[EL] ELB News and Commentary 10/6/12

Thu Oct 4 07:22:33 PDT 2012

    "Pa. voter ID law delay prompts outreach shifts"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=41111>

Posted on October 4, 2012 7:18 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=41111> 
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Post-Gazette reports 
<http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/local/state/pa-voter-id-law-delay-prompts-outreach-shifts-656113/>.

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    "New ID laws could delay outcome of close election"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=41108>

Posted on October 4, 2012 7:15 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=41108> 
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

AP reports 
<http://www.katc.com/news/new-id-laws-could-delay-outcome-of-close-election/>.

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    "Obama lead raises questions about super PAC strategy"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=41105>

Posted on October 4, 2012 7:09 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=41105> 
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Dan Eggen asks 
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/decision2012/the-influence-industry-obama-lead-raises-questions-about-super-pac-strategy/2012/10/03/9392e69c-0d65-11e2-bb5e-492c0d30bff6_story.html>: 
"Have conservative groups bungled their chance to help defeat Barack Obama?"

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    Criminal Investigation of Sproul Florida Voter Registration
    Activities <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=41101>

Posted on October 4, 2012 7:04 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=41101> 
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

See here. 
<http://www.tampabay.com/news/politics/national/fdle-launches-criminal-investigation-into-voter-registration-forms-by-gop/1254652>

See also this NY Times article 
<http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/05/us/politics/nathan-sproul-a-republican-operative-long-trailed-by-voter-fraud-claims.html?pagewanted=all>, 
which begins: "For a year, the Republican National Committee has 
portrayed Democrats as the villains when it comes to voter fraud. In a 
provocative article 
<http://www.cnn.com/2011/12/31/opinion/priebus-voter-fraud-laws/index.html?iref=allsearch> 
on CNN's Web site, the committee's chairman, Reince Priebus, said, 
'Democrats know they benefit from election fraud.' The tables have 
turned, however, and Republicans are now playing defense over the role 
of a well-paid operative, Nathan Sproul, in a voter registration scandal 
that emerged in Florida and has spread to other states."

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    "Obama campaign's robocall about early voting called misleading"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=41098>

Posted on October 4, 2012 7:00 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=41098> 
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Tampa Bay Times 
<http://www.tampabay.com/blogs/the-buzz-florida-politics/content/obama-campaign-gives-fla-voters-bad-info-about-early-voting>: 
"Pasco County Supervisor of Elections Brian Corley is warning voters 
about potentially misleading early voting information after his office 
received hundreds of inquiries from voters Tuesday wanting to cast early 
ballots.Early voting in Florida doesn't begin until Oct. 27 and lasts 
through Nov. 3. Corley traced one of the complaints to a robocall from 
Organizing for America, an arm of the Democratic Party."

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    "Minister wins free speech suit against state, county"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=41095>

Posted on October 3, 2012 4:56 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=41095> 
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

More news 
<http://billingsgazette.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/minister-wins-free-speech-suit-against-state-county/article_ad5e5960-6b69-5531-9caa-fc3f5bc25ea5.html>from 
Montana: 'A Billings minister has prevailed in his federal suit against 
state and Yellowstone County officials who he alleged violated his free 
speech rights when he was arrested while collecting anti-abortion 
petition signatures at MetraPark."

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    American Tradition Partnership Statement on Montana Contributions
    Case <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=41092>

Posted on October 3, 2012 4:49 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=41092> 
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Read it here <http://americantradition.org/?p=2724>.

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    What Happens When Campaigns Agree to a Pact to Limit Super PAC
    Spending? <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=41089>

Posted on October 3, 2012 3:18 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=41089> 
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Apparently you get the ugliest campaign in America. 
<http://www.buzzfeed.com/rosiegray/the-ugliest-campaign-in-america>

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    Tokaji, Smith, and Hasen on Tokaji's New Article on Federalization
    of Election Administration <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=41084>

Posted on October 3, 2012 2:30 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=41084> 
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Dan Tokaji has written an excellent new article, Baker, Bush and Ballot 
Boards: The Federalization of Election Administration 
<http://law.case.edu/journals/lawreview/documents/62CaseWResLRev4.3.Tokaji.pdf> 
for the /Case Western Reserve Law Review./

You can now download a podcast 
<http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/id566631010>discussing the article 
with Tokaji, Brad Smith, and me.

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    Sherman-Berman Gets Ugly <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=41082>

Posted on October 3, 2012 2:28 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=41082> 
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

There's not much policy difference between Brad Sherman and Howard 
Berman, both running in the top two primary in my congressional district.

And now Berman has accused Sherman <http://sherman-scam.com/>of 
self-dealing: lending his campaigns money and charging interest that he 
pockets for himself.

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    "Pennsylvania Court Puts ID Back Into Voter ID"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=41080>

Posted on October 3, 2012 2:26 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=41080> 
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

A ChapinBlog. 
<http://blog.lib.umn.edu/cspg/electionacademy/2012/10/pennsylvania_court_puts_id_bac.php>

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