Subject: news of the day 9/12/04
From: Rick Hasen
Date: 9/12/2004, 9:51 AM
To: election-law

527s Make the Cover of Tomorrow's Newsweek

As part of the cover story on the "Slime Campaign," the main 527 story is here. Sen. John McCain's related editorial is here.


Should 527 Disclosure Laws Be Tightened?

See this editorial in the Kalamazoo Gazette.


"On the Voting Machine Makers' Tab"

The New York Times offers this editorial, which begins: "As doubts have grown about the reliability of electronic voting, some of its loudest defenders have been state and local election officials. Many of those same officials have financial ties to voting machine companies. While they may sincerely think that electronic voting machines are so trustworthy that there is no need for a paper record of votes, their views have to be regarded with suspicion until their conflicts are addressed."


"Kerry Suggests Rivals Might Suppress Black Votes"

The New York Times offers this report.


"Distributing Free Speech"

Alan Reynolds has this commentary at the Cato Institute's website. 
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