[EL] ELB News and Commentary 11/14/12
Rick Hasen
rhasen at law.uci.edu
Wed Nov 14 08:48:24 PST 2012
<http://electionlawblog.org/>
"Ballot Count Goes on in Arizona" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=44301>
Posted on November 14, 2012 8:45 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=44301> by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
/Arizona Republic/:
<http://www.azcentral.com/news/politics/articles/20121113arizona-ballot-count-goes-on.html>"Arizona
election workers have plowed through half of the 600,000-plus ballots
uncounted on Election Day, resolving several of the state's
too-close-to-call races. But the highest-profile one --- for the
southern Arizona congressional district once represented by former U.S.
Rep. Gabrielle Giffords --- remains so tight that the candidates went to
court Tuesday morning to dispute a handful of provisional votes."
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"Limiting the Ill Effects of Citizens United"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=44298>
Posted on November 14, 2012 8:33 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=44298> by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Erwin Chemerinsky has written this oped <http://t.co/aOSV0Wpw> for the
/Daily Journal./
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"Campaign Finance Reformers Get Back To Work After Record Election
Spending" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=44295>
Posted on November 14, 2012 8:17 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=44295> by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
HuffPo reports.
<http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/13/campaign-finance-reform_n_2122811.html>
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"Secret donation hindered campaigns, GOP advisors say; The $11
million from an Arizona group opposing Prop. 30 and supporting Prop.
32 'was a significant distraction,' one official says."
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=44291>
Posted on November 14, 2012 8:14 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=44291> by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
The LA Times reports.
<http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-secret-donors-20121113-1,0,6812260.story>
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"Goldfeder's Election Arcana" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=44288>
Posted on November 14, 2012 8:04 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=44288> by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
This item
<http://www.crainsnewyork.com/article/20121028/POLITICS/310289986>appears in
/Crain's New York Business./
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"Letting Shareholders Know How Their Money Is Spent"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=44285>
Posted on November 14, 2012 8:02 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=44285> by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Lucian Bebchuk has writtenthis piece
<http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2012/11/14/letting-shareholders-know-how-their-money-is-spent/>
for NYT's DealBook.
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"Why the Voting Rights Act Likely Won't Survive Supreme Court
Review" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=44282>
Posted on November 14, 2012 7:55 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=44282> by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Brentin Mock writes
<http://www.thenation.com/blog/171241/why-voting-rights-act-likely-wont-survive-supreme-court-review#>
for /The Nation./
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Are Calls for National Election Administration "a Distraction?"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=44280>
Posted on November 14, 2012 7:54 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=44280> by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
That's Doug Chapin's argument,
<http://blog.lib.umn.edu/cspg/electionacademy/2012/11/nationalization_of_election_ad.php>
in response to my 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>
and the arguments I make 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>
As I've been telling the press, I'm under no illusions that national
election administration is on the horizon any time soon. Indeed, I've
written that it will take a meltdown worse than Florida 2000 to get us
there. And in fact I have called for a blue ribbon bipartisan
commission <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=43847> to focus solely on the
question of how to alleviate the long lines problem: this is a doable
goal, with an easy to measure metric in the next election to judge
success. But getting Congress to successfully tackle this problem and
to show a successful national role in fixing the problems would be a
good first step.
But I won't back off my long-run argument: we should join other mature
democracies in having national, professional nonpartisan election
administration: uniform rules, uniform ballot, universal voter
registration and national voter i.d.
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Quote of the Day <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=44277>
Posted on November 13, 2012 9:27 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=44277> by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
"The Court also notes, with grave misgivings, that [Ohio Secretary of
State Jon Husted] changed an election rule on a Friday evening for an
election scheduled for the following Tuesday, after repeatedly
asserting, to both this Court and the Sixth Circuit, that he could not
comply with injunctive relief ordered by this Court because he lacked
sufficient time prior to the election. The surreptitious manner in which
the Secretary went about implementing this last minute change to the
election rules casts serious doubt on his protestations of good faith.
Thus, in addition to the Plaintiffs' successful legal arguments, the
equitable doctrine of judicial estoppel is grounds for denying the
relief sought by the Secretary and granting that sought by Plaintiffs."
---Federal District Judge Algenon Marbley, intoday's provisional ballot
ruling <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=44256>.
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Florida As Election Disaster Area: Exhibit 1000
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=44273>
Posted on November 13, 2012 9:15 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=44273> by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
WSVN:
<http://www.wsvn.com/news/articles/politics/21009052826783/almost-1k-ballots-found-in-broward-elections-warehouse/>"Nearly
a thousand ballots that were not included in Florida's final count have
been found in a warehouse in Broward County."
