[EL] ELB News and Commentary 8/31/12
Rick Hasen
rhasen at law.uci.edu
Fri Aug 31 08:22:37 PDT 2012
"Texas Election Maps To Be Debated After ID Law Rejected"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=39457>
Posted on August 31, 2012 8:20 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=39457>
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Bloomberg reports
<http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-08-30/texas-can-t-enforce-voter-photo-id-law-u-s-court-rules.html>.
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Posted in election administration <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18>,
redistricting <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=6>, The Voting Wars
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=60>, voter id
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"Gore Calls for the End of the Electoral College"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=39455>
Posted on August 31, 2012 8:16 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=39455>
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
A little late
<http://politicalwire.com/archives/2012/08/31/gore_calls_for_the_end_of_the_electoral_college.html>,
no?
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Posted in electoral college <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=44> |
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"Voting FOR Your Wallet? New Paper Examines Lottery-Based Incentives
for Voting" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=39453>
Posted on August 31, 2012 8:15 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=39453>
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
A ChapinBlog.
<http://blog.lib.umn.edu/cspg/electionacademy/2012/08/voting_for_your_wallet_new_pap.php?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+HHHElections+%28The+Election+Aacdemy%29>
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Posted in campaigns <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=59>, vote buying
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=43>, voting
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"Playbook Breakfast: Ted Cruz calls for unlimited donations,
disclosure" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=39450>
Posted on August 31, 2012 8:09 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=39450>
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
What's notable here
<http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0812/80441.html> is the
endorsement by a conservative Republican of disclosure, the way it used
to be.
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"Our Electoral Exceptionalism" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=39447>
Posted on August 31, 2012 8:04 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=39447>
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Nick Stephanopoulos has posted this draft
<http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2139123&> on SSRN
(forthcoming /U Chicago Law Review/). Here is the abstract:
Election law suffers from a comparative blind spot. Scholars in the
field have devoted almost no attention to how other countries
organize their electoral systems, let alone to the lessons that can
be drawn from foreign experiences. This Article begins to fill this
gap by carrying out the first systematic analysis of redistricting
practices around the world. The Article first separates district
design into its three constituent components: institutions,
criteria, and minority representation. For each component, the
Article then describes the approaches used in America and abroad,
introduces a new conceptual framework for classifying different
policies, and challenges the exceptional American model.
First, redistricting institutions can be categorized based on their
levels of politicization and judicialization. The United States is
an outlier along both dimensions because it relies on the elected
branches rather than on independent commissions and because its
courts are extraordinarily active. Unfortunately, the American
approach is linked to higher partisan bias, lower electoral
responsiveness, and diminished public confidence.
Second, redistricting criteria can be assessed based on whether they
tend to make districts more heterogeneous or homogeneous. Most of
the usual American criteria (such as equal population, compliance
with the Voting Rights Act, and the pursuit of political advantage)
are diversifying. In contrast, almost all foreign requirements (such
as respect for political subdivisions, respect for communities of
interest, and attention to geographic features) are homogenizing.
Homogenizing requirements are generally preferable because they give
rise to higher voter participation, more effective representation,
and lower legislative polarization.
Lastly, models of minority representation can be classified based on
the geographic concentration of the groups they benefit and the
explicitness of the means they use to allocate legislative
influence. Once again, the United States is nearly unique in its
reliance on implicit mechanisms that only assist concentrated
groups. Implicit mechanisms that also assist diffuse groups---in
particular, multimember districts with limited, cumulative, or
preferential voting rules---are typically superior because they
result in higher levels of minority representation at a fraction of
the social and legal cost.
I read an earlier draft of this piece. Highly recommended.
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Posted in alternative voting systems
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=63>, citizen commissions
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=7>, pedagogy
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"Third-party candidates may hurt Romney in key states"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=39445>
Posted on August 31, 2012 8:01 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=39445>
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Center for Public Integrity
<http://www.publicintegrity.org/2012/08/30/10786/third-party-candidates-may-hurt-romney-key-states>:
"Dark-horse presidential candidates Gary Johnson and Virgil Goode may
not be household names, but with a little help from super PACs, they
could peel away precious support from Republican Mitt Romney and
possibly even President Barack Obama in some key state races."
