| Subject: news of the day 1/22/04 |
| From: Rick Hasen |
| Date: 1/22/2004, 7:18 AM |
| To: election-law |
Roll Call offers this
report
(paid subscription required), which begins: "Hoping to expand its base
of contributors in the new campaign fundraising era, Senate Democrats
have launched a Web site designed to tap into the growing community of
Internet-savvy contributors unearthed in the past year by presidential
candidate Howard Dean. The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee
'soft launched' fromtheroots.org on Wednesday to a select group of
loyal contributors and lobbyists — the first step in its attempt to
create a cyberspace community for Democratic activists and donors. A
broader roll out, perhaps including banner advertising on other Web
sites, will occur at a later date."
The Washington Post offers this
report,
which begins: "" The Justice Department has formally refused a demand
from Texas Democrats to release a lengthy internal memo about a
Republican redistricting plan that experts believe could produce a GOP
gain of as many as seven House seats in that state later this year,
according to documents and officials. The internal legal opinion, which
includes a 73-page narrative and 1,750 pages of accompanying documents,
is eagerly sought by 14 Democratic House members from Texas as part of
their attempt to halt the GOP redistricting."
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