My former law professor Robert Kennedy, Jr. has caused a bit of a ruckus this week with his recent Rolling Stone article, alleging that the 2004 election was stolen from John Kerry through a systematic and intentional series of illegal and unethicial acts. It's a very interesting read, particularly as someone who was a part of a legal voter protection team in Oregon (check out my first blog for the sidebar on that).
Is this too little too late? I don't think so. The Conyers Report, a 2005 report released by Rep. John Conyers, was perhaps a bit more timely. It raised some serious questions regarding the election administration in Ohio, and Kennedy relies heavily on it in his article. It seems worthwhile for the media and perhaps some enterprising bloggers to build on these two pieces and delve into the issues. In the interim, there are certainly some changes to consider for 2008:
- End the common practice where partisan officials can hold high positions for a candidate campaign and simultaneously administer elections (paging Katherine Harris and Ken Blackwell...)
- Resolve some of the issues regarding provisional balloting
- Consider Professor Rick Hassen's compelling argument that some election arguments should be rejected after an election has been held due to laches (for you non-election lawyers, it basically would mean "if you could have raised this argument before the election, and you're doing it after the election, you're too late.")
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