[EL] ELB News and Commentary 12/28/12
Rick Hasen
rhasen at law.uci.edu
Fri Dec 28 10:54:17 PST 2012
They've now fixed it on their website and I'm updating my headline.
On 12/28/12 10:36 AM, Gaddie, Ronald K. wrote:
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> Rein.
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> Ronald Keith Gaddie, Ph.D.
> Professor of Political Science
> Editor, /Social Science Quarterly/
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> [law-election-bounces at department-lists.uci.edu] on behalf of Rick
> Hasen [rhasen at law.uci.edu]
> *Sent:* Friday, December 28, 2012 11:37 AM
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> *Subject:* [EL] ELB News and Commentary 12/28/12
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>
> “Lisa Murkowski crosses aisle to reign in Super PACs”
> <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=45740>
>
> Posted on December 28, 2012 9:33 am
> <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=45740> by Rick Hasen
> <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>
> Alaska Dispatch
> <http://www.alaskadispatch.com/article/lisa-murkowski-crosses-aisle-reign-super-pacs>:
> “U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, is teaming with Sen. Ron Wyden,
> D-Ore., to clean up the indulgent and secretive excesses of so-called
> political Super PACs. She’s pledged to take on the project early in
> the 113th Congress, and co-authored with Wyden an opinion piece on the
> subject published in the Washington Post
> <http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/a-federal-blueprint-for-transparent-campaign-financing/2012/12/27/b1c6287e-43eb-11e2-8061-253bccfc7532_story.html>.”
>
> Share
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> Posted in campaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10> |
> Comments Off
>
>
> “Kobach agenda sparks 2 contentious debates; Influence on
> elections, immigration policy give him reputation as polarizing
> figure” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=45736>
>
> Posted on December 28, 2012 9:27 am
> <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=45736> by Rick Hasen
> <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>
> AP reports
> <http://cjonline.com/news/2012-12-27/kobach-agenda-sparks-2-contentious-debates>
> from Kansas.
>
> Share
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> Posted in election administration
> <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18>, The Voting Wars
> <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=60> | Comments Off
>
>
> “Exclusive: David Dewhurst campaign says aide stole at least
> $600,000″ <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=45733>
>
> Posted on December 28, 2012 9:25 am
> <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=45733> by Rick Hasen
> <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>
> More news
> <http://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/headlines/20121227-exclusive-david-dewhurst-campaign-says-aide-stole-at-least-600000.ece>
> from Texas.
>
> Share
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> Posted in chicanery <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=12> | Comments Off
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>
> “Finally, a coin toss settles Seguin race”
> <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=45730>
>
> Posted on December 28, 2012 9:10 am
> <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=45730> by Rick Hasen
> <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>
> News
> <http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local_news/article/Finally-a-coin-toss-settles-Seguin-race-4148687.php>
> from Texas.
>
> Share
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> Posted in voting <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=31> | Comments Off
>
>
> “Wonky When It Comes To Politics, States Are Barely United”
> <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=45727>
>
> Posted on December 28, 2012 9:01 am
> <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=45727> by Rick Hasen
> <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>
> Important NPR report
> <http://www.npr.org/blogs/itsallpolitics/2012/12/26/168068305/when-it-comes-to-politics-states-are-barely-united>on
> polarization.
>
> Share
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> Posted in political parties <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=25>,
> political polarization <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=68> | Comments
> Off
>
>
> What’s In and Out for 2013 Election Administration?
> <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=45724>
>
> Posted on December 28, 2012 8:53 am
> <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=45724> by Rick Hasen
> <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>
> Electionline’s annual list.
> <http://www.electionline.org/index.php/electionline-weekly>
>
> Share
> <http://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http%3A%2F%2Felectionlawblog.org%2F%3Fp%3D45724&title=What%E2%80%99s%20In%20and%20Out%20for%202013%20Election%20Administration%3F&description=>
> Posted in election administration <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18>
> | Comments Off
>
>
> “Election Study: Black Turnout May Have Surpassed That Of Whites”
> <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=45721>
>
> Posted on December 28, 2012 8:48 am
> <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=45721> by Rick Hasen
> <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>
> NPR
> <http://www.npr.org/blogs/itsallpolitics/2012/12/27/168155895/election-study-black-turnout-may-have-surpassed-whites>:
>
> African-Americans voted this year at a higher rate than other
> minorities and may have topped the rate for whites for the first
> time, according to a new study
> <http://www.pewsocialtrends.org/2012/12/26/the-growing-electoral-clout-of-blacks-is-driven-by-turnout-not-demographics/1/>
> by the Pew Research Center.
>
> Blacks make up 12 percent of all eligible voters but contributed
> 13 percent of the votes in the presidential election ― duplicating
> their record turnout in 2008, according to exit polls analyzed in
> the study. Latinos, whose turnout reached a historic high in
> actual number, made up 10 percent of the total.
>
> Before the election, many strategists predicted black turnout
> could be disproportionately harmed by new Republican-backed state
> laws that required photo identification, reduced early voting
> hours and curtailed voter registration drives.
>
> Instead, Democratic and civil rights groups used the threat of
> “voter suppression” to rally blacks.
>
> The report also credits Obama’s candidacy as “one of the main
> reasons” for blacks’ strong turnout.
>
> I expect /Shelby County/ litigants to discuss this fact in considering
> the continued constitutionality of section 5 of the Voting Rights Act.
>
> Share
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> Posted in voting <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=31>, Voting Rights
> Act <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=15> | Comments Off
>
>
> “In Montana, Dark Money Helped Democrats Hold a Key Senate Seat”
> <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=45716>
>
> Posted on December 27, 2012 9:59 am
> <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=45716> by Rick Hasen
> <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>
> ProPublica reports.
> <http://www.propublica.org/article/in-montana-dark-money-helped-democrats-hold-a-key-senate-seat>
>
> Share
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> Posted in campaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>, tax
> law and election law <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=22> | Comments Off
>
>
> “Voter ID 2013″ <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=45713>
>
> Posted on December 27, 2012 8:55 am
> <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=45713> by Rick Hasen
> <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>
> NCSL’s “The Thicket:”
>
> Post #1
> <http://ncsl.typepad.com/the_thicket/2012/12/voter-id-2013-part-1.html>
>
> Post #2
> <http://ncsl.typepad.com/the_thicket/2012/12/by-karen-shanton-in-our-previous-post-we-ran-down-four-states-where-we-expect-to-see-action-on-photo-id-laws-in-2013-here-a.html>
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> Posted in election administration
> <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18>, The Voting Wars
> <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=60>, voter id
> <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=9> | Comments Off
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> UC Irvine School of Law
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Rick Hasen
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UC Irvine School of Law
401 E. Peltason Dr., Suite 1000
Irvine, CA 92697-8000
949.824.3072 - office
949.824.0495 - fax
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Now available: The Voting Wars: http://amzn.to/y22ZTv
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