[EL] nonpartisan election administration

[Barry C. Burden]

I want to spotlight how election administration is done in Wisconsin. The Government Accountability Board is a nonpartisan body comprised of six retired judges who selected by the governor from a pool of nominees, which itself is chosen by judges. There are never extended vacancies and I have seen no evidence of partisanship. Members of both major parties have complained about its decisions from time to time -- this tells me that it's working pretty well. See the OSU-Moritz "From Registration to Recounts" reports for more evidence that the model works well. Below is the state law that describes the Board.


Barry Burden




(1) There is created a government accountability board consisting of 6 persons. Members shall serve for 6-year terms.
(2) All members of the board shall be appointed from nominations submitted to the governor by a nominating committee to be called the governmental accountability candidate committee, which shall consist of one court of appeals judge from each of the court of appeals districts. The members of the committee shall serve for 2-year terms expiring on March 1. The court of appeals judges shall be chosen as members by lot by the chief justice of the supreme court in the presence of the other justices of the supreme court. Service on the committee is mandatory except as provided in s. 758.19 (9)(http://docs.legis.wi.gov/document/statutes/758.19(9)).
(3) Each member of the board shall be an individual who formerly served as a judge of a court of record in this state and who was elected to the position in which he or she served.
(4) No member may hold another office or position that is a state public office or a local public office, as defined in s. 19.42(http://docs.legis.wi.gov/document/statutes/19.42), except the office of circuit judge or court of appeals judge under s. 753.075(http://docs.legis.wi.gov/document/statutes/753.075).
(5) No member, for one year immediately prior to the date of nomination may have been, or while serving on the board may become, a member of a political party, an officer or member of a committee in any partisan political club or organization, or an officer or employee of a registrant under s.11.05(http://docs.legis.wi.gov/document/statutes/11.05).
(6) No member, while serving on the board, may become a candidate, as defined in s. 11.01 (1)(http://docs.legis.wi.gov/document/statutes/11.01(1)), for state office or local office, as defined in s. 5.02(http://docs.legis.wi.gov/document/statutes/5.02).
(7) No member, while serving on the board, may make a contribution, as defined in s. 11.01 (6)(http://docs.legis.wi.gov/document/statutes/11.01(6)), to a candidate, as defined in s. 11.01 (1)(http://docs.legis.wi.gov/document/statutes/11.01(1)) for state office or local office, as defined in s. 5.02(http://docs.legis.wi.gov/document/statutes/5.02). No individual who serves as a member of the board, for 12 months prior to beginning that service, may have made a contribution, as defined in s. 11.01 (6)(http://docs.legis.wi.gov/document/statutes/11.01(6)), to a candidate for a partisan state or local office, as defined in s. 5.02(http://docs.legis.wi.gov/document/statutes/5.02).
(8) No member may be a lobbyist, as defined in s. 13.62 (11)(http://docs.legis.wi.gov/document/statutes/13.62(11)), or an employee of a principal, as defined in s. 13.62 (12)(http://docs.legis.wi.gov/document/statutes/13.62(12)), except that a member may serve as a circuit judge or court of appeals judge under s. 753.075(http://docs.legis.wi.gov/document/statutes/753.075).



On 06/14/12, JBoppjr at aol.com wrote:
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> 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. 
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>  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.
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>  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
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>   In a message dated 6/14/2012 12:04:30 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, rhasen at law.uci.edu writes:
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> > 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.
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> >  On 6/14/2012 8:59 AM, JBoppjr at aol.com wrote:
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> > >  Isn't this really a fantasy: "Create an independent, nonpartisan agency to run our federal elections."
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> > >  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.
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> > >  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.
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> > >  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.
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> > >  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.
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> > >  Jim Bopp
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> > >   In a message dated 6/14/2012 11:29:56 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, rhasen at law.uci.edu writes:
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> > > >   “End the Voting Wars: Take our elections out of the hands of the partisan and the incompetent.”(http://electionlawblog.org/?p=35724)  Posted on Rick Hasen(http://electionlawblog.org/?p=35724" moz-do-not-send="true" rel="bookmark" target="1" title="http://electionlawblog.org/?p=35724">June 14, 2012 8:28 am by  
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> > > > 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:
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> > > > > 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.
