Lowenstein and Pildes Enter the OSU Electronic Roundtable

You can find Dan Lowenstein's first post and Rick Pildes's first post at the OSU website. Here is my first post from yesterday and Brad Smith's first post from yesterday. Meanwhile, at Legal Affairs, the Miller-Briffault debate on the Vermont case continues, with Bob Bauer commenting at his site.

Reply Brief Day

You can find reply briefs here and here in the Vermont campaign finance case being heard by the Supreme Court next week. Reply briefs in the Texas redistricting cases (also being heard next week) are due later today.

"Campaign Finance's Odd Coalition"

Forbes offers this report on last week's petition for rulemaking for "grassroots lobbying" filed with the FEC.

"County hopes to escape election law Catch-22; Appeal filed. Pa. fighting ruling that appears to make federal requirement impossible to satisfy."

NJ.com offers this report, which begins: "Pennsylvania attorneys will file an appeal today in a court case that has county officials wondering how they will conduct the May 16 primary elections. The Department of State is appealing a Commonwealth Court ruling that found the purchase of electronic voting machines by a western Pennsylvania county without first obtaining voter approval violates the state constitution."

"Man Pleads Not Guilty in Voting Device Case"

The Los Angeles Times offers this report, which begins: "A word processor accused of stealing damaging documents about electronic voting machine manufacturer Diebold Election Systems was arraigned Tuesday on three felony counts."

"Don't Put Missouri Seniors' Right to Vote at Risk"

Robin Carnahan, Missouri's secretary of state, has written this commentary opposing proposed voter i.d. legislation in Missouri. Along similar lines, Tom Ferrick has written this commentary for the Philadelphia Inquirer. Pennsylvania's governor has announced he will veto the proposed new Pennsylvania voter id law.

I'll have more to say about voter identification laws and partisan politics soon.

"Pursuit of cash outlives defeat; Voters rejected a redistricting plan last year, but its opponents are still trying to pay off loan"

The Sacramento Bee offers this report.

Supreme Court Issues Per Curiam Opinion in Colorado Redistricting Case

This case is more about procedure and the Rooker-Feldman doctrine than about redistricting. The opinion, concurrence, and dissent are here. For more details, see this post at Scrivener's Error.

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