[EL] ELB News and Commentary 10/14/12
Rick Hasen
rhasen at law.uci.edu
Sat Oct 13 20:51:03 PDT 2012
Ohio Files SCOTUS Reply Brief in Ohio Early Voting Case, Skirting
Bush v. Gore <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=41643>
Posted on October 13, 2012 8:48 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=41643>
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
You can find the brief here
<http://sblog.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/12A338-Ohio-reply-brief-10-13-12.pdf>
(via SCOTUSBlog
<http://www.scotusblog.com/2012/10/last-weekend-voting-urged/>).
Yesterday I wrote <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=41599> about how the
Obama campaign brief relied upon equal protection principles from Bush
v. Gore. Here is the response of the state:
Respondents' attempt to avoid this problem by analogizing to Bush v.
Gore, 531 U.S. 98 (2000), and Dunn v. Blumstein, 405 U.S. 330
(1972), also fails. Opp. 24. Those cases triggered heightened
scrutiny because they did involve disenfranchisement. In Bush, the
varying vote counting standards had "led to unequal evaluation of
ballots in various respects." 531 U.S. at 106 (emphasis added).
Likewise, the Tennessee residency standard in Dunn "completely
bar[red] from voting all residents not meeting the fixed durational
standards," thus "denying some citizens the right to vote" for
illegitimate reasons. 405 U.S. at 336. Both cases, then,
fundamentally interfered with the right to vote either by failing to
count a lawfully cast ballot or by refusing to allow an eligible
voter to cast one in the first place. Neither circumstance is
present here. Stay App. 24-27.
How odd to characterize Bush v. Gore as a case in which the state
"fail[ed] to count a lawfully cast ballot."
The brief does not otherwise grapple with the "arbitrary and disparate
treatment" language of Bush v. Gore, which is the key to the Obama
campaign's argument.
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"Fired RNC consultant preps get-out-the-vote campaign"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=41641>
Posted on October 13, 2012 8:37 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=41641>
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
LA Times:
<http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-pn-fired-rnc-consultant-canvassing-campaign-20121012,0,2171682.story>
"The political consultant fired by the Republican National Committee
amid fraud allegations in Florida is now hiring workers for a voter
canvassing operation this fall in as many as 30 states, his spokesman
said. Nathan Sproul, whose career as a GOP
<http://www.latimes.com/topic/politics/parties-movements/republican-party-ORGOV0000004.topic>
get-out-the-vote consultant has been dogged by reports of fraudulent
registrations, has been advertising for $15-an-hour workers for
'conservative voter identification' in Virginia, Wisconsin and Iowa."
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"Prop. 30 inspires voter registration drives aimed at students"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=41638>
Posted on October 13, 2012 8:31 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=41638>
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
The LA Times reports
<http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-students-vote-20121014,0,1522296.story>,
with the subhead: "Gov. Jerry Brown's tax hike measure is being touted
as the only way to avoid tuition increases this year at California's
public universities. Some predict a higher-than-usual turnout."
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Arizona Presidential Poll Has Two Minor Party Presidential
Candidates Totaling 5% Support, More than Double the Difference
Between Obama and Romney <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=41635>
Posted on October 13, 2012 8:29 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=41635>
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
We will see if this will hold.
<http://www.scribd.com/doc/109920743/RMP-2012-III-01>
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"Absentee ballots: easy to cast, open to fraud"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=41632>
Posted on October 13, 2012 8:24 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=41632>
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Extensive Miami Herald report:
<http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/10/13/3047408/absentee-ballots-easy-to-cast.html>
"Absentee ballots seem to be prone to manipulation," said Joe
Centorino, director of Miami-Dade's Ethics Commission and a former
assistant state attorney who prosecuted several vote-fraud cases
stemming from Miami's tainted 1997 mayoral election. "Once those
ballots go out, there's no more control."
But despite the recurring fraud problems, state lawmakers have
repeatedly loosened the state's absentee voting rules, making it
easier to vote from home --- while also making vote fraud harder to
detect, critics say.
At the same time, the state has increased scrutiny of in-person
voters by requiring those voters to provide photo ID at the polling
place --- a burden that absentee voters don't have to bear.
"It is clearly easier to vote, with less obstacles, absentee than in
person at the polls. And there's more room for shenanigans," said
Murray Greenberg, the former Miami-Dade County Attorney who now
teaches election law at the Florida International University College
of Law.
