Subject: recall litigation news and commentary
From: Rick Hasen
Date: 8/8/2003, 7:12 AM
To: election-law

Recall litigation news See reports in: the Los Angeles Times (and here); the Sacramento Bee; the San Diego Union Tribune; the San Francisco Chronicle; and the San Jose Mercury News.

"Chads Hang Over Recall" My Los Angeles Times oped is here. One point I did not have a chance to make in print is that problems with voting mechanics are only exacerbated by the plurality rule in part 2 of the recall. The rule makes it much more likely that we will have a close election and that selective failures of voting can affect the outcome of the election.

Vic Amar offers his thoughts on recall litigation issues at Findlaw, including an intriguing suggestion to use the single transferable vote in future recall elections.
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Rick Hasen
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