| Subject: more news |
| From: Rick Hasen |
| Date: 11/10/2003, 10:44 AM |
| To: "election-law@majordomo.lls.edu" <election-law@majordomo.lls.edu> |
Reply-to: rick.hasen@mail.lls.edu |
The
Supreme Court clerk's office has indicated that opinions (in a pending
case or cases) will issue
Wednesday. It is certainly possible, though by no means certain, that
the BCRA (McCain-Feingold) decision will be among them. The sooner the
better, given how the 2004 election season is gearing up. BNA's Money
and Politics report notes that "Ad restrictions in the presidential
election will come into effect next month in the 30-day periods prior
to a January presidential primary in the District of Columbia, the Iowa
presidential caucus, and the New Hampshire primary, according to the
FEC. But the electioneering communication provisions were in effect
from Oct. 10 in Puerto Rico, prior to that U.S. commonwealth's Nov. 9
primary election for a congressional delegate." Those ad restrictions
are challenged in the BCRA case.
Today's Los Angeles Times features Ex-Officials Now Behind New Voting Machines*Those who led the state's ballot-count reforms now work for the firms making the equipment." The story follows Saturday's New York Times report on touch-screen seller Diebold's business and controversy.
Given the amount of money that HAVA and other sources provide for
revamping voting equipment, I suppose I should not have been surprised
by the extent to which conflicts have arisen over the transitions to
knew voting technologies.
-- Professor Rick Hasen Loyola Law School 919 South Albany Street Los Angeles, CA 90015-0019 (213)736-1466 - voice (213)380-3769 - fax rick.hasen@lls.edu http://www.lls.edu/academics/faculty/hasen.html http://electionlawblog.org