[EL] ELB News and Commentary 7/5/12

Thu Jul 5 09:33:47 PDT 2012

    "Judge threatens gag order; Suit involves election officials, ballot
    secrecy in 6 counties" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=36506>

Posted on July 5, 2012 9:30 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=36506> by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

The latest 
<http://www.chieftain.com/news/region/judge-threatens-gag-order/article_201011b0-c592-11e1-8284-001a4bcf887a.html> 
from Colorado.

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    "A Crack in the GOP's Support for Voter-ID Laws"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=36503>

Posted on July 5, 2012 9:27 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=36503> by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

The /American Prospect/ reports. 
<http://prospect.org/article/crack-gops-support-voter-id-laws>

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    "Rangel opponent files for re-vote in increasingly tight primary"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=36500>

Posted on July 5, 2012 9:25 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=36500> by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

The Fix reports 
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/post/rangel-opponent-files-for-re-vote-in-increasingly-tight-primary/2012/07/05/gJQAkTJVPW_blog.html>.

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    "The Other Big Case the Supreme Court Got Right"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=36497>

Posted on July 5, 2012 9:18 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=36497> by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Michael Kinsley 
<http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-07-04/the-other-big-case-the-supreme-court-got-right.html>: 
"Bush v. Gore is indefensible. Citizens United 
<http://topics.bloomberg.com/citizens-united/> is not. In fact, it was 
correctly decided, however deplorable the consequences. Liberals ought 
to show the chief justice that we too can acknowledge a principle even 
when we don't agree with the result."

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    "A Case Study in How Kris Kobach's Cabal Aims to Remake Election
    Law" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=36495>

Posted on July 5, 2012 9:16 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=36495> by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

This item 
<http://www.thenation.com/blog/168733/case-study-how-kris-kobachs-cabal-aims-remake-election-law#>appears 
at /The Nation/'s "Voting Rights Watch 2012? blog.

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    "Another Troubled Election Raises Eyebrows, Temperatures in NYC"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=36493>

Posted on July 5, 2012 9:15 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=36493> by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Doug Chapin 
<http://blog.lib.umn.edu/cspg/electionacademy/2012/07/another_troubled_election_rais.php?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+HHHElections+%28The+Election+Aacdemy%29>: 
"The Rangel-Espaillat race will eventually be resolved, one way or 
another. But the ongoing problems at the Board of Elections -- which 
seem to be uniting most of New York in a sense of incredulity -- are 
going to need attention immediately if not sooner."

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    "GOP winning race for funds; Super PACs backing Democrats lag badly
    in multimillion gifts" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=36491>

Posted on July 5, 2012 9:13 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=36491> by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

/Boston Globe/ 
<http://www.boston.com/news/politics/articles/2012/07/05/democrats_lag_in_super_pac_race_for_million_dollar_contributions/>: 
"The top 'super PACs' supporting Republicans in the fall elections have 
raised more than three times as much money as super PACs aligned with 
Democrats, $158 million to $47 million, a Globe analysis shows. The 
imbalance comes as well-to-do Republicans have been far more generous 
than their Democratic counterparts, more frequently tossing as much as 
$1 million or more into the GOP cause."

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    "Can the Democrats Catch Up in the Super-PAC Game?"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=36489>

Posted on July 5, 2012 9:12 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=36489> by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Robert Draper has written this article 
<http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/08/magazine/can-the-democrats-catch-up-in-the-super-pac-game.html?_r=1&pagewanted=all>for 
the /New York Times Magazine/.

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    "Liberals fear the John Roberts rebound"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=36487>

Posted on July 5, 2012 9:09 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=36487> by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Politico <http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0712/78084.html> with 
extensive quotes from the Shelby County challenger to the Voting Rights 
Act, in a case that should reach the Court around the time of the election.

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    "Presidential fundraising down; congressional soars"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=36485>

Posted on July 5, 2012 9:07 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=36485> by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Important WaPoreport 
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/the-influence-industry-presidential-fundraising-down-congressional-soars/2012/07/04/gJQAHS6GOW_story.html>.

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    "Roberts Faces Shot at Republican Redemption in Race Cases"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=36483>

Posted on July 5, 2012 9:06 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=36483> by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Bloomberg 
<http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-07-05/roberts-faces-shot-at-republican-redemption-in-race-cases.html>: 
"Chief Justice John Roberts <http://topics.bloomberg.com/john-roberts/>, 
whose deciding vote upheld President Barack Obama 
<http://topics.bloomberg.com/barack-obama/>'s health-care law, won't 
have to wait long for a chance to reassert his conservative credentials. 
In the nine-month term that starts in October, the U.S. Supreme Court 
<http://topics.bloomberg.com/supreme-court/> will consider rolling back 
university affirmative action and may take up same-sex marriage and the 
Voting Rights Act, the 1965 law that protects minorities at the polling 
place."

I offered a similar assessment <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=36309> on 
the day of the health care decision.

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    Election Geek Advice: Stay Cool <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=36481>

Posted on July 5, 2012 9:04 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=36481> by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Doug Chapin's commentary leads this week's Electionline Weekly. 
<http://www.electionline.org/index.php/electionline-weekly>

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    A New Resource to See and Rank FEC Fines
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=36478>

Posted on July 5, 2012 9:02 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=36478> by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Here <http://fec-election-fines.findthedata.org/>, at Find the Data.

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    A Very Big Thank You.... <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=36475>

Posted on July 5, 2012 9:00 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=36475> by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

to Dan Tokaji and Justin Levitt, who guest blogged while I was 
travelling out of the country.  It is good to know that my blog readers 
were in such good hands.

And now back to our regularly scheduled programming....

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