[EL] nonpartisan election administration
JBoppjr at aol.com
JBoppjr at aol.com
Thu Jun 14 10:12:18 PDT 2012
Thank you Rick, I have. All you say at the end is that we can trust that
the person will be "nonpartisan" if he or she can run the gauntlet of being
nominated by the President and confirmed by 2/3rds of the Senate. But there
a plenty of partisans that can run that gauntlet, especially when one
party or the other has substantial power.
Further, what happens if no person enjoys that level of support so that we
have no "election czar" who is confirmed. Do we just cancel the elections
because we have no one to run them? No, they will be run by some
bureaucrat, not vetted the way you suggest, who could be a wild-eyed partisan. I
am afraid that there is no procedural way to accomplish the substantive
result you want.
But I thought you could take it a step further -- from theory to practice
-- by just naming one person who would fit the bill to be your "election
czar." I am afraid I don't know anyone that does and if your suggestion is a
practical one then one must exist and you or someone else could tell us who
he or she is. Failing that, I am afraid that this is just an unrealistic
-- and very dangerous -- fantasy. Jim
In a message dated 6/14/2012 12:04:30 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
rhasen at law.uci.edu writes:
If you read to the bottom of my piece (and not just the excerpt on the
blog) you will see that I address this point. I also address it in great
detail in both the book, and a 2005 article, Beyond the Margin of Litigation.
It actually works in most other mature democracies quite well.
On 6/14/2012 8:59 AM, _JBoppjr at aol.com_ (mailto:JBoppjr at aol.com) wrote:
Isn't this really a fantasy: "Create an independent, nonpartisan agency
to run our federal elections."
If the federal agency would be "independent," who would appoint them under
our system other than the President. Well, the President is a little
partisan. And how therefore would it then be "nonpartisan." And if all
elections in every state were run by one federal agency, this federal agency would
be the biggest prize to control for partisan ends ever devised.
Why isn't it better to, (1) acknowledge the reality than anyone who
bubbles up in the political system to run elections are likely to be partisan,
(2) therefore, create lots of checks and balances by involving both parties
in election administration so they can watch over each other, and (3)
disperse the control of elections as widely as possible - say at the county
level. As a result, it is true that there will be Republican control of
elections in some counties and Democrat control of election in others, but this
will balance out over the whole country.
If we have one federal agency in charge, I am sure the "reformers" will
want one person in charge of that agency -- no more "tie" votes like at the
FEC. Well this is the biggest partisan prize ever.
Ok, lets test my theory. Name me one, just one living breathing person,
not some theoretical or dead person, who would be so "independent" and
"nonpartisan" and that the President would nominate and the Senate would confirm
who everyone would trust with this awesome power. Just one.
Jim Bopp
In a message dated 6/14/2012 11:29:56 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
_rhasen at law.uci.edu_ (mailto:rhasen at law.uci.edu) writes:
_“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.thele
dger.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/20
12/06/07/us/florida-vows-to-continue-its-search-for-ineligible-voters.html?r
ef=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….
(http://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http://electionlawblog.org/?p=35724&title=“
End%20the%20Voting%20Wars:%20Take%20our%20elections%20out%20of%20the%20hands%20of%20the%20partisan%20and%20the%20incompetent.”&description=)
Posted in _election administration_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18) ,
_The Voting Wars_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=60) , _voter
registration_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=37) | Comments Off
_“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) .
(http://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http://electionlawblog.org/?p=35720&title=“Money%20and%20the%20‘Appearance%20of%20Corruption’”&description=)
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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.”
(http://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http://electionlawblog.org/?p=35717&title=“New%20Arizona%20election%20plea%20(UPDATE)”&description=)
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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/gJQAsZ4Fa
V_story.html) .
See also _Adelson’s Donations Could Be “Limitless”_
(http://politicalwire.com/archives/2012/06/14/adelsons_donations_could_be_limitless.html)
(http://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http://electionlawblog.org/?p=35713&title=Pipe%20Dream%20Dept.&description=)
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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)
(http://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http://electionlawblog.org/?p=35710&title=“Aetna%20Hides%20$7%20Million%20in%20Political%20Spending”
&description=)
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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.
(http://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http://electionlawblog.org/?p=35707&title=An%20Inside%20Look%20at%20the%20Most%20Dysfunctional%20Appellate%20Co
urt%20in%20the%20U.S.&description=)
Posted in _ethics investigations_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=42) ,
_judicial elections_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=19) | Comments Off
_“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.
(http://www.addtoan
y.com/share_save#url=http://electionlawblog.org/?p=35704&title=“
The%20Money%20Crisis:%20How%20Citizens%20United%20Undermines%20Our%20Elections%20and%20the%20Supreme%20Court”&description=)
Posted in _campaign finance_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10) |
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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.
(http://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http://electionlawblog.org/?p=35701&title=“Alaska%20Native%20Group%20Suing%20Division%20of%20Elections”
&description=)
Posted in _Voting Rights Act_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=15) |
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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) .
