[EL] ELB News and Commentary 8/20/12

Sun Aug 19 22:01:28 PDT 2012

    The Week Ahead <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=38816>

Posted on August 19, 2012 9:58 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=38816> 
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Blogging will be intermittent for the first part of the week as I head 
to Washington D.C. to appear Tuesday onthe /Diane Rehm/ show 
<http://thedianerehmshow.org/shows/2012-08-21/richard-hasen-voting-wars-florida-2000-next-election-meltdown> 
to talk about /The Voting Wars. <http://amzn.to/y22ZTv>/

I will also be guest blogging about the book 
<http://talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/2012/08/coming_this_month.php?ref=fpblg> 
this week at the Editor's Blog at /Talking Points Memo/.

On Wednesday, I'm slated to be on The Madeline Brand Show 
<http://www.scpr.org/programs/madeleine-brand/> and later in the week on 
The Takeaway <http://www.thetakeaway.org/>.

On Thursday I'll be doing a video interview on Josh Blackman's blog 
<http://joshblackman.com/blog/>.

And there are a few surprises in store as well.  Stay tuned.

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    "Fate of Pennsylvania's voter ID law rests in the hands of 6 state
    Supreme Court justices" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=38821>

Posted on August 19, 2012 9:57 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=38821> 
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

The latest 
<http://www.pennlive.com/midstate/index.ssf/2012/08/fate_of_pennsylvanias_voter_id_1.html> 
from Pa.

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    "As always, Florida in the middle of the voting wars"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=38818>

Posted on August 19, 2012 9:52 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=38818> 
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Must-read Bob Barnes front-page piece 
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/as-always-florida-in-the-middle-of-the-voting-wars/2012/08/19/892f6fae-e871-11e1-8487-64e4b2a79ba8_story.html?hpid=z1> 
in Monday'sWashington Post.

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    "Buckeye Ballots" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=38814>

Posted on August 19, 2012 9:43 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=38814> 
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

The /Washington Post/ offers this editorial 
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/buckeye-ballots/2012/08/19/02880ae6-e0cf-11e1-a19c-fcfa365396c8_story.html?hpid=z4>.

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    "Texas A.G. is positioned to become point man on historic challenge
    to voting law" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=38811>

Posted on August 19, 2012 9:33 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=38811> 
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

/Austin American-Statesman/ 
<http://www.statesman.com/news/texas-politics/texas-a-g-is-positioned-to-become-point-2438452.html>:

    With his signature on the Voting Rights Act of 1965, President
    Lyndon Johnson, a Democrat from Texas, outlawed discriminatory
    election practices that had been adopted in many southern states
    including Texas. Now, almost half a century later, another Texan,
    Attorney General Greg Abbott, could find himself in a position to
    dismantle a key section of the historic act that he thinks is unfair.

    For the past several weeks, a panel of federal judges in Washington,
    D.C., has been pondering what to do with Texas' 2011 voter
    identification law --- one of the nation's strictest laws requiring
    voters to show one of a few forms of ID to cast ballots.

    If Texas loses in federal court, as many observers believe is
    likely, Abbott will be in a position to challenge the
    constitutionality of Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act --- arguably
    the most significant provision in the law that says Texas and
    several other jurisdictions with discriminatory histories must get
    the blessing of the federal government before they make any changes
    to election laws.

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    "Ohio Republican Stands By Jab At Black Turnout "Machine""
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=38807>

Posted on August 19, 2012 5:11 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=38807> 
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

BuzzFreed reports. 
<http://www.buzzfeed.com/chrisgeidner/ohio-republican-stands-by-jab-at-black-turnout-ma>

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    "New election laws show partisan wrangling for votes -- by both
    parties" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=38804>

Posted on August 19, 2012 5:09 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=38804> 
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

/The Hill/ reports 
<http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/244287-new-election-laws-show-partisan-wrangling-for-votes-by-both-parties>.

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UC Irvine School of Law
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