[EL] more news 7/16/12
Rick Hasen
rhasen at law.uci.edu
Mon Jul 16 14:38:28 PDT 2012
DISCLOSE Act Senate Debate on Cloture Coming Momentarily
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=37027>
Posted on July 16, 2012 2:36 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=37027> by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
You should be able to watch here <http://www.senate.gov/floor/index.htm>
(click on live floor proceedings).
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"Suppressing the vote, state by state; The evidence is overwhelming
that recent photo ID laws are politically motivated."
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=37024>
Posted on July 16, 2012 2:34 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=37024> by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
LA Times editorial.
<http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/editorials/la-ed-voter-id-laws-20120716,0,6515750.story>
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To the Point on Big Money is 2012 Election
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=37022>
Posted on July 16, 2012 2:33 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=37022> by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Big Money and Secret Money in the 2012 Campaign
<http://www.kcrw.com/news/programs/tp/tp120716big_money_and_secret>
(12:07PM)
It's a game-changing year in the election business. This is the first
presidential campaign season operating under new rules about donations,
which allow unlimited funds to flow in from corporations, unions and
individuals. It's being called "dark" money, because much of it remains
anonymous. Throw in all the costs related to this year's elections, both
presidential and congressional, and some observers are putting the price
tag at between six and twelve billion dollars. Whatever happened to
campaign finance reform?
Guests:
* *Ken Vogel* <http://www.kcrw.com/people/vogel_ken?role=guest>:
Politico.com, @kenvogel <http://twitter.com/kenvogel>
* *Bob Biersack* <http://www.kcrw.com/people/biersack_bob?role=guest>:
Center for Responsive Politics, @OpenSecretsDC
<http://twitter.com/OpenSecretsDC>
* *David Keating*
<http://www.kcrw.com/people/keating_david?role=guest>: Club for
Growth, @campaignfreedom <http://twitter.com/campaignfreedom>
* *Elizabeth Wilner*
<http://www.kcrw.com/people/wilner_elizabeth?role=guest>: Kantar
Media, @CMAGAdFacts <http://twitter.com/CMAGAdFacts>
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"WyLiberty Attorneys File Motion for Preliminary Injunction in Free
Speech v. Federal Election Commission"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=37019>
Posted on July 16, 2012 2:17 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=37019> by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Press release
<http://wyliberty.org/feature/wyliberty-attorneys-file-motion-for-preliminary-injunction-in-free-speech-v-federal-election-commission/>:
"WyLiberty attorneys filed a motion for preliminary injunction
<http://wyliberty.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/Free-Speech-PI-Motion.pdf>
in /Free Speech v. Federal Election Commission/ (/FEC/)
<http://wyliberty.org/legal-center/free-speech-v-federal-election-commission/>,
a case that began in Wyoming federal court last month. The motion calls
for a nationwide injunction against campaign finance regulations that
require grassroots groups to register and report with the federal
government just to criticize it."
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"BREAKING NEWS: State high court declines to rehear city's appeal in
ballot case" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=37017>
Posted on July 16, 2012 2:17 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=37017> by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
The latest <http://www.aspendailynews.com/section/home/153961> from
Aspen, Colorado.
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How Many Non-Citizen Voters Actually Removed by Florida Vote Purges?
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=37015>
Posted on July 16, 2012 2:15 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=37015> by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Today on AirTalk
<http://www.scpr.org/programs/airtalk/2012/07/16/27430/feds-grant-florida-right-to-access-citizens-list-t/>
Hans von Spakovsky said that Florida officials had removed 50
non-citizen voters already from the voter rolls. I said that I was not
familiar with that statistic, and so I wondered about its veracity. (Why
would I wonder about the veracity of a claim of election fraud made by
von Spakvosky? See here <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=19560>, here
<http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2011/06/full_indictment_undermines_threat_of_voter_imperso.php>,
here <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=20953> and here
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=5012>.)
So I wrote to University of Florida professor Dan Smith, who has been
the go-to person on this issue. He posted his response
<http://wp.me/p1udrZ-av> on his blog:
*You Want Numbers? Florida Secretary of State Voter Purge Netted 10
"Potential Noncitizens" who may have Voted*
That's right.
10
Out of 11.2 million voters on the official statewide rolls as of
April 1, 2012.
Here's some quick analysis...
I'll be interested to know if there is a good source for the 50 person
total claimed by von Spakovsky. There may well be. Non-citizen voting
(unlike voter impersonation fraud) is a real (though small) problem.
And there are national solutions we could take to fix it. But it would
be good to get a better handle on the extent of the problem.
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"The weakening of state and local parties; The new campaign finance
regime is taking a toll on state parties."
