Special election has no legal momentum


The California Legal Counsel has just issued a memo addressing whether Governor Schwarzenegger has the ability to cancel the special election now that it's scheduled.

Turns out he can:
You asked whether the Governor may rescind the proclamation calling for a special statewide election. As discussed below, the Governor may rescind the proclamation until the date of the election. ...

Full text here, courtesy of Rick Hasen's Election Law blog.

Note that despite calls to do so, the Governor has shown no sign that he plans to cancel. But the fact that he's able to call off the election opens up huge vistas of negotiating possibilities for Democrats in the California Legislature — as well as campaign fodder for those opposing the special election in general.

Posted: Wed - August 3, 2005 at 08:00 AM   | Category:     |   |   | |


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