| Subject: news of the day 3/18/04 |
| From: Rick Hasen |
| Date: 3/18/2004, 9:09 AM |
| To: election-law |
I'll be taking a few days off. Blogging will resume Monday.
See this
report in The Olympian, which begins: "Just when the future
of voting in Washington's primary election couldn't get anymore
confusing, it has."
I'm
all for disclosure of major contributors and spenders in federal
campaigns, but every once and a while I'm reminded of the privacy costs
that come from disclosing the identity of small contributors. The last
time was when I read William McGeveran's fine article
on the topic. Now comes a link from the excellent website Political Wire to Fundrace
2004's Neighbor Search.
Just plug in your home address and find all of your neighbors who have
given as little as $200 to a presidential candidate. I found out a
number of interesting things about my neighbors through this simple
search.
Florida's Sun-Sentinel offers this
report,
which begins: "At least 289 Palm Beach County residents cast blank
votes in the March 9 Democratic presidential primary election -- even
though it was the only race on their ballots." Thanks to Dan Smith for
the pointer.
The Denver Post offers Court
to Hear Election Law Appeal,
which begins: "The Colorado Supreme Court has agreed to hear an appeal
by Treasurer Mike Coffman of a lawsuit accusing him of violating a
state election law by inappropriately using his office resources to
campaign against a ballot initiative." Thanks to Ed Feigenbaum for the
pointer.
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