Subject: Electionlawblog news and commentary 7/25/06
From: Rick Hasen
Date: 7/25/2006, 6:54 AM
To: election-law

"When Democracy is the Problem"

Brad Smith offers these thoughts on the CCP blog (see also Bob Bauer and John Samples) criticizing the new Campaign Finance Institute working paper on nonprofits.

"O.C. Registrar Gave Petition Data to Some, Not Others"

The LA Times offers this report.


Three from Roll Call

The newspaper offers

BCRA Threatens Bid by Crowley, which begins: "Rep. Joe Crowley (D-N.Y.) has let Democrats know he would be interested in succeeding the late Rep. Thomas Manton as the chairman of the mighty Queens County Democratic organization -- a grab for power that could set up a confrontation with the three-year-old Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act."

Hooray for the VRA; Jeers for Other Voting Rights Developments, a column by Donna Brazile.

A Big Factor in Corruption: Gerrymandering, a guest commentary by Rep. Rahm Emanuel. In the column, Rep. Emanuel endorses Rep. Tanner's redistricting bill.

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"The Supreme Court's End-of-Term Campaign Finance Decision: Following the Key Buckley Precedent, But Exposing Some Justices' Critiques of It, Too"

Julie Hilden has written this Findlaw column.

Posted by Rick Hasen at 06:30 AM

"Court Bans Union Coordination of Campaign Volunteers"

Colorado Confidential has this post, which begins: "The Colorado Court of Appeals held today that the Colorado Education Association and Poudre Education Association illegally contributed to the campaign of State Senate Candidate Bob Bacon in Senate District 14 by coordinating the efforts of union member volunteers to distribute his literature." 
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