[EL] ELB News and Commentary 12/18/12

Tue Dec 18 08:20:25 PST 2012

    "Cuomo Puts Campaign Finance on 2013 Agenda"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=45516>

Posted on December 18, 2012 8:15 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=45516> by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

NYT 
<http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/12/12/cuomo-puts-campaign-finance-on-2013-agenda/>: 
"Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo said on Tuesday that he would seek legislation to 
significantly expand New York's regulation of political spending by 
corporations, individuals and tax-exempt groups during his third year in 
office."

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    Ryan Reilly to HuffPo <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=45513>

Posted on December 18, 2012 8:13 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=45513> by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

TPM's Ryan Reilly, one of the very best people on the voting wars beat, 
is moving <https://twitter.com/ryanjreilly/status/281046173211586560> to 
the /Huffington Post/.  What a coup for HuffPo!

Ryan's work is indispensable in this area.

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    "Inouye gave preference for successor before he died"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=45510>

Posted on December 18, 2012 8:10 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=45510> by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

CNN reports. 
<http://www.wmtw.com/news/politics/Inouye-gave-preference-for-successor-before-he-died/-/8791900/17815468/-/8d4tvnz/-/index.html?absolute=true>

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    "Crist to testify against voter ID laws"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=45507>

Posted on December 18, 2012 8:07 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=45507> by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Politico 
<http://www.politico.com/blogs/on-congress/2012/12/crist-to-testify-against-voter-id-laws-152215.html>: 
"Testifying with Crist will be Nina Perales of the Mexican American 
Legal Defense and Education Fund as well as Gilda Cobb Hunter, a 
Democratic member of the South Carolina legislature who has opposed 
voter ID laws."

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    "'Black America's Law Firm' Looks To Big Cases With New Leadership"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=45505>

Posted on December 18, 2012 8:05 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=45505> by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

NPR's Carrie Johnson 
<http://www.npr.org/2012/12/18/167449824/black-americas-law-firm-looks-to-big-cases-with-new-leadership?sc=tw>: 
"The NAACP Legal Defense Fund has been called the law firm for black 
America. Once run by Thurgood Marshall, the group played a major role in 
desegregating public schools and fighting restrictions at the ballot 
box. Now, the Legal Defense Fund is preparing for a new leader --- just 
as the Supreme Court considers cases that could pare back on those gains."

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    "Electoral College Vote Affirms Obama Re-election"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=45502>

Posted on December 18, 2012 8:01 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=45502> by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

AP reports. 
<http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2012/12/17/us/politics/ap-us-electoral-college.html?ref=politics>

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    "Arizona Electors Question Obama Birth Certificate"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=45499>

Posted on December 18, 2012 7:59 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=45499> by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Political Wire reports. 
<http://politicalwire.com/archives/2012/12/18/arizona_electors_question_obama_birth_certificate.html>

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    "Speedy Appeal on Voter ID Law" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=45496>

Posted on December 18, 2012 7:56 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=45496> by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Lyle Denniston 
<http://www.scotusblog.com/2012/12/speedy-appeal-on-voter-id-law/#more-156690> 
at SCOTUSBlog: "The time may be short for the Supreme Court to act on 
the state of Texas's power to impose a new voter photo ID law, but the 
state nevertheless plans to pursue a prompt appeal in hopes of a quick 
final decision, perhaps during the Justices' current Term.  The state 
got permission 
<http://sblog.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/order-on-Tx-voter-iD-12-17-12.pdf> 
on Monday to pursue an immediate appeal from a three-judge U.S. District 
Court in Washington.  That court had ruled against the voter ID law in 
August."

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    "WSU Names Jocelyn Benson Interim Dean of Law School"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=45494>

Posted on December 18, 2012 7:54 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=45494> by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Congratulations Jocelyn!

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    "Provisional ballots spike, but Florida elections supervisors say
    they're not needed" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=45492>

Posted on December 18, 2012 7:53 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=45492> by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

The Miami Herald reports. 
<http://electionlawblog.org/Provisional%20ballots%20spike,%20but%20Florida%20elections%20supervisors%20say%20they%E2%80%99re%20not%20needed%20%20Read%20more%20here:%20http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/12/17/3145753_provisional-ballots-spike-but.html#storylink=addthis#storylink=cpy>  
The report includes direct evidence that one recent Florida law was 
intended to make it harder for college students to vote:

    Rep. Dennis Baxley, R-Ocala, sponsored the law that included the
    provisional ballot changes. Despite the national criticism he's
    received for supporting it, Baxley said the changes were needed.

    Baxley said he pushed to have the out-of-county requirement after
    talking with a friend, Alachua County GOP chairman Stafford Jones.

    Baxley said Jones told him that voters from Tampa and other cities
    shifted their voter registrations to Gainesville for a day to vote
    in the city's 2010 mayoral election in which Craig Lowe became the
    city's first openly gay mayor by a 42-vote margin.

    "It wasn't right for people to move in and steal an election like
    that," Baxley said.

    Jones said he wanted the county transfer provision to keep college
    students from voting.

    "The liberals do a good job of bringing in college kids to vote on
    local issues," Jones said. "The kids vote on raising our taxes, but
    don't have to live here to pay the consequences."

    Jones said he has no proof to support his claim, only recollections
    of liberal blog posts that people were moving to vote.

(H/t Think Progress 
<http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2012/12/18/1350331/florida-sought-to-disenfranchise-college-students-in-2012-election-lawmaker-admits/?mobile=nc>).

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    "Panel clears way for appeal of Texas voter ID ruling to SCOTUS"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=45489>

Posted on December 17, 2012 4:49 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=45489> by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Texas Redistricting has analysis 
<http://txredistricting.org/post/38185625577/panel-clears-way-for-appeal-of-texas-voter-id-ruling-to> 
and the order 
<https://docs.google.com/open?id=0BxeOfQQnUr_gdUJhQmt0YXhfQ1U>.

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