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> > > > > 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.
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> > > > > 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?
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> > > > > 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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> > > >   (http://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http%3A%2F%2Felectionlawblog.org%2F%3Fp%3D35724&title=%E2%80%9CEnd%20the%20Voting%20Wars%3A%20Take%20our%20elections%20out%20of%20the%20hands%20of%20the%20partisan%20and%20the%20incompetent.%E2%80%9D&description=" moz-do-not-send="true" target="1" title="http://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http://electionlawblog.org/?p=35724&title=“End the Voting Wars: Take our elections out of the hands of the partisan and the incompetent.”&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 
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> > > >   “Money and the ‘Appearance of Corruption’”(http://electionlawblog.org/?p=35720)  Posted on Rick Hasen(http://electionlawblog.org/?p=35720" moz-do-not-send="true" rel="bookmark" target="1" title="http://electionlawblog.org/?p=35720">June 14, 2012 8:22 am by  
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> > > > 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.”
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> > > > 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%3A%2F%2Felectionlawblog.org%2F%3Fp%3D35720&title=%E2%80%9CMoney%20and%20the%20%E2%80%98Appearance%20of%20Corruption%E2%80%99%E2%80%9D&description=" moz-do-not-send="true" target="1" title="http://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http://electionlawblog.org/?p=35720&title=“Money and the ‘Appearance of Corruption’”&description=">Posted in campaign finance(http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10) | Comments Off 
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> > > >   “New Arizona election plea (UPDATE)”(http://electionlawblog.org/?p=35717)  Posted on Rick Hasen(http://electionlawblog.org/?p=35717" moz-do-not-send="true" rel="bookmark" target="1" title="http://electionlawblog.org/?p=35717">June 14, 2012 8:19 am by  
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> > > > 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%3A%2F%2Felectionlawblog.org%2F%3Fp%3D35717&title=%E2%80%9CNew%20Arizona%20election%20plea%20%28UPDATE%29%E2%80%9D&description=" moz-do-not-send="true" target="1" title="http://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http://electionlawblog.org/?p=35717&title=“New Arizona election plea (UPDATE)”&description=">Posted in election administration(http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18) | Comments Off 
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> > > >   Pipe Dream Dept.(http://electionlawblog.org/?p=35713)  Posted on Rick Hasen(http://electionlawblog.org/?p=35713" moz-do-not-send="true" rel="bookmark" target="1" title="http://electionlawblog.org/?p=35713">June 14, 2012 8:00 am by  
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> > > > “After one nuclear winter of an election, rich partisans could agree to mutual disarmament.”
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> > > > –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).
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> > > > 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%3A%2F%2Felectionlawblog.org%2F%3Fp%3D35713&title=Pipe%20Dream%20Dept.&description=" moz-do-not-send="true" target="1" title="http://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http://electionlawblog.org/?p=35713&title=Pipe Dream Dept.&description=">Posted in campaign finance(http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10) | Comments Off 
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> > > >   “Aetna Hides $7 Million in Political Spending”(http://electionlawblog.org/?p=35710)  Posted on Rick Hasen(http://electionlawblog.org/?p=35710" moz-do-not-send="true" rel="bookmark" target="1" title="http://electionlawblog.org/?p=35710">June 14, 2012 7:58 am by  
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> > > > 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%3A%2F%2Felectionlawblog.org%2F%3Fp%3D35710&title=%E2%80%9CAetna%20Hides%20%247%20Million%20in%20Political%20Spending%E2%80%9D&description=" moz-do-not-send="true" target="1" title="http://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http://electionlawblog.org/?p=35710&title=“Aetna Hides $7 Million in Political Spending”&description=">Posted in campaign finance(http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10) | Comments Off 
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> > > >   An Inside Look at the Most Dysfunctional Appellate Court in the U.S.(http://electionlawblog.org/?p=35707)  Posted on Rick Hasen(http://electionlawblog.org/?p=35707" moz-do-not-send="true" rel="bookmark" target="1" title="http://electionlawblog.org/?p=35707">June 14, 2012 7:55 am by  
