Analysis & Commentary
Voting Rights & Elections
Cruel and All Too Usual
– 06/28/99
This Mr. Smith should not go to Washington
– 06/09/99
Learning from Lani
Authored by: Deborah Goldberg
– 03/22/99
‘Bizarre’ Districts’ Double Standard
Buery sets the stage for a decision in Hunt v. Cromartie.
Authored by: Richard R. Buery, Jr.
– 02/15/99
GOP Census Politics
This op-ed argues that the Census Bureau’s attempt to use sampling to increase the accuracy of the 2000 census is a laudable effort.
Authored by: Richard R. Buery, Jr.
– 12/07/98
The Few Voters Who Set the Course
– 11/05/98
Turnouts Low? Hold a Lottery
– 11/03/98
Congress Fiddles While Parties Burn Campaign Finance Laws
While Democrats and Republicans on Capital Hill debate the merits of campaign finance reform, the Republican National Committee and the Ohio Democratic Party are busy at work in federal court seeking to undermine the last remaining vestiges of federal cam
– 06/29/98
Free TV Speech for Candidates
We own the airwaves. We, the public. Not GE, not Disney, not Westinghouse, and not Rupert Murdoch. But we lend them our airwaves for free, as trustees, in return for a pledge to serve the public interest.
– 06/08/98
The Incumbents’ Case for (Some) Campaign Finance Reform
The conventional wisdom is that genuine campaign finance reform is again doomed to defeat in the upcoming weeks, a victim of incumbents’ sense that the current rules serve their needs well.
– 05/25/98