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Tuesday, September 28, 2010

The Persistence of Partisan Election Administration

Election Law @ Moritz: Notwithstanding these significant changes, a fundamental problem at the heart of the 2000 election debacle has yet to be solved. Ten years ago, many observers suspected bias on the part of election officials responsible for the recount, including Florida Secretary of State Katherine Harris as well as local election officials. Similar concerns surrounded the 2004 presidential election, particularly actions taken by Ohio’s Secretary of State Ken Blackwell – most infamously, the requirement that registration applications be on 80-pound paper weight. More recently, Republicans have raised concerns of partisan bias on the part of Democratic election officials, including Minnesota’s Secretary of State in the contested U.S. Senate election in 2008.

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