Post-election audits provide a boost to voter confidence in these times of uncertainty about the accuracy and reliability of modern election systems. This will be especially important as the presidential primary....
More information emerged yesterday about the scope and scale of the "small donor revolution." The Campaign Finance Institute released data on individual donations to presidential candidates....
Apparently the kids in my neighborhood are so hopped up for voting they're vandalizing businesses (and riffing on Robert Indiana no less) to encourage voter turnout....
It's unusual for any court to issue three versions of one opinion, but in Arbor Hill, a civil rights case involving an award of attorneys fees, the U.S. Court of Appeals is at three, and counting....
Tomorrow, the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in a case testing the constitutionality of the so-called "Millionaires' Amendment" of the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act ("BCRA," also known as "McCain-Feingold")....
Welcome to the first-ever Brennan Center pop quiz. Since each week brings more depressing news of torture, executive privilege, government spying, etc., we thought we'd share this test....
This is a big year for American democracy. Hundreds of thousands of new voters are not only registering, but are actually showing up at the polls. States whose primary races have never counted before are suddenly the center of attention... This year they matter....
Albany did it again. NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg's congestion pricing plan ground to a halt at the intersection of undemocratic legislative rules and absurdly lax campaign finance laws....
Every presidential debate this season—there have been more than 40 and counting—I hope the subject matter will focus on some of the more important issues....
The week of April 15 is a nice occasion on which to reflect on deadlines and what people tend to do in the face of deadlines, which, of course, is wait until the last minute before frantically rushing to get that form in on time. This is as true with voter registration as it is with taxes....
