| Subject: news of the day 12/2/04 |
| From: Rick Hasen |
| Date: 12/2/2004, 7:41 AM |
| To: election-law |
See here.
See these front page reports in
the LA Times and the
Sacramento Bee.
Other ballot measures may appear on a special election ballot as well.
If this plan goes forward, watch for a pitched battle over an isue I've
recently written
about:
the legality and constitutionality of a new FPPC regulation limiting
contributions to candidate-controlled ballot measure campaigns. This
would be the first election in which the Gov. would be limited to
contributions of $21,200. In the last election, he had many six-figure
contributions to his controlled ballot measure committee, including at
least three contributors who gave at least $750,000 each.
The St. Petersburg Times offers this
report.
A snippet: "Florida's elections supervisors want to effectively replace
Election Day with a period of voting that would last a week or so. If
they can persuade skeptical lawmakers to go along, neighborhood voting
sites would be a thing of the past."
The Washington Post offers this
report,
which begins: "A campaign fund controlled by Senate Majority Leader
Bill Frist (R-Tenn.) has lost almost $460,000 in stock market
investments since 2000 and now does not have enough to cover a sizable
bank loan, according to federal election records and the manager of the
Frist account."
USA Today offers this
report, with the following subhead: "Computer glitch, dead heat,
recounts and court rulings play part in undecided races."
Dan Weintraub has the story here.
-- Rick Hasen Professor of Law and William M. Rains Fellow Loyola Law School 919 South Albany Street Los Angeles, CA 90015-1211 (213)736-1466 (213)380-3769 - fax rick.hasen@lls.edu http://www.lls.edu/academics/faculty/hasen.html http://electionlawblog.org