[EL] ELB News and Commentary 8/21/12

[Rick Hasen]

    "The Fake Voter Fraud Epidemic and the 2012 Election"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=38867>

Posted on August 20, 2012 9:40 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=38867> 
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

My latest guest blog post 
<http://talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/2012/08/the_fake_voter_fraud_epidemic_and_the_2012_electio.php?ref=fpblg> 
over at Talking Points Memo.

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    "Rick Scott, Democrats fight over Florida early voting"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=38864>

Posted on August 20, 2012 8:40 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=38864> 
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Miami Herald 
<http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/08/20/2960846/rick-scott-democrats-fight-over.html>: 
"The fight over early voting is escalating in Florida as Gov. Rick Scott 
seeks agreement among counties for eight days and Democrats demand 12 
days. At issue is whether all 67 counties will operate under one early 
voting schedule, or five counties --- including Monroe --- will offer 
more days than all the others."

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    "Democratic Ads Boosting Nelson in 2011 Did Not Violate Campaign
    Law, FEC Finds" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=38861>

Posted on August 20, 2012 8:35 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=38861> 
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Bloomberg BNA 
<http://news.bna.com/mpdm/MPDMWB/split_display.adp?fedfid=27643656&vname=mpebulallissues&jd=a0d4e9c6y5&split=0>: 
"Democratic Party ads featuring Sen. Ben Nelson (D-Neb.) that aired in 
2011 did not violate campaign finance laws, the Federal Election 
Commission has found. Documents were released by the FEC Aug. 17 in an 
enforcement case---designated Matter Under Review (MUR) 6502---involving 
Nelson and the Nebraska Democratic Party. The case drew attention more 
than a year ago when Republicans first complained about the Nelson ads, 
but the controversy dwindled after Nelson announced he would not seek 
re-election to his Senate seat."

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    "Romney Gains Huge Cash Advantage Over Obama"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=38859>

Posted on August 20, 2012 8:33 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=38859> 
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

NYT reports 
<http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/21/us/politics/romney-racks-up-huge-cash-advantage-over-obama.html?hp>.

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    "Justice Department Approves Va. Voter ID Law"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=38857>

Posted on August 20, 2012 8:30 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=38857> 
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

TPM 
<http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/08/justice_department_approves_virginia_voter_id_law.php>: 
"The Justice Department approved changes to Virginia's voter ID law 
Monday, suggesting there is a way forward for such laws --- even in 
states that must have election laws pre-cleared under Section 5 of the 
Voting Rights Act --- so long as they're written in a way the federal 
government will sign off on."

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    "Missouri: What Happens If Todd Akin Drops Out?"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=38855>

Posted on August 20, 2012 8:28 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=38855> 
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Roll Call: 
<http://atr.rollcall.com/missouri-what-happens-if-akin-drops-out/> "If 
Rep. Todd Akin (R) does drop his Missouri Senate bid within the next 24 
hours, as the GOP establishment is pressuring him to do, at least his 
timing will be impeccable. Missouri state law allows a nominated 
candidate to withdraw his or her bid for office by 5 p.m. on the 11th 
Tuesday before the election which, as it turns out, is tomorrow. If Akin 
does drop his bid before tomorrow's deadline, the state's GOP central 
committee would pick his replacement."

If he doesn't drop out then but drops out later? " If for some reason 
Akin does not drop his bid by tomorrow's deadline, he could withdraw via 
a court order as late as Sept. 25. In that case, state law would require 
Akin to cover any costs for reprinting ballots and again, the central 
committee would select a substitute candidate."

Later than Sept. 25?  That comes an interesting question. Remember the 
Torricelli conflict?  I've written about the controversial New Jersey 
Supreme Court opinion allowing a substitution of Torricelli with 
Lautenberg later than the period set forth in the statute.  See here 
<http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1344476>.

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    "Romney's campaign coffers have $60 million more than Obama's"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=38853>

Posted on August 20, 2012 8:20 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=38853> 
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

/WaPo/ reports 
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/romneys-campaign-coffers-have-60-million-more-than-obamas/2012/08/20/e35198c0-eadf-11e1-9ddc-340d5efb1e9c_story.html>.

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    "In Congress's Paralysis, a Mightier Supreme Court"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=38851>

Posted on August 20, 2012 4:13 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=38851> 
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Adam Liptak's new "Sidebar" column 
<http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/21/us/politics/supreme-court-gains-power-from-paralysis-of-congress.html?ref=politics> 
in the /New York Times/ discusses a new paper of mine, End of the 
Dialogue? Political Polarization, the Supreme Court, and Congress. 
<http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2130190>  From the 
column:

    This sort of back and forth works only if Congress is not paralyzed.
    An overlooked consequence of the current polarization and gridlock
    in Congress, a new study found
    <http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2130190>, has
    been a huge transfer of power to the Supreme Court. It now almost
    always has the last word, even in decisions that theoretically
    invite a Congressional response.

