| Subject: Electionlawblog news and commentary 1/19/06 |
| From: Rick Hasen |
| Date: 1/19/2006, 8:47 AM |
| To: election-law |
An e-mail from the FEC notes that there will be a demonstration at
today's FEC meeting "of a new podcasting capability that will be
available by mid February on the Commission's website. Audio files from
each public meeting will be retrievable online within a couple of days
of the meeting taking place. The files will be keyed to the agenda for
that meeting, with separate files for each item discussed. This way you
can listen to just the subject you're interested in without downloading
or listening to the entire session. All 2006 meetings will be
available, and it will be possible to register for automatic updates as
new meetings come online." Together with continued efforts to improve
the FEC website, we are now seeing a real push at the agency to use
technology to make its treasure trove of data more easily accessible.
The Washington Post offers this
report. See also If
You Give a Congressman a Cookie, an oped in today's NY Times
by Norm Ornstein and Tom Mann.
The LA Times offers this
report See also this
Oakland Tribune report.
The San Antonio Current offers this
interesting report, which begins: "The Texas Secretary of State’s
office is planning a primary-election wingding next week in front of
the Alamo to 'educate' San Antonians about electronic-voting machines
for persons with disabilities. Yet, like many educational efforts in
Texas, the presentation will omit important information. What the
Secretary of State won’t tell you is that voting in the March 7
primary disqualifies you from signing the petition of an independent or
third-party candidate who is trying to get listed on the
general-election ballot."
-- Rick Hasen William H. Hannon Distinguished Professor of Law Loyola Law School 919 Albany Street Los Angeles, CA 90015-1211 (213)736-1466 - voice (213)380-3769 - fax rick.hasen@lls.edu http://www.lls.edu/academics/faculty/hasen.html http://electionlawblog.org