| Subject: San Diego ruling/more news |
| From: Rick Hasen |
| Date: 11/22/2004, 5:36 PM |
| To: election-law |
The San Diego Union Tribune has a one sentence breaking news
item on its home page
reading: "BREAKING NEWS: Judge refuses request to force immediate count
of all write-in ballots in mayoral race." More later.
UPDATE: The Union-Tribune is updating its story here
to reflect developments. In its 5:14 update, it notes the following:
"[Judge] Helgesen, who issued his ruling after hearing two hours of
arguments on the matter, said state law, not city law, applies, because
the ballot also consolidated races from other jurisdictions. 'The
consolidation of the election dictates that state law would prevail
upon the issus of counting the ballots,' Helgesen said, noting that
under state law 'a write-in ballot would not count if a bubble were not
filled in.'"
See Who
Lost Ohio?.
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