Dan Weintraub Criticizes Arguments By Maldef, the League of Women Voters and the Asian-Pacific American Legal Center Against Proposition 77

See this post, criticizing this position paper.

"Governor vetoes signature-gatherer bill"

See this report, which begins: "Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger vetoed a bill by Assemblyman Joe Nation yesterday that would have required people who are paid for gathering initiative signatures to wear a badge." Link via California Election Law, which links to other stories on election law measures being vetoed by Gov. Schwarzenegger, as well as this article, in which California's secretary of state predicts that "future elections will be closer."

"Schwarzenegger Seeking Re-election"

Roll Call offers this report (paid subscription required), with the subhead: "Imminent Announcement Seen as Boost to Flagging Reform Package."

"Katrina's Aftermath: Political Landscape May Shift on Displaced Voters"

The Los Angeles Times offers this very important report, with the subhead: "The party makeup of districts in Louisiana may hinge on which evacuees return or are able to cast absentee ballots, experts say."

"Ballot Item Creates GOP Split"

The Sacramento Bee offers this report, which begins: "Boldly treading where few other Republicans want to go, Roseville Rep. John Doolittle has stepped forward as a leading critic of the redistricting measure supported by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger."

"Georgia's New Poll Tax"

The New York Times offers this editorial on the Georgia identification controversy.

Did McCain Neglect to Stand By His Ad in a California Election?

Allison Hayward has the details here.

Ohio Appellate Court Rejects Challenge to Election Reform Initiative on Jurisdictional Grounds

See this Toledo Blade report, holding that the Ohio Supreme Court must decide this issue. When I have a link to the opinion, I'll post it.

"Louisiana NAACP President Calls for Emergency Legislation to Extend the Voting Provisions of the 1965 Voting Rights Act"

See this press release, which begins: "JACKSON, Miss., Sept. 9 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Some provisions of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 are set to expire in 2007. Ernest Johnson, Sr., president of the Louisiana NAACP, calls on President Bush and the Congress to pass emergency legislation to extend those provisions for another 25 years in light of the recent disaster caused by Hurricane Katrina."

It is not clear to me precisely what the relationship is between the hurricane and renewal of the preclearance provisions of the VRA.

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