[EL] EAC

Mon Aug 6 13:53:29 PDT 2012

Well, I take issue with the characterization that the EAC has been a flop.
They've done amazing things for local election officials, despite a rocky
start. And the way they've handled the certification of voting systems --
in terms of increasing rigor and transparency -- is night and day
comparatively from when NASED did it.

I don't think they've been given a fair shake and I do think some bad
decisions at the beginning have lingered in terms of their reputation. But
the campaign to eradicate them and the failure to confirm commissioners (in
order to hire a new Exec. Dir.) is totally ridiculous. I think the Brennan
Center's Larry Norden summed my own sentiment well when quoted this HuffPo
article [1] when he said, "It is kind of disgraceful that we're headed into
a major election and the only federal agency that's devoted to election
administration has zero commissioners".

Anyway, I don't have the time for a while to write more substantially on
this, but if people are interested, I can get to it later this month
(changing jobs, moving, etc. this month)

best, Joe

[1]:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/31/federal-voting-commissioners-eac_n_1723939.html

On Mon, Aug 6, 2012 at 12:24 PM, Rick Hasen <rhasen at law.uci.edu> wrote:

>  Thanks Roy and Jerry.  I discuss the failure of the EAC in Chapter 4 of
> The Voting Wars, and especially the early efforts of Commissioners Soaries
> and Martinez to make the agency into something substantial.
> I think the answers are partisanship, localism, inadequate funding, and a
> decision by the parties to nominate party people to the Commissioners
> chairs after the first few years.  The Tova Wang voter id controversy also
> contributed.
>
> On 8/6/12 12:17 PM, Roy Schotland wrote:
>
>  Great piece, even Valuable!****
>
> ** **
>
> One tiny reaction:  Has anyone written on the reason*S *why the Election
> Assistance Cmn has been such a flop?  Yes of course the statute didn’t set
> it up for success.  But the FEC was written of as, back around 1066,
> “Stalled from the Start”.  The EAC, so limited a threat, has been worse
> than stalled.  Tho we know pretty well Why, might there be some learning in
> examining its fade from poor to dead?  If it had done nothing but get out
> reports about Best Practices, wouldn’t that be significant help?****
>
> ** **
>
> Roy A. Schotland****
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> *On Behalf Of *Goldfeder, Jerry H.
> *Sent:* Monday, August 06, 2012 11:24 AM
> *To:* 'Rick Hasen'; law-election at uci.edu
> *Subject:* Re: [EL] ELB News and Commentary 8/6/12****
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> ** **
>
> Great piece, rick****
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> *On Behalf Of *Rick Hasen
> *Sent:* Monday, August 06, 2012 11:15 AM
> *To:* law-election at uci.edu
> *Subject:* [EL] ELB News and Commentary 8/6/12****
>
> ** **
>  “A Detente Before the Election” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=38166> ***
> *
>
> Posted on August 6, 2012 8:11 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=38166> by Rick
> Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3> ****
>
> I have written this oped
> <http://campaignstops.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/08/05/a-dtente-before-the-election/?ref=opinion>for
> today’s *New York Times*.  It begins:****
>
> Does voter fraud sometimes happen in the United States? You bet.  But we
> are dealing with this relatively small problem in an irrational and
> partisan way.****
>
> In a 1996 primary<http://caselaw.findlaw.com/us-11th-circuit/1374910.html>in Dodge County, Ga., rival camps for county commissioner set up tables at
> opposite ends of the county courthouse and bid for voters’ absentee votes
> in what a county magistrate later called a “flea market” atmosphere.****
>
> Recently, officials<http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2012/07/cudahy-corruption-election-fraud.html>in Cudahy, Calif., admitted intercepting absentee ballots and throwing out
> ballots not cast for incumbents. Every year we see convictions for absentee
> ballot fraud. Not a lot, but enough to know it’s a problem.****
>
> So you might think that Republicans, newly obsessed with voter fraud,
> would call for eliminating absentee ballots, or at least requiring that
> voters who use them show some need, like a medical condition. But
> Republicans don’t talk much about reining in absentee ballots. Eliminating
> them would inconvenience some voters and would likely cut back on voting by
> loyal Republican voters, especially elderly and military voters.****
>
> If only Republicans would apply that same logic to voter-identification
> laws.****
>
> Another snippet:****
>
> While Republicans have been more to blame than Democrats, partisanship
> runs both ways. Democrats reflexively oppose efforts to deal with
> ineligible voters casting ballots, likely out of fear that the new
> requirements will make it harder for casual voters supporting Democrats to
> cast a ballot. They have adamantly opposed the efforts of Florida and
> other states<http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/15/us/politics/us-to-let-florida-use-homeland-security-data-for-voter-check.html>where Republican election officials want to remove noncitizens from the
> voting rolls. Noncitizen voting is a real, if small<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=10253>,
> problem: a Congressional investigation found that some noncitizens voted<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/campaigns/keyraces98/stories/cahouse020598.htm>in the close 1996 House race in California between Robert K. Dornan, a
> Republican, and Loretta Sanchez, a Democrat, but not enough<http://articles.latimes.com/1997-05-11/news/mn-57795_1_indiana-vote>to affect the outcome. Unlike impersonation fraud, noncitizen voting cannot
> be dismissed as a Republican fantasy.****
>
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> ****
>
> 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 ****
>   “Outside Cash in Missouri Race Could Be a National Model”<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=38163>
