November 01, 2010

"Justices won't take up sequel to Citizens United decision"

Law.com's "Supreme Court Insider" reports.

Posted by Rick Hasen at 12:54 PM

Federal District Court in Minnesota Rejects Request for TRO in Tea Party Garb /"Please ID Me" Button Lawsuit

You can read the judge's order here.

Posted by Rick Hasen at 12:38 PM

Control of the Senate

Though Senator Cornyn seems to concede that Republicans will not take the Senate in this election, if it is very close there are open questions about whether Sen. Murkowski, if she is reelected, will caucus with the Republicans. There is also some nervousness expressed by Democrats that Sen. Lieberman could caucus with Republicans.

More to the point for this blog, I think it is fairly likely we won't know the results of the U.S. Senate races in Alaska or Washington state by Wednesday morning, unless the polling of those races has been way off. So things may up in the air for a while.

Posted by Rick Hasen at 12:34 PM

"The voter fraud & intimidation stories you won't hear about on Fox"

interesting item from Media Matters.

Posted by Rick Hasen at 12:16 PM

"CPA finds solid business leader support for corporate political disclosure and accountability in new survey"

See this press release.

Posted by Rick Hasen at 12:00 PM

"Dead Voters" and the Early Vote

In writing about the "dead voter" non-phenomenon a few days ago, I mentioned that despite a few real examples, "dead voters" far more often either aren't dead, aren't voters, or are different people altogether from those flagged in state records.

I should have added that even finding real deceased voters doesn't always reveal unlawful activity. For example, legitimate voters have died after election day. And a timely new Virginia Attorney General's opinion reminds me that early voting provides yet another category of "dead voters" without fraud: voters who cast legitimate ballots before election day but then pass away before the polls close. With the increase in non-polling-place voting more generally, I wouldn't be surprised to see a few more of these anecdotes cropping up.

Posted by Justin Levitt at 11:52 AM

"Handbook on Corporate Political Activity: Emerging Corporate Governance Issues"

The Conference Board has issued this report.

Posted by Rick Hasen at 11:41 AM

Speechnow: The Glass is More than Half Full

The cert denial press release.

Posted by Rick Hasen at 11:37 AM

"New Iowa Poll: Voters tilt toward axing justices"

Frightening news from Iowa (via Wash Wire).

Posted by Rick Hasen at 11:30 AM

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