A federal judge in California says he will rule Wednesday on whether to delay the recall election due to the ACLU lawsuit challenging the punch card voting machines in six LA Counties. Here is the text of the ACLU lawsuit .

The lawsuit, filed by the American Civil Liberties Union, seeks to delay the election until the six urban counties that use punch-card ballots - including Los Angeles - replace the voting machines. If upheld, the suit would move the recall to a March ballot, when the presidential primary is scheduled to take place.

Without the order, "the election could be nothing more than a sham, given the universal recognition that punch-card machines are failed voting mechanisms," wrote Mark D. Rosenbaum, legal director for the ACLU.

During a two-hour hearing today, Wilson listened to arguments from both sides and said that he would return with a decision by midweek, the Associated Press reported.