Subject: news of the day 1/26/04
From: Rick Hasen
Date: 1/26/2004, 7:38 AM
To: election-law

"Experts: Remote E-Voting Still Workable"

A.P. offers this report.


"Hynes donates money from state fund to other state candidates"

A.P. offers this report.


"Wife's Wealth Enriches Kerry"

The Washington Times offers this report.


"New Partisan Groups Eroding Power of Political Parties"

The Jewish World Review offers this article on 527s.


Another John Samples Column on Campaign Finance

See this one over at National Review Online here.


Profile of Lieberman's Election Lawyer

The Boston Globe offers this report. Link via Ed Still.


Reactions to NY Times Online Voting Editorial

See letters to the editor here.


Sixth Circuit Panel May Not Have Last Word on express advocacy/issue advocacy decision

The Kentucky Board of Elections plans further appellate proceedings in Anderson v. Spear. (The campaign finance rulings will not be appealed.) See this A.P. report (and this report). Thanks to Ed Feigenbaum for the pointers.

The next step would be for the Board of Elections to decide whether to seek an en banc hearing before the entire Sixth Circuit or to file a petition for certiorari in the Supreme Court.

As my earlier posts indicate, I think there is a strong argument that the three-judge panel got the express advocacy issue wrong in applying the Supreme Court's decision in McConnell. 
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