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Resurrecting Weighted Voting, Norman R. Williams Mar 2024

Resurrecting Weighted Voting, Norman R. Williams

Buffalo Law Review

No abstract provided.


Judicial Retention Elections, The Rule Of Law, And The Rhetorical Weakness Of Consequentialism, Todd E. Pettys Jan 2012

Judicial Retention Elections, The Rule Of Law, And The Rhetorical Weakness Of Consequentialism, Todd E. Pettys

Buffalo Law Review

No abstract provided.


Election Campaigns And Democracy: A Review Of James A. Gardner, What Are Campaigns For? The Role Of Persuasion In Electoral Law And Politics, Richard Briffault Dec 2010

Election Campaigns And Democracy: A Review Of James A. Gardner, What Are Campaigns For? The Role Of Persuasion In Electoral Law And Politics, Richard Briffault

Buffalo Law Review

No abstract provided.


The Incompatability Of Competitive Majority-Minority Districts And Thornburg V. Gingles, Amy Rublin Sep 2010

The Incompatability Of Competitive Majority-Minority Districts And Thornburg V. Gingles, Amy Rublin

Buffalo Public Interest Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Election Day Challenges To Polling Hours And The Judiciary's Cautious Response, Robert C. O'Brien, Amy Borlund, John Kay Sep 2008

Election Day Challenges To Polling Hours And The Judiciary's Cautious Response, Robert C. O'Brien, Amy Borlund, John Kay

Buffalo Public Interest Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Deliberation Or Tabulation? The Self-Undermining Constitutional Architecture Of Election Campaigns, James A. Gardner Apr 2007

Deliberation Or Tabulation? The Self-Undermining Constitutional Architecture Of Election Campaigns, James A. Gardner

Buffalo Law Review

Perhaps the one completely uncontested truth in the shared public ideology of American politics is that an election campaign ought to be a serious occasion in the life of a democratic polity, a time when citizens reflect maturely on the great public issues of the day. On this view, the ultimate purpose of election campaigns is to offer voters and candidates a meaningful opportunity for deliberation and persuasion. Of course, the typical modern American election campaign does not seem seriously reflective and deliberative so much as shallow and unengaging. Reasoned persuasion seems to play a minor role, if that. The …


Can Direct Democracy Be Made Deliberative, Ethan J. Leib Dec 2006

Can Direct Democracy Be Made Deliberative, Ethan J. Leib

Buffalo Law Review

No abstract provided.


Campaign Finance And Electoral Reform: A Feminist Economics Perspective, Kimberly Christensen Sep 2005

Campaign Finance And Electoral Reform: A Feminist Economics Perspective, Kimberly Christensen

Buffalo Public Interest Law Journal

In "Campaign Finance and Electoral Reform: A Feminist Economics Perspective," we begin by examining the impact of the current regime of campaign finance on the American political system, in terms of the possibilities for corruption, for inegalitarian agenda-setting, and on the quality of representation by officeholders. We then briefly review attempts to regulate this system, from the Tillman Act of 1907 to the 2002 Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act ("McCain-Feingold"). We examine and critique the extant proposals for change, including legislation and/or regulation to "plug the holes" in FECA (the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971), public financing of all federal …


Reclaiming The Canvassing Board: Bush V. Gore And The Political Currency Of Local Government, Richard C. Schragger Jan 2002

Reclaiming The Canvassing Board: Bush V. Gore And The Political Currency Of Local Government, Richard C. Schragger

Buffalo Law Review

No abstract provided.


The Future Of Racial Redistricting In Voting: Clark V. Calhoun County, Mississippi., Paul H. Dickerson Sep 1997

The Future Of Racial Redistricting In Voting: Clark V. Calhoun County, Mississippi., Paul H. Dickerson

In the Public Interest

No abstract provided.


Searching For A Coherent National Policy: The Problem Of Foreign Money In United States Politics, Celeste M. Murphy Jan 1997

Searching For A Coherent National Policy: The Problem Of Foreign Money In United States Politics, Celeste M. Murphy

Buffalo Journal of International Law

No abstract provided.


Democracy For Sale: The Need For Campaign Finance Reform, Kathleen A. Welch Apr 1990

Democracy For Sale: The Need For Campaign Finance Reform, Kathleen A. Welch

In the Public Interest

No abstract provided.


The Economics Of The 1974 Federal Election Campaign Act Amendments, Sam Kazman Jan 1976

The Economics Of The 1974 Federal Election Campaign Act Amendments, Sam Kazman

Buffalo Law Review

No abstract provided.


Voting Rights Of Americans Abroad, Kenneth M. Davidson Apr 1969

Voting Rights Of Americans Abroad, Kenneth M. Davidson

Buffalo Law Review

No abstract provided.


Elections—Form Of Ballots, Robert J. Plache Jan 1957

Elections—Form Of Ballots, Robert J. Plache

Buffalo Law Review

Beary v. English, 1 N. Y. 2d 338, 135 N. E. 2d 313 (1956).


Elections—Right Of Town Board To Fill Vacancy, John G. Putnam Jr. Jan 1957

Elections—Right Of Town Board To Fill Vacancy, John G. Putnam Jr.

Buffalo Law Review

Furk v. Board of Supervisors of County of Sullivan, 1 N. Y. 2d 128, 134 N. E. 2d 104 (1956).


Other Cases—Election Law, Frank Dombrowski Jr. Oct 1954

Other Cases—Election Law, Frank Dombrowski Jr.

Buffalo Law Review

Williams v. Aircooled Motors, Inc., 307 N. Y. 332, 121 N. E. 2d 251 (1954).