[EL] ELB News and Commentary 10/8/12

Mon Oct 8 05:35:09 PDT 2012

    "Local Obama Allies Fund Fight Against Voter ID"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=41257>

Posted on October 8, 2012 5:33 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=41257> 
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

News 
<http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2012/10/02/local-obama-allies-help-fund-fight-against-voter-id/> 
from California's Bay Area.

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Posted in election administration <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18>, 
The Voting Wars <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=60>, voter id 
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    "California Makes It Easier for Residents to Vote"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=41254>

Posted on October 8, 2012 5:30 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=41254> 
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

The /Sacramento Bee/reports 
<http://www.newsobserver.com/2012/10/08/2398668/california-makes-it-easier-for.html>.

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Posted in election administration <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18>, 
The Voting Wars <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=60>, voter registration 
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    "Courts block Republicans' voter ID laws -- for now"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=41251>

Posted on October 8, 2012 5:28 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=41251> 
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

The /LA Times/ reports 
<http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-voting-laws-20121008,0,6101867.story>.

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The Voting Wars <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=60>, voter id 
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    "Impartial Justice at Risk" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=41248>

Posted on October 8, 2012 5:24 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=41248> 
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

The /NYT /editorializes 
<http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/07/opinion/sunday/impartial-justice-at-risk.html?_r=3&>.

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Posted in judicial elections <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=19> | 
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    "How British companies pour cash into the American elections"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=41246>

Posted on October 8, 2012 5:22 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=41246> 
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

/The Guardian/ reports 
<http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/oct/07/uk-companies-pour-cash-into-us-elections>.

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Posted in campaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10> | 
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    "Congress members back legislation that could benefit themselves,
    relatives" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=41244>

Posted on October 8, 2012 5:21 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=41244> 
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

WaPo reports. 
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/congress-members-back-legislation-that-could-benefit-themselves-relatives/2012/10/07/c2fa7d94-f3a9-11e1-a612-3cfc842a6d89_story.html>

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Posted in conflict of interest laws 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=20>, ethics investigations 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=42>, legislation and legislatures 
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    "Group running King ads in Maine includes Bloomberg"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=41241>

Posted on October 7, 2012 7:48 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=41241> 
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

WSJ 
<http://online.wsj.com/article/AP0083541270914b4eb8aaa3f8343ad91f.html>: 
"A nonpartisan group that's planning to spend $1.75 million on TV ads 
supporting independent Angus King in Maine's U.S. Senate race includes 
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg. The first of two ads sponsored by 
Americans Elect went into rotation on Friday."

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Posted in campaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>, third 
parties <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=47> | Comments Off

    "Campaigns Use Social Media to Lure Younger Voters"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=41238>

Posted on October 7, 2012 7:27 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=41238> 
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

NYT reports. 
<http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/08/technology/campaigns-use-social-media-to-lure-younger-voters.html?ref=politics>

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media and social protests <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=58> | 
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    "Why a long presidential race is good for democracy"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=41235>

Posted on October 7, 2012 7:24 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=41235> 
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Frank Partnoy has writtenthis WaPo oped 
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/why-a-long-presidential-race-is-good-for-democracy/2012/10/05/520a1f16-0d6e-11e2-bd1a-b868e65d57eb_story.html>.

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    "Capitol Assets: Congress's wealthiest mostly shielded from effects
    of deep recession" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=41232>

Posted on October 7, 2012 7:23 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=41232> 
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

WaPo 
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/capitol-assets-congresss-wealthiest-mostly-shielded-in-deep-recession/2012/10/06/5a70605c-102f-11e2-acc1-e927767f41cd_story.html>: 
"If you could peer deeply into how the 535 members of Congress handle 
their money 
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/special/capitol-assets/congressional-wealth-risk-matrix/>, 
what would you find?"

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Posted in conflict of interest laws 
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    Ned Foley Says Ohio Should Let Early Voting Ruling Stand
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=41229>

Posted on October 7, 2012 7:20 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=41229> 
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Despite Ned Foley's earlier skepticism 
<http://moritzlaw.osu.edu/electionlaw/freefair/index.php?ID=9673>of the 
district court judge's early voting ruling, he now thinks 
<http://moritzlaw.osu.edu/electionlaw/comments/index.php?ID=9823> Ohio 
should drop further appeals to the 6th Circuit (an appeal which I think 
has a pretty good chance <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=41187> of 
success). Ned's reasoning:

    Although there was much discussion of Equal Protection (as a
    fundamental principle of federal constitutional law) in what the
    three judges wrote on Friday, the panel's decision is best
    understood as exercise of "equity" law, an ancient branch of
    Anglo-American jurisprudence that governs the issuance of
    court-ordered "injunctions," which are decrees that require
    defendants to stop engaging in challenged practices. "Preliminary
    injunctions" are a distinct subset of a court's "equitable" powers,
    designed specifically to be temporary measures to put the contesting
    parties in the fairest possible position during the time that the
    court deliberates about the ultimate merits of the matter under the
    law. Friday's ruling affirmed the granting of a preliminary
    injunction against the state's statutory provisions that had
    engendered the differential treatment of military and non-military
    voters during the last three days of early voting before Election
    Day (November 6), and this ruling can be seen as a judicial effort
    to figure out what is the most "equitable" temporary situation that
    should occur in the context of early voting in Ohio for this year's
    presidential election, recognizing that the ultimate Equal
    Protection claim regarding the distinction between military and
    non-military voters applies to future elections as well and will be
    decided in due course following full judicial proceedings on the
    merits of that claim.

As a Remedies person, I'm very skeptical of open-ended calls for 
equitable discretion, especially so in the context of resolving election 
disputes, where we are likely to see very different views of the 
equities from liberal and conservative judges.

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    "Error and Fraud at Issue as Absentee Voting Rises"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=41226>

Posted on October 6, 2012 8:31 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=41226> 
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Must-read 
<http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/07/us/politics/as-more-vote-by-mail-faulty-ballots-could-impact-elections.html?pagewanted=1&ref=politics>Adam 
Liptak NYT article.

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Posted in absentee ballots <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=53>, 
chicanery <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=12>, election administration 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18>, The Voting Wars 
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UC Irvine School of Law
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