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To: goldstategop
Has somebody filed federal lawsuits?
713 posted on 08/07/2003 4:41:50 PM PDT by mewzilla
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To: mewzilla
Yes... I think the NAACLP and the ACLU will file some. Maybe others other, I don't know. The last shot is to find some Federal issue to get the Federal judiciary involved.
725 posted on 08/07/2003 4:43:58 PM PDT by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives On In My Heart Forever)
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To: mewzilla
I didn't know that either.

A hearing was set for Tuesday in a San Diego federal court regarding the way voters would choose a successor to Gov. Gray Davis.

The recall law demands voters choose "yes" or "no" on whether to recall Davis before becoming eligible to choose a successor listed on the same ballot.

The challenge by University of San Diego School of Law professor Shaun Martin and other legal scholars says the process unconstitutionally compels voters to choose on one matter to gain eligibility for another.

"A voter may have no desire to vote regarding whether to recall Gray Davis but nonetheless feel strongly -- and wish to vote -- about the identity of the new governor of the state of California," Martin said.

The California attorney general's office supports the requirement.

"Allowing voters to abstain on the recall question would allow those with only an indirect or remote interest in this crucial question to decide who will replace a recalled officer," said Deputy Attorney General Leslie R. Lopez.

http://edition.cnn.com/2003/ALLPOLITICS/07/29/davis.recall.ap/

Now I do.
730 posted on 08/07/2003 4:44:42 PM PDT by Weimdog
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