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finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>, third parties
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Texas Voter ID Roundup <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=39442>
Posted on August 31, 2012 7:59 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=39442>
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
AP
<http://www.philly.com/philly/news/nation_world/20120831_Court_overturns_Texas_voter_ID_law.html>
USA Today
<http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/story/2012-08-30/Texas-voter-ID-law/57454218/1>
Washington Post
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/texas-voter-id-law-struck-down/2012/08/30/4a07e270-f2ad-11e1-adc6-87dfa8eff430_story.html>
Wall St. Journal
<http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10000872396390443618604577621412913133538.html>
New York Times
<http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/31/us/court-blocks-tough-voter-id-law-in-texas.html>
Los Angeles Times
<http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-texas-voting-20120831,0,4898092.story>
San Antonio Express-News
<http://www.sfgate.com/nation/article/Texas-voter-ID-law-struck-down-3829631.php>
ABC News
<http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/08/federal-court-blocks-controversial-texas-voter-id-law/>
McClatchy
<http://www.kansascity.com/2012/08/30/3788401/federal-court-strikes-down-texas.html>
Austin American-Statesman
<http://www.statesman.com/news/texas-politics/appeals-court-blocks-texas-voter-id-law-2447045.html>
Reuters
<http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/08/30/us-usa-court-texas-voterid-idUSBRE87T11120120830>
BLT
<http://legaltimes.typepad.com/blt/2012/08/dc-court-unanimously-rules-against-texas-voter-id-law.html>
SCOTUSBlog
<http://www.scotusblog.com/2012/08/texas-voter-id-law-cant-take-effect/>
NPR
<http://www.npr.org/2012/08/30/160338601/federal-court-rejects-texas-voter-id-law-as-unfair>
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The Voting Wars <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=60>, voter id
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"Facts Take a Beating in Acceptance Speeches"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=39439>
Posted on August 31, 2012 7:37 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=39439>
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
This is a very important development
<http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/31/us/politics/ryans-speech-contained-a-litany-of-falsehoods.html>
in campaigns about which I plan to write more:
The growing number of misrepresentations appear to reflect a
calculation in both parties that shame is overrated, and that no
independent arbiters command the stature or the platform to hold the
campaigns to account in the increasingly polarized and balkanized
media firmament. Any unmasking of the lies or distortions, the
thinking goes, rarely seeps into the public consciousness.
But an interesting question unfolding is whether there is a tipping
point at which a candidate becomes so associated with falsehoods
that it becomes part of his public persona --- which hampered Vice
President Al Gore during his run for president in 2000, when his
misstatements on the campaign trail were used to stoke the
perception that he could not be trusted in general.
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"At Convention, Lines Blur for Party and 'Super PACs'"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=39436>
Posted on August 31, 2012 7:34 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=39436>
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
NYT's Nick Confessore
<http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/31/us/politics/lines-blur-between-republican-party-and-super-pacs-at-convention.html?_r=1&ref=politics>
on the party-super PAC "merge[r] into a unified conservative machine."
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"Exclusive: Inside Karl Rove's Billionaire Fundraiser"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=39434>
Posted on August 31, 2012 7:32 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=39434>
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Today's must read
<http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2012-08-31/exclusive-inside-karl-roves-billionaire-fundraiser>from
Bloomberg:
This rare look at the mechanics of SuperPac fundraising and
electoral strategy was likely not intended for reporters. I was
invited as the guest of a financier who is a significant Republican
donor. The financier knew that I was a journalist. At no point was I
presented with, nor did I agree to, restrictions regarding the
information I heard. Upon my arrival at the breakfast, I was not
asked if I was a journalist. I gave my name, identified the person
who had invited me, was handed a wristband, and ushered into the
dining room. American Crossroads disputes this version of events,
but a spokesman did not immediately return calls to elaborate.
