[EL] ELB News and Commentary 6/23-24/12

[Tokaji, Daniel]

“Law Loophole Keeps Other Voters out of Seminole GOP Primary”<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=36133>


Posted on June 24, 2012 6:18 am<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=36133> by Dan Tokaji<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=5>

The Orlando Sentinel has this story<http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/2012-06-23/news/os-elections-seminole-candidate-write-in-20120623_1_write-in-candidates-election-law-loophole-voters-from-other-parties> on a state law that allows all voters to vote in a party’s primary where only that party fields candidates, unless there’s a write-in candidate. It reports that “Republicans and Democrats alike have used the write-in tactic to keep voters from other parties out of their primaries.”

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“For Wealthy Romney Donors, Up Close and Personal Access”<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=36130>
Posted on June 24, 2012 6:06 am<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=36130> by Dan Tokaji<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=5>

The NYT has this report<http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/24/us/politics/for-wealthy-romney-donors-up-close-and-personal-access.html?_r=1&ref=politics>.

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Posted in campaign finance<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>|Comments Off|
“Members of Congress Trade in Companies While Making Laws That Affect Those Same Firms”<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=36042>
Posted on June 24, 2012 5:59 am<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=36042> by Dan Tokaji<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=5>

The Washington Post reports here<http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/members-of-congress-trade-in-companies-while-making-laws-that-affect-those-same-firms/2012/06/23/gJQAlXwVyV_story.html> that: “One-hundred-thirty members of Congress or their families have traded stocks collectively worth hundreds of millions of dollars in companies lobbying on bills that came before their committees, a practice that is permitted under current ethics rules….”

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Posted in conflict of interest laws<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=20>, lobbying<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=28>|Comments Off|
Alaska Challenging Constitutionality of Section 5<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=36120>
Posted on June 23, 2012 12:46 pm<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=36120> by Dan Tokaji<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=5>

Add Alaska to the list of state and local jurisdictions challenging Section 5′s constitutionality. Alaska Public Radio<http://www.alaskapublic.org/2012/06/22/state-challenges-federal-voting-rights-requirement/> and the Alaska Dispatch<http://www.alaskadispatch.com/article/more-alaska-redistricting-litigation-attorney-general-challenges-voting-rights-act-precleara> report on the state’s argument, in defense of a lawsuit<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=35701> challenging its failure to obtain preclearance of the state legislative redistricting plan. A federal district judge had previously denied a motion<http://www.alaskadispatch.com/article/judge-allows-election-proceed-despite-redistricting-concerns> to enjoin preparation for the August 28 primary for failure to obtain preclearance.

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Posted in redistricting<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=6>, Voting Rights Act<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=15>|Comments Off|
New Hampshire Voter ID Developments<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=36116>
Posted on June 23, 2012 12:19 pm<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=36116> by Dan Tokaji<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=5>

The AP<http://www.boston.com/news/local/new_hampshire/articles/2012/06/23/nh_legislature_to_return_to_deal_with_vetoes/>, MSNBC<http://leanforward.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/06/22/12356528-nh-governor-calls-voter-id-bill-too-restrictive-vetoes-it?lite>, and the Nation<http://www.thenation.com/blog/168544/voter-id-standoff-threatens-new-hampshires-proud-turnout-record> report on possible next steps on proposed voter ID legislation, a version of which (SB 289) was vetoed by Gov. John Lynch<http://www.governor.nh.gov/media/news/2012/062112-veto-sb289.htm> this week because he thought it too restrictive.

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“Do Democrats Have a Shot at the House?”<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=36113>
Posted on June 23, 2012 12:06 pm<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=36113> by Dan Tokaji<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=5>

Nate Silver analyzes the question in this post<http://fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/06/23/do-democrats-have-a-shot-at-the-house/>, which considers the impact of redistricting and independent expenditures.

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Posted in campaign finance<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>, redistricting<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=6>|Comments Off|
McConnell v. Washington Post on Campaign Finance<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=36108>
Posted on June 23, 2012 11:57 am<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=36108> by Dan Tokaji<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=5>

The Hill reports here<http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/234399-gop-leader-fires-back-at-newspaper-over-first-amendment-protections> on Senator McConnell’s response to criticism from WaPo’s Fred Hiatt and Ruth Marcus, asserting that the Senator had been inconsistent in his positions on disclosure and independent expenditures.

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Posted in campaign finance<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>|Comments Off|
I See Dead People (on the Voting Rolls)<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=36105>
Posted on June 23, 2012 11:47 am<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=36105> by Dan Tokaji<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=5>

In Maryland<http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2012-06-22/news/bs-md-election-group-20120622_1_id-laws-government-issued-photo-voter-fraud> . . . the Voting Wars<http://www.amazon.com/The-Voting-Wars-Election-Meltdown/dp/0300182031> continue.

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Posted in The Voting Wars<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=60>, voter registration<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=37>|Comments Off|
“With Elections Awash in Cash, There’s Plenty of Blame to Go Around”<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=36101>
Posted on June 23, 2012 11:42 am<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=36101> by Dan Tokaji<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=5>

The NYT has this story<http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/23/us/politics/with-elections-awash-in-cash-looking-for-culprits.html> on CU, Super PACs, and the demise of federal public financing.

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Opp. Cert. Briefs in Washington State Grange II<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=36097>
Posted on June 23, 2012 11:35 am<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=36097> by Dan Tokaji<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=5>

Richard Winger has links to the briefs and commentary here<http://www.ballot-access.org/2012/06/23/washington-state-and-washington-grange-ask-u-s-supreme-court-not-to-hear-top-two-open-primary-case/>.

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Posted in political parties<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=25>, third parties<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=47>|Comments Off|
“Mitt Romney’s Hidden Campaign Cash”<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=36094>
Posted on June 22, 2012 6:46 pm<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=36094> by Dan Tokaji<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=5>

>From The Fix<http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/post/mitt-romneys-hidden-campaign-cash/2012/06/22/gJQAzrcBvV_blog.html> at WaPo: “Mitt Romney is quickly closing the cash gap on President Obama. But as of right now, we don’t know exactly how close it is.”

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“IRS Questionnaire on 501(c)(4) Advocacy, Other Politically Active Exempts on the Way”<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=36090>
Posted on June 22, 2012 6:42 pm<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=36090> by Dan Tokaji<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=5>

BNA reports here<http://news.bna.com/mpdm/MPDMWB/split_display.adp?fedfid=27140330&vname=mpebulallissues&jd=a0d3g9e9k4&split=0> that the IRS “plans to ask social welfare organizations, labor unions, and trade associations a number of questions about their activities and compliance with annual filing requirements in an upcoming questionnaire.”

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