Reply #113: New Reuters article

[Judi Lynn]

(snip) California court halts Arnie's election bid
Mon 15 September, 2003 20:09 BST



By Gina Keating

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - In a political bombshell, a U.S. court has halted California's recall election -- in which Arnold Schwarzenegger is running -- due to problems with punch card voting machines.

"The Secretary of State is enjoined from conducting an election on any issue on October 7, 2003," a three-member panel of the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals wrote in its 66-page opinion that sent immediate shockwaves through the state.

The court has left seven days for appeals. (snip/...)

http://www.reuters.co.uk/newsPackageArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=373281§ion=news