| Subject: news of the day 1/5/04 |
| From: Rick Hasen |
| Date: 1/5/2004, 7:29 AM |
| To: election-law |
The Seattle Times offers this
report,
which begins: "Bellevue-based VoteHere, which sells software designed
to make electronic voting more secure, said yesterday a hacker it
thinks was politically motivated broke into its computer system and
stole nonsensitive internal documents. The break-in occurred in October
but was only publicly acknowledged yesterday by Chief Executive Jim
Adler. " (Link via Electionline.org.)
The Washington Times offered More States Allow Felons to Regain Vote, Study Finds. (Link via Electionline.org.)
Roll Call offers this report (subscription required), which begins: "With a final ruling on the Texas Congressional map expected as soon as today, House Democrats have begun to map out their political futures in expectation of the Republican-authored plan gaining approval.
Democrats who have watched the process closely, however, warned that
the decision by a three-judge federal panel was far from a done deal
and intimated that they were prepared for a variety of potential
outcomes. "
The Los Angeles Times offered this
detailed front-page report on January 3.
Ronald
Harris, press officer of the Federal Election Commission, retired at
the end of 2003. Best wishes to him for a long and happy retirement!
I'm still editing the BCRA case for the election law supplement. There are two errors in footnote 72 of the joint Stevens/O'Connor opinion. I'll post the name of the person who first sends me an e-mail identifying both errors.
Happy New Year!
UPDATE: Adam Charnes found two errors, including one I did not find. So he wins, but there is still another error in the footnote, which I would surmise was added at the last minute. Here is what Adam found:
1. The correct cite isn't "42 U. S. C. A. §441i(e)" but "2 U.S.C.A. §441i(e)".
2. In "Colorado II, 533 U. S., at 465 (THOMAS, J., dissenting)", it
should read Kennedy not Thomas.
The Wall Street Journal offers this
editorial. Thanks to Steven Sholk for the pointer.
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