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"Expanding the Franchise or Threatening Democracy; The Impact of
Voting Reforms in the 2012 Elections"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=39429>
Posted on August 30, 2012 5:21 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=39429>
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Wow this looks like a great event that I will be sorry to miss:
*Expanding the Franchise or Threatening Democracy*
*/The Impact of Voting Reforms in the 2012 Elections/*
*Sponsored by the Center for American Politics and Citizenship at the
University of Maryland*
*Wednesday, September 12, 2012, 12:30 pm -- 5:30 pm*
*National Association of Realtors Headquarters,*
*500 New Jersey Ave., NW,*
*Washington, DC, 12^th Floor*
* Conference Topics:*
* The effect of online absentee ballot delivery systems, early voting,
and mail voting on turnout
* Adaptations by campaigns to recent voting reforms
* The impact of voter ID requirements and list maintenance on voter
fraud and vote suppression
* How election reform creates winners and losers among voters,
candidates, and parties
*Speakers include:*
* The Honorable Pete Sessions, Chair, National Republican
Congressional Committee
* The Honorable David Price, U.S. House of Representatives
* Robert Bauer, General Counsel to the Democratic National Committee
* Bob Carey, former Director of the Federal Voting Assistance Program
* David Mason, Senior Vice President, Aristotle Industries
* Marty Stone, Partner, Stone's Phones
Attendance is Free and Open to All
Please RSVP to *CAPC at umd.edu <mailto:CAPC at umd.edu>*
More information available at *www.capc.umd.edu <http://www.capc.umd.edu>*
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"Never Mind Super PACs: How Big Business Is Buying the Election"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=39426>
Posted on August 30, 2012 5:19 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=39426>
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
This extensive article
<http://www.thenation.com/article/169639/never-mind-super-pacs-how-big-business-buying-election?page=full#>
appears in /The Nation./
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Nevada SOS Files Motion for Emergency Stay in "None of the Above"
Case <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=39422>
Posted on August 30, 2012 5:17 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=39422>
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Following up on this post <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=39374>, see
this filing
<http://electionlawblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2012-08-30-6-Millers-Emergency-Motion-for-Stay.pdf>
Sec. Miller filed today in the 9th Circuit.
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Sounds Like There Will Be No Emergency SCOTUS Action in the Texas
Voter ID Case <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=39419>
Posted on August 30, 2012 3:33 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=39419>
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Earlier today I wrote <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=39379> about how
Texas, which had indicated an intent to appeal, could seek emergency
relief from the Supreme Court to put its ID law into effect for
November's elections.
But now comesthis from AP
<http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_TEXAS_VOTER_ID?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT>:
"State Attorney General Greg Abbott said he will appeal to the U.S.
Supreme Court, "where we are confident we will prevail." He also told
the Associated Press late Thursday that there is now definitely not
enough time to salvage the law for the November election."
So we are just waiting on Pa. and South Carolina as states whose ID laws
are on hold (and Wisconsin, if the Supreme Court takes up AG van
Hollen's invitation to look at this case again---very unlikely).
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election administration <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18>, The Voting
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<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=9>, voter initiatives
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=61>, Voting Rights Act
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"Judges Question Whether South Carolina's Voter ID Law Is Ready For
Primetime" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=39416>
Posted on August 30, 2012 3:02 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=39416>
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
While the ruling in the Texas case today makes it marginally /more/
likely that the South Carolina voter id law will be precleared (because
it is not nearly as onerous as the Texas law), Ryan Reilly explains
<http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/08/voter_id_reasonable_impediment.php>
the other reason why the federal court may not preclear South Carolina:
it doesn't seem to have a plan to implement a fair and reasonable voter
id law in time for November.
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The Voting Wars <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=60>, voter id
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"End Of The 'Tell President Obama' Ads?"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=39413>
Posted on August 30, 2012 2:06 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=39413>
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
NPR
<http://www.npr.org/blogs/itsallpolitics/2012/08/30/160337319/end-of-the-tell-president-obama-ads>on
disclosure, electioneering communications, and express advocacy, by
501c4s like Crossroads GPS.
