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

Wed Dec 12 08:35:51 PST 2012

    Regular Blogging to Resume Monday <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=45390>

Posted on December 12, 2012 8:34 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=45390> by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

See you then.

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    "Choose Your Own Voters" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=45387>

Posted on December 12, 2012 8:31 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=45387> by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

    Weigel
    <http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/politics/2012/12/how_the_republican_party_is_planning_to_marginalize_urban_voters_in_the.html?utm_source=tw&utm_medium=sm&utm_campaign=button_toolbar>:

    In the busy mind of Virginia state Sen. Charles Carrico, voters can
    be divided into two species. The first: "people in my district,"
    which covers a swath of the state's rural southwest. These voters
    are real people. The second species: voters in "metropolitan
    districts." In 2012 and 2008, rural voters watched Democrats turn
    out that metro vote, which elected Barack Obama. That experience
    apparently taught Carrico and the people he represents that "their
    votes don't mean anything."

    Carrico's solution: Make the rural vote matter more and make the
    metro vote count less. His bill
    <http://www.slate.com/blogs/weigel/2012/12/10/virginia_republican_senator_wants_to_gerrymander_the_state_s_electoral_college.html>,
    SB273, would assign 11 of Virginia's electoral votes to its 11
    congressional districts. The state's two remaining votes would go to
    whoever received the "highest number of votes in a majority of
    congressional districts."

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    "Romney spent more on TV ads but got much less"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=45384>

Posted on December 12, 2012 8:20 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=45384> by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

WaPo reports 
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/romney-campaigns-tv-ad-strategies-criticized-in-election-postmortems/2012/12/11/a2855aec-4166-11e2-bca3-aadc9b7e29c5_story.html>.

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    "Supposing is Good, But Finding Out is Better (cont.): Pew on Lines
    in 2012? <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=45381>

Posted on December 12, 2012 8:13 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=45381> by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

A ChapinBlog. 
<http://blog.lib.umn.edu/cspg/electionacademy/2012/12/supposing_is_good_finding_out.php>

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    "Walker says ending same-day registration too costly"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=45377>

Posted on December 12, 2012 8:08 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=45377> by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

/Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel/: 
<http://www.jsonline.com/blogs/news/183173611.html>"Gov. Scott Walker 
said Wednesday that a Government Accountability Board report that says 
it would cost the state $5.2 million to end the state's same-day 
registration law convinced him that he would not sign such a bill. 
'There is no way I'm signing a bill that costs that kind of money,' 
Walker told reporters. alker cited a report by the state's Government 
Accountability Board 
<http://www.jsonline.com/news/statepolitics/ending-sameday-voter-registration-would-cost-52-million-board-finds-vn804tl-182996661.html> 
that concluded it would cost $5.2 million, and would do nothing to end 
the administrative work of clerks around the state."

Earlier coverage is here 
<http://www.jsonline.com/news/statepolitics/ending-sameday-voter-registration-would-cost-52-million-board-finds-vn804tl-182996661.html>. 
The GAB report is here, 
<http://gab.wi.gov/elections-voting/election-day-registration> with a 
final report expected by the end of the month.

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    "How outside money was poured into governors' races"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=45374>

Posted on December 12, 2012 8:04 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=45374> by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

The Center for Public Integrity reports 
<http://openchannel.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/12/12/15847499-how-outside-money-was-poured-into-governors-races?lite>.

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    "Helena judge dismisses most of American Tradition Partnership
    lawsuit" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=45371>

Posted on December 12, 2012 8:02 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=45371> by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Missoulian 
<http://missoulian.com/news/local/helena-judge-dismisses-most-of-american-tradition-partnership-lawsuit/article_7b48dbd0-43ea-11e2-9981-0019bb2963f4.html>: 
"A state judge has dismissed the heart of a lawsuit by a conservative 
political group fighting state efforts to regulate it, after the group 
refused to disclose further financial records to the court. Theruling 
late Monday <http://mtprnews.files.wordpress.com/2012/12/atp-order.pdf> 
by District Judge Jeffrey Sherlock of Helena is a major defeat for 
American Tradition Partnership, which until now has successfully 
attacked Montana's campaign finance laws and regulations."

More <http://mtprnews.wordpress.com/2012/12/11/2207/> from Montana 
Public Radio.

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    "Did Karl Rove earn any money from American Crossroads?"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=45369>

Posted on December 12, 2012 8:00 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=45369> by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

WaPo's fact checker 
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/fact-checker/post/did-karl-rove-earn-any-money-from-american-crossroads/2012/12/11/a093617c-43cb-11e2-8061-253bccfc7532_blog.html?tid=pm_politics_pop>ready 
to give 4 Pinocchios to anyone willing to make the claim.

