Subject: news of the day 10/20/04
From: Rick Hasen
Date: 10/20/2004, 6:00 AM
To: election-law

"Judge Rejects White House on Counting of Ballots"

A.P. offers this report.


"Election Possibilities Stirring Outrage"

Paul Campos offers these thoughts for Howard News Service.


"Large Donors Fueling Ad Blitz"

The Sacramento Bee offers this report.


"Parties to Post Lawyers at Polls"

The Washington Post offers this news from Virginia.


"Kerry Aims to Avoid Gore Recount Mistakes"

A.P. offers this report.


"Interest Groups Mount Costly Push to Get Out Vote"

The New York Times offers this report.


On Day to Day

I should be on NPR's Day to Day today, talking about my recent Slate piece on potential post-election litigation. Yesterday's program featured Politicizing the Process of Registering Voters.


"Play by the Rules, Colorado"

Joshua Spivak offers this oped in USA Today.


"Judge, Clarifying Decision, Says Spending Rules Stand"

The New York Times offers this report.


"Legal Battle for Presidency Underway"

The Washington Post offers this report.


"GOP Justice Key to Dems' Remap Hopes; Kennedy Could Provide Swing Vote in Texas Redistricting Case"

The Dallas Morning News offers this report.


"Political Scientists in McConnell v. FEC"

The new issue of PS: Political Science & Politics features this mini-symposium. The introduction by Jonathan Krasno is here. The papers are listed here but not on line.


"Texas Races Come Down to Mean vs. Meaner"

The Hill offers this report. I've been debating with some other election law folks the extent to which there is a social consensus against partisan gerrymandering. Relevant to that debate is this snippet from the article: " A recent Dallas Morning News poll found that 39 percent of respondents in the 32nd District thought the new boundaries are 'mostly unfair,' while 36 percent said they are 'mostly fair.'"


"Lawsuits Loom Over New Mexico Outcome; State Republicans Fear Illegal Votes will Taint Election"

The Hill offers this report, which begins: "Unless the presidential election is a blowout, the Land of Enchantment will see lawsuits challenging the outcome, a key Republican state party official predicts." This is the most unequivocal commitment to post-election litigation that I have seen so far. Let's hope the electoral college vote has more than a 5-vote spread. 
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