news of the day 11/11/03

Subject: news of the day 11/11/03

From: Rick Hasen

Date: 11/11/2003, 7:29 AM

To: election-law

Problems with Monterey (CA) all-mail election

The Monterey Herald offers Delayed Ballots Spur Inquiry, which begins:

Registrar of Voters Tony Anchundo said Monday he will ask the Monterey County district attorney and the U.S. attorney general to investigate how an unknown number of ballots did not reach their destination in Castroville until after the election was over.

"Something just doesn't smell good," Anchundo said.

"Touch Screens Worry Voters"

The Miami Herald offers this report.

"On the Left: Contributions give donors unprecedented access"

Maya Valverde offers this oped in The Olympian (Washington state).

"Dean Threat May Help Bush Up Fundraising Ante"

The Washington Post offers this report.

News Hour Interview about Dean/Public Financing with Larry Noble

The transcript is here.

"Soros's Deep Pockets vs. Bush; Financier Contributes $5 Million More in Effort to Oust President"

The Washington Post offers this report.

Bob Bauer: The final word

Bob Bauer's final reply to Ned Foley on Foley's BCRA overbreadth article in the Election Law Journal is now posted here. The three earlier papers in the series are posted on the ELJ home page. It was a very interesting exchange.

Finally, on my post yesterday about voting in the special district election, I received a number of interesting suggestions, from "find a new wife" to vote trading ideas with other couples. In retrospect, the simple solution is for the couple not to vote, given that the votes of each would cancel each other out. Of course, that denies the expressive value of voting, though as I have stated elsewhere (see 88 Cal.L.Rev. 1323) these special district elections don't really have enough hallmarks of normal voting that we should worry about expressive values there.

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