More on Florida McCarty/Stone investigation See this report. (Thanks to Alfredo Garcia for the pointer).

Recall litigation news stories See stories in: the San Francisco Chronicle; the Los Angeles Times; the Sacramento Bee (A.P. story); more to come in the morning. UPDATE: More stories in: the Contra Costa Times; the San Diego Union-Tribune; the Sacramento Bee; the San Jose Mercury News; and the Los Angeles Times (updated report).

Interesting Ninth Circuit Voting Rights case The court decided Green v. City of Tuscon. The MetNews summary: "Provision of Arizona law conditioning vote by residents of community seeking incorporation on consent of all existing municipalities of 5,000 or more inhabitants within range of six miles treats all residents of community equally and is not subject to strict scrutiny under equal protection. Provision is rationally related to Arizona’s legitimate interest in regulating establishment of new municipalities and protecting interests of existing ones, and does not violate equal protection requirements."

More on preclearance recall questions The DOJ's August 19 letter is here on Findlaw. See also this Sacramento Bee article.

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