It was one of those scary moments. I was home early to spend quality time with a nebulizer for my smog-induced asthma. I had to talk to a client first so I had the TV muted while I chatted. There on the screen was Davis smiling and a caption that said court strikes down part of recall law. Ack! Recall news and I'm, I'm, I'm working.
Fortunately, I did not miss much. The law said that the ballot is in 2 parts. The first part is yes or no on the recall and the second part is a list of successors. In order for your vote to count on the second, you had to vote one way or another on the first question.
Here's the ruling: You can vote on the second question and skip the first! Woohoo!
Califonria Insider asks what difference it makes. None. We're just preventing a Florida style debacle where we argue about what the voter intended if they did just that.
Posted by Justene Adamec at July 29, 2003 05:18 PM | TrackBackI hope you're right. My take is that the ruling will matter, but not for the lofty First Amendment reasons discussed in today's ruling.
Posted by: Xrlq at July 29, 2003 08:08 PM (Permalink)How bizarre. La Opinion claims that one of the people who brought the suit claims that in past recalls, between 4 and 8% of the ballots cast in the contingent election were invalidated on those grounds.
Posted by: aphrael at July 30, 2003 04:18 PM (Permalink)