The Washington Post offers this report, which begins: “Retired Gen. Wesley K. Clark may have violated federal election laws by discussing his presidential campaign during recent paid appearances, according to campaign finance experts.” Thanks to the reader for pointing… Continue reading
I remain convinced that post election litigation is extremely unlikely to change the results of the recall election unless (1) the race is very close or (2) there are reports of serious irregularities/problems at the polls or with the counting… Continue reading
Click here. One reader notes that the NPR report states that Orange County elections officials will be holding their tallies until they have official results, perhaps on Wednesday. The reader suggests nefarious purposes, though county officials say they will… Continue reading
Agree with his opinions or not, Daniel Weintraub has offered the best political coverage of the recall at his California Insider blog. Here is his final Sacramento Bee column before the recall.
They will remain open until 8 pm California time. Expect the first reports after 8 pm to reflect absentee ballots that were cast relatively early in the voting process, and therefore not necessarily representative of the later ballots that will… Continue reading
Today’s Washington Post preview of the Supreme Court’s upcoming term quotes the national legal director of the ACLU stating “potentially the big issue of the term is going to be the Supreme Court’s impact on the political system.” This term,… Continue reading
Jessie Scanlon offers this interesting piece (along with proposed ballot designs) at Slate. Thanks to a number of readers for directing me to this piece.
One of the arguments of the Secretary of State in opposing the delay of the recall in the ACLU punch card suit (disclosure: I filed a brief supporting the ACLU in this case) was that the state would undertake a… Continue reading