[EL] ELB News and Commentary 12/11/12

[Rick Hasen]

    "Scott Tranter, Republican Consultant: Voter ID And Long Lines Help
    Our Side" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=45343>

Posted on December 11, 2012 9:35 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=45343> by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Must see (HuffPo) TV 
<http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/12/10/republican-voter-id-scott-tranter_n_2273927.html>.

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    OH SOS Husted: Voter Fraud is a "Very Rare Occurrence"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=45341>

Posted on December 11, 2012 9:33 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=45341> by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

And he wants 
<http://news.cincinnati.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/AB/20121210/NEWS/312100136/>federal 
money for new voting machines.

Let's attach some strings to that money.

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    "Ending same-day voter registration would cost $5.2 million, board
    finds" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=45338>

Posted on December 11, 2012 8:33 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=45338> by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

The /Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel /reports 
<http://www.jsonline.com/news/statepolitics/ending-sameday-voter-registration-would-cost-52-million-board-finds-vn804tl-182996661.html>.

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    "Cruz Joins Heitkamp as New Senator Forming Leadership PAC"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=45335>

Posted on December 11, 2012 8:31 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=45335> by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Bloomberg reports. 
<http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-12-11/cruz-joins-heitkamp-as-new-senator-forming-leadership-pac.html?alcmpid=politics>

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    "Dems Entertain Bipartisan Talks for Filibuster Reform"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=45333>

Posted on December 11, 2012 8:29 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=45333> by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

TPM reports. 
<http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/12/filibuster-reform-bipartisan-talks.php>

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    "The Marriage Plot: Inside This Year's Epic Campaign for Gay
    Equality" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=45331>

Posted on December 11, 2012 8:29 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=45331> by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Must-read longread from Molly Ball. 
<http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2012/12/the-marriage-plot/265865/>

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    "All Bark, No Bite: How California's Top-Two Primary System
    Reinforces the Status Quo" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=45328>

Posted on December 11, 2012 8:25 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=45328> by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Nathan Yu has this blog post 
<http://electls.blogs.wm.edu/2012/12/10/all-bark-no-bite/> at State of 
Elections.

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    "Making Pa. votes matter" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=45326>

Posted on December 11, 2012 8:22 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=45326> by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Rob Richie and Devin McCarthy have written this Philly.com oped 
<http://www.philly.com/philly/opinion/20121211_Making_Pa__votes_matter.html>, 
which begins: "State Senate Majority Leader Dominic Pileggi piqued our 
interest last week when he told Bloomberg that his new electoral reform 
proposal "is not party-specific or partisan in any way, but just an 
attempt to have the popular vote reflected." Pennsylvanians' votes 
certainly weren't reflected after a majority of them chose Democratic 
House candidates last month. In a remarkable distortion of voter 
preference, Republicans won 13 of the state's 18 House seats. But 
Pileggi (R., Delaware) was proposing Electoral College reform. Like most 
of the states, Pennsylvania awards all its electoral votes to the 
statewide popular-vote winner. Pileggi proposes that most of the state's 
electoral votes instead be allocated in proportion to the popular vote, 
which would have given President Obama 12 of them -- rather than the 20 
he got -- and Mitt Romney eight. This plan is problematic, especially if 
the state pursues it unilaterally."

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    "Legal Standard for 'Willful' Violations Of Campaign Law Considered
    by Court" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=45324>

Posted on December 11, 2012 8:20 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=45324> by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Bloomberg BNA 
<http://news.bna.com/mpdm/MPDMWB/split_display.adp?fedfid=28868578&vname=mpebulallissues&jd=a0d5q4q6f4&split=0>: 
"The legal standard to prove a 'willful' violation of campaign finance 
laws is being debated by federal prosecutors and defense lawyers in a 
major criminal case, with the Justice Department being accused of 
backing away from a standard used previous cases and enshrined in DOJ 
guidelines. The legal battle was revealed in recent court filings in the 
long-running case, which involves Virginia businessmen William 
Danielczyk and Eugene Biagi. The two are charged with funneling illegal 
corporate contributions to the 2008 presidential campaign of Hillary 
Clinton, now President Obama's secretary of state."

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    "Revealed: How cult-like band exploits voter deception to wield
    political power in N.Y.C.; Thousands of voters have been duped into
    enrolling in Independence Party" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=45321>

Posted on December 10, 2012 4:31 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=45321> by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Quite a NY Daily News editorial. 
<http://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/masters-deception-article-1.1216664>

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    "Big data, in the dark; Lack of transparency around campaigns' use
    of data creates challenges for reporters"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=45318>

Posted on December 10, 2012 3:46 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=45318> by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

CJR reports. 
<http://www.cjr.org/swing_states_project/what_political_reporters_dont_know_about_big_data.php?page=all>

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    "'True the Vote' Fakes the 'Voter Fraud'"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=45316>

Posted on December 10, 2012 3:45 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=45316> by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

The Brad Blog delves <http://www.bradblog.com/?p=9770> into TTV's claims 
of voter fraud.

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    True the Vote NVRA Section 8 Claim Against Indiana Survives Motion
    to Dismiss <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=45314>

Posted on December 10, 2012 3:43 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=45314> by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

You can find the ruling here 
<http://www.scribd.com/doc/116300587/True-the-Vote-and-Judicial-Watch-vs-Indiana-NVRA>.

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    Ross Miller's Self-Inflicted Voter ID Wound?
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=45311>

Posted on December 10, 2012 3:21 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=45311> by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Read Ralston Reports 
<http://ralstonreports.com/blog/secretary-state-ross-miller-vs-left#.UMZtqLbOalg>.

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    "Did the Mainstream Press Really Bungle the Campaign's 'Single
    Biggest Story'?" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=45307>

Posted on December 10, 2012 11:52 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=45307> by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

NYT Public Editor: 
<http://publiceditor.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/12/10/did-the-mainstream-press-really-bungle-the-campaigns-single-biggest-story/?hp> 
"In one of the most fascinating media-related pieces I've read in a 
while, Dan Froomkin interviews 
<http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dan-froomkin/republican-lies-2012-election_b_2258586.html> 
Thomas Mann and Norman Ornstein, two longtime Washington observers who 
wrote a book together and soon after, they say, found themselves near 
pariahs in a city that didn't want to hear what they had to say."

Ornstein toFroomkin 
<http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dan-froomkin/republican-lies-2012-election_b_2258586.html>: 
"Ornstein is particularly infuriated that none of the supposed reader 
advocates at major newspapers have raised the issues they brought up. 
"What the fuck is an ombudsman doing if he's not writing about this?" he 
asked."

NYT Public Editor: "his points are duly noted..."

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    ProPublica on the SCOTUS Challenge to the Voting Rights Act
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=45304>

Posted on December 10, 2012 11:07 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=45304> by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

See here 
<http://www.propublica.org/article/the-other-crucial-civil-rights-case-the-supreme-court-will-be-ruling-on>.

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    "After Obama Vow, Washington Weighs Role in Election Management"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=45299>

Posted on December 10, 2012 10:02 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=45299> by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Stateline reports. 
<http://www.pewstates.org/projects/stateline/headlines/after-obama-vow-washington-weighs-role-in-election-management-85899435196>

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    You Can Now Preorder My Examples & Explanations: Remedies, Third
    Edition <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=45296>

Posted on December 10, 2012 9:45 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=45296> by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Here, 
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    Watch Live: Pew Voting Conference <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=45293>

Posted on December 10, 2012 9:33 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=45293> by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Here on C-Span 3 
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