election-law_gl-digest Thursday, September 20 2001 Volume 01 : Number 072
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Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2001 09:51:47 -0700
From: Rick Hasen <rick.hasen@lls.edu>
Subject: move to end punch card votes in California
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To spare California the sort of election debacle that stalled the 2000 p=
residential contest in Florida, Secretary of State Bill Jones on Tuesday =
ordered Los Angeles and eight other counties to purchase new voting machi=
nes.<BR><BR>By January 2006, the counties must replace voting systems now=
used by 55% of the state's voters, or 8.6 million people.<BR><BR><!-- Bl=
ank placeholder ad -->Jones ordered the nine counties to get rid of punch=
- -card voting devices that date to 1964 and have the potential to leave li=
ttle bits of punched-out paper--called chads--hanging from ballots and co=
nfounding counters. Replacing Los Angeles County's system alone could cos=
t $100 million. Jones also urged Gov. Gray Davis to sign a bill that woul=
d put a bond measure on the March ballot to help counties pay for the con=
version to more modern machines. But that $200-million bond would not cov=
er the cost of replacing all the devices, and county elections officials =
say they are hoping for federal dollars too.<BR><BR>"We haven't identifie=
d any funding, but we realize we have to move forward," said Los Angeles =
County Registrar-Recorder Conny McCormack. "We've had 33 years of punch c=
ards. It's time for a change. It's clearly not an optimum election system=
=2E"<BR><BR>In November, contested punch cards in Florida bogged a vote r=
ecount and kept America waiting 36 days to learn whether George W. Bush o=
r Al Gore had won the presidency. Florida poll workers eyed tens of thous=
ands of ballots, looking for dimpled and hanging chads.<BR><BR>"Californi=
a cannot wait for a Florida-style election debacle to occur before making=
these necessary changes to protect the democratic process and the fundam=
ental right of free people to vote," said Jones, who has authority under =
state law to certify voting methods.<BR><BR>The action by Jones, a Republ=
ican candidate for governor, severs the plank on which Democrat March Fon=
g Eu had set out to run to become California's next secretary of state. E=
u served as secretary of state from 1974 to 1994, and when she launched a=
campaign to regain the job in January, she promised to outlaw the punch-=
card voting system.<BR><BR>Jones' move also seems to render moot a lawsui=
t filed in April by the American Civil Liberties Union of Southern Califo=
rnia. That suit contends a disproportionate number of votes in some count=
ies, including Los Angeles, are not counted because of outdated, inaccura=
te punch-card voting devices.<BR><BR>Jones lost a motion to dismiss the s=
uit in August, and a trial date was set for Jan. 14.<BR><BR>Besides Los A=
ngeles County, the nation's biggest election district with 4 million vote=
rs, other counties affected by Jones' decision are Alameda, Mendocino, Sa=
cramento, San Bernardino, San Diego, Santa Clara, Shasta and Solano.<BR><=
BR>McCormack said the punch-card method is popular because it costs just =
7 cents per voter and minimizes printing bills.<BR><BR>Jones did not move=
to ban a punch-card system in which voters use a hole-punch device that =
cleanly removes chads. Called Datavote, the system is used in 24 Californ=
ia counties, including Orange County. Another 24 counties require voters =
to fill in bubbles with a pen or pencil.<BR><BR>Last year, Riverside Coun=
ty became the first county in the nation to use computer touch-screen vot=
ing in every precinct. Voters press their finger on the name of the candi=
dates they choose, and the results are tabulated rapidly.<BR><BR>Since 19=
99, Jones has approved four new touch-screen voting systems for use in Ca=
lifornia, and these may be selected by the counties forced to abandon pun=
ch-card systems.<BR><BR>Los Angeles County tested touch-screen voting at =
nine sites in the month before the November election, McCormack said. Ove=
rwhelmingly, voters reported liking the method, she said.<BR><BR>McCormac=
k has asked the Board of Supervisors for $3 million to expand touch-scree=
n voting to 40 locations in the weeks before the November 2002 election. =
And if the $200-million bond wins voter approval in March, Los Angeles Co=
unty could be eligible for $75 million of that money, she said.<BR><BR>Bu=
