Friday, December 23, 2011
two big stories today.http://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gif
the justice department denied preclearance to SC's voter ID rules, finding that they violate the voting rights act. this is a political decision as much as a legal one, just as the Bush administration's decision to preclear voter ID in Georgia was political. Hasen thinks that this is likely to wind up in the supreme court as a test of the VRA's constitutionality.
A democratic judge has ruled that Indiana Secretary of State Charlie White is out of office, as early as next week depending on whether a stay issues. Louis Rosenberg is the father of one of the activists who has been gunning for White,and Advance Indiana thinks this is not kosher.
http://advanceindiana.blogspot.com/2011/12/democrat-judge-stands-decades-of_1661.html
I am trying to find out if, under the ruling, however temporary it might be, the Libertarians officially came in second,and if so do they get to appoint people to election boards, hire precinct workers,and that sort of thing.
this just in:
Libertarian Party of Indiana
The judge ruled that all the votes for Charlie White are invalid because has was not eligible to be on the ballot, which would mean that only two parties appeared on the ballot for SOS: The D's and L's. This means Vop would become the SOS, and the LP would become the second major political party in Indiana. This means that D's and L's would then serve on boards that depend on the SOS vote, such as election commissions. Ballot placement would move to D's first, then L's and then R's. The Republican Party would then be the minority third party in Indiana. They would sthttp://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gifill maintain ballot access because of a law passed last year called the "Charlie White Fix."
19 minutes ago · Like · 1
it's bigger than i thought, as spelled out in this story
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2011/12/23/1048083/-Good-Grief,-Charlie-White!-Why-a-Court-Ruling-in-Indiana-Could-Have-National-Implications?via=siderec
that says that the GOP would lose the right to primaries, would have to petition for a its candidates, meanwhile the LP would have primaries.
update i got this story linked at hasen, http://electionlawblog.org/?p=27024
oh and i think i found it via brad blog via reddit.
the justice department denied preclearance to SC's voter ID rules, finding that they violate the voting rights act. this is a political decision as much as a legal one, just as the Bush administration's decision to preclear voter ID in Georgia was political. Hasen thinks that this is likely to wind up in the supreme court as a test of the VRA's constitutionality.
A democratic judge has ruled that Indiana Secretary of State Charlie White is out of office, as early as next week depending on whether a stay issues. Louis Rosenberg is the father of one of the activists who has been gunning for White,and Advance Indiana thinks this is not kosher.
http://advanceindiana.blogspot.com/2011/12/democrat-judge-stands-decades-of_1661.html
I am trying to find out if, under the ruling, however temporary it might be, the Libertarians officially came in second,and if so do they get to appoint people to election boards, hire precinct workers,and that sort of thing.
this just in:
Libertarian Party of Indiana
The judge ruled that all the votes for Charlie White are invalid because has was not eligible to be on the ballot, which would mean that only two parties appeared on the ballot for SOS: The D's and L's. This means Vop would become the SOS, and the LP would become the second major political party in Indiana. This means that D's and L's would then serve on boards that depend on the SOS vote, such as election commissions. Ballot placement would move to D's first, then L's and then R's. The Republican Party would then be the minority third party in Indiana. They would sthttp://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gifill maintain ballot access because of a law passed last year called the "Charlie White Fix."
19 minutes ago · Like · 1
it's bigger than i thought, as spelled out in this story
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2011/12/23/1048083/-Good-Grief,-Charlie-White!-Why-a-Court-Ruling-in-Indiana-Could-Have-National-Implications?via=siderec
that says that the GOP would lose the right to primaries, would have to petition for a its candidates, meanwhile the LP would have primaries.
update i got this story linked at hasen, http://electionlawblog.org/?p=27024
oh and i think i found it via brad blog via reddit.
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