“Legal battles already have broken out in many states, including battleground states Iowa, Ohio and Florida, as Republicans and Democrats turned to the courts to determine voter eligibility, electronic voting and handling of absentee and provisional ballots. … President George W Bush’s Republican party vowed today it would match or even outnumber the 10,000 lawyers monitoring battleground states for Democratic challenger Senator John Kerry on election day tomorrow.” (P. Parameswaran, “Army of lawyers monitors US poll”, The Australian, Nov. 2). More: Larry Ribstein comments on the prospect of a litigated election (via Bainbridge). And Rick Hasen’s election law blog has much more.
War of the polling-place lawyers
“Legal battles already have broken out in many states, including battleground states Iowa, Ohio and Florida, as Republicans and Democrats turned to the courts to determine voter eligibility, electronic voting and handling of absentee and provisional ballots. … President George W Bush’s Republican party vowed today it would match or even outnumber the 10,000 lawyers […]
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urgent plea to the Ballot Bar: no frivolous lawsuits