[EL] ELB News and Commentary 12/17/12
Rick Hasen
rhasen at law.uci.edu
Mon Dec 17 12:35:56 PST 2012
"How Maps Helped Republicans Keep an Edge in the House"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=45480>
Posted on December 17, 2012 12:31 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=45480> by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Important NYT report.
<http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/15/us/politics/redistricting-helped-republicans-hold-onto-congress.html?ref=politics>
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Posted in campaigns <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=59>, redistricting
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=6> | Comments Off
"Michigan Effort Shows G.O.P. Sway in State Contests"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=45478>
Posted on December 17, 2012 12:29 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=45478> by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
NYT reports.
<http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/17/us/politics/republican-donors-make-gains-in-states.html?ref=politics&_r=0>
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Posted in campaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>,
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"Scott's departure for Senate will trigger third special House
election in 2013? <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=45475>
Posted on December 17, 2012 12:27 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=45475> by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
WaPo reports.
<http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/news/state-regional-govt-politics/dems-to-justice-department-probe-florida-election-/nTWRf/>
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"Dems to Justice Department: probe Florida election law"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=45473>
Posted on December 17, 2012 12:26 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=45473> by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
The /Palm Beach Post /reports.
<http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/news/state-regional-govt-politics/dems-to-justice-department-probe-florida-election-/nTWRf/>
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Posted in Department of Justice <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=26>,
election administration <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18>, The Voting
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"Miami-Dade Group Meets To Consider Election Law Changes"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=45471>
Posted on December 17, 2012 12:25 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=45471> by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
CBS Miami reports.
<http://miami.cbslocal.com/2012/12/14/miami-dade-group-meets-to-consider-election-law-changes/>
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"RNC Official Alleges Voter Fraud Under Past Mayors In Detroit,
Voters Found In Pool Halls And Bused To Polls"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=45469>
Posted on December 17, 2012 12:24 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=45469> by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
TPM reports.
<http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entry/rnc-official-voters-detroit-found-in-pool-halls>
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"Numbers Show Ohio at Unique Risk of Disputed Presidential Votes"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=45466>
Posted on December 17, 2012 12:09 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=45466> by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Must read Ned Foley
<http://moritzlaw.osu.edu/electionlaw/comments/index.php?ID=10289>:
Ohio thus currently stands in a different posture than Florida,
Colorado, Pennsylvania, and Virginia---the other presidential swing
states with a somewhat elevated risk of hosting a dispute over the
counting of their presidential ballots. Whereas in these states the
Election Night gap between Republican and Democratic candidates
would need to be less than 50,000 for the state to be within the
margin of litigation, in Ohio the gap could be much larger, perhaps
as high as 80,000 or even 100,000 votes. Moreover, it is important
to understand the significance of the fact that the margin of
litigation in Ohio is growing: whereas in 2004 Kerry could not have
expected to overcome an Election Night deficit of 80,000 votes, in
2012 Obama reasonably could have thought that he would have had a
decent chance to surmount even this large a deficit (had he needed
to). It is as if Ohio, knowing that it is a prime target of a
potential disputed presidential election, is expanding the size of
the bull's-eye.
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"Voluntary Disclosure on Corporate Political Spending Is Not Enough"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=45464>
Posted on December 17, 2012 12:07 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=45464> by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Lucian Bebchuk and Robert Jackson at DealBook
<http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2012/12/17/voluntary-disclosure-on-corporate-political-spending-is-not-enough/>.
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"Court finds Ohio judicial campaign restriction constitutional"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=45462>
Posted on December 17, 2012 12:05 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=45462> by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
National Law Journal:
<http://www.law.com/jsp/nlj/PubArticleNLJ.jsp?id=1202581315784&et=editorial&bu=National%20Law%20Journal&cn=20121213nlj&src=EMC-Email&pt=NLJ.com-%20Daily%20Headlines&kw=Court%20finds%20Ohio%20judicial%20campaign%20restriction%20constitutional&slreturn=20121117150429>
"An Ohio ethics rule that prohibits state judicial candidates from
personally soliciting campaign contributions does not violate the First
Amendment, a federal judge determined on December 10. At the same time,
the judge found that the rule should not apply to candidates'
communications with family members."
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"Every Second Counts: UPS' Lesson for Polling Places"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=45458>
Posted on December 17, 2012 11:01 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=45458> by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
A ChapinBlog
<http://blog.lib.umn.edu/cspg/electionacademy/2012/12/every_second_counts_ups_lesson.php>.
