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Disclose Act: House (Van Hollen version)
This is Representative Van Hollen's version of the reform bill introduced today.
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This is the Senate version of the DISCLOSE campaign finance reform act, introduced 4/29/10
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1 Chapter 12 REMEDYING ERRORS IN ELECTIONS A. INTRODUCTION Much election-law litigation is undertaken to remedy perceived errors in the electoral process, particularly for elections that have already taken place. To take but one example, in Chapter 11 we considered the Supreme Court’s decision in Bush v. Gore, 531 U.S. 98 (2000) (per curiam) [p. XXX], which had its genesis in state-court litigation to recount certain ballots that were not properly cast. In this Chapter, we consider more systema
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1 Chapter 11 COUNTING THE VOTES A. INTRODUCTION Throughout American history, the seemingly simple tasks of casting and counting votes have turned out to be anything but simple. Various techniques have been used in different parts of the country at different times—a lack of uniformity that persists to the present day. In some states early in the Republic, voting was a public, oral act. In other states, the voter wrote down his vote in a poll book underneath a picture of a candidate. By the end o
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Chapter 10 AT THE POLLS A. INTRODUCTION The constitutional protection of the right to vote is implicated throughout the electoral process. In Chapter 1 we began our discussion of the right by discussing attempts by states and municipalities to control who may exercise the right to vote. In subsequent Chapters we considered the impact on the right caused by, among other laws, the drawing of electoral districts and ballot-access limitations. The following cases concern challenges to state restrict
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1 Chapter 9 CAMPAIGN FINANCE A. INTRODUCTION Perhaps no issue in the field of election law has been so contentious for so long as that of campaign finance. In a 1997 interview, former House Minority Leader Richard Gephardt (D-Mo.) stated, “What we have is two important values in direct conflict: freedom of speech, and our desire for healthy campaigns in a healthy democracy.” Nancy Gibbs, The Wake Up Call, TIME , Feb. 3, 1997, p.22. Although Gephardt was often criticized for suggesting that thes
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1 Chapter 8 POLITICAL SPEECH A. INTRODUCTION The First Amendment “has its fullest and most urgent application * * * to the conduct of campaigns for political office.” Monitor Patriot Co. v. Roy, 401 U.S. 265, 272 (1971). Accordingly, the constitutional protections of “the freedom of speech, [and] of the press” are particularly important in election law. Elections provide the clearest opportunity for the people to exercise the power of self-governance in a republic, and the power of the vote can
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1 Chapter 7 __________________________________________________________________ TERM LIMITS A. INTRODUCTION Federal or state constitutions or statutes may place limits on the number of consecutive (or nonconsecutive) times a candidate may be reelected to the same office. Such term limits are not unknown in American law and politics. Indeed, at times there were various informal norms that certain political offices would be subject to rotation, even without formal term limits. For example, Abraha
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Chapter 6 THE ROLES AND RIGHTS OF POLITICAL PARTIES A. INTRODUCTION Political parties occupy an ambiguous position in the constitutional structure. On the one hand, the structure of government was believed to limit the influence of parties, and indeed parties were seen at the time of the framing as obstacles to the pursuit of the public good. See, e.g., RICHARD HOFSTADTER, THE IDEA OF A PARTY SYSTEM: THE RISE OF LEGITIMATE OPPOSITION IN THE UNITED STATES , 1780-1840 (1969). On the other hand, th
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1 Chapter 5 DISTRICTING BY RACE A. INTRODUCTION Preventing and remedying racial discrimination form the heart of both the Voting Rights Act and the Civil War Amendments. As with race-conscious decisions concerning employment and school admissions, however, the use of race in electoral districting is controversial. Some argue that states (in drawing district lines) and Congress (in passing the VRA) should be able to protect minorities’ interests by ensuring that they have an opportunity to influ
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