DEMOCRATS VS. DEMOCRACY

Davis to sue to delay election (JOHN HOWARD, August 4, 2003, The Orange County Register)

Gov. Gray Davis, his fate on the line, is urging the state Supreme Court to postpone the historic Oct. 7 recall election until March 2 and allow his own name to be listed among his potential replacements.

Lawyers for the Democratic governor said Sunday that the Oct. 7 election date would block some people from voting because local election officials don't have time to set up enough voting places and because some counties may be using old voting equipment.

"We want the fairest possible election, and we want the preferences of voters vindicated. We want them to have their choice," said San Francisco attorney Michael Kahn. He said the lawsuit would be filed today.

"The election is operating under such a compressed timetable that it cannot be a fair election," said Kathleen M. Sullivan, a constitutional scholar and the dean of the Stanford University Law School, who helped prepare the suit. [...]

"The voters are entitled to have this election when it was certified," said Jonathan Wilcox, a spokesman for Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Vista, who financed much of the recall campaign. "Democracy delayed is Democracy denied," he added.

Nothing renders greater pleasure to those who distrust democracy than to watch the Democrats weasel out of the various laws and rules they've created to "expand" it. Posted by Orrin Judd at August 4, 2003 10:41 AM