Subject: news of the day 7/25/05
From: Rick Hasen
Date: 7/25/2005, 10:07 AM
To: election-law


Tokaji on Turnout in Ohio, the DOJ, and a Possible Voting Rights Act Claim

See here.


"FEC clears Sinclair in flap over Kerry movie"

A.P. offers this report. Maybe more tea leaves for the FEC internet rulemaking?


"South Dakota ordered to rewrite redistricting law"

Indian Country Today offers this report.


"Donors Motives Varied"

The Orange County Register offers this report, with the subhead: "Those who sign the big checks have agendas: power or profit or ideology or pleasure – even better government."


"Disclosure rules missed governor deal"

The Sacramento Bee offers this report, which begins: "When revealing details of their finances to comply with the state's conflict of interest disclosure laws, California officials fill out forms that are much like erotica from the early 1900s: They bare a bit of their personal financial flesh, but much is left to the imagination. The adequacy of the law and the disclosure forms have come under scrutiny since details of Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's $5 million magazine deal were revealed this month in an obscure and much later securities filing, but not on his own disclosure form."


Financial Woes at the 527 "ACT"

The Washington Post offers Democratic Booster Cuts Liberal Spending.


"The governor must retreat to advance; stopping the special election, Schwarzenegger can come back stronger than ever."

Kevin Spillane writes this Los Angeles Times oped. See also this Sacramento Bee report.

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