[EL] ELB News and Commentary 11/9/12

Fri Nov 9 08:54:55 PST 2012

    Republicans to Give Up Voter Fraud Crusade?
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=43943>

Posted on November 9, 2012 8:50 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=43943> 
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Cleta Mitchell 
<http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2012/11/08/does-our-voting-system-need-to-be-fixed/give-partisanship-a-rest-and-address-real-issues>, 
writing in today's NYT "Room for Debate on a Better Way to Vote, 
<http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2012/11/08/does-our-voting-system-need-to-be-fixed?hp>" 
writes: "First, we partisans should declare a truce. What if we held our 
noses and declared together that Republicans really are /not/ trying to 
suppress votes and Democrats are really /not/ promoting illegal voting 
and fraud. What might we accomplish together if we quit calling each 
other names and turned our attention to the challenges facing our 
electoral systems? The problems are not partisan in nature and can be 
addressed by working together now, when no election is imminent."  This 
follows a post on the Republican National Lawyers Association blog 
calling for greater civility <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=43733> 
during elections.  (Mitchell is president of the RNLA.)

As I argued in /The Voting Wars 
<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>/<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>and 
as Jane Mayer showed in her recent /New Yorker/ piece, 
<http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2012/10/29/121029fa_fact_mayer>the 
claim that voter fraud is rampant and requires methods to make it harder 
to register and vote moved from the fringes to mainstream Republican 
thought in recent years thanks to the work of the fraudulent fraud 
squad: Hans von Spakovsky, Thor Hearne, John Fund, and now others like 
J. Christian Adams and True the Vote.  As recently as this year, as 
Mayer noted, "Reince Priebus, the chairman of the Republican National 
Committee, wrote, 'Election fraud is a real and persistent threat to our 
electoral system." He accused Democrats of "standing up for potential 
fraud---presumably because ending it would disenfranchise at least two 
of its core constituencies: the deceased and double-voters.'"

I see Mitchell's comments as a step away from this hyperbole, and we 
will see next if the RNLA's factually misleading and inaccurate map of 
"voter fraud" disappears from their website.  It is also interesting 
that Mitchell's proposed solutions are all about cleaning up rolls and 
free speech about fraud, and not about making sure all eligible voters 
can cast a ballot without facing hardships like hours in line to vote.

Look, there's lots of room to compromise.  Mitchell is exactly right 
that we need to clean up the voter rolls, and Democrats should 
acknowledge that this is not only necessary but important to do right in 
the off season. But there's a lot more to be done to insure that all 
eligible voters, but only eligible voters, can easily cast a vote which 
will be fairly and accurately counted.

The proof will be in actions of the Republicans, and I'll be watching 
the rhetoric from the RNLA and others very closely. It may be that they 
realize that this stance is not only wrong but counter-productive.

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    "And the Winner Is....Election Lawyers"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=43940>

Posted on November 9, 2012 8:24 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=43940> 
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

The /American Lawyer/ reports. 
<http://www.americanlawyer.com/digestTAL.jsp?id=1202577538177&slreturn=20121009112400>

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    Where Others See a Broken Election System....
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=43937>

Posted on November 9, 2012 8:20 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=43937> 
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Chapin 
<http://blog.lib.umn.edu/cspg/electionacademy/2012/11/success.php> takes 
out time to praise those who worked hard and did a good job running the 
election.

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    "Peter Schrag: Californians pay high price for initiative process"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=43935>

Posted on November 9, 2012 8:19 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=43935> 
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

SacBee column. 
<http://www.sacbee.com/2012/11/09/4972245/californians-pay-high-price-for.html#mi_rss=Opinion>

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    "The SEC is Now Actively Considering the Rulemaking Petition on
    Corporate Political Spending" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=43932>

Posted on November 9, 2012 8:06 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=43932> 
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

See here 
<http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/corpgov/2012/11/09/the-sec-is-now-actively-considering-the-rulemaking-petition-on-corporate-political-spending/>.

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    "Get What You Pay For? Not Always"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=43930>

Posted on November 9, 2012 8:05 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=43930> 
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

NYT: 
<http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/07/business/pitfalls-of-spending-on-politics.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0>" 
The most expensive election campaign in American history is over. 
Executives across America can now begin to assess what their companies 
will get in return for the roughly $2 billion spent by business 
interests <http://www.opensecrets.org/overview/blio.php>."

