| Subject: news of the day 4/1/05 |
| From: Rick Hasen |
| Date: 4/1/2005, 9:39 AM |
| To: election-law |
The Los Angeles Daily News offers this
report,
which begins: "MOORPARK - The U.S. Department of Justice is reviewing
decades of voting records in what city officials speculate could be an
inquiry to determine whether Moorpark's election system favors whites
over Latinos." In potentially related news, the San Francisco
Chronicle offers Minority
voting rights law declared unconstitutional.
It begins: "A 2002 state law that lets minority voters challenge
at-large elections for city council, school board and other local
offices has been ruled unconstitutional by a Modesto judge, who said it
discriminates by race and ethnicity." Morgan Kousser had sent me the
tentative ruling in this case. If someone sends me the final ruling,
I'll post it.
The event was held yesterday and broadcast on C-SPAN. Video and
audio links are here.
Mike Krempasky, one of the panelists, reflects on the panel here.
Following up on this post,
you can now view the Ohio union contribution case at this link.
Thanks to Justin Levitt for the file. The decision has a very
interesting discussion of the union issue in relation to Beaumont
and McConnell.
The following announcment arrived via e-mail from Matt Kohn:
Before Election 2004, CALL IT DEMOCRACY was pre-screened at 50 colleges across the United States as part of education and GOTV drives and academic panels. At the same time, we continued shooting until Ohio's electoral votes were counted on January 6th, 2005. The final version of CID Premiered at the Palm Springs International Film Festival and was reviewed by Variety. A full press kit is available with more information and the full story on the timeline of this project. As we prepare for limited theatrical screenings and a DVD, I am eager to discuss the possibilities of further educational screenings.
I hope to see you there!
Best,
Matt Kohn
Director/Producer
http://www.callitdemocracy.com
http://www.mattkohn.blogspot.com
The Miami Herald offers this report, with the subhead: "A computer error failed to count votes during the March 8 special election, calling into question five other local elections -- and the future of the county's elections supervisor." Thanks to Electionline.org's weekly report for the link.
Rick
Hasen
William
H. Hannon Distinguished Professor of Law
Loyola
Law School
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