[EL] ELB News and Commentary 10/5/12

Fri Oct 5 08:45:10 PDT 2012

    "Obama Sets Monthly Fundraising Record"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=41171>

Posted on October 5, 2012 8:43 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=41171> 
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

WSJ: 
<http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10000872396390443768804578036744247901504.html> 
"he Obama campaign set a new monthly fundraising record for the 2012 
election cycle, taking in more than $150 million in September as 
supporters rallied behind the president in the final phase of the 
election, according to people familiar with the totals."

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    "Coal Miner's Donor: A Mitt Romney benefactor and his surprisingly
    generous employees" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=41168>

Posted on October 5, 2012 8:31 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=41168> 
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Alec MacGillis writes 
<http://www.tnr.com/print/article/politics/108140/coal-miners-donor-mitt-romney-benefactor> 
for TNR.

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    "FEC Stalls on Rewriting Disclosure Rules Following D.C. Circuit's
    Van Hollen Ruling" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=41165>

Posted on October 5, 2012 8:28 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=41165> 
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Bloomberg BNA 
<http://news.bna.com/mpdm/MPDMWB/split_display.adp?fedfid=28322355&vname=mpebulallissues&jd=a0d4x8m9x8&split=0>: 
"The Federal Election Commission Oct. 4 deadlocked once again on whether 
to begin writing new disclosure regulations in light of recent court 
decisions that have raised questions about the adequacy of current 
rules. The commissioners split 3-3, along party lines, in a vote during 
an FEC open meeting 
<http://www.fec.gov/agenda/2012/agenda20121004.shtml> on a motion to 
initiate a rulemaking. The vote came in response to the latest major 
court decision in a case spearheaded by Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) 
(Van Hollen v. FEC, 9/18/12D.C. Cir., Nos. 12-5117 and 12-5118, 9/18/12; 
3351 Money & Politics Report, 9/19/12 
<http://news.bna.com/mpdm/display/link_res.adp?fedfid=28322355&fname=a0d4r6p7g8&vname=mpebulallissues>)."

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    "Canadian-owned firm's mega-donation to super PAC raises 'legal red
    flags'" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=41162>

Posted on October 5, 2012 8:26 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=41162> 
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

The Center for Public Integrity reports. 
<http://www.publicintegrity.org/2012/10/05/11148/canadian-owned-firms-mega-donation-super-pac-raises-legal-red-flags>

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    "Honey, I Shrunk The Precinct: Louisiana Deals With Voting Machine
    Shortage as 'Micro-Precincts' Proliferate"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=41159>

Posted on October 5, 2012 8:24 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=41159> 
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

A ChapinBlog 
<http://blog.lib.umn.edu/cspg/electionacademy/2012/10/honey_i_shrunk_the_precinct_lo.php?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+HHHElections+%28The+Election+Aacdemy%29>.

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    "TN voter ID laws should be removed, attorney says in emergency
    appeal" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=41156>

Posted on October 5, 2012 8:21 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=41156> 
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

See here 
<http://www.wbir.com/news/article/237259/193/TN-voter-ID-laws-should-be-removed-attorney-says-in-emergency-appeal>.

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    "Mississippi Voter ID Law Put On Hold For Election Following Federal
    Review" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=41153>

Posted on October 5, 2012 8:18 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=41153> 
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Reuters reports. 
<http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/03/mississippi-voter-id-law_n_1934121.html>

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    Slate Takes a Close Look at Jim Bopp and the Tax Status of the
    Madison Center <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=41151>

Posted on October 5, 2012 8:17 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=41151> 
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

This piece 
<http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/jurisprudence/2012/10/james_bopp_jr_s_unusual_relationship_with_the_james_madison_center_.single.html> 
is much more temperate than then earlier attacks on Jim from Common 
Cause and others.  It seems to raise some reasonable questions under the 
tax code, but it is far from my area of expertise so it is really hard 
for me to know.

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