hehe... the real reason Republican's don't want to delay the recall...
"Certainly it's possible that Monday's appellate court decision could help the GOP. Perhaps, if the vote is delayed until March, McClintock would drop out for lack of funds, or perhaps Schwarzenegger will fade and McClintock will emerge as the most credible Republican candidate. More likely, though, the worst is yet to come for California Republicans. If the fight drags on, the GOP's divisive factionalism will likely be compounded and agonizingly prolonged. If current opinion trends continue, anti-recall forces could close the gap; voters might simply weary of the contest. It seems that the Republicans, through their clever manipulation, have created their very own doomsday machine."
And you may be partly right about the 9th circuits motives...
"If Monday's decision puts the judiciary -- both the Ninth Circuit and the Supreme Court -- uncomfortably in the middle of electoral politics, the judges involved have only themselves to blame.
In the process of handing the White House to George W. Bush in 2000, the conservatives on the Supreme Court had to embrace voting-rights arguments under the Equal Protection Clause of the U.S. Constitution that they likely never would have considered otherwise. And in postponing the recall Monday, the three liberal Ninth Circuit judges slammed those arguments right back in the Supreme Court's face.
The conservatives on the Supreme Court "walked right into this," said Georgetown University law professor Mark Tushnet. By inserting themselves into the presidential election -- and by doing it using a doctrine they normally would not have embraced -- the justices opened themselves up to questions about their political motivations, he said. "
Just because they say it doesn't mean it's true. What was the law when he was elected? Were the machine past due to be updated as they are now? They system wasn't good enough and that's why the legislature passed a law requiring the system to be updated.
I don't give a crap about the recall; if it happens or not, who wins or loses, Ahnold, the porn star or Gary Coleman. BR, you really just look ignorant and biased when you post, more biased than those you accuse of bias. Like those three monkeys, blind, deaf and dumb.
If you want to move everyone in California back to punchcards, that's fine with me. As long as there's an equivalent failure rate for the machines across the state they vote will be good enough. I don't know which areas of town have old machines right now, and which way they would be voting. I don't care. Give them all equal machines.
Thank you for calling me blind deaf and dumb but not explaining WHY you think my post demonstrates that.
Thank you for calling me blind deaf and dumb but not explaining WHY you think my post demonstrates that.
Sorry.
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I'm sorry but this is just a thinly veiled attempt to keep a Democrat in office for as long as possible. Republicans pull this kind of garbage and now so do you. Gah I hate all of you.
"The three-judge panel, overturning a Federal District Court ruling of a few weeks ago, said it recognized the seriousness of delaying an election, and did not do so lightly.
But the impact of having millions of Californians vote with outmoded technology, and thus being less likely to have their voices heard, was just too serious, the panel held.
The counties involved include the state's most populous region, Los Angeles, in addition to Mendocino, Sacramento, San Diego, Santa Clara and Solano. They represented 44 percent of the state's registered voters during the 2000 election. "
That's not a small percentage of the electorate! When they say 6 counties I didn't realize it was that large a voting population.
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"Certainly it's possible that Monday's appellate court decision could help the GOP. Perhaps, if the vote is delayed until March, McClintock would drop out for lack of funds, or perhaps Schwarzenegger will fade and McClintock will emerge as the most credible Republican candidate. More likely, though, the worst is yet to come for California Republicans. If the fight drags on, the GOP's divisive factionalism will likely be compounded and agonizingly prolonged. If current opinion trends continue, anti-recall forces could close the gap; voters might simply weary of the contest. It seems that the Republicans, through their clever manipulation, have created their very own doomsday machine."
From the salon.com article...
California GOP -- slow-mo implosion
http://www.salon.com/news/feature/20...all/index.html
"If Monday's decision puts the judiciary -- both the Ninth Circuit and the Supreme Court -- uncomfortably in the middle of electoral politics, the judges involved have only themselves to blame.
In the process of handing the White House to George W. Bush in 2000, the conservatives on the Supreme Court had to embrace voting-rights arguments under the Equal Protection Clause of the U.S. Constitution that they likely never would have considered otherwise. And in postponing the recall Monday, the three liberal Ninth Circuit judges slammed those arguments right back in the Supreme Court's face.
The conservatives on the Supreme Court "walked right into this," said Georgetown University law professor Mark Tushnet. By inserting themselves into the presidential election -- and by doing it using a doctrine they normally would not have embraced -- the justices opened themselves up to questions about their political motivations, he said. "
Originally posted by bunge
Just because they say it doesn't mean it's true. What was the law when he was elected? Were the machine past due to be updated as they are now? They system wasn't good enough and that's why the legislature passed a law requiring the system to be updated.
I don't give a crap about the recall; if it happens or not, who wins or loses, Ahnold, the porn star or Gary Coleman. BR, you really just look ignorant and biased when you post, more biased than those you accuse of bias. Like those three monkeys, blind, deaf and dumb.
If you want to move everyone in California back to punchcards, that's fine with me. As long as there's an equivalent failure rate for the machines across the state they vote will be good enough. I don't know which areas of town have old machines right now, and which way they would be voting. I don't care. Give them all equal machines.
Thank you for calling me blind deaf and dumb but not explaining WHY you think my post demonstrates that.
Originally posted by BR
Thank you for calling me blind deaf and dumb but not explaining WHY you think my post demonstrates that.
Sorry.
I'm sorry but this is just a thinly veiled attempt to keep a Democrat in office for as long as possible. Republicans pull this kind of garbage and now so do you. Gah I hate all of you.
Full Appeals Court May Hear Arguments on California Recall (NYT)
But the impact of having millions of Californians vote with outmoded technology, and thus being less likely to have their voices heard, was just too serious, the panel held.
The counties involved include the state's most populous region, Los Angeles, in addition to Mendocino, Sacramento, San Diego, Santa Clara and Solano. They represented 44 percent of the state's registered voters during the 2000 election. "
That's not a small percentage of the electorate! When they say 6 counties I didn't realize it was that large a voting population.
Originally posted by chu_bakka
That's not a small percentage of the electorate! When they say 6 counties I didn't realize it was that large a voting population.
Shhh! Don't wake the neo-cons. They're too exhausted from all the power grabbing and a bit testy.