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> > > > 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%3A%2F%2Felectionlawblog.org%2F%3Fp%3D35707&title=An%20Inside%20Look%20at%20the%20Most%20Dysfunctional%20Appellate%20Court%20in%20the%20U.S.&description=" moz-do-not-send="true" target="1" title="http://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http://electionlawblog.org/?p=35707&title=An Inside Look at the Most Dysfunctional Appellate Court in the U.S.&description=">Posted in ethics investigations(http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=42), judicial elections(http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=19) | Comments Off 
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> > > >   “The Money Crisis: How Citizens United Undermines Our Elections and the Supreme Court”(http://electionlawblog.org/?p=35704)  Posted on Rick Hasen(http://electionlawblog.org/?p=35704" moz-do-not-send="true" rel="bookmark" target="1" title="http://electionlawblog.org/?p=35704">June 14, 2012 7:50 am by  
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> > > > Russ Feingold has written this piece (http://www.stanfordlawreview.org/online/money-crisis)for the Stanford Law Review Online.
> > > >   (http://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http%3A%2F%2Felectionlawblog.org%2F%3Fp%3D35704&title=%E2%80%9CThe%20Money%20Crisis%3A%20How%20Citizens%20United%20Undermines%20Our%20Elections%20and%20the%20Supreme%20Court%E2%80%9D&description=" moz-do-not-send="true" target="1" title="http://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http://electionlawblog.org/?p=35704&title=“The Money Crisis: How Citizens United Undermines Our Elections and the Supreme Court”&description=">Posted in campaign finance(http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10) | Comments Off 
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> > > >   “Alaska Native Group Suing Division of Elections”(http://electionlawblog.org/?p=35701)  Posted on Rick Hasen(http://electionlawblog.org/?p=35701" moz-do-not-send="true" rel="bookmark" target="1" title="http://electionlawblog.org/?p=35701">June 14, 2012 7:42 am by  
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> > > > 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%3A%2F%2Felectionlawblog.org%2F%3Fp%3D35701&title=%E2%80%9CAlaska%20Native%20Group%20Suing%20Division%20of%20Elections%E2%80%9D&description=" moz-do-not-send="true" target="1" title="http://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http://electionlawblog.org/?p=35701&title=“Alaska Native Group Suing Division of Elections”&description=">Posted in Voting Rights Act(http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=15) | Comments Off 
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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 Rick Hasen(http://electionlawblog.org/?p=35698" moz-do-not-send="true" rel="bookmark" target="1" title="http://electionlawblog.org/?p=35698">June 14, 2012 7:39 am by  
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> > > > 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%3A%2F%2Felectionlawblog.org%2F%3Fp%3D35698&title=%E2%80%9CTop%20Two%20in%20California%20Primaries%2C%20June%202012%3A%20By%20the%20Numbers%3A%20High%20Rates%20of%20Invalid%20Ballots%3B%20Perverse%20Outcomes%3B%20Major%20Parties%20Dominate%E2%80%9D&description=" moz-do-not-send="true" target="1" title="http://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http://electionlawblog.org/?p=35698&title=“Top Two in California Primaries, June 2012: By the Numbers: High Rates of Invalid Ballots; Perverse Outcomes; Major Parties Dominate”&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 
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> > > >   “Ex-prosecutor George Holding defends John Edwards case”(http://electionlawblog.org/?p=35696)  Posted on Rick Hasen(http://electionlawblog.org/?p=35696" moz-do-not-send="true" rel="bookmark" target="1" title="http://electionlawblog.org/?p=35696">June 14, 2012 7:37 am by  
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> > > > 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%3A%2F%2Felectionlawblog.org%2F%3Fp%3D35696&title=%E2%80%9CEx-prosecutor%20George%20Holding%20defends%20John%20Edwards%20case%E2%80%9D&description=" moz-do-not-send="true" target="1" title="http://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http://electionlawblog.org/?p=35696&title=“Ex-prosecutor George Holding defends John Edwards case”&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 
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> > > >   “Ex-lawmaker lobbyists more likely to put leftover campaign money to political use”(http://electionlawblog.org/?p=35694)  Posted on Rick Hasen(http://electionlawblog.org/?p=35694" moz-do-not-send="true" rel="bookmark" target="1" title="http://electionlawblog.org/?p=35694">June 14, 2012 7:36 am by  
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> > > > 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).
