| Subject: news of the day 1/18/05 |
| From: Rick Hasen |
| Date: 1/18/2005, 8:43 AM |
| To: election-law |
Someone
sent me a copy of the state's brief, but because it was scanned, the
file is too large for me to post. I would like to see the other briefs
as well, and will post what I can.
See this
San Francisco Chronicle article and this
LA Times article.
The New York Times offers this
editorial about an electronic voting controversy in North Carolina.
Roll Call offers this
editorial
(paid subcription required), which begins: "Though the 2004
presidential election was, operationally, a rousing success when
compared to the debased standards of 2000, American democracy is hardly
out of the woods. If anything, voter cynicism is rising, fed by
pre-election hollering about rampant voter fraud (according to
Republicans) and unreasonable barriers to voting (according to
Democrats). In close races, the threat of litigation and simmering
outrage now seems permanent. But there are things election officials
can — and should — do to reduce public cynicism. A bare minimum step
would be to require secretaries of state — who oversee elections in
most states — to recuse themselves from all partisan activities while
in office, including endorsing and stumping for candidates." The
editorial also calls for taking election administration responsibility
away from partisan secretaries of state.
-- Professor Rick Hasen Loyola Law School 919 Albany Street Los Angeles, CA 90015-1211 (213)736-1466 - voice (213)380-3769 - fax rick.hasen@lls.edu http://www.lls.edu/academics/faculty/hasen.html http://electionlawblog.org