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Davis wants the recall effort stopped, and has filed the following with the SCOC:
PETITION FOR WRIT OF MANDATE AND/OR PROHIBITION; MEMORANDUM OF POINTS AND AUTHORITIES IN SUPPORT THEREOF THE COURT SHOULD POSTPONE THE ELECTION EMERGENCY STAY REQUESTED CRITICAL DATE: AUGUST 31, 2003
I had to post this very first P&A cause I love the legal citation. :evilgrin:
A. An October Election Will Violate the Equal Protection Rights of Millions of California Voters
The right to vote is protected in more than the initial allocation of the franchise. Equal protection applies as well to the manner of its exercise. Having once granted the right to vote on equal terms, the State may not, by later arbitrary and disparate treatment, value one person’s vote over that of another. (Bush v. Gore (2000) 531 U.S. 98, 104-105.)
With those words, the Supreme Court of the United States held that the recount procedures adopted by the Florida Supreme Court in the last presidential election were not “consistent with its obligation to avoid arbitrary and disparate treatment of the members of its electorate.” (Bush v. Gore, 531 U.S. at 105.) Noting that “he problem inheres in the absence of specific standards to ensure . . . equal application” of Florida’s rule that a vote will be counted if it is possible to determine the intent of the voter, the Supreme Court held that “he formulation of uniform rules to determine intent . . . is practicable and, we conclude, necessary.” (Id. at 106.)
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