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    About that Andrew Cohen Piece About Husted
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=43927>

Posted on November 9, 2012 8:02 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=43927> 
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Yesterday I flagged a piece <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=43906> by 
Andrew Cohen about a court hearing related to the latest provisional 
ballot dispute in Ohio.  I called it a must-read, but I've now heard 
from a reader whom I greatly respect that there's another side to this 
story, and that there's a lot of nuance left out of this.  So caveat 
emptor and I hope to blog more about this at some point.

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    "Ethics in Play, Voters Oust Incumbents Under Scrutiny"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=43923>

Posted on November 9, 2012 7:51 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=43923> 
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

NYT reports 
<http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/09/us/politics/voters-oust-lawmakers-accused-of-ethics-violations.html>.

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    "Republicans 'Test' For Voting Fraud, Wind Up In Custody"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=43921>

Posted on November 9, 2012 7:50 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=43921> 
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

TPM 
<http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/11/republicans_voter_fraud_tests.php>: 
"Two Republicans in separate states were taken into police custody 
during the past week for allegedly attempting to test how easy it would 
be to commit voter fraud. In Nevada, 56-year-old Roxanne Rubin, a 
Republican, was arrested 
<http://www.lvrj.com/news/investigator-believes-woman-was-testing-the-system-by-trying-to-vote-twice-177356061.html> 
on Nov. 2 for allegedly trying to vote twice, the Las Vegas 
Review-Journal reported. The newspaper quoted a report by an 
investigator with the Nevada Secretary of State's Office that said Rubin 
'was unhappy with the process; specifically in that her identification 
was not checked'"

Seems like most of the voter fraud these days is caused by people trying 
to prove that there's a voter fraud problem.

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    "Karl Rove: Obama 'succeeded by suppressing the vote'"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=43917>

Posted on November 9, 2012 7:44 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=43917> 
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

WaPo reports. 
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/election-2012/wp/2012/11/08/karl-rove-obama-succeeded-by-suppressing-the-vote/>

Tom Edsall, hardly a Rove ally, made a similar point back 
<http://campaignstops.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/07/23/the-politics-of-anything-goes/> 
in July.

It is worth pointing out, though (as Dan Eggen did in a twee 
<https://twitter.com/DanEggenWPost/status/266641293818601472>t 
yesterday), that Rove's groups ran more negative ads than the Obama 
campaign, and so would be just as guilty of this kind of "suppression."

To be clear, I would not call any of this "suppression."

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    "Just How Bad Was Citizens United For Business?"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=43915>

Posted on November 9, 2012 7:41 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=43915> 
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

The /American Prospect /reports. 
<http://prospect.org/article/just-how-bad-was-citizens-united-business>

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    "We Need to Fix That" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=43912>

Posted on November 9, 2012 7:34 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=43912> 
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

A HuffPost Live conversation 
<http://live.huffingtonpost.com/r/segment/509a75482b8c2a65e700033e> 
hosted by Jacob Soboroff with Barbara Arnwine, Dan Froomkin, Edward 
Foley, and representatives from Brennan Center and Project Vote.

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    "2012 Election Turnout Dips Below 2008 and 2004 Levels: Number Of
    Eligible Voters Increases By Eight Million, Five Million Fewer Votes
    Cast" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=43910>

Posted on November 9, 2012 7:32 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=43910> 
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

See this release 
<http://bipartisanpolicy.org/news/press-releases/2012/11/2012-election-turnout-dips-below-2008-and-2004-levels-number-eligible-vo> 
from the Bipartisan Policy Center.

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    "Federal Judge on Ohio's Ballot Order: 'Democracy Dies in the Dark'"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=43906>

Posted on November 8, 2012 3:37 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=43906> 
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

If you read one election law-related piece today, read this 
<http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2012/11/federal-judge-on-ohios-ballot-order-democracy-dies-in-the-dark/264983/> 
from Andrew Cohen.

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    PPIC Assesses California Election Reforms in Light of Tuesday's
    Results <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=43903>

Posted on November 8, 2012 3:27 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=43903> 
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Here. <http://www.ppic.org/main/publication_show.asp?i=1039>

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    No One in Romney Camp Saw Loss Coming
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=43899>

Posted on November 8, 2012 3:24 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=43899> 
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

See here. 
<http://politicalwire.com/archives/2012/11/08/romney_shellshocked_at_loss.html>

It does give me pause about their risk assessment abilities. Each side 
had to see that a loss was a real possibility, especially given the 
post-Sandy polling.

