They’ve (temporarily) postponed the recall election until March, prolonging the circus and giving Davis a much better shot, by having his fate decided by hordes of Democratic primary voters. It’s another attack of the chads!

We’ll see if the SCOTUS weighs in to preempt this nonsense.

[Update at 2 PM PDT]

The ever-perspicacious Eugene Volokh asks a great question:

Assuming that punch card ballots are generally less reliable than the alternatives, why should we think that using punch card ballots in several counties in Oct. 2003 would be less reliable than using the alternatives for the fist time in those counties in Mar. 2004?