[EL] Tight Results

[Larry Levine]

As far as I know, the Iowa Republican Party makes the rules for its own
Primary and didn't think it was necessary to require photo IDs for people to
register or to vote. I guess photo IDs are only necessary when Democrats and
Independents can vote. 
Larry

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[mailto:law-election-bounces at department-lists.uci.edu] On Behalf Of
Lowenstein, Daniel
Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2012 11:10 PM
To: Rick Hasen; law-election at uci.edu
Subject: [EL] Tight Results

       At least we don't have to worry about Florida x 50, as would be
possible if there were a national popular vote system in effect.

             Best,

             Daniel H. Lowenstein
             Director, Center for the Liberal Arts and Free Institutions
(CLAFI)
             UCLA Law School
             405 Hilgard
             Los Angeles, California 90095-1476
             310-825-5148


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[law-election-bounces at department-lists.uci.edu] On Behalf Of Rick Hasen
[rhasen at law.uci.edu]
Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2012 9:45 PM
To: law-election at uci.edu
Subject: [EL] ELB News and Commentary 1/4/12

The Lesson from Tonight's Iowa Results for Election
Law<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=27367>
Posted on January 3, 2012 9:40 pm<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=27367> by
Rick Hasen<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Elections can sometimes be close.  Very very close (as in 5 votes close as I
write this post).  So close that the margin of error in counting the votes
can exceed the margin of victory.  Fortunately tonight's results won't lead
to a recount (for how the non-binding caucuses work, see
here<http://theweek.com/article/index/222942/the-idiosyncratic-iowa-caucus-r
ules-a-guide>); whether Romney or Santorum wins is more about bragging
rights than anything else.

But this could happen in a presidential election again, in a state that
matters.  And we haven't done nearly enough to fix the problems in our
elections that became apparent in the 2000 Florida fiasco.  As I will
argue<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=22990> in great detail soon, we are not
prepared for the next election meltdown.

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