ACLU Loses Lawsuit To Delay Recall Vote

Cnn Live | 08-20-03

[NormsRevenge]

GREG RISLING
The Associated Press
Wednesday, August 20, 2003; 4:07 PM

LOS ANGELES - A federal judge on Wednesday refused to delay the Oct. 7 recall election, rejecting arguments by a civil rights group that punch-card voting machines used in at least six counties won't accurately tally votes.

U.S. District Judge Stephen V. Wilson said he would not rule against the will of the people by delaying the recall vote, as requested by the American Civil Liberties Union.

The ruling was the latest development in legal challenges seeking to delay the historic vote.

On Tuesday, the U.S. Justice Department accepted the Oct. 7 election date in response to two civil rights lawsuits filed in San Jose federal court. Those suits seek to move the vote to March 2, the date of California's scheduled primary.

ACLU attorneys asked the judge to delay the recall until March so that six counties can replace punch-card voting machines with modern touch-screens or written ballots.

The old machines are being eliminated to avoid problems like the ones that caused the hanging-chad controversy during the 2000 Florida presidential vote. But punch-card machines will still be used in the six counties for the recall.

The groups' lawsuit claims the punch-card machines have error rates as high as 3 percent.

The state's attorney argued that it was premature to speculate what may happen with the punch-card machines and that delaying the election would be a disservice to voters.

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[babble-on]

I missed that! when did the DOJ do that?

[m1-lightning]

Someone catch me up to speed: why is the ACLU even involved in this type of case?

I guess the recall is a violation of Gov. Davis's civil liberty in Despotism.

[jern]

Impeach the court </oops wrong thread>

[Cinnamon Girl]

"I'm Gumby, dambit!"

[kellynla]

HOOOOOOOORAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!!!!!!!

[autoresponder]

voice message to the ACLU:

[Indianer]

The recall clearly denies the Democrats their right to loot and plunder the state of California in perpetuity. As such, the ACLU had an absolute obligation to do what they could to prevent this travesty brought on by people exercising their rights granted under the California state constitution. You see some animals are more important than others and some rights are more important than others, dependent of course on whose rights they are. Clear it up for ya?

[Tony in Hawaii]

More like "Shtop viz ze shpending!"

[MeekOneGOP]

I'm trying to decide if that is Baretta (Robert Blake) or Clint Eastwood. Eastwood ?? ...

Click here or on the pic !!
The Good, the bad, and the Ugly .

[DoughtyOne]

Gray Out, Gray Out, he's our man...
If he can't screw us, no one can!

[kesg]

I guess the recall is a violation of Gov. Davis's civil liberty in Despotism.

I guess so. It's certainly not the usual type of case that the ACLU gets involved in.

[kesg]

The recall clearly denies the Democrats their right to loot and plunder the state of California in perpetuity. As such, the ACLU had an absolute obligation to do what they could to prevent this travesty brought on by people exercising their rights granted under the California state constitution. You see some animals are more important than others and some rights are more important than others, dependent of course on whose rights they are. Clear it up for ya?

Nicely.

[friendly]

The ACLU monsters are traitors, enemies of democracy, and ... lawyer vermin!

[Wright is right!]

"I missed that! when did the DOJ do that?"

Believe it was late last week. The judge that heard the case commented in his ruling that his decision would be moot and void the moment the DOJ certified those 4 counties, and the DOJ did exactly that the next day IIRC. That's one's been over for almost a week now.

Michael

[friendly]

The ACLU is indeed ferociously anti-Christian.

[INSENSITIVE GUY]

Yes,but a.c.l.u.wins lawsuit to persecute more christians!

[gc4nra]

It disenfranchises voters if they have to use the same kind of voting machine to recall davis that they used to elect him.

Don't you just love liberals???

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TEXT OF THE JUDGE'S 29-PAGE ORDER REJECTING THE ACLU'S ARGUMENTS:

http://156.131.20.221/Cacd/RecentPubOp.nsf/bb61c530eab0911c882567cf005ac6f9/80f01024cb115b7788256d88006c5dec/$FILE/CV03-5715SVW.pdf