> > > >   (http://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http%3A%2F%2Felectionlawblog.org%2F%3Fp%3D35694&title=%E2%80%9CEx-lawmaker%20lobbyists%20more%20likely%20to%20put%20leftover%20campaign%20money%20to%20political%20use%E2%80%9D&description=" moz-do-not-send="true" target="1" title="http://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http://electionlawblog.org/?p=35694&title=“Ex-lawmaker lobbyists more likely to put leftover campaign money to political use”&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 
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> > > >   “No New Trial for John Edwards”(http://electionlawblog.org/?p=35691)  Posted on Rick Hasen(http://electionlawblog.org/?p=35691" moz-do-not-send="true" rel="bookmark" target="1" title="http://electionlawblog.org/?p=35691">June 14, 2012 7:32 am by  
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> > > > 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%3A%2F%2Felectionlawblog.org%2F%3Fp%3D35691&title=%E2%80%9CNo%20New%20Trial%20for%20John%20Edwards%E2%80%9D&description=" moz-do-not-send="true" target="1" title="http://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http://electionlawblog.org/?p=35691&title=“No New Trial for John Edwards”&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 
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> > > >   “Beltway Bundlers Have Mitt Romney Sitting Pretty”(http://electionlawblog.org/?p=35689)  Posted on Rick Hasen(http://electionlawblog.org/?p=35689" moz-do-not-send="true" rel="bookmark" target="1" title="http://electionlawblog.org/?p=35689">June 14, 2012 7:31 am by  
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> > > > 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%3A%2F%2Felectionlawblog.org%2F%3Fp%3D35689&title=%E2%80%9CBeltway%20Bundlers%20Have%20Mitt%20Romney%20Sitting%20Pretty%E2%80%9D&description=" moz-do-not-send="true" target="1" title="http://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http://electionlawblog.org/?p=35689&title=“Beltway Bundlers Have Mitt Romney Sitting Pretty”&description=">Posted in campaign finance(http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10) | Comments Off 
> > > > 
> > > >   “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 Rick Hasen(http://electionlawblog.org/?p=35687" moz-do-not-send="true" rel="bookmark" target="1" title="http://electionlawblog.org/?p=35687">June 14, 2012 7:31 am by  
> > > >   
> > > > 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%3A%2F%2Felectionlawblog.org%2F%3Fp%3D35687&title=%E2%80%9CThe%20Anti-ALEC%20alliance%3A%20Group%20at%20heart%20of%20anti-conservative%20crusade%20is%20shadowy%20organization%20funded%20by%20leftwing%20millionaires%20and%20billionaires%E2%80%9D&description=" moz-do-not-send="true" target="1" title="http://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http://electionlawblog.org/?p=35687&title=“The Anti-ALEC alliance: Group at heart of anti-conservative crusade is shadowy organization funded by leftwing millionaires and billionaires”&description=">Posted in Uncategorized(http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=1) | Comments Off 
> > > > 
> > > >   “The Missing Right To Vote; What we’d get from amending the Constitution to guarantee it.”(http://electionlawblog.org/?p=35685)  Posted on Rick Hasen(http://electionlawblog.org/?p=35685" moz-do-not-send="true" rel="bookmark" target="1" title="http://electionlawblog.org/?p=35685">June 14, 2012 7:29 am by  
> > > >   