t the overall bill for replacing the county's punch-card system could be =
$100 million, McCormack said. A 3-1 matching provision in the bond means =
Los Angeles County would have to come up with $25 million. Some of that m=
oney could come from Washington, McCormack said.<BR><BR>"We think we will=
eventually get some bill out of Congress to help us with matching money,=
" she said.<BR><BR>The bill that would put the $200-million bond on the M=
arch ballot is on the governor's desk. A spokesman said Davis has not yet=
had an opportunity to review the bill, AB 56 by Assemblymen Kevin Shelle=
y (D-San Francisco) and Bob Hertzberg (D-Sherman Oaks).<BR><BR>In all, re=
placing about 65,000 punch-card voting devices in the nine counties could=
cost a total ranging from $65 million to $260 million, depending on whic=
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Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2001 14:40:27 -0400
From: Nathaniel Persily <npersily@law.upenn.edu>
Subject: New Jersey voter registration case and Georgetown symposium
FYI: New Jersey case and Georgetown symposium
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New Jersey Voter Registration Statutes Deemed Unconstitutional
New Jersey Law Journal
New Jersey's voter registration procedures infringe on the rights of
alternative political parties to free expression, free association
and equal protection of the laws, a New Jersey appeals court ruled in
a suit brought by an alliance including the Reform Party and the
Green Party. Two statutes were declared unconstitutional, including
one that prohibits voters from declaring a party affiliation other
than Democrat or Republican.
http://www.law.com/cgi-bin/nwlink.cgi?ACG=ZZZUOL2LTRC
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Dear Professor,
I am a third-year law student at the Georgetown Law Center and the
Symposium Editor for the Georgetown Journal on Poverty Law and Policy.
The Journal is planning a Symposium for the last week of February at
Georgetown concerning voting rights, potential changes in voting
procedures, and election reform.
I am contacting you directly because, as part of the Symposium, we are
planning to have a panel of academics and scholars discuss several
topics in this field and to submit articles that will form the core of
the Journal's Spring 2002 issue.
I would welcome the opportunity to talk with you about your potential
attendance and also to discuss with you any other ideas about scholars
or academices in the field who may want to serve as panelists and/or
submit articles for publication.
I have attached a description of the Journal and a preliminary outline
of the Symposium. I can be reached via e-mail at
levensoe@bulldog.georgetown.edu or by phone at (202) 265-3726 and look
forward to hearing from you soon.
Thanks for considering this request.
Sincerely,
Eli Levenson
Symposium Editor
Georgetown Journal on Poverty Law and Policy
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Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2001 12:00:37 -0700
From: Rick Hasen <rick.hasen@lls.edu>
Subject: Greenhouse on Bush v. Gore
Those list members who read Linda Greenhouse's reporting in the New York
Times on Bush v. Gore may be interested in a recent essay she has
published in the Summer 2001 issue of the Green Bag: "Learning to Live
with Bush v. Gore," 4 Green Bag 2d. 381 (2001).
You can find it on the Green Bag's web site at:
http://www.greenbag.org/Greenhouse.pdf
Rick
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Loyola Law School
919 South Albany Street
Los Angeles, CA 90015-0019
(213)736-1466 - voice
(213)380-3769 - fax
rick.hasen@lls.edu
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Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2001 12:34:01 -0700
From: "Lowenstein, Daniel" <lowenste@mail.law.ucla.edu>
Subject: NYC election
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Attached is a link to a NY Times article regarding questions
surrounding the New York City primary election, postponed from September 11
and as of this moment scheduled, albeit precariously, for next Tuesday. The
article refers to a possible law suit to prevent the election from being
held next week. According to my son, who works for a NY city council
member, the law suit was filed this morning.
Best,
Daniel H. Lowenstein
UCLA Law School
310-825-5148
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/09/20/nyregion/20ELEC.html
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