Subject: news of the day 8/7/03
From: Rick Hasen
Date: 8/7/2003, 12:34 PM
To: "election-law@majordomo.lls.edu" <election-law@majordomo.lls.edu>

Recall decisions soon? A reporter tells me that he heard from the California Supreme Court that a decision whether to grant or deny review on the recall writs will come "early afternoon."

Oped on Georgia v. Ashcroft Luke McLouglin published "Swing Voter: O'Connor's Redistricting Ruling Gives Politicians Room to Succeed or Fail" in the July 22, 2003 Los Angeles Daily Journal (no link currently available).
McCain-Feingold news and commentary CNN offers "White House Outlines Defense of Campaign Finance Arguments." FEC Commmissioner Michael E. Toner offers this oped in the Boston Globe on the funding of party conventions.

ACLU files another punch card suit in recall See this A.P. report.

A Davis resignation would not scuttle the recall I blogged about this in June here, explaining why this is so---but many people still ask the question. Now that the election is certified, I don't see how anyone can argue that the petition is not yet filed under the rules of Elections Code 11302. The recall goes forward. If Davis resigns now, Bustamante is governor and would remain governor if a majority vote no on the recall. If a majority vote yes, Bustamante would be replaced by whoever is a successor in part 2. And I don't think anything would prevent Bustamante himself from running in part 2.

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