Sunday, September 09, 2007

Attorney Seeks Probe of California Electoral Vote Plan.

Contra Costa Times: (reg. req’d)

A Lafayette attorney who specializes in election law is seeking a Congressional investigation into whether the White House was involved in pushing a California ballot initiative to change the way the state allocates its electoral votes.

Barry Fadem, who is working for the group opposed to the initiative, also made a Freedom of Information Act request with the White House on Friday to reveal all contacts between Bush Administration officials, the Republican National Committee and other political operatives discussing potential changes to the state’s electoral college laws.

“We want to know if the White House improperly discussed this on taxpayer time,” said Fadem, a Democrat. “But we also want to make people aware that this is not some new idea, not some good public policy that proponents keep claiming. This is truly only about one thing: stealing the presidency.”

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