[EL] ELB News and Commentary 11/29/12
Rick Hasen
rhasen at law.uci.edu
Thu Nov 29 08:21:57 PST 2012
"Gessler: Campaign finance laws fail"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=44877>
Posted on November 29, 2012 8:18 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=44877> by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Durango Herald:
<http://www.durangoherald.com/article/20121128/NEWS01/121129580/article/20121128/NEWS01/121129580/Gessler:-Campaign-finance-laws-fail-->
"Colorado's efforts at campaign-finance reform have been a failure,
Secretary of State Scott Gessler told an academic panel on money in
politics Wednesday."
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"Husted illegally tossing provisional ballots, Dems say"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=44874>
Posted on November 29, 2012 8:15 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=44874> by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Columbus Dispatch
<http://dispatchpolitics.dispatch.com/content/blogs/the-daily-briefing/2012/11/28-november-2012---dems-on-prov-ballots.html>:
"With two Ohio House races hanging in the balance, Democratic lawmakers
threatened a lawsuit today over provisional ballots they contend are
improperly being thrown out at the direction of GOP Secretary of State
Jon Husted."
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Posted in election administration <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18>,
provisional ballots <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=67>, The Voting
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"The Science Behind Those Obama Campaign E-Mails"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=44870>
Posted on November 29, 2012 8:07 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=44870> by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Bloomberg Businessweek reports.
<http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2012-11-29/the-science-behind-those-obama-campaign-e-mails>
It quickly became clear that a casual tone was usually most
effective. "The subject lines that worked best were things you might
see in your in-box from other people," Fallsgraff says. " 'Hey' was
probably the best one we had over the duration." Another blockbuster
in June simply read, "I will be outspent." According to testing data
shared with /Bloomberg Businessweek/, that outperformed 17 other
variants and raised more than $2.6 million.
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Posted in campaigns <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=59> | Comments Off
"Opponents of Campaign Finance Disclosure Create False Distinctions
in Treatment of Unions and Corporations"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=44867>
Posted on November 29, 2012 8:04 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=44867> by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Public Citizen has issued this release
<http://www.citizen.org/Page.aspx?pid=5800&frcrld=1> about this new
report.
<http://www.citizen.org/documents/campaign-finance-disclosure-unions-vs-corporations-report.pdf>
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"Drug lobby gave $750,000 to pro-Hatch nonprofit in Utah's U.S.
Senate race" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=44865>
Posted on November 29, 2012 8:03 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=44865> by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Center for Public Integrity:
<http://www.publicintegrity.org/2012/11/29/11862/drug-lobby-gave-750000-pro-hatch-nonprofit-utahs-us-senate-race>
"New documents obtained by the Center for Public Integrity
<http://www.publicintegrity.org/> show that the drug lobby's main trade
group, the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA),
gave $750,000 in 2011 to Freedom Path, a nonprofit group that spent big
to help Hatch win another term....Freedom Path is a 'front group set up
to protect Orrin Hatch,' said Russ Walker, FreedomWorks' vice president
of political and grassroots campaigns."
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Posted in campaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>, tax law
and election law <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=22> | Comments Off
Chapin on Pildes on Early Voting <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=44863>
Posted on November 29, 2012 8:00 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=44863> by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Here. <http://t.co/byeKK4y8>
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Posted in election administration <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18> |
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"Campaign treasurer Kinde Durkee gets eight years in fraud case"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=44860>
Posted on November 28, 2012 10:00 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=44860> by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
SacBee reports.
<http://blogs.sacbee.com/capitolalertlatest/2012/11/campaign-treasurer-kinde-durkee-gets-eight-years-in-fraud-case.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter#mi_rss=Capitol%20Alert>
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Posted in campaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>,
campaigns <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=59>, chicanery
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=12> | Comments Off
"Resistance on Method for Curbing Filibuster"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=44857>
Posted on November 28, 2012 9:50 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=44857> by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
NYT
<http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/29/us/politics/method-for-curbing-filibuster-faces-resistance.html?ref=politics>:
Some Democratic Senators are balking.
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Posted in legislation and legislatures
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=27> | Comments Off
"In Silicon Valley, Technology Talent Gap Threatens G.O.P.
Campaigns" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=44854>
Posted on November 28, 2012 9:45 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=44854> by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Nate Silver muses.
<http://fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/11/28/in-silicon-valley-technology-talent-gap-threatens-g-o-p-campaigns/?ref=politics>
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"NH's first openly transgender lawmaker reconsiders, will now serve"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=44851>
Posted on November 28, 2012 9:42 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=44851> by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
The /Union Leader/ reports.
<http://www.unionleader.com/article/20121128/NEWS06/121129194/0/news05>
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Fascinating Linda Greenhouse Column on the Campaign Finance Media
Exemption and SCOTUSblog Press Credentials
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=44849>
Posted on November 28, 2012 9:41 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=44849> by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Read this <http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/11/28/press-clips/>.
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Posted in campaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>, Supreme
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"The Voting Rights Act, the Supreme Court, and the Life of Lawrence
Guyot" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=44846>
Posted on November 28, 2012 9:36 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=44846> by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
This item appears
<http://theusconstitution.org/text-history/1705/voting-rights-act-supreme-court-and-life-lawrence-guyot>at
Text & History.
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Posted in Voting Rights Act <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=15> |
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"A Representative Congress: Enhancing African American Voting Rights
in the South with Choice Voting" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=44844>
Posted on November 28, 2012 9:35 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=44844> by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
This item
<http://www.fairvote.org/a-representative-congress-enhancing-african-american-voting-rights-in-the-south-with-choice-voting#.ULbzzoXOalg>appears
at FairVote.
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Posted in alternative voting systems
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=63>, Voting Rights Act
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=15> | Comments Off
"Cuccinelli seems to agree voter fraud helped Obama"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=44841>
Posted on November 28, 2012 9:30 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=44841> by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
WaPo reports.
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/virginia-politics/post/cuccinelli-seems-to-agree-voter-fraud-helped-obama/2012/11/27/c117aa0a-38e2-11e2-a263-f0ebffed2f15_blog.html>
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The Voting Wars <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=60> | Comments Off
"Rouzer concedes House bid after recount in North Carolina race"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=44839>
Posted on November 28, 2012 9:29 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=44839> by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
CNN
<http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2012/11/28/rouzer-concedes-house-bid-after-recount-in-north-carolina-race/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+rss%2Fcnn_politicalticker+%28Blog%3A+Political+Ticker%29>:
"*- *In the final race deemed too close to call, Republican David Rouzer
conceded Wednesday after a recount in the race for North Carolina's 7th
Congressional District showed incumbent Rep. Mike McIntyre won by a
razor-thin margin.:
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How the Health Care Case is Like Bush v. Gore
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=44835>
Posted on November 28, 2012 9:19 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=44835> by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Justice Scalia <http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=50135965n>: Get
Over It.
Scalia on BvG: "The remedy for the case is always in the court's
discretion."
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"Letters: Political donors and the law"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=44832>
Posted on November 28, 2012 8:03 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=44832> by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Ellen Aprill hasthis letter to the editor
<http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/letters/la-le-1128-wednesday-political-donors-secrecy-20121128,0,6775085.story>
of the LA Times aboutthis recent article
<http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-state-disclosure-20121126%2C0%2C5167158.story>
on nonprofits, political law, and tax law.
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