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    "A Better Way to Vote" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=43895>

Posted on November 8, 2012 3:05 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=43895> 
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

New /NYT /"Room for Debate:Loading

A Better Way to Vote 
<http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2012/11/08/does-our-voting-system-need-to-be-fixed>

Is our voting system fine as it is, or are there ways to make it more 
reliable and inclusive? Read More » 
<http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2012/11/08/does-our-voting-system-need-to-be-fixed>

        Debaters

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          Nationalize Oversight and Control
          <http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2012/11/08/does-our-voting-system-need-to-be-fixed/nationalize-oversight-and-control-of-elections>

    Richard L. Hasen Richard L. Hasen, Election Law Blog

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          Local Officials Must Remain in Control
          <http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2012/11/08/does-our-voting-system-need-to-be-fixed/local-officials-must-remain-in-control-of-elections>

    R. Doug Lewis R. Doug Lewis, National Association of Election Officials

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          Let Common Sense Overcome Partisanship
          <http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2012/11/08/does-our-voting-system-need-to-be-fixed/let-common-sense-overcome-partisanship-in-the-voting-system>

    Lawrence Norden Lawrence Norden, Brennan Center for Justice

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          Everyday Solutions to a Regular Problem
          <http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2012/11/08/does-our-voting-system-need-to-be-fixed/everyday-solutions-to-a-regular-problem-in-voting>

    Basil Smikle Basil Smikle, political strategist

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          The Web Can Inform Voters and Speed Them Up
          <http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2012/11/08/does-our-voting-system-need-to-be-fixed/the-web-can-inform-voters-and-speed-them-up>

    Ester Fuchs Ester Fuchs, Columbia University

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          Early Voting Is a Crucial Fix, but It's Not Flawless
          <http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2012/11/08/does-our-voting-system-need-to-be-fixed/early-voting-is-a-crucial-fix-but-its-not-flawless>

    Paul Gronke Paul Gronke, Early Voting Information Center

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          Better Technology Is Needed, With a Backup
          <http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2012/11/08/does-our-voting-system-need-to-be-fixed/better-election-technology-is-needed-with-a-backup>

    Joseph Lorenzo Hall Joseph Lorenzo Hall, Center for Democracy and
    Technology

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    "Alaska Native Voters Defend the Constitutionality of the Voting
    Rights Act" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=43891>

Posted on November 8, 2012 2:06 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=43891> 
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

See this press release 
<http://electionlawblog.org/wp-content/uploads/Alaska-v-Holder.Press-Release.pdf>.

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    "Obama Said 'Fix That,' But Will He?"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=43888>

Posted on November 8, 2012 2:04 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=43888> 
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Jacob Soboroff blogs. 
<http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jacob-soboroff/obama-election-reform_b_2094365.html>

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    "Election system needs an overhaul, but it's not that easy"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=43885>

Posted on November 8, 2012 2:01 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=43885> 
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Reuters reports. 
<http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/politics/sns-rt-us-usa-campaign-votingbre8a71f8-20121108,0,2550015.story>

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    First Time Voter in Miami, Last in Line, Votes After Midnight
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=43882>

Posted on November 8, 2012 12:34 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=43882> by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Story here 
<http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/11/07/3086725/after-hours-of-waiting-last-voters.html>.

So who says the election went pretty smoothly?  This is true in only 
parts of the country, and not the parts that would matter if we had a 
very close election going into overtime.

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    "Mitt Romney Campaign: We Lost Florida To Obama In Presidential
    Election" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=43879>

Posted on November 8, 2012 12:28 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=43879> by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

There goes 
<http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/08/mitt-romney-florida-election-results_n_2094513.html?ncid=edlinkusaolp00000003> 
my perfect electoral college prediction 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=43150>.

Kind of amazing Obama won with how close it was that the new 
difficulties put in front of voters in that state.

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    "Husted: Hold off until next year to change election rules"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=43877>

Posted on November 8, 2012 12:25 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=43877> by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

NBC reports. <http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/49748388#.UJwU6oXrOlg>

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    "Montana Voters' Verdict: Supreme Court Was Wrong"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=43874>

Posted on November 8, 2012 12:00 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=43874> by Rick Hasen 
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Jess Bravin 
<http://blogs.wsj.com/law/2012/11/08/montana-voters-verdict-supreme-court-was-wrong/>at 
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    The Election That Was <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=43871>

Posted on November 8, 2012 11:59 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=43871> by Rick Hasen 
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Electionline <http://www.electionline.org/index.php/electionline-weekly> 
looks back over Election 2012.

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    "How the GOP's War on Voting Backfired"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=43868>

Posted on November 8, 2012 11:55 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=43868> by Rick Hasen 
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Interesting Ari Berman piece 
<http://www.thenation.com/blog/171146/gops-failed-voter-suppression-strategy#> 
in /The Nation./

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