news of the day 4/2/04

"Fundraisers are collecting by the bundle for Bush camp"

The Los Angeles Times offers this report.

Prisoner voting rights in UK

See this report in The Independent. Thanks to Jim Gardner for the pointer.

Maryland Supreme Court hears Judicial Elections case

See this Baltimore Sun report, which begins: "Maryland's highest court will hear a challenge today to a section of the state election law that allows only registered Democrats and Republicans to vote in the primary for circuit judge, an office considered nonpartisan."

Will BCRA's Millionaire's Provision Be Triggered in Florida?

See this Miami Herald report.

"When the Mud Flies This Time, Bush Can't Duck"

Garry South offers this Los Angeles Times oped on BCRA's "Stand by your ad" provision.

"GOP Convention Funds Falling Short"

Newsday offers this report.

The New Fat Cats; Meet the fund-raisers who are finessing the campaign-finance law --and raising more dough than ever"

Businessweek offers this report.

Two Election Law Articles in APSR

Dennis Thompson has published Election Time: Normative Implications of Temporal Properties of the Electoral Process in the United States. Matt Barreto, Gary Segura, and Nathan Woods have published The Mobilizing Effect of Majority–Minority Districts on Latino Turnout. Both articles appear in Volume 98, No. 1 (Feb. 2004) of the American Political Science Review. Note: These links will work only if one is logged in as an APSA member. Thanks to Alec Ewald for the pointers.

"Paper Backups Sought for Voting Machines"

A.P. offers this report.

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