[EL] ELB News and Commentary 11/27/12

Tue Nov 27 08:49:23 PST 2012

    "When 'Super PACs' Become Lobbyists"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=44771>

Posted on November 27, 2012 8:38 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=44771> by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

NYT editorial. 
<http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/27/opinion/when-super-pacs-become-lobbyists.html?src=recg>

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    "Illinois Sets Election Dates to Replace Jackson in House"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=44768>

Posted on November 27, 2012 8:36 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=44768> by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

NYT reports 
<http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/27/us/politics/illinois-sets-election-to-replace-jesse-l-jackson-jr.html?ref=politics>.

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    "Ethics Panel to Scrutinize Congressman From S.I."
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=44765>

Posted on November 27, 2012 8:34 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=44765> by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

NYT reports. 
<http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/27/nyregion/ethics-panel-eying-finances-of-representative-michael-g-grimm.html?ref=politics&_r=0>

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    "Tea Party Crowd's Answer for Why Romney Lost? Voter Fraud!"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=44762>

Posted on November 27, 2012 8:32 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=44762> by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Brentin Mock writes 
<http://colorlines.com/archives/2012/11/tea_party_groups_looking_forward_to_continuing_challenging_voting_rights.html>.

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    "Idaho lawmaker shares 'last chance' idea to elect Romney"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=44759>

Posted on November 27, 2012 8:20 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=44759> by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Idaho Statesman 
<http://www.idahostatesman.com/2012/11/27/2360565/lawmaker-shares-last-chance-idea.html>: 
"A state senator from north-central Idaho is touting a scheme that's 
been circulating on tea party blogs, calling for states that supported 
Mitt Romney to refuse to participate in the Electoral College in a move 
backers believe would change the election result."

Constitutional Accountability Center: 
<http://theusconstitution.org/text-history/1701/constitutional-plan-installing-romney-president-oh-wait-nevermind> 
"A Constitutional Plan for Installing Romney as President? Oh, wait. 
Nevermind."

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    "Groups call on Newby to recuse himself in redistricting dispute"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=44756>

Posted on November 27, 2012 8:10 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=44756> by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

NC Policy Watch 
<http://www.ncpolicywatch.com/2012/11/21/groups-call-on-newby-to-recuse-himself-in-redistricting-dispute/>: 
"n papers filed today, the North Carolina NAACP and other state groups 
and individuals suing to overturn redistricting plans approved by the 
legislature in 2010 asked Supreme Court Justice Paul Newby to remove 
himself from the case, saying that the millions of dollars kicked in to 
support his reelection by conservatives with an interest in seeing those 
maps upheld by the court have undermined public perception of his 
impartiality. Click here to view the entire Motion for Recusal 
<https://dl.dropbox.com/u/49063581/Motion%20for%20Recusal%20of%20Justice%20Newby/Plaintiff-Appellees%27%20File-Stamped%20Motion%20for%20Recusal%20of%20Justice%20Paul%20Newby.pdf>."

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    "Carpenter, Primo, Tendetnik and Ho: Campaign Finance Disclosure Has
    Costs" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=44754>

Posted on November 27, 2012 8:08 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=44754> by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

See this /Roll Call /oped. 
<http://www.rollcall.com/news/carpenter_primo_tendetnik_and_ho_campaign_finance_disclosure_has_costs-219370-1.html?pos=oopih/>

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    "A Call to Justice Souter" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=44751>

Posted on November 27, 2012 8:06 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=44751> by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Gray Fitzgerald has written this oped: 
<http://www.sentinelsource.com/opinion/columnists/guest/a-call-to-justice-david-souter/article_e6a07267-eaaf-564e-b58c-fc66fcd4243c.html> 
"Given the above Justice Souter, I ask you be the guiding force leading 
us toward the adoption of a constitutional amendment that would reverse 
the Citizen's United ruling."

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    "Vote Centers, Long Lines, and Provisional Ballots in Galveston
    County, Texas" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=44748>

Posted on November 27, 2012 8:03 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=44748> by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

A Pew data dispatch. 
<http://www.pewstates.org/research/analysis/vote-centers-long-lines-and-provisional-ballots-in-galveston-county-texas-85899432525>

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    "Universities Should Demand Corporate Political Spending
    Transparency" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=44745>

Posted on November 27, 2012 8:00 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=44745> by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Terra Lawson-Remer has written this blog post 
<http://www.huffingtonpost.com/terra-lawsonremer/universities-should-deman_b_2178851.html>.

