| Subject: news of the day 4/29/05 |
| From: Rick Hasen |
| Date: 4/29/2005, 6:47 AM |
| To: election-law |
The LA Daily News offers this
report,
which begins: "SACRAMENTO -- A day after Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger
expressed his willingness to postpone the start of new legislative
districts, a major backer of his ballot measure blasted the governor
Thursday for retreating from his earlier demand for swift change."
Chip Johnson offers this
SF Chronicle column,
which begins: "Term limits were passed to break the lock career
politicians held on the state Legislature -- and now termed-out
legislators scrambling for a place to land can wreak havoc when they go
back home to seek local elected office."
Following up on this post,
A.P. offers Attorney
general says anti-tax flier likely didn't break the law.
Howard Bashman blogs here
and Robbin Stewart comments here
on a very interesting Hatch Act case involving a
government employee running for mayor in a "nonpartisan" election. When
does such an election become partisan?
-- Rick Hasen William H. Hannon Distinguished Professor of Law Loyola Law School 919 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