Election 2004: Vote Early and OftenNo News Is Good News
Sunday, October 24, 2004, 08:37 PM
Maybe. The reason that there were no quotes from the Sixth Circuit opinion yesterday in the Ohio provisional ballots case is that no opinion was issued. The only document available is a 2 page order which says that an opinion will be forthcoming.
For those of you who have noticed that Michigan is covered by the Sixth Circuit and are expecting the stay in that provisional balloting case to mean that the lower court decision will be overturned there as well, don't be too sure. The lower court decision there was based on a Michigan statute, not on HAVA, as the Ohio case was. You'll just have to wait and see along with everybody else.
A little over a week away, and the election is still too close to call, both in terms of electoral votes, (today's electoral vote predictor has Kerry with 253 and Bush with 254, according to the most recent polls), but in terms of the popular vote.
Disclaimer: I do not support either Bush or Kerry. The reason I have bizarre pro-Kerry sites listed under the links section is that I have not found any pro-Bush sites that are bizarre enough to include yet. If you find one, please let me know. I reserve the right to decide whether it is truly bizarre enough to make the cut.
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