[EL] ELB News and Commentary 7/21/11

Thu Jul 21 00:20:41 PDT 2011

    New term-limits study <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=20725>

Posted on July 20, 2011 <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=20725> by Justin 
Levitt <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=4>

A new CGS study 
<http://www.cgs.org/images/publications/cgs_musical_chairs_071911.pdf> 
on California's term limits is covered here 
<http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-cap-term-limits-20110721,0,3802258.column> 
by the LA Times.

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<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=27> | Comments Off

    "Outside lawyer hired to review investigators in Rep. Waters' ethics
    case" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=20722>

Posted on July 20, 2011 <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=20722> by Justin 
Levitt <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=4>

The House Ethics Committee has asked 
<http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-maxine-waters-ethics-20110721,0,3479183.story> 
Billy Martin to look into things.

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Posted in ethics investigations <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=42> | 
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    "Power and the Press" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=20717>

Posted on July 20, 2011 <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=20717> by Justin 
Levitt <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=4>

James Taranto connects the phone-hacking scandal to campaign finance 
reform in this column 
<http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303661904576456080297702652.html>.

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    Lots of new elections officials in Florida
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=20714>

Posted on July 20, 2011 <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=20714> by Justin 
Levitt <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=4>

Tomorrow, Seminole County is set to deputize 
<http://blogs.orlandosentinel.com/news_politics/2011/07/seminole-elections-chief-says-new-law-may-hit-high-schools.html> 
every high school principal in the county as an election supervisor, to 
mitigate logistical problems with registering students based on 
Florida's new registration law.

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Posted in voter registration <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=37> | 
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    Redistricting at breakneck speed, Part II
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=20709>

Posted on July 20, 2011 <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=20709> by Justin 
Levitt <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=4>

Wisconsin's state Senate passed state and federal redistricting maps 
yesterday <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=20624>; its Assembly approved 
the plans today <http://redistricting.lls.edu/states-WI.php>.

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    "The Money Race: How The Candidates Stack Up"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=20706>

Posted on July 20, 2011 <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=20706> by Justin 
Levitt <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=4>

NPR's analysis 
<http://www.npr.org/2011/07/20/138488782/the-money-race-how-the-candidates-stack-up?ft=1&f=1014&sc=tw> 
of presidential fundraising reports, with more handy graphics.

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Posted in campaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10> | 
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    More back-and-forth on ALEC's role
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=20703>

Posted on July 20, 2011 <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=20703> by Justin 
Levitt <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=4>

The National Institute on Money in State Politics has a new report out 
today: Beyond Dinner and a Movie: ALEC Actively Courts State Lawmakers 
<http://www.followthemoney.org/press/ReportView.phtml?r=454>.

And Sean Parnell draws parallels 
<http://dailycaller.com/2011/07/20/common-causes-selective-outrage/> 
between ALEC and the Progressive States Network.

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lobbying <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=28>, tax law and election law 
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    "ACLU sues secretary of state over voter investigation"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=20700>

Posted on July 20, 2011 <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=20700> by Justin 
Levitt <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=4>

The fight to take a look at the evidence of alleged potential fraud in 
New Mexico heats up another notch 
<http://www.alamogordonews.com/ci_18514986>.

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    Illinois state redistricting plan lands in court
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=20697>

Posted on July 20, 2011 <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=20697> by Justin 
Levitt <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=4>

And now Illinois joins Alaska, New Jersey, Oklahoma, and Texas as states 
with court challenges to final state legislative plans. More here 
<http://redistricting.lls.edu/cases.php#IL> and here 
<http://capitolfax.com/2011/07/20/house-and-senate-republicans-file-suit-against-state-remap/>.

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    Latest public redistricting contest gets underway
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=20694>

Posted on July 20, 2011 <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=20694> by Justin 
Levitt <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=4>

This citizens' contest in Ohio 
<http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2011/07/20/vote-grid-contest-all-set-for-yourideas.html?sid=101> 
follows on the heels of public redistricting competitions in several 
other states, including Arizona 
<http://azredistricting.com/redistricting-contest/>, Massachusetts 
<http://www.commoncause.org/site/pp.asp?c=dkLNK1MQIwG&b=7528135>, 
Michigan <http://michiganredistricting.org/>, and Virginia 
<http://www.varedistrictingcompetition.org/>.

Ohio had a test run of the idea in 2009 
<http://www.sos.state.oh.us/redistricting.aspx>, which I discussed here 
<http://www.brennancenter.org/blog/archives/drawing_the_lines_in_ohio_a_big_step_forward/>, 
here 
<http://www.brennancenter.org/blog/archives/drawing_the_lines_in_ohio_the_structure_of_the_competition>, 
and here 
<http://www.brennancenter.org/blog/archives/drawing_the_lines_in_ohio_the_devilish_details/>.

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    "Republican Presidential Candidates Keep Top Fundraisers Secret,
    Breaking With Precedent" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=20690>

Posted on July 20, 2011 <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=20690> by Justin 
Levitt <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=4>

The Note reports 
<http://blogs.abcnews.com/thenote/2011/07/republican-presidential-candidates-bundlers-secret-bush-precedent.html>.

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