> > > > 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%3A%2F%2Felectionlawblog.org%2F%3Fp%3D35685&title=%E2%80%9CThe%20Missing%20Right%20To%20Vote%3B%20What%20we%E2%80%99d%20get%20from%20amending%20the%20Constitution%20to%20guarantee%20it.%E2%80%9D&description=" moz-do-not-send="true" target="1" title="http://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http://electionlawblog.org/?p=35685&title=“The Missing Right To Vote; What we’d get from amending the Constitution to guarantee it.”&description=">Posted in voting(http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=31) | Comments Off 
> > > > 
> > > >   “Campaign Aid Is Now Surging Into 8 Figures”(http://electionlawblog.org/?p=35683)  Posted on Rick Hasen(http://electionlawblog.org/?p=35683" moz-do-not-send="true" rel="bookmark" target="1" title="http://electionlawblog.org/?p=35683">June 14, 2012 7:27 am by  
> > > >   
> > > > 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%3A%2F%2Felectionlawblog.org%2F%3Fp%3D35683&title=%E2%80%9CCampaign%20Aid%20Is%20Now%20Surging%20Into%208%20Figures%E2%80%9D&description=" moz-do-not-send="true" target="1" title="http://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http://electionlawblog.org/?p=35683&title=“Campaign Aid Is Now Surging Into 8 Figures”&description=">Posted in campaign finance(http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10) | Comments Off 
> > > > 
> > > >   “Corporate Cash in State Elections Gets U.S. High Court Scrutiny”(http://electionlawblog.org/?p=35681)  Posted on Rick Hasen(http://electionlawblog.org/?p=35681" moz-do-not-send="true" rel="bookmark" target="1" title="http://electionlawblog.org/?p=35681">June 14, 2012 7:25 am by  
> > > >   
> > > > 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%3A%2F%2Felectionlawblog.org%2F%3Fp%3D35681&title=%E2%80%9CCorporate%20Cash%20in%20State%20Elections%20Gets%20U.S.%20High%20Court%20Scrutiny%E2%80%9D&description=" moz-do-not-send="true" target="1" title="http://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http://electionlawblog.org/?p=35681&title=“Corporate Cash in State Elections Gets U.S. High Court Scrutiny”&description=">Posted in campaign finance(http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10) | Comments Off 
> > > > 
> > > >   “Fla. Gov. Rick Scott Defends Noncitizen Voter Purges”(http://electionlawblog.org/?p=35678)  Posted on Rick Hasen(http://electionlawblog.org/?p=35678" moz-do-not-send="true" rel="bookmark" target="1" title="http://electionlawblog.org/?p=35678">June 13, 2012 1:29 pm by  
> > > >   
> > > > 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%3A%2F%2Felectionlawblog.org%2F%3Fp%3D35678&title=%E2%80%9CFla.%20Gov.%20Rick%20Scott%20Defends%20Noncitizen%20Voter%20Purges%E2%80%9D&description=" moz-do-not-send="true" target="1" title="http://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http://electionlawblog.org/?p=35678&title=“Fla. Gov. Rick Scott Defends Noncitizen Voter Purges”&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 Rick Hasen(http://electionlawblog.org/?p=35675" moz-do-not-send="true" rel="bookmark" target="1" title="http://electionlawblog.org/?p=35675">June 13, 2012 1:15 pm by  
> > > >   
> > > > 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%3A%2F%2Felectionlawblog.org%2F%3Fp%3D35675&title=%E2%80%9CJustice%20Department%20Is%20Dropping%20Case%20Against%20Edwards%E2%80%9D&description=" moz-do-not-send="true" target="1" title="http://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http://electionlawblog.org/?p=35675&title=“Justice Department Is Dropping Case Against Edwards”&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 
> > > > 
> > > >   “Angus King pledges to discourage super PAC money if his opponents do the same”(http://electionlawblog.org/?p=35673)  Posted on Rick Hasen(http://electionlawblog.org/?p=35673" moz-do-not-send="true" rel="bookmark" target="1" title="http://electionlawblog.org/?p=35673">June 13, 2012 1:14 pm by  
> > > >   
> > > > 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.