Don't worry. Election officials tell us this is "routine" in Broward.
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"Friends in Congress Have Helped Drug Compounders Avoid Tighter
Rules" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=44270>
Posted on November 13, 2012 8:42 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=44270> by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
NYT:
<http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/14/health/niche-drugmakers-get-help-on-capitol-hill.html?ref=politics>"Despite
two decades of dire health warnings and threats of federal intervention,
the specialty drugmakers at the center of the nation's deadly meningitis
<http://health.nytimes.com/health/guides/disease/meningitis/overview.html?inline=nyt-classifier>
outbreak have repeatedly staved off tougher federal oversight with the
help of powerful allies in Congress."
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"Agreement in ballot dispute in Barber-McSally race"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=44267>
Posted on November 13, 2012 8:10 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=44267> by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Arizona Republic:
<http://www.azcentral.com/news/politics/articles/20121113arizona-congress-race-mcsally-barber-vote-ballot-dispute.html?nclick_check=1>"Disputed
ballots in the contentious southern Arizona congressional race between
Democratic U.S. Rep. Ron Barber and GOP opponent Martha McSally will be
added to the final tally, attorneys agreed Tuesday. But the votes will
be set aside, so they are not lost among the rest of the ballots, in
case attorneys decide to challenge them later."
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"Romney Co-Chair: Voter ID Would Have Won Us Wisconsin"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=44264>
Posted on November 13, 2012 8:07 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=44264> by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
TPM reports
<http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/11/romney_wisconsin_voter_id.php>.
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"West asks court to order full recount of early votes in St. Lucie
County" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=44261>
Posted on November 13, 2012 8:06 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=44261> by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
The latest
<http://www.postonpolitics.com/2012/11/west-asks-court-to-order-full-recount-of-early-votes-in-st-lucie-county/>
from Florida.
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"Who Is At Risk Over 'I Voted' Promos?"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=44259>
Posted on November 13, 2012 8:04 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=44259> by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Roll Call reports
<http://www.rollcall.com/news/who_is_at_risk_over_i_voted_promos-219127-1.html?pg=1>.
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"Judge Rules in Favor of NEOCH Plaintiffs in Ohio Provisional Ballot
Case" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=44256>
Posted on November 13, 2012 7:59 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=44256> by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Moritz: "/*Nov. 13 (6:45 PM) -*/ U.S. District Judge Algenon Marbley
today issued an opinion and order
<http://moritzlaw.osu.edu/electionlaw/litigation/documents/1113order.pdf> granting
a motion by the plaintiffs in NEOCH v. Husted
<http://moritzlaw.osu.edu/electionlaw/litigation/NEOCHv.Blackwell.php>.
Judge Marbley agreed with the plaintiffs' argument that a directive
issued by Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted violated an April 2010
consent decree. The state has already filed a notice of appeal
<http://moritzlaw.osu.edu/electionlaw/litigation/documents/1113NofA.pdf>."
A spokesperson for SOS Hustedtold BuzzFeed
<http://www.buzzfeed.com/chrisgeidner/federal-judge-rules-against-last-minute-ohio-ballo>
that Husted is appealing because the ruling, if allowed to stand, would
"allow potentially fraudulent votes to be counted."
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"FEATURE: ATP Legal Counsel Jim Brown on how he believes the group
is following the law" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=44252>
Posted on November 13, 2012 7:54 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=44252> by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
American Tradition Partnership talks
<http://mtprnews.wordpress.com/2012/11/13/feature-atp-legal-counsel-jim-brown-on-how-he-believes-the-group-is-following-the-law/>
to Montana public radio.
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"Voting Problems Renew Efforts to Overhaul System"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=44250>
Posted on November 13, 2012 7:52 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=44250> by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
/Roll Call /reports
<http://www.rollcall.com/news/voting_problems_renew_efforts_to_overhaul_system-219131-1.html?pg=1>.
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"The Court's Slight Rewrite in the Voting Rights Case"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=44247>
Posted on November 13, 2012 3:20 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=44247> by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Tony Mauro
<http://www.law.com/jsp/nlj/PubArticleSCI.jsp?id=1202578216205&slreturn=20121013175555>
on the addition of the 14th Amendment to /Shelby County./
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Eric Erickson: Election Truthers Not Welcome at RedState
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=44244>
Posted on November 13, 2012 2:49 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=44244> by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Erickson
<http://www.redstate.com/2012/11/13/is-it-time-to-roll-up-the-welcome-mat-here/>:
"Barack Obama won. He won by turning out the most people in a well run
campaign. In other words, he won fair and square. Instances of voter
fraud should be taken seriously and we urge their investigation. But any
instances of voter fraud would not have altered the ultimate outcome of
this election."