And another
<http://blog.lib.umn.edu/cspg/electionacademy/2012/12/new_money_old_machines_mississ.php>:New
Money, Old Machines: Mississippi County Discusses Fixing vs. Replacing
Voting Equipment
<http://blog.lib.umn.edu/cspg/electionacademy/2012/12/new_money_old_machines_mississ.php>
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"New Data Shows Judicial Election Ad Spending Breaks Record at $29.7
Million" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=45456>
Posted on December 17, 2012 11:00 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=45456> by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
See this press release
<http://www.justiceatstake.org/newsroom/press-releases-16824/?new_data_shows_judicial_election_ad_spending_breaks_record_at_297_million&show=news&newsID=15749>.
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Law and Politics Book Review of WITHOUT FEAR OR FAVOR: JUDICIAL
INDEPENDENCE AND JUDICIAL ACCOUNTABILITY IN THE STATES
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=45453>
Posted on December 17, 2012 10:54 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=45453> by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Here <http://www.lpbr.net/2012/12/without-fear-or-favor-judicial.html>.
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"A More Perfect Union: How President Obama's campaign used big data
to rally individual voters, part 1?
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=45450>
Posted on December 17, 2012 10:45 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=45450> by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Sasha Issenberg has written this article
<http://www.technologyreview.com/featuredstory/508836/how-obama-used-big-data-to-rally-voters-part-1/>
for the MIT Technology Review.
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"Karl Rove's Dark Money Group Promised IRS It Would Spend 'Limited'
Money on Elections" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=45447>
Posted on December 17, 2012 10:39 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=45447> by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
ProPublica reports.
<http://www.propublica.org/article/what-karl-roves-dark-money-nonprofit-told-the-irs>
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"Meaningful Corporate Political Disclosure"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=45445>
Posted on December 17, 2012 10:38 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=45445> by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Bruce Freed blogs
<http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/corpgov/2012/12/14/meaningful-corporate-political-disclosure/>.
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"Will record number of women in Senate mean less gridlock?
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=45442>
Posted on December 17, 2012 10:35 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=45442> by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
WaPo reports
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/will-more-women-in-senate-mean-less-gridlock/2012/12/13/94364096-3d97-11e2-a2d9-822f58ac9fd5_story.html>.
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<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=27>, political parties
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=25>, political polarization
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"Do super PACS have a right to lie?"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=45438>
Posted on December 17, 2012 10:33 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=45438> by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
The /Columbia Journalism Review/reports
<http://www.cjr.org/swing_states_project/do_super_pacs_have_a_right_to_lie.php>.
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"Academic highlight: Hasen on the resurrection of Bush v. Gore"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=45436>
Posted on December 17, 2012 10:22 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=45436> by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
This item
<http://www.scotusblog.com/2012/12/academic-highlight-hasen-on-the-resurrection-of-bush-v-gore/>
on my new draft article
<http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2182857>appears at
SCOTUSBlog.
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"It's Not Just Gerrymandering: Fixing House Elections Demands End of
Winner-Take-All Rules" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=45434>
Posted on December 17, 2012 10:21 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=45434> by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Another
<http://www.fairvote.org/it-s-not-just-gerrymandering-fixing-house-elections-demands-end-of-winner-take-all-rules>from
FairVote.
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"Electoral College Chaos: How Republicans Could Put a Lock on the
Presidency" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=45431>
Posted on December 17, 2012 10:18 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=45431> by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Important post
<http://www.fairvote.org/electoral-college-chaos-how-republicans-could-put-a-lock-on-the-presidency>
from FairVote.
And it could really happen
<http://www.nationaljournal.com/columns/on-the-trail/the-gop-s-electoral-college-scheme-20121217>.
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Shelby County Voting Rights Case to Be Argued Feb. 27
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=45429>
Posted on December 17, 2012 10:17 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=45429> by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
See here
<http://www.scotusblog.com/2012/12/february-argument-calendar-day-by-day/#more-156654>.
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"ALEC Thought of Non-Profit --- Then Thought Not"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=45426>
Posted on December 17, 2012 10:13 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=45426> by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Bloomberg reports.
<http://go.bloomberg.com/political-capital/2012-12-13/alec-thought-of-non-profit-then-thought-not/>
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"How Partisan Rivalry Can Lead to More Efficient Elections"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=45423>
Posted on December 17, 2012 10:05 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=45423> by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Bloomberg View editorial.
<http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-12-12/how-partisan-rivalry-can-lead-to-more-efficient-elections.html>
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"The Path to Free, Fair and Accessible Elections for Every American"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=45421>
Posted on December 17, 2012 8:46 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=45421> by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Elisabeth MacNamara, president of the League of Women Voters, has
written this blog post
<http://www.huffingtonpost.com/elisabeth-macnamara/path-free-fair-accessible_b_2278842.html>.
