New report on money in the
2002 elections U.S. PIRG has released "The Role of Money
in the 2002 Congressional Elections." Among its findings: 55.5% of
candidates' fundraising from individuals came in contributions at or above
$1,000--from only 0.09% of the voting age population. (Thanks to Adam Lioz
for the pointer.)
Election Law commentary from
left and right The Nation offers "Billionaires
for Bush" while David Tell at the Weekly Standard offers "Race
to the Bottom", a commentary on Georgia v. Ashcroft.
"Judges Raking in Campaign Funds"
See this
A.P. report.
"Bush 'bundlers' redefine fundraising"
See this Washington
Post report (via MSNBC).
Recall news and commentary
The Sacramento Bee wants to draft Sen. Feinstein to run for govenor.
See here
for the editorial (via California
Insider). The Los Angeles Times offers this
profile of recall activist Ted Costa. See also "Recall:
Into the Unknown" in the Los Angeles Daily News.
See also reports here,
here,
and here.
"Thousands Overseas to Cast Votes Online"
Yesterday's Los Angeles Times offered this
report. From its third paragraph: "The Secure Electronic Registration
and Voting Experiment, or SERVE, which began as a tiny demonstration project
in the 2000 general election that involved just 84 voters, could give 100,000
voters the chance to cast absentee ballots online in next year's presidential
primaries and general election."
--
Rick Hasen
Professor of Law and William M. Rains Fellow
Loyola Law School
919 South Albany Street
Los Angeles, CA 90015-1211
(213)736-1466
(213)380-3769 - fax
rick.hasen@lls.edu
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