| Subject: [EL] Electionlawblog news and commentary 12/30/10 |
| From: Rick Hasen |
| Date: 12/30/2010, 11:28 AM |
| To: Election Law |
Reply-to: "rick.hasen@lls.edu" |
AP offers this
report. AP also reports
that "Alaska's Legislature should consider changing election law
to make clear that voter intent is what matters in counting
write-in ballots, a state lawmaker said Wednesday." This is
particularly interesting to me, as I talk in The
Democracy Canon about how the canon can serve as a
"preference eliciting" mechanism---getting a state legislature
to say when they do not agree with a judicial preference to
construe certain statutes to favor voters. Here, the Legislature
would be confirming agreement with such a judicial
preference.
The Washington Post offers this
report, which begins: "The Justice Department is
investigating whether former U.S. Senate candidate Christine
O'Donnell violated federal law by diverting campaign funds for
personal use, law enforcement sources said Wednesday. "
See here.
UPDATE: See also this
order from the Supreme Court of Ohio with a very
interesting concurring opinion expressing skepticism on the
provisional ballots/equal protection issue.
Thanks to Michael Solimine for keeping me updated on this case
and many other issues as well.
Michael Miller has posted this
new working paper.
Watch here
at C-SPAN.
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