[EL] ELB News and Commentary 4/30/12

Mon Apr 30 11:26:06 PDT 2012

This should read:

_Mann and Ornstein Blame  Republicans for Washington’s Problems_ 
(http://electionlawblog.org/?p=33593)  

"Dropping their thin pretext of non-partisanship, Mann and Ornstein condemn 
 Republicans for being faithful to their conservative principles and call 
on the  already liberal media to drop their thin pretext of impartiality and  
to join them in their over-the-top bashing of Republicans."

Regrettably it does not.  Jim Bopp

In a message dated 4/30/2012 12:09:11 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
rhasen at law.uci.edu writes:

_“State of Texas says  July trial in voter ID case possible; says 
DOJ/intervenors seeking delay so  law can’t be used in 2012″_ 
(http://electionlawblog.org/?p=33607)  
Posted  on _April 29, 2012 9:03 pm_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?p=33607)  
by _Rick Hasen_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3)   

Texas Redistricting _reports_ 
(http://txredistricting.org/post/21899701990/state-of-texas-says-july-trial-in-voter-id-case) . 

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State%20of%20Texas%20says%20July%20trial%20in%20voter%20ID%20case%20possible;%20says%20DOJ/intervenors%20seeking%20delay%20so%20law%20can’
t%20be%20used%20in%202012″&description=) 

Posted in _Department of  Justice_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=26) , 
_election  administration_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18) , _The Voting 
Wars_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=60) , _voter id_ 
(http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=9) , _Voting Rights Act_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=15)  
 | Comments Off 

_“Wisconsin Democrats  divided over who to best oust Walker in recall 
election”_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?p=33604)  
Posted  on _April 29, 2012 9:01 pm_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?p=33604)  
by _Rick Hasen_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3)   

WaPo_  reports_ 
(http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/wisconsin-democrats-divided-over-who-to-best-oust-walker-in-recall-election/2012/04/29/gIQATJ0Qq
T_story.html) . 

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Wisconsin%20Democrats%20divided%20over%20who%20to%20best%20oust%20Walker%20in%20recall%20election”&description=) 

Posted in _recall elections_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=11)   | 
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_“Deadline approaching  for SC to say if implementing voter ID would be 
possible this year”_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?p=33601)  
Posted  on _April 29, 2012 8:58 pm_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?p=33601)  
by _Rick Hasen_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3)   

AP r_eports_ 
(http://www.goupstate.com/article/20120429/WIRE/120429623/1088/sports?Title=Deadline-approaching-for-SC-to-say-if-implementing-voter-ID-wou
ld-be-possible-this-year) . 

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Deadline%20approaching%20for%20SC%20to%20say%20if%20implementing%20voter%20ID%20would%20be%20possible%20this%20year”&description=) 

Posted in _election  administration_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18) , 
_The Voting Wars_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=60) , _voter id_ 
(http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=9) , _Voting Rights Act_ 
(http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=15)   | Comments Off 

_“Nickolaus won’t run  for re-election as Waukesha County clerk”_ 
(http://electionlawblog.org/?p=33598)  
Posted  on _April 29, 2012 8:57 pm_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?p=33598)  
by _Rick Hasen_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3)   

_Journal  Sentinel_ 
(http://www.jsonline.com/news/waukesha/nickolaus-wont-run-again-for-waukesha-county-clerk-nb57113-149357325.html) : She’s going, 
but not yet, and not quietly. 
In  _The  Voting Wars_ 
(http://www.amazon.com/Voting-Wars-Florida-Election-Meltdown/dp/0300182031/ref=sr_1_cc_2?s=aps&ie=UTF8&qid=1329286945&sr=1-2-catc
orr) , she’s the personification of_ Hanlon’s razor_ 
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanlon's_razor) . 

