| Subject: news of the day 3/8/04 |
| From: Rick Hasen |
| Date: 3/8/2004, 7:29 AM |
| To: election-law |
John Anderson (yes, that John Anderson) offers this Roll
Call oped (paid registration required).
Roll Call offers this
report
(paid registration required), which begins: "Congressional sponsors of
the Help America Vote Act of 2002 cautioned their colleagues that
ongoing efforts to amend the law to deal with security issues could do
more harm than good. In a 'Dear Colleague' letter last week, Reps. Bob
Ney (R-Ohio) and Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) and Sens. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.)
and Chris Dodd (D-Conn.) warned against a rush to judgment on HAVA,
urging lawmakers to let the new Election Assistance Commission examine
issues related to the security of electronic voting systems." Dan
Tokaji has more coverage of this issue here.
The letter is posted here.
The New York Times offers this
report.
A.P. offers this
report,
which begins: "PHOENIX - A judge who ordered the state's map of
legislative districts redrawn signaled likely approval of a new version
that includes twice as many districts winnable by either major party."
The New York Times offers this
report.
Sean Wilentz offers this
essay on Ralph Nader's attack on the two party "duopoly" in the New
York Times Magazine.
The Washington Post offers this
report,
which begins: "Attorney Gen. John D. Ashcroft's 1998 leadership PAC,
Spirit of America, and his Senate reelection campaign committee,
Ashcroft 2000, raised more than $100,000 last year in order to pay a
fine and legal costs for violating campaign finance laws, according to
Federal Election Commission records and Garrett Lott, treasurer of both
committees."
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