CALIFORNIA MOVES TO APPEAL DELAY OF VOTE ON RECALL.

Reports that California officials moved to overturn a court decision to postpone the recall election for Governor Gray Davis scheduled for October 7, 2003. Concerns over further chaos; Plan by the state to ask the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in San Francisco to reconsider the decision; Preference of recall supporters to send the case to the Supreme Court; Background on the court's decision; Reactions to the officials' move; Implications for the state if the vote is delayed; Outlook. INSET: From a Court, a Most Unusual Request, by Adam Liptak.