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[POST MOVED UP BECAUSE OF CORRECTION] "What Will Happen to Senator Stevens' Seat? It is Complicated,"

says Prof. Rick Hasen (Election Law Blog). [Note important update below.] The question, of course, is what will happen if he is reelected, but then resigns or is expelled. Rick's... ...

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The Volo...nspiracy — November 07

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President Bush Meets with President Barzani of the Kurdistan Regional Government

President Bush on Wednesday said, "We had a discussion today on several major topics. We talked about the progress on the election law and on the hydrocarbon law, but we also talked about the status of forces agreement, called the SOFA. President Barzani has been a very strong advocate of th...

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White House News — October 28

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Imagine If Political Campaigns Couldn't Use The Web... Or Just Look At Japan

While there have been plenty of news stories about how the various political campaigns in the US have been using the internet to get out the vote, Newsweek has a fascinating story about how Japanese election law pretty much bans all use of the internet in campaigning. Once a political campaign i...

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Techdirt — October 28

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Obama Assassination Plot Foiled

Two skinheads who were planning a national killing spree, culminating with a drive-by shooting of Barack Obama, have been arrested. This undated photo obtained from a MySpace webpage shows Daniel Cowart, 20 of Bells, Tenn. holding a weapon. Federal agents have broken up a plot to assassinate Demo ...

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Outside ...ay | OTB — October 28

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Ted Stevens can’t vote for himself.

Kos points to Alaska election law, which shows that Sen. Ted Stevens (R-AK) — who was convicted on seven felony charges today — can’t even vote for himself in November: I was convicted of a felony, but have served my time and am on probation. Can I register to vote? No. A convi...

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Think Progress — October 27

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The Simmering Palestinian Civil War

Hamas claims that they discovered a bomb planted by Fatah outside the home of one of their senior terrorists in Khan Younis. Meanwhile, Fatah's Mahmoud Abbas hints that he's not going to step down when his term is over; he's citing that election law requires that the election for Parliament and...

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A Blog For All — October 21