| Subject: Electionlawblog news and commentary 7/31/06 |
| From: Rick Hasen |
| Date: 7/31/2006, 6:57 AM |
| To: election-law |
The Houston Chronicle offers this
report.
See this
Washington Post editorial, this Eliza Newlin Carney
column, and this Brad
Smith blog post.
In These Times offers this
analysis.
The San Diego Union-Tribune offers this
report,
which begins: "A cease-fire between California business and labor
groups that followed last year's contentious statewide special election
is threatened by a November ballot proposition that would establish a
system of public financing of state political campaigns." [Disclosure:
I am consulting for the Yes on 89 campaign.]
The Boston Globe offers this
report.
Readers
of this blog may recall the controversy over Prop. 77 in
California---the test of the petitions circulated for signature of a
redistricting initiative differed in some respects from the official
version submitted to the Secretary of State. In the Costa case,
the California Supreme Court held that the measure could remain on the
ballot, because the differences were not significant enough to mislead
voters. It appears Nevada now
faces a similar controversy.
The NY Sun offers this report.
See here.
Anything else would be a letdown after being university president.
US News and World Report offers this
report.
-- 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