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From: LindyBill	12/13/2005 10:40:23 PM
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Blanco Postpones New Orleans Elections By Dr. Steven Taylor @ 2:59 pm Via the AP: La. Governor Postpones New Orleans Vote Gov. Kathleen Blanco has postponed the New Orleans mayoral election indefinitely, setting up a legal battle with voters who filed a lawsuit seeking to ensure the election is held as scheduled. […] The order was released Monday but Blanco signed it Friday. It did not set a new date for the elections, saying only that they should be held “as soon as practicable.” The postponement affects primaries for mayor, sheriff and city council seats, as well as runoffs in those races that had been set for March 4. Qualifying for candidates to get on the ballot had been set to begin Wednesday. Given the situation, a postponement may make some sense–no US city has ever suffered a cataclysm to equal what happened to New Orleans. However, doing so indefinitely is highly problematic. At some point it has to be recognized that the city isn’t going to be what it was, and that a large number of people are never coming back. As such, as long as it is physically possible to hold elections, then elections should be held. Otherwise, we will have a governor suspending democratic governance, with no end in sight, and that strikes me as a lousy precedent to set. poliblogger.com

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