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t%20run%20for%20re-election%20as%20Waukesha%20County%20clerk”&description=) 

Posted in _election  administration_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18) , 
_The Voting Wars_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=60)   | Comments Off 

_“The John Edwards  trial: where it is; where it’s going”_ 
(http://electionlawblog.org/?p=33596)  
Posted  on _April 29, 2012 8:53 pm_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?p=33596)  
by _Rick Hasen_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3)   

MSNBC _reports_ 
(http://usnews.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/04/29/11462381-the-john-edwards-trial-where-it-is-where-its-going) . 

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s%20going”&description=) 

Posted in _John Edwards_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=17)   | Comments 
Off 

_Mann and Ornstein  Blame Republicans for Washington’s Problems_ 
(http://electionlawblog.org/?p=33593)  
Posted  on _April 29, 2012 8:49 pm_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?p=33593)  
by _Rick Hasen_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3)   

_WaPo  oped_ 
(http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/lets-just-say-it-the-republicans-are-the-problem/2012/04/27/gIQAxCVUlT_story.html?hpid=z2) : “”We 
have been studying Washington politics and Congress for more  than 40 
years, and never have we seen them this dysfunctional. In our past  writings, we 
have criticized both parties when we believed it was warranted.  Today, 
however, we have no choice but to acknowledge that the core of the  problem lies 
with the Republican Party….The GOP has become an insurgent  outlier in 
American politics. It is ideologically extreme; scornful of  compromise; unmoved 
by conventional understanding of facts, evidence and  science; and 
dismissive of the legitimacy of its political opposition.” (via  _Political  Wire_ 
(http://politicalwire.com/archives/2012/04/28/republicans_are_the_problem.html
) ) 

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s%20Problems&description=) 

Posted in _legislation and  legislatures_ 
(http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=27)  | Comments Off 

_“Obama Campaign  Grapples With New Voter ID Laws”_ 
(http://electionlawblog.org/?p=33590)  
Posted  on _April 29, 2012 8:45 pm_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?p=33590)  
by _Rick Hasen_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3)   

_NYT_ 
(http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/30/us/politics/obama-campaign-confronts-voter-id-laws.html?_r=1&ref=politics) :  “Field workers for President 
Obama’s campaign fanned out across the country  over the weekend in an effort 
to confront a barrage of new voter  identification laws that strategists say 
threaten the campaign’s hopes for  registering new voters ahead of the 
November election.” 

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&description=) 

Posted in _election  administration_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18) , 
_The Voting Wars_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=60) , _voter id_ 
(http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=9)   | Comments Off 

_“Citizens Dis-United:  Justices May Take Another Look at Campaign Finance 
Case”_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?p=33588)  
Posted  on _April 29, 2012 8:43 pm_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?p=33588)  
by _Rick Hasen_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3)   

The ABA Journal _reports_ 
(http://www.abajournal.com/magazine/article/citizens_dis-united_justices_may_take_another_look_at_campaign_finance_case/) . 

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Citizens%20Dis-United:%20Justices%20May%20Take%20Another%20Look%20at%20Campaign%20Finance%20Case”&description=) 

Posted in _campaign finance_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10)   | 
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_Artur Davis Joins the  “True the Vote” Crowd_ 
(http://electionlawblog.org/?p=33585)  
Posted  on _April 27, 2012 9:25 pm_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?p=33585)  
by _Rick Hasen_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3)   

Just _wow_ 
(http://townhall.com/tipsheet/katiepavlich/2012/04/27/keeping_integrity_in_americas_elections_true_the_vote_summit_2012) . 

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%20Crowd&description=) 

Posted in _fraudulent fraud  squad_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=8) , 
_The Voting Wars_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=60)   | Comments Off 

_Brennan Center  Elections Attorney Monica Youn — Also a Poet_ 
(http://electionlawblog.org/?p=33582)  
Posted  on _April 27, 2012 9:22 pm_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?p=33582)  
by _Rick Hasen_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3)   

_Who  knew?_ (http://wkyufm.org/post/newspoet-monica-youn-writes-day-verse) 

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Rick Hasen
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UC Irvine School of Law
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