| Subject: news of the day 6/25/04 |
| From: Rick Hasen |
| Date: 6/25/2004, 8:24 AM |
| To: election-law |
Next week, as I read the page proofs for the forthcoming third edition of the Election law casebook that I edit with Dan Lowenstein, blogging will be light.
For the month of August, I will be out of the country. I'll suspend
blogging (and news of the day posting to the election law listserv)
until September.
With
news that Republican U.S. Senate candidate from Illinois Jack Ryan may
withdraw from the race over a sex scandal, there is already talk of
replacing him. A.P. reports:
"The GOP cannot force Ryan off the ballot. But if he drops out before
Aug. 27, the party can put up a new candidate." I have not looked at
Illinois law, but readers may recall a controversy over interpretation
of a New Jersey law for replacing Senate candidates that came into play
when Robert Torrecelli withdrew from the race late in the game.
The New York Times offers this
report over how a successor for John Kerry would be chosen for the
Senate should Kerry be elected president.
"That's
the difference between our side and their side. Even when we disagree,
we're respectful of freedom of speech," he said. "But when they
disagree, they try to shut you down. Well it's un-American. And it's
wrong, and people are not going to stand for it. People in this country
don't like to be told they can't watch something or see
something."---See this
Washington Post report. Variety also offers this
report (paid subscription required).
See here.
For additional documents, see here. Thanks to
Joe Birkenstock for the pointer.
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