Election-Campaign Law

American Politics Research Special Issue on Election Administration and Voting Technology
This looks like it is full of interesting articles....

Gronke: Early Voting is Here. Now How Do We Manage It"
Paul Gronke offers this guest post (and note I've added a new blog category, "Fixing Election Administration," which will allow readers eventually to see all the posts in this series): The dramatic rise in early voting this election opens up...

"States Get Mixed Reviews on Readiness for Voting Machine Problems"
See this press release, which begins: "With millions of Americans expected to confront an array of voting technologies on Nov. 4, today election administration experts from the Brennan Center for Justice, Common Cause and Verified Voting issued a 50-state report...

Can You Count on Voting Machines
From the N.Y. Times: "As the primaries start in New Hampshire this week and roll on through the next few months, the erratic behavior of voting technology will once again find itself under a microscope...

Voting Early in Tennessee
Early voting is way up in Tennessee according to this post from Paul Gronke on the Election Updates blog....

Where are the Technologists on the EAC Advisory Board
Barbara Simons, an accomplished computer scientist and e-voting expert, was recently appointed to the Election Assistance Commission (EAC) Board of Advisors. (The EAC is the U.S. Federal body responsible for voting technology standards, among other things...

"Influx of Voters Expected to Test New Technology"
The NYT has this report, which begins: "With millions of new voters heading to the polls this November and many states introducing new voting technologies, election officials and voting monitors say they fear the combination is likely to create long...

Cumulative Voting
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Align Technology, Inc. ALGN Securities Fraud
Align Technology, Inc. ALGN

Ballot Device
Election Systems and Software agrees to pays city of San Francisco $3.5 million settlement after problems with AutoMARK lead to prolonged hand counting of votes.

Murphy City, TX
$255,000 settlement in controversial pedophile news program case.

Newspaper Employees
Chinese Daily News must pay $5.19 million class action settlement for failing to pay overtime.

Bush Administration
class action settlement ensures Medicaid beneficiaries can continue to purchase prescription drugs at minimum cost when they become eligible for Medicare.

Align Technology, Inc. 401(k) / ERISA Stock Fraud
Align Technology, Inc. 401(k) / ERISA Stock Fraud