> > > >   (http://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http%3A%2F%2Felectionlawblog.org%2F%3Fp%3D35673&title=%E2%80%9CAngus%20King%20pledges%20to%20discourage%20super%20PAC%20money%20if%20his%20opponents%20do%20the%20same%E2%80%9D&description=" moz-do-not-send="true" target="1" title="http://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http://electionlawblog.org/?p=35673&title=“Angus King pledges to discourage super PAC money if his opponents do the same”&description=">Posted in campaign finance(http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10) | Comments Off 
> > > > 
> > > >   “New Wine Into Old Bottles: Adapting Text Messaging Proposal to 1970’s Era Rules Gains FEC Approval”(http://electionlawblog.org/?p=35671)  Posted on Rick Hasen(http://electionlawblog.org/?p=35671" moz-do-not-send="true" rel="bookmark" target="1" title="http://electionlawblog.org/?p=35671">June 13, 2012 1:13 pm by  
> > > >   
> > > > 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%3A%2F%2Felectionlawblog.org%2F%3Fp%3D35671&title=%E2%80%9CNew%20Wine%20Into%20Old%20Bottles%3A%20Adapting%20Text%20Messaging%20Proposal%20to%201970%E2%80%99s%20Era%20Rules%20Gains%20FEC%20Approval%E2%80%9D&description=" moz-do-not-send="true" target="1" title="http://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http://electionlawblog.org/?p=35671&title=“New Wine Into Old Bottles: Adapting Text Messaging Proposal to 1970’s Era Rules Gains FEC Approval”&description=">Posted in campaign finance(http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10) | Comments Off 
> > > > 
> > > >   “Gingrich: Elections ‘rigged’ for the rich”(http://electionlawblog.org/?p=35668)  Posted on Rick Hasen(http://electionlawblog.org/?p=35668" moz-do-not-send="true" rel="bookmark" target="1" title="http://electionlawblog.org/?p=35668">June 13, 2012 1:08 pm by  
> > > >   
> > > > 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%3A%2F%2Felectionlawblog.org%2F%3Fp%3D35668&title=%E2%80%9CGingrich%3A%20Elections%20%E2%80%98rigged%E2%80%99%20for%20the%20rich%E2%80%9D&description=" moz-do-not-send="true" target="1" title="http://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http://electionlawblog.org/?p=35668&title=“Gingrich: Elections ‘rigged’ for the rich”&description=">Posted in campaign finance(http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10) | Comments Off 
> > > > 
> > > >   “Dice Roll Decides Election in Texas Town”(http://electionlawblog.org/?p=35666)  Posted on Rick Hasen(http://electionlawblog.org/?p=35666" moz-do-not-send="true" rel="bookmark" target="1" title="http://electionlawblog.org/?p=35666">June 13, 2012 1:07 pm by  
> > > >   
> > > > ABC News reports(http://news.yahoo.com/dice-roll-decides-election-texas-town-165130275.html).
> > > >   (http://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http%3A%2F%2Felectionlawblog.org%2F%3Fp%3D35666&title=%E2%80%9CDice%20Roll%20Decides%20Election%20in%20Texas%20Town%E2%80%9D&description=" moz-do-not-send="true" target="1" title="http://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http://electionlawblog.org/?p=35666&title=“Dice Roll Decides Election in Texas Town”&description=">Posted in Uncategorized(http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=1) | Comments Off 
> > > > 
> > > >   Larry Tribe Calls for Constitutional Amendment to Overturn Citizens United(http://electionlawblog.org/?p=35662)  Posted on Rick Hasen(http://electionlawblog.org/?p=35662" moz-do-not-send="true" rel="bookmark" target="1" title="http://electionlawblog.org/?p=35662">June 13, 2012 11:49 am by  
> > > >   
> > > > 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%3A%2F%2Felectionlawblog.org%2F%3Fp%3D35662&title=Larry%20Tribe%20Calls%20for%20Constitutional%20Amendment%20to%20Overturn%20Citizens%20United&description=" moz-do-not-send="true" target="1" title="http://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http://electionlawblog.org/?p=35662&title=Larry Tribe Calls for Constitutional Amendment to Overturn Citizens United&description=">Posted in campaign finance(http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10), Supreme Court(http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=29) | Comments Off 
> > > > 
> > > >   “Ex-Gov. White says state voter laws flawed”(http://electionlawblog.org/?p=35659)  Posted on Rick Hasen(http://electionlawblog.org/?p=35659" moz-do-not-send="true" rel="bookmark" target="1" title="http://electionlawblog.org/?p=35659">June 13, 2012 10:21 am by  
> > > >   
> > > > 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).
