| Subject: Electionlawblog news and commentary 9/20/05 |
| From: Rick Hasen |
| Date: 9/20/2005, 6:31 AM |
| To: election-law |
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution offers this
report, with the subhead: "Plaintiffs assail Ga. requirement as
illegal 'poll tax.'"
The Boston Globe offers this
editorial on settlement of a Voting Rights Act controversy in
Boston.
See CQ Today;
this Roll
Call report (paid subscription required); this
Hartford Courant report; this
Oakland Tribune report; this
Washington Post editorial; and this New
York Times editorial. Those wanting to hear more about Spencer
Overton's experiences on the commission should look here
and here. And my earlier
thoughts and additional coverage are linked here.
The NY Times offers this
report, which begins: " The Federal Election Commission filed suit
Monday against the Club for Growth, a well-funded Republican group, in
an effort to force the organization to comply with limits on political
contributions. The suit is the first major enforcement case to involve
a "527 committee," the independent political organizations that both
Republicans and Democrats used to raise and spend hundreds of millions
of dollars in the 2004 races. Commission officials describe it as a
test case that could have a major impact on how future elections are
financed."
The FEC's press release is here
and the complaint is here)
(congratulations to the FEC which is making its website both easier to
navigate and full of more timely information). Allison Hayward weighs
in here
and I expect we will hear soon from Bob Bauer and The Lonely Centrist.
-- Rick Hasen William H. Hannon Distinguished Professor of Law Loyola Law School 919 Albany Street Los Angeles, CA 90015-1211 (213)736-1466 (213)380-3769 - fax rick.hasen@lls.edu http://www.lls.edu/academics/faculty/hasen.html http://electionlawblog.org