| Subject: news of the day 4/26/04 |
| From: Rick Hasen |
| Date: 4/26/2004, 7:33 AM |
| To: election-law |
Marty Lederman notes here
that the Supreme Court has granted review in Leake v. North
Carolina Right to Life and remanded the case for reconsideration in
light of its recent campaign finance decision in McConnell v. FEC.
See
Congressional 527s are a Flop.
Continuity Vote Splits Parties.
Special Counsel Cautions Groups on Voter Registration, which begins: "The U.S. Office of Special Counsel has cautioned labor unions and other groups that they’ll have a hard time legally conducting voter registration activities on federal grounds once they’ve endorsed a candidate for partisan political office."
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The Washington Times offers this
oped
on President Bush's decision to stop fundraising. It ends: " In today's
world, $170 million to $180 million won't begin to meet the challenge
being organized by Mr. Kerry and his allies."
The Boston Globe offers this
report.
Following up on this post,
J.J. Gass informs me that petition for rehearing has been denied in
this case. We will see if Kentucky files a petition for cert. in the
Supreme Court. Given how obviously wrong one aspect of the case is (see
my views here),
this could be a good candidate for a cert. petition. Still, perhaps the
Court won't want to wade back into these waters again so soon.
George Skelton offers this
column.
Notable quote on proposed public financing for California: "Upstairs in
the Capitol at that moment, a public financing bill was getting a
"social promotion" — being advanced by the Assembly Elections
Committee. It has no prospect of passing the Legislature. It'll
ultimately morph into a ballot initiative. Indeed, if committee members
had believed it might be enacted, the measure never would have
survived." Thanks to Bob Stern for the pointer.
Jeff
Wice has been hired by Touro Law School to teach its first Election Law
course. Starting this Summer semester, he will be an Adjunct Professor.
The New York Times offers this
editorial on California's electronic voting controversy.
Don't miss this
Los Angeles Times report (link via How Appealing).
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