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=37012>
Posted on July 16, 2012 2:06 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=37012> by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Neil Reiff:
<http://www.campaignsandelections.com/magazine/us-edition/324462/the-weakening-of-state-and-local-parties.thtml>
"Way back in May of 2004, I co-authored an article in this magazine that
warned state and local parties about the new minefield of campaign
finance created by the then-recently enacted Bipartisan Campaign Reform
Act (BCRA). Today, these effects still linger for state and local
parties, and under the new campaign finance regime it's only getting worse."
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Measuring the Effects of Voter ID Laws?
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=37008>
Posted on July 16, 2012 11:37 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=37008>
by Justin Levitt <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=4>
Yesterday, Nate Silver posted a column entitled "Measuring the Effects
of Voter Identification Laws
<http://fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/07/15/measuring-the-effects-of-voter-identification-laws/>"
on his popular (and informative) FiveThirtyEight
<http://fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com/> page of the New York Times.
Rick linked to the column here <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=36976>,
calling it an "absolute must-read."
If you do, read with caution. There should really be a question mark
after the headline. Two reasons why, after the jump.
Continue reading ? <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=37008#more-37008>
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About to Be on KPCC's Airtalk <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=37004>
Posted on July 16, 2012 9:55 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=37004> by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Talking
<http://www.scpr.org/programs/airtalk/2012/07/16/27430/feds-grant-florida-right-to-access-citizens-list-t/>
about the Florida voter purge list controversy and the voting wars.
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The Voting Wars <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=60>, voter registration
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"Senate Choice on DISCLOSE Act Is Clear: Transparency vs. Secret
Political Slush Funds" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=37001>
Posted on July 16, 2012 9:53 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=37001> by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Public Citizen Press Release
<http://www.citizen.org/pressroom/pressroomredirect.cfm?ID=3659>:
*Senate Choice on DISCLOSE Act Is Clear: Transparency vs. Secret
Political Slush Funds*
/*Will Senate Republicans Again Block Disclosure of Campaign Money?*/
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Public Citizen today urged the U.S. Senate to
pass the DISCLOSE Act (S. 3369) so Americans can learn who is paying
for elections. In a letter to senators
<http://www.citizen.org/documents/senate-letter-on-disclose-2012.pdf>,
Public Citizen urged them to show independence and leadership and
"provide the type of full disclosure of independent electioneering
that the Supreme Court envisioned and that all Americans deserve."
"This is a call to Congress that Public Citizen has made repeatedly
since the disastrous U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Citizens
United v. Federal Election Commission, which opened the floodgates
of secret corporate political money," said Craig Holman, government
affairs lobbyist for Public Citizen. "We repeat it again: Open the
books on campaign money."
Tonight, the Senate will vote on the simple yet critical measure,
sponsored by U.S. Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), which would
bring out of the shadows most secret money that has been flooding
U.S. elections.
In the last congressional session, Senate Republicans marched in
lock-step with Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) to filibuster
the DISCLOSE Act to death. The measure, whose full name is the
Democracy Is Strengthened by Casting Light On Spending in Elections
Act, fell short of the 60-vote supermajority required to break the
filibuster by one vote. Not a single Republican senator voted for
disclosure -- not even those senators who previously had supported
full transparency.
McConnell is on record opposing any disclosure of donors to outside
political groups and is whipping his colleagues in the Senate to
kill the DISCLOSE Act again.
Also today, Public Citizen sent an email to its members and
supporters urging them to contact their senators to find out their
position on the DISCLOSE Act. Where the senators stand can be looked
up on Public Citizen's "whip count" page
<http://pubc.it/WhpDsc>, which will be updated throughout the day as
activists report back what they hear from their senators' staff.
"The public needs to pay attention to which side their senators
choose," said Lisa Gilbert, acting director of Public Citizen's
Congress Watch division. "The vote on the DISCLOSE Act is a clear
and simple choice. We will be watching to see which senators support
transparency of money in politics and which prefer keeping the flow
of campaign cash secret and under the table."
Meanwhile, groups and activists from all over the nation are calling
on Congress to approve the DISCLOSE Act. Many in the blogosphere are
joining in a blogothon during the late night vote on Monday and
through Tuesday, when the measure is likely to be reconsidered. More
than 150 national, state and local organizations have signed on to a
coalition letter to the Senate urging approval of the DISCLOSE Act.
"Public Citizen will continue demanding action until Congress
finally lifts the veil of secrecy from money in politics," Holman said.
Read Public Citizen's letter to the Senate in support of the
DISCLOSE Act
<http://www.citizen.org/documents/senate-letter-on-disclose-2012.pdf>.
Read the coalition letter to the Senate on the DISCLOSE Act
<http://www.citizen.org/documents/disclose-2012-coalition-letter.pdf>.
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