| Subject: [EL] more news 10/22/10 |
| From: Rick Hasen |
| Date: 10/22/2010, 1:19 PM |
| To: Election Law |
Reply-to: "rick.hasen@lls.edu" |
You can see the docket here.
You can see the Brennan Center/Demos amicus brief opposing the
stay here.
With the briefing now complete, a ruling could come any time.
See this
blog post at Citizens in Charge's blog.
Here.
See here.
Yesterday's petition
of the day was the Easterbrook judicial elections case
from the 7th Circuit. I've blogged about both of these case, and
think cert is almost certain in the first case and fairly likely
in the second.
If you read one article on this topic, read
this.
Million, billion. What's
the difference?.
The NY Daily News reports
Richard Winger:
"November 2, 2010 ballots in New York city tell the voters to
vote by marking 'the oval above' the name of the preferred
candidate. Actually, voters are supposed to fill in the oval
below. The Board says it is not a problem because most voters
don't read the instructions anyway."
Gotta love this.
See here.
AFSCME or the Chamber? Ben Smith sorts
it out.
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