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Former Senator Kit Bond Says Republican Lawyers Must Stop Election
from Being Stolen By Obama Who Will "Stop at Nothing" to Get the
Votes He Needs to Win <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=39410>
Posted on August 30, 2012 1:58 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=39410>
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
See here.
<http://legaltimes.typepad.com/blt/2012/08/over-bbq-and-beer-gop-lawyers-in-tampa-warn-of-stolen-election.html>
Chapter 2 of /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-catcorr>/<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-catcorr>discusses
Bond's earlier---and debunked---claims of stolen elections in the past.
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About Those Attempts to Redo the Texas District Lines for This
Election..... <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=39407>
Posted on August 30, 2012 12:47 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=39407>
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
the 3-judge-court in San Antonio ain't buying it.
<http://txredistricting.org/post/30530328261/san-antonio-panel-sets-status-conference-in-texas>
That's what I expected, and it's clearly the right call so close to the
election and after the delayed primaries.
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"IRS Gives Little Insight Into What Constitutes Campaign
Intervention, CRS Says" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=39404>
Posted on August 30, 2012 11:27 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=39404>
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Bloomberg BNA: "The tax code offers little insight into what constitutes
campaign intervention for tax-exempt organizations, a Congressional
Research Service report <http://op.bna.com/dt.nsf/r?Open=emcy-8xnkup>
released Aug. 30 said, with the big question being what happens when a
political ad merely refers to a candidate but does not endorse the
candidate outright."
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Ari Berman's Take on the Texas Voter ID Decision
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=39401>
Posted on August 30, 2012 11:23 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=39401>
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Here,
<http://www.thenation.com/blog/169652/federal-court-texas-voter-id-law-violates-voting-rights-act#>
at /The Nation/.
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"Court rules against Gessler in campaign finance change, says he
overstepped authority" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=39398>
Posted on August 30, 2012 11:12 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=39398>
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
AP reports
<http://electionlawblog.org/Court%20rules%20against%20Gessler%20in%20campaign%20finance%20change,%20says%20he%20overstepped%20authority>
on this decision
<http://electionlawblog.org/wp-content/uploads/Ct-App-Opinion.pdf> from
the Colorado Court of Appeals.
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"Database: 88% of questioned people on voter rolls are U.S.
citizens" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=39395>
Posted on August 30, 2012 11:09 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=39395>
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Denver Post:
<http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_21431279/database-88-questioned-people-voter-rolls-are-u>
"About 88 percent of the approximately 1,400 suspected noncitizens run
through a federal database by the Colorado secretary of state's office
were determined to be U.S. citizens --- and are eligible to vote. The
Department of Homeland Security is continuing to review the remaining
approximately 168 people to determine whether any of them also are
citizens, said Michael Hagihara, voter registration manager for the
secretary of state's office."
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Mo Rocca NYT "Op Doc" on "The Right to Vote"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=39393>
Posted on August 30, 2012 11:07 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=39393>
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
View it here.
<http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/29/opinion/the-right-to-vote.html?smid=pl-share>
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"Voting Rights Act: The State of Section 5?
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=39390>
Posted on August 30, 2012 10:48 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=39390>
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Timely ProPublica piece
<http://www.propublica.org/article/the-state-of-section-5>.
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Reactions to Texas Voter ID Decision
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=39387>
Posted on August 30, 2012 10:42 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=39387>
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Texas AG
<http://txredistricting.org/post/30526403895/press-statement-attorney-general-greg-abbott-on-voter>
(who promises an appeal to the Supreme Court)
Brennan Center
<http://www.brennancenter.org/content/resource/victory_for_texas_voters_restrictive_voter_id_law_rejected_by_federal_court/>
NAACP
<http://www.naacp.org/press/entry/naacp-applauds-the-justice-departments-ruling-on-restrictive-voter-id-law>
MALC
<http://txredistricting.org/post/30526638452/malcs-press-statement-on-texas-voter-id-ruling>
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