[EL] more news 6/24/11

Fri Jun 24 11:58:08 PDT 2011

This sentence in the TPM report strikes me as patently wrong: 

"The grand jury report <http://electionlawblog.org/wp-content/uploads/1984_grand_jury_report-r84-11.pdf>  lays out a scheme involving elections officials -- which couldn't have been prevented with voter ID laws."

The scheme involved carting large numbers of dummy voters around to various polling stations, where they would vote repeatedly using the dummy registrations. It seems to me that quite clearly a voter ID requirement would have hindered that behavior. 

The TPM report also calls this "the only known case of voter impersonation in the past several decades" which is almost certainly wrong, and continues to overlook the fact that voter ID laws are not intended solely to prevent voter impersonation.

Bradley A. Smith
Josiah H. Blackmore II/Shirley M. Nault Designated Professor of Law
Capital University Law School
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Columbus, OH 43215
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"American Crossroads PAC casts 2012 as 'David and Goliath' struggle against Democrats" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=19611>  

Posted on June 24, 2011 <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=19611>  by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>  

The Washington Post <http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/american-crossroads-casts-2012-as-david-and-goliath-struggle-against-democrats/2011/06/24/AGvqU7iH_story.html> reports <http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/american-crossroads-casts-2012-as-david-and-goliath-struggle-against-democrats/2011/06/24/AGvqU7iH_story.html>  that American Crossroads' Super-PAC plans to spend $120 million in 2012.

Who's Goliath?

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"How FEC Democrats Hold Regulatory Reform Hostage" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=19608>  

Posted on June 24, 2011 <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=19608>  by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>  

Jeff Patch and Steve Hoersting have written this article <http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/how-fec-democrats-hold-regulatory-reform-hostage_575510.html>  for The Weekly Standard.

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$9 Million Out of Sen. Johnson's Pocket in Campaign; $10 Million Back in >From His Corporation <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=19605>  

Posted on June 24, 2011 <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=19605>  by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>  

See here <http://www.jsonline.com/watchdog/noquarter/124468318.html> . Maybe Judge Cacheris <http://www.acslaw.org/acsblog/danielczyk-overreaching-or-prophecy>  is available?

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Bopp Files Rehearing En Banc Petition in Thalheimer San Diego Campaign Finance Case <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=19601>  

Posted on June 24, 2011 <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=19601>  by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>  

You can read it here. <http://electionlawblog.org/wp-content/uploads/bopp-ptn-rehearing1.pdf>  You can find my earlier coverage of this case here <http://electionlawblog.org/?s=thalheimer> . [Disclosure: I am one of the attorneys for the City of San Diego.]  Under the rules, no response to the petition may be filed unless the court asks for a response.

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"Fate of Election Assistance Commission Hangs in the Balance" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=19598>  

Posted on June 24, 2011 <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=19598>  by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>  

That's the lead story in this week's Electionline Weekly. <http://electionline.pmailus.com/pmailweb/ct?d=RVqqSgJqAAEAAAMYAAUtQA> 

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TPM Follow Up on 1984 Grand Jury Report Cited by von Spakvosky <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=19595>  

Posted on June 24, 2011 <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=19595>  by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>  

See here <http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2011/06/full_indictment_undermines_threat_of_voter_imperso.php#more> .  My posts from last night on what's in the report, and what it means, are here <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=19560> and here <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=19584> .

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"Conflict over the Iron Range highlights looming legal battle over Minnesota redistricting" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=19593>  

Posted on June 24, 2011 <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=19593>  by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>  

The Fix reports <http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/post/conflict-over-the-iron-range-highlights-looming-legal-battle-over-minnesota-redistricting/2011/06/23/AGy0zlhH_blog.html> .

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