    "Congress is overriding the Supreme Court much less frequently in
    the last decade," Richard L. Hasen, the author of the study, said in
    an interview. "I didn't expect to see such a dramatic decline. The
    number of overrides has fallen to almost none."

    The few recent overrides of major decisions, including the one
    responding to the Ledbetter case, were by partisan majorities. "In
    the past, when Congress overturned a Supreme Court decision, it was
    usually on a nonpartisan basis," said Professor Hasen, who teaches
    at the University of California, Irvine.

    In each two-year Congressional term from 1975 to 1990, he found,
    Congress overrode an average of 12 Supreme Court decisions. The
    corresponding number fell to 4.8 in the decade ending in 2000 and to
    just 2.7 in the last dozen years.

    "Congressional overruling of Supreme Court cases," Professor Hasen
    wrote, "slowed down dramatically since 1991 and essentially halted
    in January 2009."

    Tracking legislative overrides is not an exact science, as some
    fixes may be technical and trivial. And there may be other reasons
    for the decline, including drops in legislative activity generally
    and in the Supreme Court's docket.

    But scholars who follow the issue say that Professor Hasen has
    discovered something important. "Particularly since the 2000
    elections, there has been a big falloff in overrides," said William
    N. Eskridge Jr., a law professor at Yale and the author of a seminal
    1991 study
    <http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=4&ved=0CFYQFjAD&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdigitalcommons.law.yale.edu%2Fcgi%2Fviewcontent.cgi%3Farticle%3D4816%26context%3Dfss_papers&ei=ZJwuUMGAJ6SV6wHkg4HwBA&usg=AFQjCNE7UZOnvVpPgHbX_QIA2UW6kJWwjg&sig2=-_eXps3Ng7T_swL5j4V5Tw&cad=rja>
    on which Professor Hasen built his own. "It gives the Supreme Court
    significantly more power and Congress significantly less power."

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    "Ohio GOP Admits Early Voting Cutbacks Are Racially Motivated"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=38848>

Posted on August 20, 2012 3:50 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=38848> 
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Ari Berman reports 
<http://www.thenation.com/blog/169454/ohio-gop-admits-early-voting-cutbacks-are-racially-motivated>for 
/The Nation./

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    "Schmooze or Lose: Obama doesn't like cozying up to billionaires.
    Could it cost him the election?" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=38845>

Posted on August 20, 2012 3:49 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=38845> 
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Jane Mayer has written this article 
<http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2012/08/27/120827fa_fact_mayer?printable=true> 
in /The New Yorker/.

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    Arizona Supreme Court Explains Its Ruling Upholding Requirement that
    Candidate Must Understand English <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=38842>

Posted on August 20, 2012 3:37 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=38842> 
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

See here. 
<http://www.azcourts.gov/Portals/0/OpinionFiles/Supreme/2012/CV120039APEL.pdf>

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    "U.S. Voter Participation, 1990-2010?
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=38839>

Posted on August 20, 2012 3:33 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=38839> 
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

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<http://www.pewstates.org/research/data-visualizations/us-voter-participation-1990-2010-85899410519>.

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    "EXCLUSIVE: The Effects of Florida's HB1355 Early Voting Law on
    Turnout" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=38836>

Posted on August 20, 2012 3:30 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=38836> 
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Read Dan Smith 
<http://electionsmith.wordpress.com/2012/08/20/exclusive-the-effects-of-floridas-hb1355-early-voting-law-on-turnout/>.

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    "Judicial Elections and the Bottom Line"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=38833>

Posted on August 20, 2012 3:27 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=38833> 
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

The NYT editorializes. 
<http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/20/opinion/judicial-elections-and-the-bottom-line.html?_r=1&ref=opinion>

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    "Citizen Center Seeks Temporary Restraining Order Prohibiting
    Traceable Barcodes on Colorado Ballots "
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=38831>

Posted on August 20, 2012 3:26 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=38831> 
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

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    Tillman, Dorf, Tillman on Dual Officeholding
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=38829>

Posted on August 20, 2012 3:24 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=38829> 
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Here 
<http://www.dorfonlaw.org/2012/08/congressman-and-vice-president-and.html>, 
here 
<http://www.dorfonlaw.org/2012/08/how-far-do-text-and-early-history-take.html#more>, 
and here <http://ssrn.com/abstract=2129812>.

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    Hey...This is Crazy <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=38826>

Posted on August 20, 2012 3:18 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=38826> 
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

I've opened up a Reader's Forum 
<http://thevotingwars.com/reader-forum-2/> on The Voting Wars website 
<http://thevotingwars.com/>.

Is it possible to have a CIVIL discussion on the issues plaguing our 
elections and ways to fix things?

I wouldn't bet on it. But I'm willing to give it a shot.  I reserve the 
right to end this experiment at any time.

Fire away.

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