| Subject: more news |
| From: Rick Hasen |
| Date: 3/9/2004, 7:34 AM |
| To: election-law |
The Los Angeles Times offers this
front-page report,
which begins: "Poll workers struggling with a new electronic voting
system in last week's election gave thousands of Orange County voters
the wrong ballots, according to a Times analysis of election records.
In 21 precincts where the problem was most acute, there were more
ballots cast than registered voters." Note how the article uses
"principal" for "principle" and puts the error into a Henry Brady quote.
Roll Call offers this report, which begins: "The fight over the future of so-called 527 groups is headed for a potential showdown in the Senate Rules and Administration Committee on Wednesday, when opponents of the groups are slated to square off with lawmakers favoring a hands-off approach to the controversial entities.
Sens. John McCain (R-Ariz.) and Russ Feingold (D-Wis.) — the chief Senate sponsors of the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002 — will weigh in on the thorny issue at the 9:30 a.m. hearing in Russell Building Room 301, which was organized at the behest of Rules Chairman Trent Lott (R-Miss.). House hearings on the topic last fall erupted into chaos, when Democrats characterized House Administration Chairman Bob Ney’s (R-Ohio) inquiry as a 'witch hunt,' and a number of groups declined to testify."-- Rick Hasen Professor of Law and William M. Rains Fellow Loyola Law School 919 South Albany Street Los Angeles, CA 90015-1211 (213)736-1466 (213)380-3769 - fax rick.hasen@lls.edu http://www.lls.edu/academics/faculty/hasen.html http://electionlawblog.org