| Subject: [EL] Electionlawblog news and commentary 1/10/11 |
| From: Rick Hasen |
| Date: 1/10/2011, 8:31 AM |
| To: Election Law |
Reply-to: "rick.hasen@lls.edu" |
John Elwood explains.
The Washington Post offers this
report.
See here. The state supreme court appears to read the
Ohio statutes regarding provisional ballots strictly, rejecting
the argument that a provisional ballot cast in the wrong
precinct because of poll worker error should be counted as a
valid vote.
Eliza's latest
begins: "In the days following Saturday's tragic attack on Rep.
Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz., congressional leaders have taken
steps to make peace with one another, at least for now. It would
be nice to think that in the wake of the Arizona tragedy, and
after their unusually productive lame-duck session, members of
Congress might finally be ready to work together. But the
opening days of the 112th Congress boded poorly for a sudden
outbreak of comity."
The San Diego Union-Tribune offers this
report.