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    "Editorial: Still counting votes 3 weeks later?"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=44742>

Posted on November 27, 2012 7:55 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=44742> by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

/USA Today/ offers this editorial. 
<http://usatoday.com/story/opinion/2012/11/26/counting-votes-voting-system/1728529/>

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    Candidate for CA Secretary of State Wants to Explore Internet Voting
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=44739>

Posted on November 26, 2012 8:41 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=44739> by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

LA Times 
<http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/california-politics/2012/11/sen-leland-yee-to-run-for-california-secretary-of-state-.html>:

    As secretary of state, I want to expand on this success and explore
    the possibility of one day not just registering online, but in fact
    voting online," [State Sen. Leland] Yee said in a statement. "If we
    can safely pay our bills via the Internet and board an airplane with
    a smartphone, we should be able to securely and easily vote
    electronically as well."

I explain in Chapter 6 of 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> 
why such thinking is misguided and dangerous.

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    "Resolving Election Error: The Dynamic Assessment of Materiality"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=44736>

Posted on November 26, 2012 7:49 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=44736> by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

The final version of Justin Levitt's important article 
<http://wmlawreview.org/files/8-Levitt.pdf> is now available at the 
/William and Mary Law Review./

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    "When Schapiro Steps Down, SEC Should Step Up on Political Spending
    Disclosure" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=44733>

Posted on November 26, 2012 7:39 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=44733> by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

U.S. PIRG has issued this press release 
<http://www.uspirg.org/news/usp/when-schapiro-steps-down-sec-should-step-political-spending-disclosure>.

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    "Why Florida Really Changed Its Voting Rules"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=44730>

Posted on November 26, 2012 2:03 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=44730> by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

David Firestone writes 
<http://takingnote.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/11/26/why-florida-really-changed-its-voting-rules/?hp>for 
NYT's "Taking Note" blog.

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    "CLE Program: Citizens United? Evaluating the 2012 Presidential
    Election In A 'Super PAC' World, TUESDAY, December 4, 2012?
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=44726>

Posted on November 26, 2012 1:45 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=44726> by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

The following announcement arrived via email:

*/Citizens United? Evaluating The 2012 Presidential Election In A "Super 
PAC" World/*

Join us to evaluate the first Presidential Election since the Supreme 
Court's decision in /Citizens United/.  How did /Citizens United/, and 
other related cases, affect the campaign finance landscape during the 
2012 election? Panelists will examine corporate political activity in 
2012, including the rise Super PACs, hybrid PACs, and 501(c)(4) 
organizations, and discuss the shareholder litigation and other investor 
actions undertaken in response to /Citizens United/.

Panelists will include free speech advocates, proponents of regulation, 
and election law practitioners to debate the campaign finance lessons 
from the 2012 election.

*Tuesday, December 4, 2012, 5:00 -- 6:30 p.m.*

*American Bar Association*

*740 15^th St**., NW**, John Marshall Conference Room*

**

**

*Speakers*

§ *Jason Abel*, Allen & Overy LLP, former counsel to Sen. Schumer

§ *Allen Dickerson, *Center for Competitive Politics

§ *Benjamin Ginsberg*, Patton Boggs, Counsel to Romney for President 
(tentative)

§ *Robert Lenhard*, Covington & Burling LLP, former FEC Chairman

§ *Larry Norton*, Venable LLP, former FEC General Counsel

§ *Don Simon*, Sonosky Chambers LLP, Counsel to Democracy 21

*Moderator* § *Claire Rajan*, Co-Chair, IRR First Amendment Rights 
Committee; Allen & Overy LLP**

Registration info. 
<http://www.americanbar.org/content/dam/aba/administrative/individual_rights/citizens_united.pdf>

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    Election Law Blog Named Again to ABA Journal's Top 100 Law Blogs
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=44723>

Posted on November 26, 2012 1:36 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=44723> by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

You can find the list here. 
<http://www.abajournal.com/magazine/article/6th_annual_blawg_100/>

If you are so inclined, you can vote for ELB in the "Niche" category 
<http://www.abajournal.com/blawg100>.

Election law a niche? Really?  Not everyone is obsessed with it?

Thanks /ABA Journal/!

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    Must-Read Adam Liptak Sidebar on Federal Judges, Party, and Ideology
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=44720>

Posted on November 26, 2012 12:24 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=44720> by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Here 
<http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/27/us/judges-rulings-follow-partisan-lines.html?hp>.

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