Subject: news of the day 5/11/04
From: Rick Hasen
Date: 5/11/2004, 7:29 AM
To: election-law

"Pence Blasts Off to Blogosphere"

Roll Call offers this report (paid registration required), which begins: "Today, Rep. Mike Pence (R-Ind.), a self-described “Internet geek,” will boldly go where no other Member has gone before: He is launching the first ongoing personal weblog, or “blog,” on a Congressional-office home page."


"States Sharpen Race for PAC Money"

The Hill offers this report.


"Shifting the Money So the Votes Will Follow"

The Washington Post offers this report.


Nader Challenges Texas Ballot

The A.P. story is here. See also this report in The Hill. The latter article suggests I believe that the Texas lawsuit will be unsuccessful. That's not what I told the reporter. I told the reporter that ballot access challenges are usually tough to win, but that I did not know enough about the Texas standards to express an opinion on whether Nader's suit would be successful. I gave the reporter names of others to call. 
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