> ****
>
> Posted on August 6, 2012 8:06 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=38163> by Rick
> Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3> ****
>
> Must-read
> <http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/06/us/politics/in-missouri-senate-race-ads-beset-incumbent-democrat.html?_r=1&smid=pl-share>NYT
> report.****
>
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> ****
>
> Posted in campaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10> | Comments
> Off ****
>   “Voting time a partisan battle; Urban areas cut hours as GOP-leaning
> counties add” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=38160> ****
>
> Posted on August 6, 2012 8:04 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=38160> by Rick
> Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3> ****
>
> The latest<http://news.cincinnati.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/201208052259/NEWS0106/308050053>from Ohio.
> ****
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> ****
>
> Posted in election administration <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18>, The
> Voting Wars <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=60>, voting<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=31>
> | Comments Off ****
>   “Virginia Board Meeting on Voter Mailers”<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=38158>
> ****
>
> Posted on August 6, 2012 8:02 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=38158> by Rick
> Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3> ****
>
> See here<http://www2.timesdispatch.com/news/news/2012/aug/06/tdmet01-va-board-to-meet-on-voter-mailings-ar-2110799/>
> .****
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> ****
>
> 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 ****
>   “Congress Has 13 Work Days Until Election for Must-Do Work”<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=38156>
> ****
>
> Posted on August 6, 2012 8:01 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=38156> by Rick
> Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3> ****
>
> Bloomberg reports <http://bloom.bg/Q0Yl4H>.****
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> ****
>
> Posted in legislation and legislatures<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=27>
> | Comments Off ****
>   “In Ohio and elsewhere, battles over state voting laws head to court”<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=38154>
> ****
>
> Posted on August 6, 2012 7:56 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=38154> by Rick
> Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3> ****
>
> Must-read<http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/in-ohio-and-elsewhere-battles-over-state-voting-laws-head-to-court/2012/08/05/a56b8ad6-dc19-11e1-8e43-4a3c4375504a_story.html?hpid=z4>WaPo report.
> ****
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> ****
>
> 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 ****
>   “Nancy Cassis Hopes Voters Are Ready to Write (Her In)”<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=38151>
> ****
>
> Posted on August 6, 2012 7:54 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=38151> by Rick
> Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3> ****
>
> Roll Call reports<http://www.rollcall.com/issues/58_17/Cassis-Hopes-Votera-Ar-Ready-to-Write-Her-In-216741-1.html?pos=htmbtxt>
> .****
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> ****
>
> Posted in Uncategorized <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=1> | Comments Off
> ****
>   Absolutely Outrageous Attorney Fee Award Against Richard Winger and
> Other Top Two Opponents in California<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=38148>
> ****
>
> Posted on August 6, 2012 7:52 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=38148> by Rick
> Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3> ****
>
> The indispensable Richard Winger of Ballot Access News<http://www.ballot-access.org/>and a few other plaintiffs have
> been hit<http://www.nbcbayarea.com/blogs/prop-zero/The-Cost-of-Taking-on-California-Reformers-164917176.html>with attorneys
> fees<http://www.corporatecrimereporter.com/news/200/wingermungerloserpays08052012/>for bringing a lawsuit in state court challenging aspects of California’s
> top two primary.****
>
> I am on the opposite side of Richard on the merits of these suits, but
> this attorney fee award against *plaintiffs* suing to vindicate
> constitutional rights is absolutely outrageous. Such fees should be
> available only when an action is either frivolous or brought in bad faith.
> This lawsuit was neither.****
>
> I hope and expect either the trial judge will reconsider or the California
> Court of Appeal will reverse.  This is nonsense.****
>
>  ****
>
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> ****
>
> Posted in ballot access <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=46> | Comments
> Off ****
>   “Voter ID questions continue” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=38146> ****
>
> Posted on August 6, 2012 7:48 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=38146> by Rick
> Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3> ****
>
> The Kansas City Kansan reports<http://www.kckansan.com/2012/08/voter-id-questions-continue.html>
> .****
>
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> ****
>
> 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 ****
>   “Romney Fundraising Tops $100 Million Again”<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=38143>
> ****
>
> Posted on August 6, 2012 7:42 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=38143> by Rick
> Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3> ****
>
> WSJ reports<http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2012/08/06/romney-fundraising-tops-100-million-again/>
> .****
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> ****
>
> Posted in campaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10> | Comments
> Off ****
>   “The Hunted Democrat: Super-PAC money cut his lead in half. Why Sherrod
