[EL] ELB News and Commentary 6/14/12
Rick Hasen
rhasen at law.uci.edu
Thu Jun 14 08:29:55 PDT 2012
"End the Voting Wars: Take our elections out of the hands of the
partisan and the incompetent." <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=35724>
Posted on June 14, 2012 8:28 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=35724> by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
I have written this piece
<http://hive.slate.com/hive/how-can-we-fix-constitution/article/end-the-voting-wars>
for /Slate/, part of its ts "How to Fix the Constitution" Hive
<http://www.slate.com/articles/life/the_hive.html>. It begins:
My field is election law, and in this area it's really easy to come
up with a sexy but risky fix that might improve the U.S.
Constitution: Abolish <http://www.nationalpopularvote.com/> the
Electoral College. Overturn <http://movetoamend.org/> /Citizens
United/ and the flood of corporate money in elections
<http://hive.slate.com/hive/how-can-we-fix-constitution/article/the-once-and-for-all-solution-to-our-campaign-finance-problems>.
Establish <http://ni4d.us/> a national initiative allowing voters to
vote directly on legislation instead of going through Congress,
making the United States more like California. I have a change that
will sound less sexy but is more needed than all of them: Create an
independent, nonpartisan agency to run our federal elections.
The United States is one of the few mature democracies that leaves
the rules for counting elections in local hands, and, in a majority
of states, that means partisan officials are in charge. Think about
it: We have people running our elections whose ultimate allegiance
is not to the integrity of the vote count but to the Republican
Party or the Democratic Party.
So when Florida's Republican Gov. Rick Scott defends
<http://www.theledger.com/article/20120606/POLITICS/120609606/1004/news?p=1&tc=pghttp://www.theledger.com/article/20120606/POLITICS/120609606/1004/news?p=1&tc=pg>
his latest purge of voters as necessary to keep illegal voters from
voting, why should we believe <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=35134>
he is doing this in the best interest of the integrity of the
elections rather than to give Romney and edge over Obama in the
perennial swing state? And when Obama's Justice Department objects
to the purge, why should we believe
<http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/301900/who-may-vote-florida-hans-von-spakovsky>
it is acting to preserve voter access to the polls rather than
trying to give that edge
<http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/07/us/florida-vows-to-continue-its-search-for-ineligible-voters.html?ref=politicshttp://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/07/us/florida-vows-to-continue-its-search-for-ineligible-voters.html?ref=politics>
to Obama?
As I document <http://thevotingwars.com> in my upcoming book, /The
Voting Wars: From Florida 2000 to the Next Election Meltdown
<http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0300182031/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=slatmaga-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0300182031>/,
the fights over election rules, especially over controversial new
voter identification rules, have gotten much worse since /Bush v.
Gore/ in 2000....
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"Money and the 'Appearance of Corruption'"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=35720>
Posted on June 14, 2012 8:22 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=35720> by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Paul Sherman WSJ oped
<http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303768104577462822206922422.html?mod=googlenews_wsj>:
"But there is also a third possibility: The Supreme Court could double
down on /Citizens United /and reject, once and for all, the flawed
justification underlying much of America's failed experiment with
campaign-finance law---the so-called appearance-of-corruption standard."
This is what I mean when I asked whether liberals were shooting
themselves in the foot <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=34885> by seeking
cert. in the Montana case. The best way to win in the Roberts Court if
you are a liberal is to stay out
<http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/jurisprudence/2009/09/how_liberals_can_win_by_losing_at_the_roberts_court.html>.
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"New Arizona election plea (UPDATE)"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=35717>
Posted on June 14, 2012 8:19 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=35717> by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
SCOTUSBlog
<http://www.scotusblog.com/2012/06/new-arizona-election-plea/>: "Arizona
state officials asked the Supreme Court
<http://sblog.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/11A1189-AZ-applic.pdf>on
Wednesday to allow election officials there to demand that all voters
show proof of citizenship before they may register to vote The divided
/en banc/ Ninth Circuit Court ruled in April
<http://sblog.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/9th-CA-ruling-on-voter-regist.-4-17-12.pdf>
that the citizenship proof requirement conflicts with a 1993 federal law
passed to make it easier for individuals to sign up to vote. The state
took its plea for a delay of that ruling, for the duration of this
year's election season, to Justice Anthony M. Kennedy, who has the
option of acting alone or referring the issue to his eight colleagues.
The application (11A1189) was filed in /Arizona v. Gonzalez, et al. /The
/en banc/ Ninth Circuit, over three judges' dissents, had denied a stay
<http://sblog.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/9th-CA-stay-denial-AZ-election-case-6-7-121.pdf>
last week."
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Pipe Dream Dept. <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=35713>
Posted on June 14, 2012 8:00 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=35713> by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
"After one nuclear winter of an election, rich partisans could agree to
mutual disarmament."
--E.J. Dionne, Secret Money Fuels the 2012 Elections
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/secret-money-fuels-the-2012-elections/2012/06/13/gJQAsZ4FaV_story.html>.
