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[Rick Hasen]

The president did put forward the names of proposed Democratic 
commissioners, but Republicans have not come forward with names.

On 11/1/12 9:35 AM, Smith, Brad wrote:
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> "Must-read Roll Call report on the U.S. Election Assistance 
> Commission, the federal agency which is supposed to be advising on 
> best practices in running elections, and would be a go-to place for 
> guidance in the wake of Sandy, but which has all four of its 
> commissioner seats vacant *thanks to Republican opposition to the 
> agency*."
>
> Well, it's not exactly like the President has nominated people who are 
> waiting to be confirmed, or made recess appointments, which he seems 
> to be willing to do even when the House and Senate have not declared 
> themselves in recess.  Perhaps we should say "thanks to bipartisan 
> lack of interest."
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> *From:*law-election-bounces at department-lists.uci.edu 
> [mailto:law-election-bounces at department-lists.uci.edu] *On Behalf Of 
> *Rick Hasen
> *Sent:* Thursday, November 01, 2012 12:22 PM
> *To:* law-election at UCI.edu
> *Subject:* [EL] ELB News and Commentary 11/1/12
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>
>     "The Phantom Commission" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=42934>
>
> Posted on October 31, 2012 9:12 pm 
> <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=42934> by Rick Hasen 
> <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>
> Must-read Roll Call report 
> <http://www.rollcall.com/issues/58_33/Agency-Formed-to-Restore-Confidence-in-Elections-Is-in-Disarray-218616-1.html> 
> on the U.S. Election Assistance Commission, the federal agency which 
> is supposed to be advising on best practices in running elections, and 
> would be a go-to place for guidance in the wake of Sandy, but which 
> has /all four of its commissioner seats/ vacant thanks to Republican 
> opposition to the agency.
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Rick Hasen
Chancellor's Professor of Law and Political Science
UC Irvine School of Law
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Irvine, CA 92697-8000
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