(http://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http://electionlawblog.org/?p=35698&title=“
Top%20Two%20in%20California%20Primaries,%20June%202012:%20By%20the%20Numbers:%20High%20Rates%20of%20Invalid%20Ballots;%20Perverse%20Outcomes;%20
Major%20Parties%20Dominate”&description=)
Posted in _alternative voting systems_
(http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=63) , _political parties_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=25) , _primaries_
(http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=32) | Comments Off
_“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.
(http://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http://electionlawblog.org/?p=35696&title=“Ex-prosecutor%20George%20Holding%20defends%20John%20Edwards%20case”
&description=)
Posted in _campaign finance_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10) ,
_chicanery_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=12) , _John Edwards_
(http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=17) | Comments Off
_“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/gJQA
pprNbV_story.html) .
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Ex-lawmaker%20lobbyists%20more%20likely%20to%20put%20leftover%20campaign%20money%20to%20political%20use”&description=)
Posted in _campaign finance_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10) ,
_legislation and legislatures_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=27) , _lobbying_
(http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=28) | Comments Off
_“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) .
(http://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http://electionlawblog.org/?p=35691&title=“No%20New%20Trial%20for%20John%20Edwards”&description=)
Posted in _campaign finance_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10) ,
_chicanery_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=12) , _John Edwards_
(http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=17) | Comments Off
_“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) .
(http://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http://electionlawblog.org/?p=35689&title=“Beltway%20Bundlers%20Have%20Mitt%20Romney%20Sitting%20Pretty”
&description=)
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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/) )
(http://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http://electionlawblog.org/?p=35687&title=“
The%20Anti-ALEC%20alliance:%20Group%20at%20heart%20of%20anti-conservative%20crusade%20is%20shadowy%20organization%20funded%20by%20leftwing%20mil
lionaires%20and%20billionaires”&description=)
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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) .
(http://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http://electionlawblog.org/?p=35685&title=“The%20Missing%20Right%20To%20Vote;%20What%20we’
d%20get%20from%20amending%20the%20Constitution%20to%20guarantee%20it.”&description=)
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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.”
(http://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http://electionlawblog.org/?p=35683&title=“Campaign%20Aid%20Is%20Now%20Surging%20Into%208%20Figures”
&description=)
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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) .
(http://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http://electionlawblog.org/?p=35681&title=“
Corporate%20Cash%20in%20State%20Elections%20Gets%20U.S.%20High%20Court%20Scrutiny”&description=)
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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) .
(http://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http://electionlawblog.org/?p=35678&title=“Fla.%20Gov.%20Rick%20Scott%20Defends%20Noncitizen%20Voter%20Purges”
&description=)
Posted in _election administration_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18) ,
_The Voting Wars_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=60) , _voter
registration_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=37) | Comments Off
_“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.
(http://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http://electionlawblog.org/?p=35675&title=“Justice%20Department%20Is%20Dropping%20Case%20Against%20Edwards”
&description=)
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_chicanery_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=12) , _John Edwards_
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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://bangordailyne
ws.com/2012/06/13/politics/angus-king-pledges-to-discourage-pac-money-if-his-opponents-do-the-same/?ref=videos) from
Maine.
(http://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http://electionlawblog.org/?p=35673&title=“
Angus%20King%20pledges%20to%20discourage%20super%20PAC%20money%20if%20his%20opponents%20do%20the%20same”&description=)
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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.
(http://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http://electionlawblog.org/?p=35671&title=“
New%20Wine%20Into%20Old%20Bottles:%20Adapting%20Text%20Messaging%20Proposal%20to%201970’s%20Era%20Rules%20Gains%20FEC%20Approval”
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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) .
(http://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http://electionlawblog.org/?p=35668&title=“Gingrich:%20Elections%20‘rigged’%20for%20the%20rich”
&description=)
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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) .
(http://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http://electionlawblog.org/?p=35666&title=“Dice%20Roll%20Decides%20Election%20in%20Texas%20Town”
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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.
(http://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http://electionlawblog.org/?p=35662&title=Larry%20Tribe%20Calls%20for%20Constitutional%20Amendment%20to%20Overt
urn%20Citizens%20United&description=)
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_Supreme Court_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=29) | Comments Off
_“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/houston-texas&search=1&inlineLink=1&q
uery="Texas+Legislature") 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/houston-texas&search=
1&inlineLink=1&query="Mark+White") 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) .
(http://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http://electionlawblog.org/?p=35659&title=“Ex-Gov.%20White%20says%20state%20voter%20laws%20flawed”
&description=)
Posted in _election administration_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18) ,
_NVRA (motor voter)_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=33) , _The Voting
Wars_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=60) , _voter registration_
(http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=37) | Comments Off
_“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/)
(http://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http://electionlawblog.org/?p=35657&title=“New%20York%20Deal%20Near%20for%20Simplified%20Ballots”
&description=)
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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) )
(http://
www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http://electionlawblog.org/?p=35655&title=“Appellate%20Lawyer%20of%20the%20Week:%20Anthony%20Johnstone”
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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)
(http://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http://electionlawblog.org/?p=35652&title=Quote%20of%20the%20Day&description=)
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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.”
(http://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http://electionlawblog.org/?p=35649&title=“
Sen.%20Grassley%20demands%20re-vote%20on%209th%20Circuit%20judge%20nomination”&description=)
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