See also Adelson's Donations Could Be "Limitless"
<http://politicalwire.com/archives/2012/06/14/adelsons_donations_could_be_limitless.html>
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"Aetna Hides $7 Million in Political Spending"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=35710>
Posted on June 14, 2012 7:58 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=35710> by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
CREW has posted this release.
<http://www.citizensforethics.org/press/entry/aetna-political-spending-american-action-network-chamber-of-commerce>
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An Inside Look at the Most Dysfunctional Appellate Court in the U.S.
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=35707>
Posted on June 14, 2012 7:55 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=35707> by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
The latest
<http://www.jsonline.com/news/statepolitics/judicial-commissions-first-vote-on-prosser-complaint-was-unanimous-ci5p21t-158912155.html>
from Wisconsin.
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"The Money Crisis: How Citizens United Undermines Our Elections and
the Supreme Court" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=35704>
Posted on June 14, 2012 7:50 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=35704> by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Russ Feingold has written this piece
<http://www.stanfordlawreview.org/online/money-crisis>for the /Stanford
Law Review Online./
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"Alaska Native Group Suing Division of Elections"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=35701>
Posted on June 14, 2012 7:42 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=35701> by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
New section 5 suit
<http://www.alaskapublic.org/2012/06/11/alaska-native-group-suing-division-of-elections/>
in Alaska.
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"Top Two in California Primaries, June 2012: By the Numbers: High
Rates of Invalid Ballots; Perverse Outcomes; Major Parties Dominate"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=35698>
Posted on June 14, 2012 7:39 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=35698> by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
FairVote has issued this press release
<http://www.fairvote.org/top-two-in-california-primaries-june-2012-by-the-numbers#.T9n3c1LNnTt>.
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<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=63>, political parties
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"Ex-prosecutor George Holding defends John Edwards case"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=35696>
Posted on June 14, 2012 7:37 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=35696> by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Must-read
<http://www.politico.com/blogs/under-the-radar/2012/06/exprosecutor-george-holding-defends-john-edwards-case-126118.html>
Gerstein.
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"Ex-lawmaker lobbyists more likely to put leftover campaign money to
political use" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=35694>
Posted on June 14, 2012 7:36 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=35694> by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
WaPo reports
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/ex-lawmaker-lobbyists-more-likely-to-put-leftover-campaign-money-to-political-use/2012/06/13/gJQApprNbV_story.html>.
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"No New Trial for John Edwards" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=35691>
Posted on June 14, 2012 7:32 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=35691> by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
NYT reports
<http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/14/us/politics/john-edwards-charges-dismissed.html?ref=politics>.
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"Beltway Bundlers Have Mitt Romney Sitting Pretty"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=35689>
Posted on June 14, 2012 7:31 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=35689> by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Roll Call reports
<http://www.rollcall.com/issues/57_151/Beltway_Bundlers_Have_Mitt_Romney_Sitting_Pretty-215368-1.html?pos=htmbtxt>.
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"The Anti-ALEC alliance: Group at heart of anti-conservative crusade
is shadowy organization funded by leftwing millionaires and
billionaires" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=35687>
Posted on June 14, 2012 7:31 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=35687> by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
The right wants disclosure
<http://freebeacon.com/the-anti-alec-alliance/>of funding for issue
advocacy. Interesting. (h/t Eric Brown
<http://politicalactivitylaw.com/2012/06/14/good-morning-here-are-todays-political-law-links-for-thurs-june-14th/>)
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"The Missing Right To Vote; What we'd get from amending the
Constitution to guarantee it." <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=35685>
Posted on June 14, 2012 7:29 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=35685> by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Heather Gerken has written this Slate contribution
<http://hive.slate.com/hive/how-can-we-fix-constitution/article/the-missing-right-to-vote>
to its "How to Fix the Constitution" Hive
<http://www.slate.com/articles/life/the_hive.html>.
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"Campaign Aid Is Now Surging Into 8 Figures"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=35683>
Posted on June 14, 2012 7:27 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=35683> by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
NYT
<http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/14/us/politics/sheldon-adelson-sets-new-standard-as-campaign-aid-surges-into-8-figures.html?_r=1&smid=pl-share>:
"Even in a political season marked by unprecedented levels of political
spending, Sheldon Adelson
<http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/a/sheldon_g_adelson/index.html?inline=nyt-per>
stands alone."
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"Corporate Cash in State Elections Gets U.S. High Court Scrutiny"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=35681>
Posted on June 14, 2012 7:25 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=35681> by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Bloomberg reports
<http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-06-14/corporate-cash-in-state-elections-gets-u-s-high-court-scrutiny.html>.
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"Fla. Gov. Rick Scott Defends Noncitizen Voter Purges"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=35678>
Posted on June 13, 2012 1:29 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=35678> by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
NPR reports
<http://www.npr.org/blogs/itsallpolitics/2012/06/13/154935265/fla-gov-rick-scott-defends-noncitizen-voter-purges?ft=1&f=1014&sc=tw>.
