[EL] ELB News and Commentary 7/4/12
Justin Levitt
levittj at lls.edu
Wed Jul 4 12:33:21 PDT 2012
Happy 4th to all, and to all a good BBQ.
"Voter ID Law May Hit More in Pa. Than Originally Estimated"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=36470>
Posted on July 4, 2012 12:25 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=36470> by
Justin Levitt <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=4>
The latest report by the state
<http://articles.philly.com/2012-07-03/news/32524446_1_voter-id-new-voter-id-cards>,
based on comparing voter registration rolls with DMV databases, puts the
number of registered voters without state photo ID at more than 758,000
--- 9.2% of the registered voters in the state. 186,830 of those voters
are apparently in Philly --- 18% of the city's registration.
Looks like the comparison was done by trying to match name and date of
birth from one list to another. Depending on how the match was
conducted, that will count some people as matches who shouldn't be (two
different people with the same name and date of birth
<http://ssrn.com/abstract=997888>), and some people as non-matches who
should be (the same person, but with a typo or middle name or nickname
on one list
<http://www.brennancenter.org/blog/archives/a_new_texas_two_step_one_forward_two_back/>);
the extent to which the two different types of errors will cancel each
other out, leaving a roughly accurate total estimate, is not clear.
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"Fight Back Against Restrictive Voting Laws"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=36466>
Posted on July 4, 2012 11:37 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=36466> by
Justin Levitt <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=4>
Larry Norden
<http://www.cnn.com/2012/07/04/opinion/norden-voting-rights/index.html>,
on CNN.
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New Suit Challenging Colorado Campaign Finance Filing Threshold
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=36461>
Posted on July 4, 2012 11:27 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=36461> by
Justin Levitt <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=4>
The latest from the Center for Competitive Politics, with a very
strategic plaintiff. Story here
<http://blogs.denverpost.com/thespot/2012/07/03/secretary-state-gessler-hit-campaign-finance-lawsuit/75474/>;
press release here
<http://www.campaignfreedom.org/2012/07/02/ccp-files-free-speech-lawsuit-in-colorado/>;
complaint here
<http://www.campaignfreedom.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/CSG-Verified-Complaint.pdf>.
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New Gardner-Charles Casebook Coming
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=36457>
Posted on July 4, 2012 11:14 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=36457> by
Justin Levitt <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=4>
/Election Law in the American Political System/
<http://electionlawblog.org/wp-content/uploads/Gardner-and-Charles-Flyer.pdf>,
by Jim Gardner and Guy-Uriel Charles. Jim gives a description of the
book here
<http://department-lists.uci.edu/pipermail/law-election/2012-July/003905.html>.
I'm looking forward to checking it out.
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"Money, Incumbency, and Competitiveness in 2009-10 State Elections"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=36454>
Posted on July 3, 2012 2:29 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=36454> by
Justin Levitt <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=4>
Two new data-heavy reports
<http://www.followthemoney.org/Newsroom/index.phtml?r=479> from the
National Institute on Money in State Politics
<http://www.followthemoney.org/>.
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"Latino Groups Call for Probe of Rangel Race"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=36452>
Posted on July 3, 2012 12:16 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=36452> by
Justin Levitt <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=4>
When the margin of victory
<http://latino.foxnews.com/latino/politics/2012/07/03/latino-groups-call-for-probe-rangel-race/>
is narrower than the margin of litigation
<http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=698201>.
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Ohio Redistricting Reform Headed to Ballot?
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=36449>
Posted on July 3, 2012 12:09 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=36449> by
Justin Levitt <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=4>
Pending signature verification, it looks like Ohio may have
redistricting reform on the ballot
<http://www.therepublic.com/view/story/019056910f1b459695944f2c201396f1/OH--Ohio-Redistricting-Amendment>
once again this November. The initiative
<http://votersfirstohio.com/highlights/> would create a commission to
draw districts modeled in some ways on California's new commission,
though with important differences in the composition of the commission,
its voting rules, and the criteria that it would apply.
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Michigan Gov. Snyder Vetoes Some Controversial Election Bills
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=36446>
Posted on July 3, 2012 11:58 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=36446> by
Justin Levitt <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=4>
A report is here
<http://www.mlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2012/07/gov_snyder_vetoes_election_bil_1.html>;
the official message from the governor's office is here
<http://www.michigan.gov/snyder/0,4668,7-277-57577-281734--,00.html>.
