Subject: news of the day 7/18/05
From: Rick Hasen
Date: 7/18/2005, 7:20 AM
To: election-law


"Some say landmark voting act in danger; They want 1965 law to retain protections"

The State (South Carolina) offers this report.


"The congressman from $37,000; Why shouldn't our political districts reflect our incomes instead of our ZIP Codes?"

Randy Cohen, who writes "The Ethicist" column for the New York Times Magazine, writes this LA Times oped. A snippet: "Because it is our 1040s not our ZIP Codes that best express our political interests, congressional districts should be re-imagined to comprise not the people who happen to live within a few miles of one another, but those who earn within a few dollars of one another."


"Court Orders Tougher Campaign Finance Rules"

The Washington Post offers this report on the D.C. Circuit's Shays v. FEC opinion. My earlier analysis is here. See also Bob Bauer's thoughts.


"GOP trio have big impact via PACs"

The San Bernadino Sun offers this report, which begins: "Three congressmen who represent parts of San Bernardino County a re among the top participants in a campaign fund-raising system that allows politicians to win favor by donating large amounts of money to each other."


"Uncle Sam, Meet the Bloggers"

See this report on AlterNet.

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