Subject: news of the day 2/11/04
From: Rick Hasen
Date: 2/11/2004, 7:38 AM
To: election-law

"Repeal Campaign Finance Law"

Wayne LaPierre of the National Rifle Association recently gave this speech.


More on Georgia Redistricting Decision

See this Atlanta Journal-Constitution article. See also this A.P. report.


"Torricelli in Anti-Dean Role; Kerry Fundraiser Helped Finance Tough TV Ads in Iowa"

The Washington Post offers this report, which begins: "Former senator Robert G. Torricelli (D-N.J.), who is raising money for presidential front-runner John F. Kerry, contributed $50,000 to a secretive group that ran hard-hitting television ads against Howard Dean during last month's Democratic presidential campaign in Iowa, a new Federal Election Commission filing shows."
UPDATE: See also this A.P. report.


"Democrats' Soft Money Running Low"

The Hill offers this report.

Caltech-MIT Voting Project Statement on Electronic Voting and Auditability

The statement is here. Link via Dan Tokaji.


Electing Judges and Gay Marriage

See this A.P. report. Thanks to How Appealing for the pointer. 
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