| Subject: news of the day 7/8/04 |
| From: Rick Hasen |
| Date: 7/8/2004, 8:16 AM |
| To: election-law |
A.P. offers this
report,
which begins: "The Kansas Republican Party chairman had no authority to
open the Aug. 3 primary to independent voters, a district judge ruled
Wednesday. Judge Charles Andrews ordered Secretary of State Ron
Thornburgh not to allow independents to vote in the primary, as
directed by state chairman Dennis Jones on June 4." The article
suggests a constitutional challenge was not properly before the judge.
A constitutional challenge should be successful under Tashjian
and California Democratic Party v. Jones, which give parties
the right to object to the form of primary put in place by the state.
The Washington Post offers this
report.
The Campaign Finance Institute issued this press release and
report yesterday. Today, you can find articles about the CFI report
in Boston Globe, Washington
Post, and New
York Times. See also this
New York Times editorial on money in politics.
The Oakland Tribune offers this
report.
Roll Call offers this report
(paid subscription required), which begins: "Facing legal challenges in
Washington and Austin, House Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-Texas) has
retained lawyers to defend him in both a Congressional ethics probe and
an ongoing investigation into Texas’ 2002 legislative races."
See
"The Implications of Coalitional and Influence Districts for Vote
Dilution Litigation," 117 Harvard Law Review 2598 (2004) and "The Ties
that Bind: Coalitions and Governance Under Section 2 of the Voting
Rights Act," 117 Harvard Law Review 2621 (2004).
-- 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