| Subject: more news |
| From: Rick Hasen |
| Date: 10/24/2004, 9:12 PM |
| To: election-law |
In George Will's column
that
I linked to earlier today, George Will refers to John Fund's book on
voter fraud, which has serious allegations that need scholarly
investigation. One incident mentioned came out of Kenosha Wisconsin. A
blog reader writes me to tell me that as far as that incident goes,
Fund mentions only the initial charges, but not that a special
prosecutor later found the charges were completely without merit. The Milwaukee
Journal-Sentinel article on the investigation is here
and confirms the reader's account. It is very hard to prove election
fraud, and even harder in most cases to prove that enough fraud exists
to change the outcome of federal elections.
The application for stay and injunction is here.
Steven Sholk writes that an updated version of his article, "A Guide
to Election Year Activities of Section 501(c)(3) Organizations," has
been
published by Practising Law Institute as part of the course handbook for
the seminar, "Tax Strategies for Corporate Acquisitions, Dispositions,
Spin-Offs, Joint Ventures, Financings, Reorganizations &
Restructurings
2004." You can find it posted here.
The New York Times offers this
editorial on suggested election administration reforms.
See this
A.P. report. Given what this same panel did yesterday with the Ohio
appeal (see here),
there is little question that wrong precinct votes won't be counted in
Michigan either this election. UPDATE: It is noted here
that the results in the Michigan case may be different to the extent
the lower court ruling depends on state law.
See this
San Jose Mercury News report.
A snippet: ``I had to ask myself would I vote the same way if the names
were reversed,'' said Breyer, a Clinton appointee who is considered a
moderate liberal on the often divided court. ``I said `yes.' But I'll
never know for sure because people are great self-kidders.''
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