"Bush v. Gore: Still Indefensible After All These Years"

Scott Lemieux blogs at TAPPED.

"Dallas County Asks U.S. Supreme Court to Let it Continue Using eSlate Vote-Counting Machines"

Ballot Access News reports.

"Supreme Court's corruption of election law"

Fred Wertheimer has written this Politico oped.

"Where was the 'help' in Help America Vote?"

Michael Dawidziak has written this Newsday oped.

"The big redistricting story of 2011: 'We, the People'"

Justin Levitt has written this must-read contribution to the 11 on '11 series at Loyola's Summary Judgments blog, focusing on the big legal stories in 2011.

Justin flags three things new about redistricting in 2011: more commission-based redistricting; the ability of individuals to use redistricting software to challenge legislatively-drawn proposals; and--you guessed it--an expected flood of voting rights and other redistricting-related litigation.

"Group Behind Election Ads Weighs In On Tax Deal"

Don't miss this NPR report, if you care about what campaign spending will look like in 2012.

"Spending Bill Would Fund Extra Engine for Joint Strike Fighter"

The latest round in a high-stakes lobbying battle I describe in my soon-to-be-posted lobbying draft.

"Chicago Politics as Usual"

A nice example of what I've termed "election law as a political strategy."

"Senate spending bill contains thousands of earmarks"

WaPo reports.

Federal Court in Alaska Will Allow Certification Before Ruling on Any Joe Miller Federal Appeal, and Sets Briefing Schedule in Anticipation of Miller Loss

See this order, as this case likely moves to its final conclusion (apart from any challenge by Miller brought directly to the U.S. Senate) by year's end.

Why Was Crossroads GPS Created?

Politico:

"Disclosure was very important to us, which is why the 527 was created," Forti said. "But some donors didn't want to be disclosed and, therefore, a (c)4 was created," Forti explained, referring to Crossroads GPS.

Forti's frank explanation differs from that previously offered by the Crossroads team, which had asserted that they always intended to create a 501(c)4 because it was better suited to facilitate issue-based advocacy.

"Bai's generalization that the internet has made petitioning easier is questionable."

Richard Winger's point is exactly what I was thinking when I read this Matt Bai NYT article on Mayor Bloomberg and the "No Labels" group.

Joe Miller Notice of Appeal

Here. The last few pages list the issues he will raise on appeal, and note that his brief is due today.

UPDATE: Here is the Murkowski partial cross-appeal.

NPR Interviews Jeffrey Toobin on Bush v. Gore

Here.

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