[EL] ELB News and Commentary 7/29/12

Sun Jul 29 08:32:14 PDT 2012

    "Notion of ID-for-access not new, backers of voting law say"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=37700>

Posted on July 29, 2012 8:30 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=37700> by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

The Pittsburgh Tribune Review reports. 
<http://triblive.com/state/2157912-74/photo-voter-law-ids-government-pennsylvania-federal-voters-fraud-identification>

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    "Activists push bill to allow same-day voter registration"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=37697>

Posted on July 29, 2012 8:26 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=37697> by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

The LA Times 
<http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/california-politics/2012/07/activists-push-bill-to-allow-same-day-voter-registration-in-california.html> 
reports.

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    "Will Ohio count your vote? Enquirer in-depth: Voters' and poll
    workers'missteps trash thousands of ballots"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=37694>

Posted on July 29, 2012 8:25 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=37694> by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

You must read this 
<http://news.cincinnati.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/201207281511/NEWS/307290025>if 
you want to know how things could go wrong in Ohio and what the cost of 
election administration incompetence is.

I discuss the /Hunter /litigation and the pollworker who sent a voter to 
the wrong precinct because the worker believed "798? was an odd number 
in Chapter 4 of /The Voting Wars 
<http://www.amazon.com/Voting-Wars-Florida-Election-Meltdown/dp/0300182031/ref=sr_1_cc_2?s=aps&ie=UTF8&qid=1329286945&sr=1-2-catcorr>./

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    "Big campaign donors can remain a big secret"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=37691>

Posted on July 28, 2012 9:07 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=37691> by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

IndyStar 
<http://www.indystar.com/article/20120728/NEWS05/207280348/Big-campaign-donors-can-remain-big-secret>: 
"Super PACs make it possible for corporations to bypass Indiana's limit 
on contributions A $1 million check given to U.S. Rep. Mike Pence's 
campaign for governor this spring is fueling questions about influence 
over Indiana elections. And not just because of the check's size --- 
although the donation was the first single contribution to an Indiana 
gubernatorial candidate to reach seven figures in nearly a decade. The 
issue: a loophole between federal and state election laws makes it 
impossible to pinpoint exactly who supplied the money. That shroud of 
secrecy raises the possibility that corporations could skirt a $5,000 
contribution limit set by Indiana law, campaign finance experts say."

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    Negative Presidential Ads <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=37688>

Posted on July 28, 2012 9:01 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=37688> by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

NYT 
<http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/29/us/politics/obama-campaign-takes-gamble-in-going-negative.html?ref=politics>:

    The ratio of negative ads, which are defined as those in which a
    campaign mentions its rival by name, tells the story. Since April,
    after Mr. Romney became the presumptive nominee, Mr. Obama broadcast
    negative commercials 118,775 times compared with 56,128 times for
    positive commercials.

    In the same time period, Mr. Romney ran negative spots 51,973 times
    and positive spots 11,921, according to an analysis from Kantar
    Media, which tracks political advertising. This does not include the
    Republican "super PAC
    <http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/subjects/c/campaign_finance/index.html?inline=nyt-classifier>"
    ads that are almost entirely attacks on the president.

    "President Obama was keeping a more balanced mix, but by the end of
    June he turned off the positive spigot," said Elizabeth Wilner, who
    studies advertising for the group.

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    "In 2012 campaign, Obama and Romney inundate swing states with ads"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=37685>

Posted on July 28, 2012 8:52 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=37685> by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

WaPo 
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/in-2012-campaign-obama-and-romney-inundate-swing-states-with-ads/2012/07/28/gJQACnHzGX_story.html>: 
"In Cleveland --- the largest market in a state crucial to both sides 
--- the campaigns and their allies have spent $13.6 million on broadcast 
television, according to data from Goldstein's firm. In a single week 
this month, the campaigns spent $1.2 million to air more than 2,000 ads 
on Cleveland stations; that's an average of one political spot every 
five minutes, 24 hours a day."

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    "The Politics of Voter Suppression: Defending and Expanding
    Americans' Right to Vote" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=37683>

Posted on July 28, 2012 8:49 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=37683> by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

In today's mail, a copy of Tova Wang's new book 
<http://www.amazon.com/Politics-Voter-Suppression-Defending-Foundation/dp/0801450853/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1343533650&sr=1-1&keywords=tova+wang>, 
which I look forward to reading.  Here's the book's description:

    /The Politics of Voter Suppression/ arrives in time to assess actual
    practices at the polls this fall and to reengage with debates about
    voter suppression tactics such as requiring specific forms of
    identification. Tova Andrea Wang examines the history of how U.S.
    election reforms have been manipulated for partisan advantage and
    establishes a new framework for analyzing current laws and policies.
    The tactics that have been employed to suppress voting in recent
    elections are not novel, she finds, but rather build upon the
    strategies used by a variety of actors going back nearly a century
    and a half. This continuity, along with the shift to a Republican
    domination of voter suppression efforts for the past fifty years,
    should inform what we think about reform policy today.

    Wang argues that activities that suppress voting are almost always
    illegitimate, while reforms that increase participation are nearly
    always legitimate. In short, use and abuse of election laws and
    policies to suppress votes has obvious detrimental impacts on
    democracy itself. Such activities are also harmful because of their
    direct impacts on actual election outcomes. Wang regards as
    beneficial any legal effort to increase the number of Americans
    involved in the electoral system. This includes efforts that are
    focused on improving voter turnout among certain populations
    typically regarded as supporting one party, as long as the methods
    and means for boosting participation are open to all. Wang
    identifies and describes a number of specific legitimate and
    positive reforms that will increase voter turnout.

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    Confessore on Popkin <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=37681>

Posted on July 28, 2012 8:47 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=37681> by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Nick Confessore reviews 
<http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/29/books/review/the-candidate-by-samuel-l-popkin.html?ref=books> 
Sam Popkin's new book, The Candidate 
<http://www.amazon.com/The-Candidate-Takes-White-House/dp/0199922071/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1343533595&sr=8-1&keywords=popkin+candidate>, 
for the NYT Book Review.

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    "A Throwback to Poll Taxes" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=37678>

Posted on July 28, 2012 8:42 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=37678> by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

WaPo editorial 
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/a-throwback-to-poll-taxes/2012/07/28/gJQAKj0pGX_story.html>on 
voter id.

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    Must Read Article on Judge Who Will Decide PA Voter ID Case, and the
    Possibility of a State Supreme Court Tie
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=37675>

Posted on July 28, 2012 8:37 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=37675> by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

This 
<http://www.mcall.com/news/local/elections/mc-pa-voter-id-supreme-court-20120727,0,5975321,full.story> 
is important.

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    "Alabama challenges Voting Rights Act over district review"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=37672>

Posted on July 28, 2012 11:15 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=37672> 
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

The Birmingham News reports. 
<http://blog.al.com/spotnews/2012/07/alabama_challenges_voting_righ.html>

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