A.P. offers Poll: Fla. Voters had No Voting Problems. The headline is a bit misleading. See this snippet: ” While 75 percent of voters described themselves as “very confident” or “somewhat confident” their vote was correctly counted, the degree… Continue reading
The San Diego Union-Tribune offers this report, with the subhead: “Justices rules suit filed too late; swearing in set for today.” I predict further post-certification litigation in the San Diego mayoral election controversy.
You can find the Jackson Plaintiffs/Democratic Intervenors brief here (see also the accompanying declaration) and the state’s brief here. (I will post other briefs if I receive them electronically.) Simultaneous reply briefs are due later this month.
The… Continue reading
The Court of Appeal’s opinion in McKinney v. Superior Court reaches the right result in my opinion in holding (along with a statutory holding) that laches barred the argument that the San Diego clerk never should have allowed write-in votes… Continue reading
The Washington Post reports here that new Democratic minority leader Harry Reid has said he could support Justice Scalia as a potential replacement for Chief Justice Rehnquist (if and when the Chief retires) because Scalia is “one smart guy.” (Reid… Continue reading
The Charleston Gazette (WV) offers this report, which begins: “A legislative committee on campaign finance reform debated ways Monday to rein in contributions to political advocacy groups like the one that heavily influenced this year