Official proponents of some of the more controversial provisions of the
bills had praised the package in a commentary
<http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20120703/OPINION01/207030317/1008/opinion01/Commentary-One-citizen-one-vote-Clearing-air-voter-ID-reforms>
running earlier this morning.
*UPDATE: *Follow-up from the NYT
<http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/04/us/voter-id-bills-rejected-by-michigan-gov-rick-snyder.html>,
NPR
<http://www.npr.org/blogs/itsallpolitics/2012/07/03/156215492/michigans-gop-governor-keeps-to-middle-of-the-road-vetoes-voter-id-law>,
CBS
<http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-57466157-503544/gop-michigan-gov-vetoes-voter-id-laws/>,
Politico <http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0712/78117.html>, Chicago
Tribune
<http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2012-07-03/news/sns-rt-us-usa-michigan-voteridbre8621cg-20120703_1_voter-id-law-voter-identification-votes-count>,
Detroit News
<http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20120703/POLITICS02/207030395/Snyder-vetoes-three-bills-aimed-changes-voters>,
and the Detroit Free Press
<http://www.freep.com/article/20120703/NEWS15/120703036/Gov-Snyder-snubs-large-portion-of-GOP-election-package?odyssey=nav%7Chead>,
each noting the governor's crossing of partisan lines on, among other
things, an expansion of voter ID. Intriguingly, the only expansion of
voter ID that I see in the vetoed bills is the provision of HB 5061
<http://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/2011-2012/billenrolled/House/htm/2011-HNB-5061.htm>
requiring photo ID or an affidavit before picking up an absentee ballot
in person from a town clerk --- the application of ID to absentee
ballots (even those picked up in person) is the unusual bit. And that
provision wasn't mentioned anywhere in the Governor's veto message
<http://www.michigan.gov/documents/snyder/HB_5061_letter_391313_7.pdf>.
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"Asian American Groups Criticize Voter-ID Law"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=36443>
Posted on July 3, 2012 11:51 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=36443> by
Justin Levitt <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=4>
The specific focus of this article out of Pennsylvania
<http://www.philly.com/philly/news/pennsylvania/20120703_Asian_American_groups_criticize_voter-ID_law_1.html>:
nondrivers' photo-ID application forms that are only available in
English. Might these be "materials or information relating to the
electoral process," for purposes of section 203 of the Voting Rights
Act, in a photo-ID state?
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Interesting NJ Federal Court Opinion on Candidates' Durational
Residency <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=36438>
Posted on July 3, 2012 10:42 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=36438> by
Justin Levitt <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=4>
In a 2001 decision in /Robinson v. Bartels/, a NJ federal court
invalidated New Jersey's one-year durational residency requirement for
state legislative candidates following a redistricting cycle, on federal
constitutional grounds. Earlier this year, the NJ State Supreme Court
disagreed, and enjoined a winning state legislative candidate from
taking office. Last week, the federal court revisited the issue
<http://electionlawblog.org/wp-content/uploads/Robertson-v-Bartels.pdf>,
affirming the original decision (invalidating the requirement and
enjoining its enforcement). (h/t Flavio Komuves
<http://www.zzfn.com/fk.html>).
On top of the discussion of the federal constitutional issues at the
conjunction of redistricting and durational residency requirements, the
opinion has an interesting discussion of the effect of a federal
injunction on state officials. A similar issue (arising out of a
consent decree) came up in Ohio earlier this year
<http://www.legallyspeakingohio.com/2012/05/can-a-federal-judge-order-the-dismissal-of-a-state-mandamus-action-more-on-the-neoch-consent-decree/>.
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"Update on Corporate Political Activity"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=36435>
Posted on July 3, 2012 9:41 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=36435> by
Justin Levitt <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=4>
John Coates (/disclosure/: my Corporations prof) responds forcefully
<http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/corpgov/2012/07/03/update-on-corporate-political-activity/#more-30449>
to this Manhattan Institute report <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=36385>
on the impact of corporate political activity for shareholder value.
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Loyola Law School | Los Angeles
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