[EL] more news 11/13/12

Tue Nov 13 11:29:31 PST 2012

    Voter ID Push in Nevada as a Solution to the State GOP Problems?
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=44214>

Posted on November 13, 2012 11:27 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=44214> by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Apparently so 
<http://ralstonreports.com/blog/clark-county-republicans-will-meet-assess-what-went-wrong-could-take-awhile#.UKKez4VkWlg>.

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    "Groups call for sweeping election changes in Florida"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=44211>

Posted on November 13, 2012 10:40 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=44211> by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

The /Herald Tribune/ reports. 
<http://politics.heraldtribune.com/2012/11/12/groups-call-for-sweeping-election-changes-in-florida/>

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    "Another Massachusetts Special Election?"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=44208>

Posted on November 13, 2012 10:09 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=44208> by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

The Fix explains 
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/wp/2012/11/13/another-massachusetts-special-election/> 
what happens if John Kerry leaves the Senate for a cabinet position.

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    No Surprise: Former Local Election Administrator Opposes
    Nationalization of Congressional Elections
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=44205>

Posted on November 13, 2012 10:04 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=44205> by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Mark Shelden has written this post 
<http://rnla.org/blogs/blogs/public/archive/2012/11/13/beware-the-nationalization-of-voter-registration.aspx>at 
the RNLA Blog responding tomy NYT "Room for Debate" piece 
<http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2012/11/08/does-our-voting-system-need-to-be-fixed/nationalize-oversight-and-control-of-elections>.

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    Florida Step One: Get Rid of Its Secretary of State
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=44202>

Posted on November 13, 2012 9:33 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=44202> by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

As I explain 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>/, 
in 2000, at the time of the Florida debacle, 33 states chose their Chief 
Elections Officers (usually, though not always, called Secretary of 
State) in partisan elections. Katherine Harris, who was Florida's SOS 
during the Bush v. Gore controversy, was not only an elected Republican 
official---she also served as an honorary co-chair of Bush's election 
committee in Florida and spent election night at a Republican Party 
victory party (where the head of the party, Al Cardenas, used her phone 
to call Gov. Bush when things looked like they were going badly for Bush 
in the state).

Florida is the only state since 2000 to have abandoned its elected 
partisan Secretary of State to make things worse: it took the position 
and made it an appointed one in which the Chief Elections Officer serves 
at the pleasure of the governor.  It appears that the last SOS appointed 
by Gov. Scott, Kurt Browning, may have quit because he wasn't willing to 
undertake a controversial voter purge at the last minute to remove 
noncitizens from the rolls.  No problem---the governor just appointed 
someone who should do that.

So step one Florida should take is the following: it should create a new 
position: Chief Election Officer.  It should take away all election 
responsibilities from the Secretary of State, and give considerable 
power and independence to this new CEO.  The CEO should be nominated by 
the governor and subject to a confirmation vote of 75% of both houses of 
the Florida legislature.  This huge supermajority requirement will 
ensure that the choice will be one acceptable as an honest competent 
administrator by both Democrats and Republicans.  If the state is not 
ready to get rid of partisan administrators yet on the local level, it 
should give more power to the new CEO.

It is a good first step to choose someone whose allegiance is to the 
integrity of the political process, and not to a particular party or to 
a particular governor.

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    Trevor Potter on Colbert Carving Up Ham Rove
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=44200>

Posted on November 13, 2012 9:19 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=44200> by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
The Colbert Report <http://www.colbertnation.com> 	Mon -- Thurs 11:30pm 
/ 10:30c
Colbert Super PAC SHH! -- Secret Second 501c4 -- Trevor Potter 
<http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/421160/november-12-2012/colbert-super-pac-shh----secret-second-501c4---trevor-potter> 

www.colbertnation.com <http://www.colbertnation.com/>
Colbert Report Full Episodes 
<http://www.colbertnation.com/full-episodes/> 	Political Humor & Satire 
Blog <http://www.indecisionforever.com/> 	Video Archive 
<http://www.colbertnation.com/video>

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    Election Law Blog Tops 3 Million Page Views
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=44196>

Posted on November 13, 2012 8:33 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=44196> by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

For my dinky little arcane blog, I'm thrilled.  Thanks for 
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