in the Alabama Senate. The court s 8-1 decision ends a lawsuit that became part...

Arizona: Renzi indicted

Posted on February 22, 2008
ABC News reports: A federal grand jury in Arizona has indicted three-term Republican Congressman Rick Renzi and two of his business associates on charges that include wire fraud, money laundering, insurance fraud and extortion. The 35-count indictment alleges that between...

Alabama: "Race matters less in politics of South"

Posted on February 22, 2008
The New York Times reports: The racial breakthroughs have come gingerly in Alabama over the years: a black mayor there, an old Klansman put on trial here, a civil rights memorial there. And a few weeks ago, voters in a...

Mississippi: Senate passes voter I.D. bill

Posted on February 22, 2008
The Hattiesburg American reports: The annual legislative fight over voter identification moved to the Senate floor on Thursday as lawmakers debated for more than two hours about the need to require ID at the polls. The legislation, which passed on...

Alabama: DOJ approves Gadsden school board vote

Posted on February 22, 2008
The Gadsden Times reports: The U.S. Justice Department has approved an election to determine if Gadsden will go to an elected school board or stay with an appointed one. City Attorney Roger Kirby received the approval today. The Justice Department’s....

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