> Brown is running scared. “ <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=38141> ****
>
> Posted on August 6, 2012 7:42 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=38141> by Rick
> Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3> ****
>
> Newsweek reports<http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/2012/08/05/how-super-pacs-cut-sherrod-brown-s-lead-in-half.html>
> .****
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> Posted in campaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10> | Comments
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>   “Outcome of ID-law challenge hard to predict”<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=38138>
> ****
>
> Posted on August 6, 2012 7:38 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=38138> by Rick
> Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3> ****
>
> The Philadelphia Inquirer reports.<http://www.philly.com/philly/news/politics/state/20120806_Outcome_of_ID-law_challenge_hard_to_predict.html>
> ****
>
> Unfortunately, the article does not make clear a fundamental point I tried
> to explain to the reporter: *Crawford*, the U.S. Supreme Court case, was
> a challenge under the U.S. Constitution.  The Pa. case, like the Wisconsin
> and Missouri cases, are cases under state constitutions.  State
> constitutional provisions guaranteeing the right to vote may be stronger
> (or read differently) than the U.S. constitutional standard in Crawford
> under the federal equal protection clause.****
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>
> Posted in election administration <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18>, The
> Voting Wars <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=60>, voter id<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=9>
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>   “Absentee ballot fraud made easy in Miami-Dade”<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=38135>
> ****
>
> Posted on August 5, 2012 4:09 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=38135> by Rick
> Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3> ****
>
> Marc Caputo<http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/08/05/v-fullstory/2934181/absentee-ballot-fraud-made-easy.html>(Miami Herald):
> ****
>
> Psst!****
>
> Wanna commit absentee-ballot fraud?****
>
> Well, all you need is a computer, a telephone and a dummy address. Armed
> with that, there’s a good chance you can request and vote another person’s
> absentee ballot.****
>
> It’s a felony. It’s not a guaranteed method to cast a fraudulent vote that
> counts. And it’s unlikely it could happen in big enough numbers to change
> an election.****
>
> But chances are you won’t get caught because it can be done anonymously.**
> **
>
> You can thank the Republican-led Legislature for all that.****
>
>  ****
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> Posted in absentee ballots <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=53>, election
> administration <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18>, The Voting Wars<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=60>,
> voter id <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=9> | Comments Off ****
>   “Every Four Years, Man of the Hour”<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=38132>
> ****
>
> Posted on August 5, 2012 4:01 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=38132> by Rick
> Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3> ****
>
> NYT<http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/05/fashion/expert-on-vice-presidents-much-in-demand.html?pagewanted=1&smid=tw-share>
> :****
>
> JOEL K. GOLDSTEIN, a law professor at St. Louis University, is a leading
> authority on the United States vice presidency. People seem to respect him
> anyway. …****
>
> Another inclination I had when I heard about Mr. Goldstein (and I’m not
> proud of this) was to be a wiseguy.****
>
> “So, what does a vice-presidential scholar do all day?” I asked when I
> reached him at his office, no doubt cluttered with the letters of Garret
> Augustus Hobart. “Do you wait around in case something happens to a
> presidential scholar?****
>
> “Do you consider yourself a heartbeat away from presidential scholarship?*
> ***
>
> “Do presidential scholars send you to the funerals of foreign presidential
> scholars?”****
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> ****
>
> Posted in election law "humor" <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=52>,
> pedagogy <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=23> | Comments Off ****
>   “Axelrod: Military Voters Should Get Special Consideration In Voting”<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=38129>
> ****
>
> Posted on August 5, 2012 3:52 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=38129> by Rick
> Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3> ****
>
> BuzzFeed<http://www.buzzfeed.com/zekejmiller/axelrod-military-voters-should-get-special-consid>:
> “Obama campaign senior adviser David Axelrod gave voice to a careful
> walk-back by the Obama campaign over its challenge to an Ohio early voting
> law….In their initial filing, the Obama campaign argued that it was
> arbitrary for military voters to be able to submit ballots during the
> three-day period but not non-military voters. But now they appear to be
> shifting their defense of the lawsuit, telling BuzzFeed that what is
> arbitrary is not the difference between military voters and ordinary
> civilians, but that the Ohio voters could vote in the three-day period
> before the election in 2008 but cannot in 2012.”****
>
> If that’s the argument, what’s the relevance of the military voter period?
> ****
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>
> Posted in election administration <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18>, military
> voting <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=48>, The Voting Wars<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=60>
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>
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