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    "Watchdogs warn House ethics process is at risk"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=45366>

Posted on December 12, 2012 7:58 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=45366> by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

WaPo: 
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/2chambers/wp/2012/12/12/watchdogs-warn-house-ethics-process-is-at-risk/>"Government 
watchdogs are warning that the independent office responsible for 
overseeing ethics investigations of House lawmakers runs the risk of 
becoming a toothless entity if leaders fail to appoint new board members 
in the closing weeks of the year."

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    "Filibuster Talks Limp Forward With No Bipartisan Deal --- Yet"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=45363>

Posted on December 12, 2012 7:55 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=45363> by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

TPM reports. 
<http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/12/filibuster-reform-harry-reid-senate.php>

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    "Sheldon and Miriam Adelson -- Mega GOP Money Couple -- Give
    $250,000 To Governor Brewer's SuperPAC; Brewer Banks It"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=45360>

Posted on December 12, 2012 7:50 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=45360> by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

News 
<http://arizonaspolitics.blogspot.com/2012/12/sheldon-and-miriam-adelson-mega-gop.html> 
from Arizona.

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    "Government to Respond in Early January To Twin Challenges to
    Contribution Caps" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=45357>

Posted on December 12, 2012 7:45 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=45357> by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Bloomberg BNA 
<http://news.bna.com/mpdm/MPDMWB/split_display.adp?fedfid=28876104&vname=mpebulallissues&jd=a0d5q7v0c0&split=0>:

    The government is set to respond in early January to twin
    constitutional challenges now pending before the Supreme Court that
    seek to invalidate aggregate limits on federal campaign contributions.

    In a recent order, the high court set a Jan. 2 deadline for a
    response to a challenge brought by the Republican National Committee
    and GOP contributor Shaun McCutcheon, who want to overturn the
    overall cap on contributions to federal candidates, political
    parties, and traditional PACs (McCutcheon v. Federal Election
    Commission, U.S., No. 12-536, jurisdictional statement 10/26/12).
    The aggregate limit was set at $117,000 for the 2012 election cycle
    but is due to be adjusted for inflation next year.

    The Supreme Court has set a Jan. 3 deadline for a government
    response in another case, a challenge launched by Virginia James, a
    major Republican campaign contributor from New Jersey, who objected
    to the limit on total contributions to federal candidates (James v.
    FEC, U.S., No. 12-683, jurisdictional statement 11/30/12).

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    "Eric Holder: Time To Consider National Voting Standards"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=45354>

Posted on December 12, 2012 7:36 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=45354> by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

TPM 
<http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/12/eric_holder_voting_standards.php?ref=fpblg>: 
"Attorney General Eric Holder said during a speech 
<http://news.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/12/eric-holder-speech-at-the-john-f-kennedy-presidential-library.php> 
on Tuesday night at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library that it's 
time to consider setting national standards for how elections should be 
handled."

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    "Welch Drops Request for Recount in School Superintendent's Race"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=45351>

Posted on December 11, 2012 4:38 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=45351> by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

The latest 
<http://missoulian.com/news/local/welch-drops-request-for-recount-in-school-superintendent-race/article_a0eb873e-43db-11e2-bb5c-001a4bcf887a.html> 
from Montana.

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    "Mystery company the largest corporate donor of 2012?
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=45349>

Posted on December 11, 2012 4:37 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=45349> by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Interesting USA Today report. 
<http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2012/12/11/mystery-political-donors-pacs/1761589/>

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    "Citizen Center Settles Secret Ballot Case With Mesa County"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=45346>

Posted on December 11, 2012 3:29 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=45346> by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Press release: 
<http://campaign.r20.constantcontact.com/render?llr=h9bm7cjab&v=001VLboNz7kWEMj8m7rjrIIHcGL39kCBv2WRzXPDgO0zLXMSeXhmPO7GI9VZzitRGRYCQjT4n7g5Ka3Vcz7aG4tceJitdPzT5fl6BY8pw2zs28%3D>"*December 
11, 2012, Aspen, CO*- Citizen Center announced settlement of Mesa County 
Clerk & Recorder Sheila Reiner's role in Citizen Center's case pending 
before the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals seeking to defend Coloradans' 
long-standing rights to a secret ballot. Additionally, Marilyn Marks, 
Citizen Center's president, announced the concurrent settlement with 
Clerk Reiner of Marks's separate Colorado Open Records Act case 
concerning the public's right to verify their elections."

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