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Election campaigns in longstanding democracies

George Tridimas (Ulster): Constitutional Choice in Ancient Athens: The Rationality of Selection to Office by Lot. Kirsten Nussbaumer (SLU): Republican Election Reform and the American Montesquieu. Paul H. Edelman (Vanderbilt): The Institutional Dimension of Election Design. From American Scientist, a review of Majority Judgment: Measuring, Ranking, and Electing by Michel Balinski and Rida Laraki. Richard H. Pildes (NYU): Elections as a Distinct Sphere Under the First Amendment. Ken Mulligan (SIU): Partisan Ambivalence, Split Ticket Voting, and Divided Government. Bruce Etling, Robert Faris, and John G. Palfrey Jr. (Harvard): Political Change in the Digital Age: The Fragility and Promise of Online Organizing. Robert Salmond (Michigan): Metube: Politicians, Youtube, and Election Campaigns in Longstanding Democracies. An interview with Hans Noel, author of The Party Decides: Presidential Nominations Before and After Reform. David C. Wilson (Delaware), Michael Leo Owens (Emory), and Darren Davis (Notre Dame): Racial Resentment and the Restoration of Voting Rights for Felons. The GOP War on Voting: In a campaign supported by the Koch brothers, Republicans are working to prevent millions of Democrats from voting next year (and more). The first chapter from Oversight: Representing the Interests of Blacks and Latinos in Congress by Michael D. Minta. Roy A. Schotland (Georgetown): The Post-Citizens United Fantasy-Land. Ronald D. Rotunda (Chapman): The Intellectual Forebears of Citizens United. Ciara Torres-Spelliscy (Stetson): Has the Tide Turned in Favor of Disclosure? Revealing Money in Politics after Citizens United and Doe v. Reed. From Boston Review, a forum on campaign finance reform. Campaign finance regulation is tricky, but one thing is clear: the observation that corporations have rights should not end the debate about the constitutionality of regulation.