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

Sat Nov 10 19:07:06 PST 2012

    "Democratic Super PACs Trim Conservative Advantage In Congressional
    Races" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=44057>

Posted on November 10, 2012 7:05 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=44057> by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Paul Blumenthal reports 
<http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/10/democratic-super-pacs-red_n_2104668.html?utm_hp_ref=mostpopular> 
for HuffPo.

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    Remember I Said There Would Be Election Truthers?
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=44054>

Posted on November 10, 2012 6:59 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=44054> by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

I made the prediction here. 
<http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/politics/2012/10/will_republicans_accept_if_barack_obama_defeats_mitt_romney_.html>  
Check out this 
<http://www.examiner.com/article/citing-voter-fraud-petition-at-white-house-web-site-demands-recount-of-election> 
and this <http://obamavoterfraud.blogspot.com/>.

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    "A Landslide Loss for Big Money" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=44051>

Posted on November 10, 2012 6:54 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=44051> by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

NYT editorial. 
<http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/11/opinion/sunday/a-landslide-loss-for-big-money.html?ref=politics>

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    "Montana school superintendent race headed for recount"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=44048>

Posted on November 10, 2012 6:45 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=44048> by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Provisional ballots 
<http://missoulian.com/news/local/montana-school-superintendent-race-headed-for-recount/article_571c0130-2ab1-11e2-b66d-001a4bcf887a.html> 
greatly exceed margin between candidates.

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    "Private consultants see huge election profits"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=44045>

Posted on November 10, 2012 6:38 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=44045> by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

WaPo reports. 
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/decision2012/private-consultants-see-huge-election-profits/2012/11/10/edaab580-29d8-11e2-96b6-8e6a7524553f_story.html>

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    "Karl Rove and His Super PAC Vow to Press On"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=44042>

Posted on November 10, 2012 6:33 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=44042> by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

WaPo reports. 
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/karl-rove-and-his-super-pac-vow-to-press-on/2012/11/10/19ed28ea-2a96-11e2-b4e0-346287b7e56c_story.html>

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    More Stories on Shelby County VRA Cert Grant
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=44040>

Posted on November 10, 2012 6:31 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=44040> by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Howard links here <http://howappealing.law.com/111012.html#047815> and 
here <http://howappealing.law.com/111012.html#047812>.

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    "Votes in six House races still being counted, seventh will see
    runoff" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=44036>

Posted on November 10, 2012 6:26 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=44036> by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

CNN reports 
<http://www.cnn.com/2012/11/10/politics/unresolved-house-races/index.html?npt=NP1>.

See alsoFla. vote beyond recount range; West won't concede 
<http://www.krqe.com/dpp/onpolitix/barack_obama/Fla-vote-beyond-recount-range-West-wont-concede_86914946>.

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    Florida <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=44034>

Posted on November 10, 2012 6:25 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=44034> by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

NYT: 
<http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/11/us/politics/florida-to-address-delays-as-it-confirms-obama-victory.html>"The 
state is consumed by finger-pointing and finger-wagging as election 
officials, lawmakers and voters try to make sense of what went wrong on 
Election Day and during early voting. A record number of Florida voters 
--- 8.4 million, or 70 percent of those registered --- cast ballots. Of 
those, 2.1 million people voted early, and 2.4 million sent absentee 
ballots."

CNN 
<http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2012/11/10/florida-governor-requests-orders-voting-process-review/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+rss%2Fcnn_politicalticker+%28Blog%3A+Political+Ticker%29>: 
"Gov. Rick Scott of Florida on Saturday said he requested a review of 
his state's voting processes with a particular emphasis on areas where 
voters waited four hours or longer to cast their ballots. ... But last 
cycle, the state allowed two weeks of early voting, which was shortened 
this year to eight days. Election boards were permitted to schedule as 
little as 48 hours of early voting."

Miami Herald: 
<http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/11/09/3089783/florida-elections-chief-we-could.html>"Gov. 
Rick Scott on Friday defended the state's handling of the election, 
while his elections chief said the state bears some responsibility for 
long voting lines and late vote counts."

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    "Arizona: Reid Adds Voice to Arizona Ballot Counting Frustrations"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=44031>

Posted on November 10, 2012 6:14 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=44031> by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Roll Call 
<http://atr.rollcall.com/arizona-reid-adds-voice-to-arizona-ballot-counting-frustrations/>: 
"But the outstanding ballot sum is much greater than the margin between 
Flake and Carmona. At least one smart state Democrat is not completely 
ruling out an upset when the votes are finally tallied. Arizona's 2nd is 
the House race with the most uncertainty. As of this writing, retired 
Air Force Col. Martha McSally was barely leading Democratic Rep. Ron 
Barber. Sources from both parties strongly warn that any lead until 
after the weekend is tenuous. Expect more see-sawing."

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    "Time to Federalize U.S. Voting?" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=44028>

Posted on November 10, 2012 6:12 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=44028> by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Here's a CNN interview 
<http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/politics/2012/11/10/nr-hasen-federalize.cnn> 
with me from today about /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>./

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    Cert Petition Filed in Danielczyk Case, Challenging Corporate
    Contribution Ban to Federal Candidates
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=44024>

Posted on November 9, 2012 8:58 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=44024> 
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Bloomberg BNA 
<http://news.bna.com/mpdm/MPDMWB/split_display.adp?fedfid=28587435&vname=mpebulallissues&jd=a0d5f8j1j1&split=0>: 
"The Supreme Court is being asked in a newly filed petition to overturn 
the century-old ban on corporate campaign contributions to federal 
candidates. The request for Supreme Court review came Nov. 8 in a 
long-running case involving Virginia businessman William Danielczyk, who 
faces criminal charges of violating campaign finance laws by funneling 
corporate contributions to the 2008 presidential campaign of Hillary 
Clinton (Danielczyk v. U.S., U.S. 12-579, cert. petition filed 11/8/12). 
In a 35-page petition for certiorari, lawyers for Danielczyk and his 
business partner, Eugene Biagi, asked the court to re-examine the 
fundamental distinction between campaign contributions and independent 
campaign expenditures, which has been a hallmark of campaign finance law 
since the Supreme Court's 1976 decision in Buckley v. Valeo."

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    Two on NJ Email Voting Problems <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=44020>

Posted on November 9, 2012 8:54 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=44020> 
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

New Jersey email votes shouldn't be counted yet, experts say 
<http://www.nextgov.com/cybersecurity/2012/11/new-jersey-email-votes-shouldnt-be-counted-yet-experts-say/59321/>

and

Election takeaway: Emergencies aren't the time for experimenting 
<http://www.nextgov.com/cybersecurity/2012/11/election-takeaway-emergencies-arent-time-experimenting/59336/>

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    Maddow Show Talks Election Reform, VRA Cert. Grant
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=44017>

Posted on November 9, 2012 8:45 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=44017> 
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

And she quotes ELB. Interview with Debo Adegbile

Watch:

Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news <http://www.nbcnews.com>, world news 
<http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032507>, and news about the economy 
<http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032072>

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    VRA Story Roundup <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=44014>

Posted on November 9, 2012 4:59 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=44014> 
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Howard <http://howappealing.law.com/110912.html#047807> has a more 
extensive roundup now.

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