| Subject: news of the day 1/26/05 |
| From: Rick Hasen |
| Date: 1/26/2005, 8:17 AM |
| To: election-law |
Roll Call offers this
report (paid subscription required).
Garry South offers this
LA Times commentary supporting the establishment of a
nonpartisan redistricting commission in California.
See stories in the
Los Angeles Times; thse
San Francisco Chronicle; the the
Sacramento Bee; and
the Contra Costa Times. See also this
Dan Walters' column. Links via Rough
& Tumble, a very useful website collecting links to political
stories out of California.
Lost
in translation at the Washington Secretary of State's website.
The New York Times offers this
report,
which begins: "In a decision that favored Nicholas A. Spano's
re-election bid to the State Senate, an appellate court ruled on
Tuesday that only 45 of about 550 contested ballots in the
still-undecided race should be counted. Before the ruling, Mr. Spano
led by 58 votes." See also this
report. Thanks to Richard Winger for the links.
You can find the amicus brief supporting the FEC's allocation rules
for 527s here.
Ned Foley weighs in on the question here,
with particular relevance for one aspect of the Washington state
controversy.
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