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"Gays May Diverge From Blacks as Top Court Reshapes Rights"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=45419>
Posted on December 17, 2012 8:44 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=45419> by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Bloomberg reports.
<http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-12-13/gays-may-diverge-from-blacks-as-top-court-reshapes-rights.html?alcmpid=politics>
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Election Year Spike in Traffic to Election Law Blog
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=45416>
Posted on December 17, 2012 8:22 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=45416> by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
See here <http://taxprof.typepad.com/taxprof_blog/2012/12/law-prof.html>.
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Laundered Colbert Super-PAC $ to Charity
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=45413>
Posted on December 13, 2012 9:52 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=45413> by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
As I suspected would happen...
Colbert Super PAC
<http://paracom.paramountcommunication.com/ct/10601786:14006205369:m:1:272040177:E1CDB81EBF65400185A74E6BCABC74AF:r>
My Dearest Email List,
Last month, my friend Ham Rove passed away in a very unsuspicious
fashion. On the same day, Colbert Super PAC's money, $773,704.83,
was squirreled away in a fashion that was extremely suspicious, but
entirely legal. I thought that's the last I'd hear from Ham Rove,
particularly because a dog ate him.
But Ham Rove had plans beyond his death, and I was recently
surprised to find myself on the board of the Ham Rove Memorial
Foundation. I was equally surprised to learn we received a
$773,704.83 donation. Where did that very specific amount of money
come from? There's simply no way to know.
Tonight, I am honored to announce First and Final Annual Charitable
Donations by the Ham Rove Memorial Fund.
Hurricane Sandy was much like Ham Rove: Cold, cruel, salty, and the
cause of untold devastation. In his honor, Donors Choose, Team
Rubicon, and Habitat For Humanity will each receive $125,000 to
assist with their Sandy relief efforts.
We'll also be donating $125,000 to the Yellow Ribbon Fund, which
serves wounded soldiers and their families. My attempts to get a
matching donation to the Blue Ribbon Fund, which serves me frosty
cans of PBR, were not successful.
The remaining money will be split between two pro-transparency
groups who fight against the corrupting influence of outside money
in politics. Luckily, they were both fine with the corrupting
influence of outside money in their offices. As per his wishes, the
Center for Responsive Politics has officially renamed their meeting
space "The Colbert Super Pac Memorial Conference Room." And the
Campaign Legal Center will, from here on out, be home to "The Ham
Rove Memorial Conference Room."
It is the highest compliment that I can pay when I say I miss Ham
Rove almost as much as I miss that money. I wish he could have
stayed with us a little longer. Because now I have to plan a whole
new Christmas dinner.
Yours Givingly,
Stephen Colbert
Accidental Chairman, The Ham Rove Memorial Fund
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Not authorized by any candidate or candidate's committee.
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"Virginia lawmakers split on election reform plans"
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Posted on December 13, 2012 4:14 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=45410> by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
WaPo reports
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/virginia-politics/virginia-lawmakers-split-on-election-reform-plans/2012/12/13/638695ae-4567-11e2-8e70-e1993528222d_story.html>.
Most important here is the reaction of (Republican) House Administration
incoming chair Candice Miller:
Rep. Candice S. Miller (R-Mich.), the incoming chair of the House
Administration Committee, which handles most election bills, said
voting problems are best handled "at the state and local level."
Miller, the former Michigan secretary of state, noted that Congress
spent billions of dollars to improve states' election procedures
through the 2002 Help America Vote Act.
"Now, after this last election, I'm very sympathetic to the folks
who had to stand in long lines, but I don't believe Congress should
spend any more money because of those couple of states" where that
occurred, she said.
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"The State of the Right to Vote After the 2012 Election"
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Posted on December 13, 2012 4:08 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=45407> by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
The Senate Judiciary Committee will holdthis hearing
<http://www.judiciary.senate.gov/hearings/hearing.cfm?id=6abd68f7fb774eaf67bd70b1bcfb693d>on
Dec. 19.
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Posted on December 12, 2012 1:28 pm
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NYT:
<http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/12/nyregion/new-york-attorney-general-seeks-to-expose-more-political-donors.html?hp>
"The New York attorney general announced a a far-reaching draft
regulation on Wednesday that would force broad public disclosure of
millions of dollars in loosely regulated spending on elections and
ballot measures in New York."
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"IRS Grants 501(c)(4) Tax-Exempt Status to Ohio Tea Party Group"
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Posted on December 12, 2012 1:07 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=45401> by Rick Hasen
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TaxProf Blog reports.
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