[EL] ELB News and Commentary 7/23/11

[Justin Levitt]

    "NC redistricting maps approved quickly by panels"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=20759>

Posted on July 23, 2011 <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=20759> by Justin 
Levitt <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=4>

Looks like North Carolina's redistricting maps are moving quickly 
<http://triangle.news14.com/content/top_stories/644226/nc-redistricting-maps-approved-quickly-by-panels> 
as well.

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    "Dems: Riley violated new campaign finance law"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=20756>

Posted on July 23, 2011 <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=20756> by Justin 
Levitt <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=4>

Allegations 
<http://www.andalusiastarnews.com/2011/07/23/dems-riley-violated-new-campaign-finance-law/> 
of a violation on a new Alabama law banning PAC-to-PAC transfers.

This is, I believe, the same law that the Alabama Speaker of the House 
and the Alabama Senate President called "a critical component of a 
series of anti-corruption reforms 
<http://blog.al.com/spotnews/2011/07/alabama_gop_leaders_denounced.html>," 
and the same law challenged in court 
<http://www.votelaw.com/blog/archives/006547.html> by a grassroots 
mobilization organization earlier this month...

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    "Campaigning from the White House"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=20754>

Posted on July 22, 2011 <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=20754> by Justin 
Levitt <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=4>

Politico explains <http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0711/59631.html> 
a tricky Hatch Act balance.

The Office of Special Counsel's background page breaks down permissible 
and impermissible, here <http://www.osc.gov/hatchact.htm>.

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    Intriguing judicial candidate strategy
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=20751>

Posted on July 22, 2011 <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=20751> by Justin 
Levitt <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=4>

h/t to Rob Richie for this article 
<http://www.chicagonewscoop.org/incumbent-protections-hidden-in-election-law/>, 
discussing changes to Illinois law that will limit candidates' abilities 
to file for multiple offices, to gauge their best chance of success.

Also of note, the article discusses the environment for judicial races 
that makes the strategy productive:

    Because voters pay less attention to judicial races, quaint-sounding
    names and ballot position often trump merit and experience. Studies
    have shown women with Irish surnames win a larger percentage of the
    vote in Cook County. A candidate for judge might want to avoid a
    ballot with a Margaret O'Sullivan or a Cathleen Flannery on it.

David Schleicher's written 
<http://electionlawblog.org/archives/017705.html> quite a bit about 
these sorts of low-information elections 
<http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1122422>.

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Justin Levitt
Associate Professor of Law
Loyola Law School | Los Angeles
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Los Angeles, CA  90015
213-736-7417
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