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"Arizona Republicans Sue To Block Ballots In Latino Precinct"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=44241>
Posted on November 13, 2012 2:24 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=44241> by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
TPM reports.
<http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/11/barber_mcsally_latino_precinct_ballots.php>
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"Roberts' Iffy Support for Voting Rights:" Revisiting My 2005 LA
TImes Oped <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=44238>
Posted on November 13, 2012 1:56 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=44238> by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
In light of the Supreme Court's decision to consider the
constitutionality of section 5 of the Voting Rights Act this term, I
thought it might be useful to reproduce my August 3, 2005 Los Angeles
Times oped, which for some reason is not available on the newspaper's
website. [UPDATE: It looks like it is now available here
<http://t.co/mvjpieRT>.] It is below.
Roberts' iffy support for voting rights
By Richard L. Hasen
At the beginning of the 1980s, African American voters made up about
one-third of the electorate of Mobile, Ala. Studies showed clearly that
these black voters preferred different candidates than white voters, but
the nature of the electoral system in the city --- in whichcandidates
for city commissioner were elected by majority vote throughout the
entire city --meant that the candidates backed by blacks were never
elected. The two-thirds of the electorate that was white always outvoted
the one-third that was black.
African American civil rights organizations sued, claiming that the
at-large voting system unconstitutionally "diluted" their votes. But the
U.S. Supreme Court disagreed, holding that Mobile's election system did
not violate the 14th or 15th Amendments because there was no evidence it
had been designed with the intent of discriminating against minority
voters. In response, the civil rights community pushed to have Section 2
of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 amended to allow such a "vote dilution"
claim to go forward without proof of discriminatory intent. It would be
enough to show that election laws such as Mobile's had a discriminatory
effect.
In the Reagan administration at that time was a 27-year-old lawyer named
John Roberts. As a special assistant to Atty. Gen. William French Smith,
Roberts was a major force behind the administration's efforts to oppose
the new Section 2, according to newly released papers. He drafted Op-Ed
articles, questions and answers for senators and documents aimed at
defeating the new Section 2.
In these documents, Roberts wrote that the new Section 2 would
"establish a quota system" and "provide a basis for the most intrusive
interference imaginable by federal courts into state and local
processes." He added that it "would be difficult to conceive of a more
drastic alteration of local government affairs." Imposing the new
Section 2 nationwide, he concluded, would be "not only constitutionally
suspect, but also contrary to the most fundamental [tenets] of the
legislative process on which the laws of this country are based."
One could perhaps argue that Roberts' writings did not reflect his
personal views and weresi mply the arguments of a zealous advocate for a
client. But the papers I have seen suggest otherwise.
During the Senate debates, for instance, Roberts wrote that the attorney
general had to "get something out somewhere soon" [original emphasis]
explaining the administration's position because the "frequent writings
in this area by our adversaries have gone unanswered for too long." He
called on the administration to take an "aggressive stance" against the
changes to Section 2. When it was over and Section 2 had been amended,
Roberts wrote that "we were burned."
None of these statements absolutely proves that Roberts is hostile to
expansive voting rights legislation, but as he wrote in his talking
points for the attorney general, circumstantial evidence (rather than a
"smoking gun") should be enough to prove intent.
How many fewer minority legislators would be in office in Congress and
in state and local legislatures if Roberts' position had prevailed in
1982? It is hard to say. But this is not just about the past; Roberts'
view of voting rights may also have an effect on the future. Portions of
the act (though not Section 2) are set to expire in 2007, and Congress
is expected to reauthorize them in some form. The most important
provision up for renewal, Section 5, requires jurisdictions with a
history of racial discrimination --- for instance, many cities and
counties in the South --- to get "preclearance" from the Department of
Justice before making any changes in voting procedures. The Justice
Department grants preclearance only when the jurisdiction shows that the
changes have neither a discriminatory purpose nor effect.
When Congress reauthorizes Section 5, will the Supreme Court uphold it
against charges that it tramples states' rights? Some worry the court
may not.
Justice Sandra Day O'Connor's votes in these federalism cases have been
pivotal, and her vote in 2004 to uphold a provision of the Americans
with Disabilities Act had given those in the civil rights community
grounds to be optimistic that a renewed Voting Rights Act could pass
constitutional muster.
