In a campaign coordinated* with Eric Brown’s Political Activity Law blog but not coordinated with the candidate, the blog of the Center for Competitive Politics urges our readers to vote for Prof. Rick Hasen, the proprietor of the Election Law Blog, as the top “niche” blog in the ABA Journal’s Blawg 100 Contest.
Right now, Taxgirl is running away with the contest, claiming 87 votes. Hasen, with 20 votes, also trails a second tier of contenders with 30 to 48 votes apiece.
But, in the tradition of Alaska Senate candidates, Hasen will not give up until every ballot is counted—and you don’t even need to spell his name correctly.
To cast a ballot, voters must register as users with the ABAJournal.com website, which deters the ugly specter of election fraud common in the unregulated blogosphere.
Why should you vote for Hasen? Well, why the hell not? He’s the only election law blogger in this category, and he’s been kind to CCP and folks of various perspectives in his effort to foster debate on his blog and listserv. As Lisa Perrochet of Horvitz & Levy writes in her endorsement, “Rick Hasen’s coverage of election law developments seems to be exhaustively thorough, but his insights are nicely succinct and refreshingly candid about acknowledging viewpoints that conflict with his own.”
In short, he’s “a gentleman and a scholar.”
Vote.
In an explicit quid pro quo, CCP’s blog requests that Hasen, if elected, use his influence to help us become listed in the more pedestrian directory of election law blogs.
*Not really, but we’re republishing the same materials, so perhaps it meets the content prong.
