[EL] more news 11/8/12
Rick Hasen
rhasen at law.uci.edu
Thu Nov 8 10:31:28 PST 2012
"Once Again, Florida's Voting Doesn't Add Up"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=43866>
Posted on November 8, 2012 10:29 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=43866> by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
NPR reports.
<http://www.npr.org/blogs/itsallpolitics/2012/11/08/164693601/once-again-floridas-voting-doesnt-add-up>
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"Time to Second Guess Super PACs" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=43863>
Posted on November 8, 2012 10:00 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=43863> by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Eliza writes.
<http://www.rollcall.com/news/time_to_second_guess_super_pacs-218871-1.html>
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The Voting Wars Hits The Senate <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=43856>
Posted on November 8, 2012 9:37 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=43856>
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
A reader sent me this picture from a display case in the Russell Senate
office building (my book
<http://www.amazon.com/Voting-Wars-Florida-Election-Meltdown/dp/0300182031/ref=sr_1_cc_2?s=aps&ie=UTF8&qid=1329286945&sr=1-2-catcorr>below):
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"Four House races where outside money may have pushed the needle"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=43853>
Posted on November 8, 2012 8:57 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=43853>
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Sunlight reports.
<http://reporting.sunlightfoundation.com/2012/4-house-races-where-outside-money-may-have-pushed-needle/>
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Third Edition of Hasen, Remedies: Examples and Explanations, On Way
to Printer <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=43850>
Posted on November 8, 2012 8:51 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=43850>
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
The book should hit the bookshelves in mid-December, meaning it will be
available for spring classes.
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How to "Fix That:" What Should the President Do About Long Lines?
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=43847>
Posted on November 8, 2012 7:45 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=43847>
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
I've been thinking how the President might make good on hiselection
night promise <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=43692> to fix the long line
problem (assuming he intends to do anything about it---I've been hearing
for four years that he's going to make proposals to fix the FEC and
campaign finance problems but there's been no leadership from the White
House on that).
I am thinking that a bipartisan commission should be convened to make
recommendations, including draft legislation, to be presented to the
president and Congress. It should have credible Democrats and
Republicans, but beginning with those who acknowledge that long lines
are a problem (not all Republicans will
<http://www.sacbee.com/2012/11/03/4958430/republicans-have-pursued-election.html#storylink=misearch>);
local and state election administrators; legal, political, and public
policy experts; and political people who could actually get something
through Congress. I read somewhere (I cannot remember where or I would
link) that Justice O'Connor would be a good person to head an election
reform commission. I do think that's a good idea. The scope of the
Commission would be narrower than Carter-Ford or Carter-Baker: the
mission would be to deal with the long line problem. But dealing with
the long line problem might take the commission into broader proposals,
such as carrots or sticks to get states to adopt early voting or
extensive mail-in balloting campaigns, centralization of election
databases, requirements for shorter federal ballots if a state like
Florida decides it needs to produce a very lengthy ballot containing
every word of measures virtually no one would read. The commission
would work quickly, producing a report and proposed legislation within
months. This is something that must be done in the off-season. Getting
election reform done close to elections is too tough.
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"Fraud? No, spider delays Massachusetts town's vote count"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=43844>
Posted on November 8, 2012 7:31 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=43844>
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Really.
<http://www.news-leader.com/viewart/20121108/NEWS08/311080072/Fraud-No-spider-delays-Massachusetts-town-s-vote-count>
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"Five Ways to Make Long Election Lines Shorter"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=43842>
Posted on November 8, 2012 7:30 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=43842>
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
WaPo's Wonkblog explores.
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/ezra-klein/wp/2012/11/08/five-ways-to-cut-long-election-lines/>
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"After a Chaotic Election, City Leaders and Watchdogs Call for a
System Overhaul" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=43840>
Posted on November 8, 2012 7:29 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=43840>
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
NYT reports.
