[EL] ELB News and Commentary 12/2/12
Rick Hasen
rhasen at law.uci.edu
Sat Dec 1 21:09:42 PST 2012
<http://electionlawblog.org/>
"Election law expert outlines lessons of 2012?
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=44929>
Posted on December 1, 2012 9:03 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=44929>
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
/Cincinnati Enquirer/:
<http://cincinnati.com/blogs/politics/2012/11/30/election-law-expert-outlines-lessons-of-2012/>
"*Daniel Tokaji*, the Ohio State University law professor who helped
draft the Issue 2 political redistricting proposal on November's ballot,
says he's still scratching his head about why it was defeated so roundly."
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"Is the Voting Rights Act Outdated?"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=44926>
Posted on December 1, 2012 8:59 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=44926>
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
NPR reports
<http://www.npr.org/2012/12/01/166226641/is-the-voting-rights-act-outdated>.
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Posted in Supreme Court <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=29>, Voting
Rights Act <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=15> | Comments Off
"Think Congressional Gridlock Is Bad? If Reid Changes Filibuster
Rules, Look Out" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=44924>
Posted on December 1, 2012 8:58 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=44924>
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
NPR reports.
<http://www.npr.org/blogs/itsallpolitics/2012/12/01/166253300/think-congressional-gridlock-is-bad-if-reid-changes-filibuster-rules-look-out>
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"Early voting limits motivated Democrats, minorities to turn out"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=44920>
Posted on December 1, 2012 6:09 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=44920>
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
/Palm Beach Post/
<http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/news/national-govt-politics/early-voting-limits-motivated-democrats-minorities/nTK3N/>:
"'Instead of being intimidated because of these laws, people came out
because of these laws,' said NAACP Senior Vice President for Campaigns
Marvin Randolph. 'Our community, instead of letting the law slow them
down, they decided they would vote harder, vote earlier.'"
It's the familiar story I tell in chapter 3 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>/,
and I talk about it more in the 2012 election in this new paper.
<http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2182857>
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Posted in The Voting Wars <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=60> |
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"Group Claims Voter Fraud Doomed Voter ID Amendment"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=44917>
Posted on December 1, 2012 6:03 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=44917>
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Election truthers
<http://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2012/11/30/group-claims-voter-fraud-doomed-voter-id-amendment/>
in Minnesota.
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Thanks to Wonk Wire <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=44914>
Posted on November 30, 2012 5:04 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=44914> by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
for naming my new paper, The 2012 Voting Wars, Judicial Backstops, and
the Resurrection of Bush v. Gore
<http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2182857>, as the
Abstract of the Week
<http://wonkwire.com/2012/11/30/abstract-of-the-week-27/>.
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Posted in election administration <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18>,
The Voting Wars <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=60> | Comments Off
"Civil Rights Reactionaries" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=44911>
Posted on November 30, 2012 2:34 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=44911> by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
James Taranto (
<http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324705104578149320741596526.html>WSJ):
"A left-liberal outfit called the Constitutional Accountability Center
<http://theusconstitution.org/text-history/1705/voting-rights-act-supreme-court-and-life-lawrence-guyot>
wants the U.S. Supreme Court to sustain a section of the 1965 Voting
Rights Act, but its argument is based on little more than an appeal to
emotion--specifically, on nostalgia for the heroism of the civil rights
movement half a century ago."
Media Matters
<http://mediamatters.org/blog/2012/11/30/wsjs-taranto-attacks-voting-rights-act-by-attac/191614>:
"Taranto, who cites a map and the Supreme Court brief for the Alabama
county challenging the constitutionality of the VRA, focuses solely on
the obituary to accuse CAC of not discussing the Constitution more in
their tribute to Guyot. Yet Taranto fails to mention the extensive legal
analyses
<http://theusconstitution.org/text-history/1606/prelude-supreme-court-showdown-voting-rights-rulings-texas-and-florida-offer-new>
and legal briefs
<http://theusconstitution.org/cases/shelby-county-v-holder> CAC has
written on the constitutionality of the VRA, all easily accessible on
their website, as well as in other news outlets
<http://www.huffingtonpost.com/doug-kendall/supreme-court-review-puts_b_2104648.html>."
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Former Michigan Secretary of State Named Chair of House
Administration Committee <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=44909>
Posted on November 30, 2012 2:31 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=44909> by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
/Roll Call/
<http://www.rollcall.com/news/boehner_taps_candice_miller_to_helm_house_administration_committee-219550-1.html?pos=hbtxt>:
<http://www.rollcall.com/news/boehner_taps_candice_miller_to_helm_house_administration_committee-219550-1.html?pos=hbtxt>
As chairwoman of the House Administration Committee, [Rep, Candice]
Miller has jurisdiction over the federal election process, which is
currently being tested by disparate state voter registration laws
that many say were written to curb minority turnout and others claim
are a magnet for voter fraud.
She said that ensuring free and fair elections will be one of her
top priorities in her new role.
"My past record and experience as chief elections officer during my
time as Michigan's secretary of state will assist me in
accomplishing the many challenges set before us and ensuring that we
effectively lead in the area of elections as that is the foundation
for our democracy," Miller said in a statement.
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