[EL] ELB News and Commentary 7/30/12
Rick Hasen
rhasen at law.uci.edu
Mon Jul 30 07:48:49 PDT 2012
House Democrats Holding Texas Forum on Voting Rights
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=37740>
Posted on July 30, 2012 7:45 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=37740> by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Announcement via email:
*Congressional Forum on Voting Rights*
*WASHINGTON --* There is no right more fundamental to being an
American than the right to vote. Indeed, our country was founded as
a revolt against the denial of the right to voting representation.
In spite of this, the past two years have witnessed a raft of new
laws restricting access to the polls, threatening the
constitutionally protected right to vote. These new restrictions
amount to an out-and-out War on Voting. It is incumbent on every
defender of the Constitution to fight to defend the rights it
guarantees, including the right to vote.
Now, the Ranking Member of the House Subcommittee on Elections will
convene a congressional forum to shed some light on the variety of
threats to the right to vote, the impact they could have on our
upcoming elections, and what we can and should do about it.
*WHEN:*
TODAY, July 30, 2012, at 1:00PM (CDT)
*WHERE:*
Texas Southern University's Thurgood Marshall School of Law
3100 Cleburne Street, Houston, TX 77004
Moot Court Room (Room 106) (MAP
<http://www.tsulaw.edu/technology/classrooms/Room105.html>)
*WHAT:*
Congressional Forum: "The Right to Vote: Foundation of America"
*MEMBERS OF CONGRESS include: *
Rep. Charles A. Gonzalez (TX-20), Ranking Member,
Subcommittee on Elections
Rep. Gene Green (TX-29), Member of Congress
Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (TX-18), Member of Congress
*WITNESSES include:*
Professor Chandler Davidson, Ph.D., Rice University
Mr. Chad W. Dunn, Attorney at Law, Brazil & Dunn
Ms. Nina Perales, Vice President of Litigation, Mexican American
Legal Defense and Educational Fund
Ms. Rogene Gee Calvert, Former-President, Asian Chamber of Commerce
Rep. Trey Martinez Fischer, District 116, Texas House of Representatives
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Posted in election administration <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18>,
The Voting Wars <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=60>, voting
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"Obama, Romney Teams Vie for Early Voting Edge; Amid predictions of
record-high early voting, Obama can't count on Romney to perform as
poorly as McCain." <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=37737>
Posted on July 30, 2012 7:42 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=37737> by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
National Journal reports
<http://www.nationaljournal.com/2012-presidential-campaign/obama-romney-teams-vie-for-early-voting-edge-20120730>.
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Posted in campaigns <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=59>, voting
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"Candidates Look Overseas for Campaign Cash"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=37735>
Posted on July 30, 2012 7:40 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=37735> by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
AP reports
<http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2012/07/30/us/politics/ap-us-presidential-campaign-fundraising-abroad.html?_r=1&ref=politics>.
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"Forecasting the Flashpoints" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=37732>
Posted on July 30, 2012 7:37 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=37732> by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Nick Stephanopoulos has posted this draft
<http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2094739>on SSRN
(forthcoming, /Harvard Law Review Forum/). Here is the abstract:
In an earlier article, I relied on 2005-2009 data from the American
Community Survey (ACS) to analyze the congressional districts that
were used in the elections of the 2000s. In this brief addendum, I
employ more recent ACS data, covering the 2006-2010 period, to
analyze the congressional districts that recently have been drawn
for the next decade's elections. My findings should be a valuable
resource for courts, litigants, scholars, and anyone else interested
in the geographic makeup of America's new congressional districts.
The overall story is one of substantial continuity, but this
headline masks an array of interesting subplots: for instance, the
improvement of California's district plan, the worsening of
Maryland, North Carolina, and Pennsylvania's, and the increase in
the number of districts with highly heterogeneous African American
populations.
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"Voter ID laws could swing states"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=37730>
Posted on July 30, 2012 7:36 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=37730> by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
/Politico/ reports. <http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0712/79103.html>
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The Voting Wars <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=60>, voter id
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"Killing a Fly with a Bazooka" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=37727>
Posted on July 29, 2012 9:06 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=37727> by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Don't miss Tom Edsall's latest column
<http://campaignstops.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/07/29/killing-a-fly-with-a-bazooka/>
at the NY Times "Campaign Stops" blog on voter id laws.
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"Overhaul of poll laws still stalled; Enquirer in-depth: Parties
agree on need for reform, but not much else"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=37724>
Posted on July 29, 2012 8:39 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=37724> by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
The /Cincinnati Enquirer/ presents Part II
<http://news.cincinnati.com/article/20120729/NEWS0106/307290074/Overhaul-poll-laws-still-stalled?odyssey=nav%7Chead>
of its series on the failure to reform election administration in Ohio.
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A Day in the Life of the Voting Wars, 7/29/12
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=37718>
Posted on July 29, 2012 8:12 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=37718> by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Here's a screen shot of one of the Google News searches I do for the
Election Law Blog:
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"When Congress Fails" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=37715>
Posted on July 29, 2012 8:04 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=37715> by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Ezra Klein
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/ezra-klein/wp/2012/07/26/when-congress-fails/>
on presidents acting unilaterally.
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Important Oped by Rep. Sensenbrenner Goes After Eric Holder's
Application of Voting Rights Act to Voter ID Law
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=37712>
Posted on July 29, 2012 7:52 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=37712> by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Sensenbrenner has been a key Republican leader on the Voting Rights Act
renewal. He writes
<http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0712/79090.html?hp=l3>: "In fact,
Holder's contention that the Voting Rights Act prohibits efforts to
preserve the integrity of the voting process is antithetical to its core
purpose and destructive to its constitutional imperative to protect the
voting rights of eligible citizens. Both the Voting Rights Act and state
voter identification laws serve the same purpose: ensuring voting
integrity."
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Tom Toles Cartoon on Voter Fraud <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=37709>
Posted on July 29, 2012 7:46 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=37709> by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Here <http://www.gocomics.com/tomtoles/2012/07/29>.
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"'Dark Money' Hits $172 Million In 2012 Election, Half Of
Independent Group Spending" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=37705>
Posted on July 29, 2012 5:06 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=37705> by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
HuffPo
<http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/29/dark-money-2012-election_n_1708127.html?utm_hp_ref=barack-obama>:
"Through July 26, politically involved groups that do not disclose their
donors have spent at least $172 million on campaigns that include
television, radio and Internet advertising, according to a Huffington
Post review of FEC reports, advertising buys, press releases and news
stories. Total spending by these groups is likely far greater, since
they are required to report only a fraction of their spending to the
FEC. Politically involved independent groups that publicly disclose
their donors, including super PACs, have spent $174 million so far this
election cycle."
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"Conservative group challenges red line dividing candidates,
super-PACs" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=37702>
Posted on July 29, 2012 8:41 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=37702> by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
The Hill:
<http://thehill.com/business-a-lobbying/240871-conservative-group-challenges-red-line-dividing-candidates-super-pacs>
"A conservative outside spending group has asked the Federal Election
Commission (FEC) to soften the red line that divides super-PACs from the
fundraising committees of federal candidates."
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