[EL] ELB Election Day Update # 4

Tue Nov 6 16:32:57 PST 2012

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    "Thinking about Some Possible Ohio Numbers"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=43663>

Posted on November 6, 2012 4:28 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=43663> 
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Ned Foley blogs 
<http://moritzlaw.osu.edu/electionlaw/comments/index.php?ID=10135>.

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    "Early Voting in Florida 2012? <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=43660>

Posted on November 6, 2012 4:24 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=43660> 
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Updated (and to be updated again) paper by Herron and Smith 
<http://www.dartmouth.edu/%7Eherron/HerronSmithFloridaEarly2012.pdf>. 
  Abstract:

    In this paper we examine early voting patterns in the days preceding
    the 2012 General Election. Drawing on the Florida statewide voter
    registration database (as of October 1, 2012) and 67 county-level
    early voting files made public by the Florida Department of State,
    we disaggregate by party and by racial and ethnic group the 2.4
    million votes cast in person before November 6, 2012. We find that
    early voting was heaviest on the final Saturday of early voting and
    that racial and ethnic minorities, as well as individuals registered
    as Democrats and individuals registered as "No Party Affiliation,"
    were disproportionately more likely than whites and
    Republicans respectively, to cast ballots on both the first Sunday
    and the final Saturday of early voting. We also find that votes cast
    during the very early morning hours of Sunday, November 4,
    in Miami-Dade and Palm Beach Counties---locations that suffered from
    exceedingly long lines on Saturday, November 3---were
    disproportionately cast by black voters. Insofar as the
    longest early voting lines appear to have occurred on the day in
    which minority voter turnout was the greatest, it appears that
    minority voters, and in particular black voters, have borne heavily
    the burden of House Bill 1355, a piece of election-reform
    legislation passed by the Florida state legislature in 2011, which
    among other things reduced the early voting period in Florida
    from 14 to eight days and eliminated early voting on the final
    Sunday before a Tuesday election.

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    "Photo ID ballot question awaits answer"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=43657>

Posted on November 6, 2012 4:19 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=43657> 
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Important Minnesota vote. 
<http://www.startribune.com/politics/statelocal/177543781.html?page=all&prepage=1&c=y#continue>

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    "'Massive Confusion' in Pennsylvania, New Jersey a 'Hot Bed' of
    Problems" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=43654>

Posted on November 6, 2012 3:26 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=43654> 
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Roll Call reports 
<http://atr.rollcall.com/massive-confusion-in-pennsylvania-new-jersey-a-hot-bed-of-problems/>.

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    "Voting Glitches, Partisan Disputes Mar Vote"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=43652>

Posted on November 6, 2012 3:25 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=43652> 
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

WSJ reports. 
<http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204349404578102971041065246.html>

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    "Top Ohio Democrat Warns On Cincinnati Balloting"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=43649>

Posted on November 6, 2012 3:17 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=43649> 
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Buzzfeed: 
<http://www.buzzfeed.com/chrisgeidner/top-ohio-democrat-warns-on-cincinnati-balloting>

    Ohio's state Senate Minority Leader, Democratic Sen. Eric Kearney,
    complained Tuesday that poor voters are being "pushed" to cast
    provisional ballots in inner-city Cincinnati, saying people in the
    traditionally African-American, poor neighborhoods are being
    "pushed" to cast the alternative ballots that won't be counted for
    at least 11 days.

    "People are being pushed to provisional ballots unnecessarily when
    they should be able to vote a regular ballot --- the percentage is
    way up at certain key polling locations," Kearney told BuzzFeed of
    inner-city locations in Cincinnati on Tuesday.

    A spokesman from Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted's office,
    however, said they had not received any complaints regarding the use
    of provisional ballots in Cincinnati.

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    Ari Berman Roundup of Voter Problems in OH, PH, FL
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=43646>

Posted on November 6, 2012 3:08 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=43646> 
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Here. 
<http://www.thenation.com/blog/171073/voter-suppression-election-day-key-swing-states#>

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