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Progressive mechanisms work; the recall in 2003, while much derided, correctly reflected voter anger at the partisan stalemate in Sacramento. So how can we make the system better? First, the state needs to enact spending limits on the amount individuals can donate to the special interest groups that back these propositions. Campaign finance laws protect the California Constitution by creating an environment that informs the citizenry without the excessive cash that flood the airwaves with misleading ads. Limiting the amount each person can contribute underscores that discourse should dominate instead of money. Second, California should have initiatives that don?...
While Republicans have generally been quieter in their efforts, they are primed for putting the voter rolls under a microscope. In Ohio, Republican Congressman Pat Tiberi complains that four counties have voter rolls with more names than there are voting-age residents in the county, according to the last Census. In one Ohio neighborhood, Mary Poppins, George Foreman and Michael Jordan all signed up to vote. The man who submitted their forms was allegedly paid for his efforts with crack cocaine from a woman volunteering for the N.A.A.C.P. National Voter Fund in Toledo...
Democrats cried foul in Nevada when a former employee of Sproul & Associates, hired by the Republican Party to gather voter-registration forms, claimed that those filled out by Democrats were being torn up. In Pennsylvania Democrats are so deeply suspicious of Republican tactics that they have kept secret the location of the Election Day staging grounds for a 527 organization called America Coming Together, supposedly because they fear that Republicans would slash their tires if they knew where it was. In Jefferson County, Colo., someone has been calling voters and warning them that it's too late to fill...
WHICH VOTES COUNT? Because clerical errors and other problems disenfranchised at least 1.5 million voters in 2000, Congress voted to require that all states provide provisional ballots to people who turn up to vote but are not listed on the rolls. With registration drives this year yielding record numbers of new voters, more people than ever could wind up in that situation. The paper ballots are validated and counted only after election officials confirm that the person is a properly registered voter...
...brawl is brewing over where provisional votes must be cast--either in the voter's own precinct or within a broader area, like the voter's home county. Twenty-eight states have adopted the first position, 17 the second; five allow Election Day registration, and in North Dakota you can just show up. Generally, Republicans take the more restrictive view, Democrats the more inclusive one. Reason: poor voters, who tend to vote Democratic, move more often than wealthier ones and are thus less apt to know their appropriate precinct. Lawsuits over provisional ballots have already sprung up in five states...