Roberts' writings, on the other hand, show much more skepticism of
congressional power, particularly on voting rights. Because Roberts
viewed the "effects" language in Section 2 as an "intrusive
interference" that is a "drastic alteration" of American government and
"constitutionally suspect," why would he look charitably on a renewed
Section 5?
I would not count on him to uphold it.
Credit: Richard L. Hasen teaches election law at Loyola Law School, Los
Angeles. The documents he referred to are posted on his website,
electionlawblog.org.
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"Ohio Supreme Court: New rules sought for justices' campaigns"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=44235>
Posted on November 13, 2012 1:34 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=44235> by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
/Columbus Dispatch/
<http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2012/11/13/new-rules-sought-for-justices-campaigns.html>:
"Following an election that left many scratching their heads as to why a
pair of incumbent Ohio Supreme Court justices were ousted, some are
asking whether the campaign and election process should be modified."
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"Legal scholarship highlight: Activism and the Roberts Court"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=44232>
Posted on November 13, 2012 1:02 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=44232> by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Don't miss this post
<http://www.scotusblog.com/2012/11/legal-scholarship-highlight-activism-and-the-roberts-court/>from
Lee Epstein and Andrew Martin about their new scholarship
<http://epstein.usc.edu/research/RobertsActivism.html> on Supreme Court
justices and their willingness to strike down laws with which they
ideologically disagree.
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"UPDATE: McSally seeks restraining order to knock out ballots"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=44229>
Posted on November 13, 2012 12:42 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=44229> by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Fight <http://www.svherald.com/content/news/2012/11/13/339854> over
provisional ballots in Cochise County, AZ.
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"FairVote's Unique Methodology Shows That 52% of Voters Wanted a
Democratic House" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=44226>
Posted on November 13, 2012 12:27 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=44226> by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
See here.
<http://www.fairvote.org/fairvote-s-unique-methodology-shows-that-52-of-voters-wanted-a-democratic-house#.UKKs9IVkWlh>
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"Voter Registration Problems---and Solutions"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=44224>
Posted on November 13, 2012 12:25 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=44224> by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
A Pew Data Dispatch
<http://www.pewstates.org/research/analysis/voter-registration-problemsand-solutions-85899429971>.
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Interpreting Initiatives <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=44222>
Posted on November 13, 2012 12:24 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=44222> by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Michael Gilbert has posted this draft
<http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2174585>on SSRN
(Minnesota Law Review). Here is the abstract:
Judges claim to resolve ambiguities in initiatives by identifying
and giving force to "voter intent," but scholars reject that on the
ground that such intent does not exist. This paper argues otherwise.
We can understand the search for voter intent to be a search for the
majoritarian interpretation. The interpretation preferred by the
median voter has special claim to being majoritarian. Hence my
central claim: judges select from plausible interpretations of an
initiative the one favored by the median voter. The claim is both
positive and normative. I hypothesize that judges do decide this
way, in part because of electoral incentives, and I provide reasons
to think they should decide this way.
The analysis generates a number of insights. Voter intent, unlike
legislative intent, can be conceptualized concretely and identified.
Judges who seek the majoritarian interpretation of an initiative
must consider the views of all voters, including those who voted
against it. In some circumstances, judges who interpret initiatives
in light of their career prospects can be understood to act
legalistically. Finally, the same electoral accountability that can
lead state judges to interpret initiatives in majoritarian fashion
has a downside: it can make their constitutional review of
initiatives too deferential.
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"The Red Shirt Conspiracy Redux" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=44220>
Posted on November 13, 2012 12:22 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=44220> by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Republican poll watchers wear red shirts to get kicked out of Philly
polling places? Strange allegation
<http://floggingbabel.blogspot.com/2012/11/the-red-shirt-conspiracy-redux.html>.
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"Lawmakers Against Campaign Finance Reform May Have New Foe"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=44217>
Posted on November 13, 2012 12:19 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=44217> by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Bloomberg
<http://go.bloomberg.com/political-capital/2012-11-13/lawmakers-against-campaign-finance-reform-may-have-new-foe/>:
"A new coalition, including former Federal Election Commission Chairman
Trevor Potter, Republican lobbyist-turned-convicted felon Jack Abramoff,
Theodore Roosevelt IV, and representatives of both Occupy Wall Street
and the Tea Party have launched a campaign
<http://anticorruptionact.org/> to push Congress to overhaul campaign
finance laws."
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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"
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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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