[EL] ELB News and Commentary 11/15/12

Wed Nov 14 21:52:38 PST 2012

    Off to GW <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=44355>

Posted on November 14, 2012 9:51 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=44355> by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

I look forward very much to this symposium Friday 
<http://www.law.gwu.edu/News/2012-2013Events/Pages/2012LawReviewSymposium.aspx>.  
I'll be presenting a bit of new data on election-related litigation, and 
on the first panel reflecting on the 2012 elections (with Bob Bauer, 
Katie Biber, Ken Goldstein, Bill Marshall, and Myrna Perez).  I also 
hope to post on SSRN soon the Essay I'm writing for the GW symposium, 
tentatively titled: "The 2012 Voting Wars and the Resurrection of /Bush 
v. Gore/."

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    "Changing Times" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=44353>

Posted on November 14, 2012 9:48 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=44353> by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Linda Greenhouse reflects 
<http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/11/14/changing-times/> on the 
Shelby County VRA case, DOMA, and more.

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    "A back-of-the-envelope calculation of Florida's capacity to handle
    Election Day turnout without lines"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=44350>

Posted on November 14, 2012 9:43 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=44350> by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Charles Stewart blogs 
<http://electionupdates.caltech.edu/2012/11/14/a-back-of-the-envelope-calculation-of-floridas-capacity-to-handle-election-day-turnout-without-lines/> 
at Election Updates.

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    "Minority voters in Texas still need to be protected"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=44347>

Posted on November 14, 2012 9:41 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=44347> by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

The /Fort Worth Star Telegram /offers this editorial 
<http://www.star-telegram.com/2012/11/14/4414704/minority-voters-in-texas-still.html>.

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    "Is the Voting Rights Act Doomed?"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=44344>

Posted on November 14, 2012 9:34 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=44344> by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Nate Persily writes 
<http://campaignstops.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/11/14/is-the-voting-rights-act-doomed/?hp> 
for NYT's "Campaign Stops" blog.

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    "New Poll: Americans Strongly Support National Standards for Voting"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=44341>

Posted on November 14, 2012 4:13 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=44341> by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

MacArthur Foundation 
<http://www.macfound.org/press/press-releases/new-poll-americans-strongly-support-national-standards-voting/>: 
"Eighty-eight percent of Americans who voted in last week's election 
support establishing national standards for voting, including the hours 
polls are open, who is eligible to vote, and the design of ballots, 
according to a new poll by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur 
Foundation.  Currently, voting rules and procedures differ from one 
community to another, across as many as 10,000 voting jurisdictions, 
although the date of the Presidential election is shared by all. Half of 
those polled are 'strongly supportive' and an additional 38 percent are 
'somewhat supportive; of national standards.  Majorities of Republicans, 
Democrats, and Independents support consistent standards for national 
elections rather than the current approach of rules and procedures that 
can vary greatly from community to community.  The idea is so popular 
that it draws majority support from voters across all races, genders, 
incomes, and geographic regions in the survey."

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    Federal Court in San Antonio Ponders Staying Texas Redistricting
    Case Until SCOTUS Decides Shelby County
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=44337>

Posted on November 14, 2012 2:40 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=44337> by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

See this order. 
<http://electionlawblog.org/wp-content/uploads/Nov.-14-addendum-to-SA-briefing.pdf>

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