In other election law news...

A federal district court, Eastern District of California, issued a preliminary injunction against the California Fair Political Practices Commission today, in a lawsuit (and PI application) filed by the California Republican Party, the California Democratic Party and the Orange County Republican Party, which enjoins the FPPC from enforcing the advertising disclosure provisions of CA Government Code sections 84503 and 84506 that require “major funding disclosure” of the top two donors to these general purpose committees on the advertising publications themselves. The scanned opinion is too large for me to post.

A federal district court in Missouri has upheld a decision to deny a mentally incapacitated person the right to vote. The opinion is here and AP is here.

A federal court is hearing arguments today on whether the controversial immigration initiative in Arizona, Prop. 200, should be removed from the ballot because of petition problems. See this report.

Posted by Rick Hasen at October 27, 2004 11:26 AM