U.S. Judge Orders Election Agency to Tighten Rules
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The decision left both parties arguing over which regulations are now in effect for the final weeks of the presidential campaign.
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By Ron Sylvester, The Wichita Eagle, Kan.  Sep. 11--A Sedgwick County district judge who has pushed for campaign reform in judicial elections for 10 years has asked a federal judge in Topeka to let him join a lawsuit against the commission that wants to keep candidates silent.
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Voting rights are not denied to those who use punch-card ballots, a federal judge ruled in the nation's first trial to challenge the system blamed for woes in Florida in the 2000 presidential election.
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A group that helps female Democratic candidates who support abortion rights is asking a federal judge to block new campaign finance rules that it argues will cripple its ability to participate in state and local elections.
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WASHINGTON (CBS.MW) -- A federal judge found Monday that new rules from the Federal Election Commission did not follow the intent of lawmakers who wrote a sweeping new law designed to change the way politicians raise money, creating uncertainty for
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A US District Court judge has sent the Federal Election Commission back to work on a passel of rules it wrote to put the 2002 campaign-finance law into effect.
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A judge on Friday chastised state officials for botching efforts to ensure electronic voting machines are tamperproof but cleared them for use in the November election, saying it was too late now to change course.
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The Federal Communications Commission said that, starting Wednesday, new rules will apply that will encourage more bidding and hasten the auctionâs end.
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A judge who will decide whether Maryland's top elections official may keep her job on Friday questioned the attempt by the State Board of Elections to fire her, wondering how it might affect the November vote.
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A judge has struck down more than a dozen of the government's current rules on political fund raising with just weeks before Election Day, concluding federal regulators improperly weakened the nation's campaign finance law.
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A state rule barring Florida counties with touch-screen voting from conducting manual recounts is at odds with state law, according to an administrative law judge ruling in a lawsuit against the state.
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Rasmussen Reports - A Georgia state judge ruled that a new state law requiring voters to show photo ID is a violation of the state constitution (see story).
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WASHINGTON -- A judge has struck down more than a dozen of the government&#39;s current rules on political fund raising with just weeks before Election Day, concluding federal regulators improperly weakened the nation&#39;s campaign finance law.
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Republican Party leaders on Monday recommended punishing five states for shifting their nomination contests earlier
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A Maryland judge has dismissed a challenge to the state's electronic voting system and ruled that elections officials have made a reasonable effort to ensure that votes will be counted properly in November.
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Weeks before this year&#39;s Nov. 2 general election, Marion County Clerk Doris Anne Sadler today announced a series of reforms to make voting go more smoothly.
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. Oct. 16, 2004 - Florida set new guidelines for recounting touch-screen ballots in close elections, but voter-rights groups said the court-ordered decision doesn&#39;t go nearly far enough to ensure a fair election.