Subject: news of the day 2/11/05
From: Rick Hasen
Date: 2/11/2005, 6:43 AM
To: election-law

Replacing Shelley

See this analysis.

Howland on the Wash. Gov's Mess

See this Seattle Weekly column.


"Jury Finds Montgomery Guilty in Vote Fraud Case"

St. Louis Today offers this report, which begins: "A St. Louis jury found former Operation Big Vote head Nonaresa Montgomery guilty Thursday of lying to a grand jury investigating thousands of fraudulent voter registration cards turned in before the 2001 mayoral primary."


"Dan Walters: Sunshine would be better approach to campaign finance issues"

See this Sacramento Bee column. A snippet: "Is it somehow better, from a public interest standpoint, that Schwarzenegger stage an elaborate charade of noninvolvement in the supposedly independent committee? Of course not. The ballot measures almost certainly will proceed, and huge sums of money will be collected and spent on both sides of the battle. We'd be better served if Schwarzenegger simply raised the money directly and took responsibility for spending it. We would then be able to judge whether - as some critics have alleged - corporate interests that contribute to his causes receive most-favored treatment by the administration."


"Voters Might Face Flood of Fall Ballot Initiatives"

The Los Angeles Times offers this report. 
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