> > > >   (http://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http%3A%2F%2Felectionlawblog.org%2F%3Fp%3D35659&title=%E2%80%9CEx-Gov.%20White%20says%20state%20voter%20laws%20flawed%E2%80%9D&description=" moz-do-not-send="true" target="1" title="http://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http://electionlawblog.org/?p=35659&title=“Ex-Gov. White says state voter laws flawed”&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 Rick Hasen(http://electionlawblog.org/?p=35657" moz-do-not-send="true" rel="bookmark" target="1" title="http://electionlawblog.org/?p=35657">June 13, 2012 10:19 am by  
> > > >   
> > > > 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%3A%2F%2Felectionlawblog.org%2F%3Fp%3D35657&title=%E2%80%9CNew%20York%20Deal%20Near%20for%20Simplified%20Ballots%E2%80%9D&description=" moz-do-not-send="true" target="1" title="http://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http://electionlawblog.org/?p=35657&title=“New York Deal Near for Simplified Ballots”&description=">Posted in election administration(http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18) | Comments Off 
> > > > 
> > > >   “Appellate Lawyer of the Week: Anthony Johnstone”(http://electionlawblog.org/?p=35655)  Posted on Rick Hasen(http://electionlawblog.org/?p=35655" moz-do-not-send="true" rel="bookmark" target="1" title="http://electionlawblog.org/?p=35655">June 13, 2012 10:18 am by  
> > > >   
> > > > 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%3A%2F%2Felectionlawblog.org%2F%3Fp%3D35655&title=%E2%80%9CAppellate%20Lawyer%20of%20the%20Week%3A%20Anthony%20Johnstone%E2%80%9D&description=" moz-do-not-send="true" target="1" title="http://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http://electionlawblog.org/?p=35655&title=“Appellate Lawyer of the Week: Anthony Johnstone”&description=">Posted in campaign finance(http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10) | Comments Off 
> > > > 
> > > >   Quote of the Day(http://electionlawblog.org/?p=35652)  Posted on Rick Hasen(http://electionlawblog.org/?p=35652" moz-do-not-send="true" rel="bookmark" target="1" title="http://electionlawblog.org/?p=35652">June 13, 2012 9:41 am by  
> > > >   
> > > > “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%3A%2F%2Felectionlawblog.org%2F%3Fp%3D35652&title=Quote%20of%20the%20Day&description=" moz-do-not-send="true" target="1" title="http://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http://electionlawblog.org/?p=35652&title=Quote of the Day&description=">Posted in Supreme Court(http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=29) | Comments Off 
> > > > 
> > > >  “Sen. Grassley demands re-vote on 9th Circuit judge nomination”(http://electionlawblog.org/?p=35649)  Posted on Rick Hasen(http://electionlawblog.org/?p=35649" moz-do-not-send="true" rel="bookmark" target="1" title="http://electionlawblog.org/?p=35649">June 13, 2012 8:04 am by  
> > > >   
> > > > 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%3A%2F%2Felectionlawblog.org%2F%3Fp%3D35649&title=%E2%80%9CSen.%20Grassley%20demands%20re-vote%20on%209th%20Circuit%20judge%20nomination%E2%80%9D&description=" moz-do-not-send="true" target="1" title="http://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http://electionlawblog.org/?p=35649&title=“Sen. Grassley demands re-vote on 9th Circuit judge nomination”&description=">Posted in Uncategorized(http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=1) | Comments Off 
> > > > 
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