<http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/08/nyregion/city-officials-and-watchdogs-urge-overhaul-of-elections.html?emc=eta1&_r=0>
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"Jesse Jackson Jr. in plea deal talks with feds over fund misuse:
sources" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=43838>
Posted on November 8, 2012 7:24 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=43838>
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
The Chicago Sun-Times reports.
<http://www.suntimes.com/16234631-761/sneed-exclusive-jesse-jackson-jr-in-plea-deal-talks-with-feds-sources.html>
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"Effect of 'super PACs' proved to be less than expected"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=43835>
Posted on November 8, 2012 7:19 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=43835>
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
/LA Times/
<http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-outside-money-20121108,0,7884010.story>report.
<http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-outside-money-20121108,0,7884010.story>
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"Minnesota's 'NO' Vote on Voter ID: What It Means"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=43832>
Posted on November 8, 2012 7:16 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=43832>
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
A ChapinBlog.
<http://blog.lib.umn.edu/cspg/electionacademy/2012/11/minnesotas_no_vote_on_voter_id.php>
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Two from TPM on Running Elections <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=43829>
Posted on November 8, 2012 7:13 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=43829>
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Voting Limits Caused Less Chaos this Year than Epic Lines
<http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/11/voting_chaos_long_lines.php>
Poll: Democratic Demographics Faced Significantly Longer Voting Lines
<http://2012.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/11/poll-democratic-demographics-faced-significantly-longer-voting-lines.php>
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"For U.S. Chamber of Commerce, election was a money-loser"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=43827>
Posted on November 8, 2012 7:11 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=43827>
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
WaPo reports.
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/for-chamber-of-commerce-election-was-a-money-loser/2012/11/07/ce32327c-2920-11e2-96b6-8e6a7524553f_story.html>
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"Corporate Politics, Governance, and Value Before and After Citizens
United" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=43825>
Posted on November 8, 2012 7:09 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=43825>
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
John Coates has written this article
<http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1740-1461.2012.01265.x/abstract>in
/The Journal of Empirical Legal Studies/. Here is the abstract:
How did corporate politics, governance, and value relate to each
other in the S&P 500 before and after /Citizens United/? In
regulated and government-dependent industries, politics is nearly
universal, and uncorrelated with shareholder power, agency costs, or
value. However, 11 percent of CEOs in 2000 who retired by 2011
obtained political positions after retiring and, in most industries,
political activity correlates negatively with measures of
shareholder power, positively with signs of agency costs, and
negatively with shareholder value. The politics-value relationship
interacts with capital expenditures, and is stronger in regressions
with firm and time fixed effects, which absorb many omitted
variables. After the shock of /Citizens United/, corporate lobbying
and PAC activity jumped, in both frequency and amount, and firms
politically active in 2008 had lower value in 2010 than other firms,
consistent with politics at least partly causing and not merely
correlating with lower value. Overall, the results are inconsistent
with politics generally serving shareholder interests, and support
proposals to require disclosure of political activity to shareholders.
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"Rove Biggest Super-PAC Loser, Trump Says Waste of Money"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=43822>
Posted on November 8, 2012 7:07 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=43822>
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Bloomberg reports
<http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-11-08/rove-biggest-super-pac-loser-trump-says-waste-of-money.html?alcmpid=politics>.
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"Who Will Take the Reins of Senate Campaign Committees?"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=43820>
Posted on November 8, 2012 7:06 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=43820>
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Roll Call reports. <http://bit.ly/PGkDyd>
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"Washington's State-of-the-Art Voting Information System"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=43817>
Posted on November 8, 2012 7:04 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=43817>
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Pew Data Dispatch.
<http://www.pewstates.org/research/analysis/washingtons-state-of-the-art-voting-information-system-85899428802>
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"Voter ID Laws Renew 'Right to Vote' Appeal"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=43814>
Posted on November 8, 2012 7:01 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=43814>
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Josh Douglas oped
<http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1112/83524.html>in /Politico./
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