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"Justice Department Is Dropping Case Against Edwards"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=35675>
Posted on June 13, 2012 1:15 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=35675> by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Carrie Johnson reports
<http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2012/06/13/154951540/justice-department-is-dropping-case-against-edwards>
for NPR.
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"Angus King pledges to discourage super PAC money if his opponents
do the same" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=35673>
Posted on June 13, 2012 1:14 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=35673> by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
News
<http://bangordailynews.com/2012/06/13/politics/angus-king-pledges-to-discourage-pac-money-if-his-opponents-do-the-same/?ref=videos>
from Maine.
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"New Wine Into Old Bottles: Adapting Text Messaging Proposal to
1970's Era Rules Gains FEC Approval"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=35671>
Posted on June 13, 2012 1:13 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=35671> by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Larry Norton blogs
<http://www.politicallawbriefing.com/my-blog/2012/06/new-wine-into-old-bottles-adapting-text-messaging-proposal-to-1970s-era-rules-gains-fec-approval-.html>at
Venable's new Political Law Briefing blog.
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"Gingrich: Elections 'rigged' for the rich"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=35668>
Posted on June 13, 2012 1:08 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=35668> by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Newt Gingrich, whose presidential campaign stayed alive as long as it
did only because of his rich Super PAC benefactors, now complains
<http://www.ajc.com/news/georgia-politics-elections/gingrich-elections-rigged-for-1457276.html>.
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"Dice Roll Decides Election in Texas Town"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=35666>
Posted on June 13, 2012 1:07 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=35666> by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
ABC News reports
<http://news.yahoo.com/dice-roll-decides-election-texas-town-165130275.html>.
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Larry Tribe Calls for Constitutional Amendment to Overturn Citizens
United <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=35662>
Posted on June 13, 2012 11:49 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=35662>
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Read his proposal
<http://hive.slate.com/hive/how-can-we-fix-constitution/article/the-once-and-for-all-solution-to-our-campaign-finance-problems>
here in Slate, part of their How to Fix the Constitution
<http://www.slate.com/articles/life/the_hive.html> "Hive" series.
Up in the Hive tomorrow: more election law-related proposals from
Heather Gerken and from me.
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"Ex-Gov. White says state voter laws flawed"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=35659>
Posted on June 13, 2012 10:21 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=35659>
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Houston Chronicle
<http://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/Ex-Gov-White-says-state-voter-laws-flawed-3629126.php>:
"Voter registration restrictions imposed by the Texas Legislature
<http://www.chron.com/?controllerName=search&action=search&channel=news%2Fhouston-texas&search=1&inlineLink=1&query=%22Texas+Legislature%22>
last session are unnecessary and make it more difficult to register
voters, former Texas Gov. Mark White
<http://www.chron.com/?controllerName=search&action=search&channel=news%2Fhouston-texas&search=1&inlineLink=1&query=%22Mark+White%22>
testified Tuesday in Galveston federal court."
See also this report
<http://www.chron.com/default/article/Volunteer-says-Texas-voter-laws-cause-fear-of-3626148.php>.
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"New York Deal Near for Simplified Ballots"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=35657>
Posted on June 13, 2012 10:19 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=35657>
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
NYT's "City Room" blog reports.
<http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/06/12/deal-near-for-simplified-ballots/>
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"Appellate Lawyer of the Week: Anthony Johnstone"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=35655>
Posted on June 13, 2012 10:18 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=35655>
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
NLJ
<http://www.law.com/jsp/nlj/PubArticleSCI.jsp?id=1202555936944&slreturn=1>:
"In 2009, Anthony Johnstone and his home state of Montana played
supporting roles in the legal drama surrounding the Citizens United
campaign finance challenge. Today, the law professor and state officials
stand center stage in a fight to save Montana's law in the wake of the
Supreme Court's decision."
I'm looking forward to joining Anthony and a great crowd at the
University of Montana at the end of the September for a conference on
money and politics.
(h/t How Appealing <http://howappealing.law.com/061312.html#046115>)
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Quote of the Day <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=35652>
Posted on June 13, 2012 9:41 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=35652> by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
"On both the left and the right, then, originalism is no longer a theory
of judicial restraint, as it was once described by Black or Scalia, but
a means of advancing partisan preferences."
--Jeffrey Rosen, Constitution Avenue:Liberals discover a theory to crush
conservative jurisprudence.
<http://www.tnr.com/article/politics/103943/magazine/constitution-avenue-supreme-court?page=0,0>
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"Sen. Grassley demands re-vote on 9th Circuit judge nomination"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=35649>
Posted on June 13, 2012 8:04 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=35649> by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
The Hill
<http://thehill.com/video/senate/232395-grassley-demands-re-vote-on-9th-circuit-nominee>:
"Senate Judiciary Committee ranking member Charles Grassley (R-Iowa)
late Tuesday demanded that the Senate vote again on the confirmation of
Andrew Hurwitz to be a U.S. Circuit Judge for the 9th Circuit, and said
he was not aware that Senate Democrats were planning to ask for a speedy
voice vote on the nomination."
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