Subject: news of the day 11/16/04
From: Rick Hasen
Date: 11/16/2004, 8:46 AM
To: election-law

"Groups Sue Fla. County Over Voting Glitch"

A.P. offers this report.


"Waiting for a Governor in Washington"

The Los Angeles Times offers this report.


Judge Rules Write-in Challenge in San Diego Barred by Laches

Here is the San Diego Union-Tribune report. A federal suit is still pending, but I think the claim there is even weaker, for reasons I gave here. The Los Angeles Times reports that the losers in state court may appeal.


News Coverage of Yesterday's GW Conference on Law and Democracy

A.P. offers Election Law Experts Suggest Changes to Provisional Voting. BNA (paid subscription required) offers Ickes Says 527 Groups to Continue But Party Needs to Be Strengthened. Bob Bauer's website offers this recap of two panels at the conference.


Bauer on Law and Democracy

Don't miss this post by Bob Bauer, "Where Law and Democracy Meet Political Law."


"Our Increasingly Comfortable Incumbents"

Eliza Newlin Carney offers this column in National Journal. I have always liked Carney's work, and now National Journal is making her columns available without a paid subscription at the link above. 
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