BBV question...and thought

[ewagner]

I am asking for the expertise of DUers who have a history of working with BBV.

Has anybody ever thought of filing a legal challenge to BBV on the basis of the One-man-one--vote rule of the Supreme Courts in the late '50s/early '60s?

[Demit]

1. can you expound on that a little more?

[ewagner]

3. I did a little research

on my own and found out that the old "one-man-one-vote" rules had more to do with reapportionment than I first thought

BUT

I did discover that the rule was an interpretation of the "equal protection" concept of the 14th amendment....which makes it even more intriguing....

The question to be asked is: Does the inability to verify that a vote has been cast violate the equal protection clause of the 14th amendment? If my vote can be verified in precincts, states, etc which have optical scan which can verify my vote and hence provide a recount trail, but it cannot be verified in precincts, states, etc with touch screen voting, then equal protection cannot be assured.

Moreover, is the inability to conduct a recount a violation of the equal protection clause?

[RedEagle]

2. Dealing with fire control right now.....

I'd take a look at what Lynn Landes has done:

www.ecotalk.org

One group cannot cover all the bases and we're all pretty busy working on the current fiasco. But yes, we need people pouring over the Constitution and Bill of Rights- then precedents in court cases to back up the law.

Any constitutional scholars out there, ring in.