In recent years, the Republican Party of Florida has aggressively
promoted high absentee turnout among GOP voters. Republicans have
dominated the Legislature as it has loosened absentee voting rules
and cut the number of days for early voting, which tends to favor
Democrats.
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"Voter Registration Rolls in 2 States Are Called Vulnerable to
Hackers" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=41628>
Posted on October 13, 2012 8:19 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=41628>
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
NYT:
<http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/13/us/politics/cracks-in-maryland-and-washington-voter-databases.html?ref=politics>"Computer
security experts have identified vulnerabilities in the voter
registration databases in two states, raising concerns about the ability
of hackers and others to disenfranchise voters."
"They could influence an election with 20,000 votes for less than a
penny a head," said J. Alex Halderman, one of the computer scientists
who first discovered Washington's loophole. "That would be a great
return on investment for them."
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"Colleges Take a Leap Into Voter Registration"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=41626>
Posted on October 13, 2012 8:15 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=41626>
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
NYT reports
<http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/14/us/politics/more-colleges-take-a-leap-into-voter-registration.html?ref=politics>.
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"Campaigns Mine Personal Lives to Get Out Vote"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=41624>
Posted on October 13, 2012 8:14 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=41624>
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
NYT
<http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/14/us/politics/campaigns-mine-personal-lives-to-get-out-vote.html?pagewanted=1&ref=politics>:
"In the weeks before Election Day, millions of voters will hear from
callers with surprisingly detailed knowledge of their lives. These
callers --- friends of friends or long-lost work colleagues --- will
identify themselves as volunteers for the campaigns or independent
political groups. The callers will be guided by scripts and call lists
compiled by people --- or computers --- with access to details like
whether voters may have visited pornography Web sites, have homes in
foreclosure, are more prone to drink Michelob Ultra than Corona or have
gay friends or enjoy expensive vacations."
More: "The campaigns' consultants have run experiments to determine if
embarrassing someone for not voting by sending letters to their
neighbors or posting their voting histories online is effective. "I've
had half-a-dozen conversations with third parties who are wondering if
this is the year to start shaming," said one consultant who works
closely with Democratic organizations. 'Obama can't do it. But the
'super PACs
<http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/subjects/c/campaign_finance/index.html?inline=nyt-classifier>'
are anonymous. They don't have to put anything on the flier to let the
voter know who to blame.'"
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"Obama campaign says it surpasses 4 million donors"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=41621>
Posted on October 13, 2012 8:06 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=41621>
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
AP reports
<http://bigstory.ap.org/article/obama-campaign-says-it-surpasses-4-million-donors#overlay-context=users/rjagodzinski>.
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"Romney tries to bury Obama in ads"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=41618>
Posted on October 13, 2012 8:03 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=41618>
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
WaPo reports.
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/decision2012/romney-tries-to-bury-obama-in-ads/2012/10/12/b7712fdc-13c9-11e2-ba83-a7a396e6b2a7_story.html>
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"Vendors finesse law barring 'coordination' by campaigns,
independent groups" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=41615>
Posted on October 13, 2012 8:01 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=41615>
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Important /WaPo/ report:
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/vendors-finesse-law-barring-coordination-by-campaigns-independent-groups/2012/10/13/69dcb848-f6d9-11e1-8398-0327ab83ab91_story.html>"Mitt
Romney's presidential campaign and American Crossroads, an allied
interest group, are barred by federal law from working together on
political advertising. But it's perfectly legal for them to hire the
same company to run Internet ads. That company uses some of the same
employees to represent the two clients, and the same databases to store
information on people it will target with ads."
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"Ohio voting dispute makes its way to the Supreme Court"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=41613>
Posted on October 13, 2012 7:59 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=41613>
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
WaPo reports
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/decision2012/ohio-voting-dispute-makes-its-way-to-the-supreme-court/2012/10/13/e197333c-1541-11e2-be82-c3411b7680a9_story.html>.
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"Polls, lies and 'the prediction business'"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=41610>
Posted on October 13, 2012 7:45 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=41610>
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
CNN reports
<http://edition.cnn.com/2012/10/13/living/polls-uncertainty/index.html?eref=edition>.
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"Early Voting Rising" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=41607>
Posted on October 12, 2012 6:28 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=41607>
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Michael McDonald blogs
<http://www.huffingtonpost.com/michael-p-mcdonald/early-voting-rising_b_1962843.html>.
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"Democrats cry foul over voter fraud billboards in Midwestern
cities" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=41604>
Posted on October 12, 2012 6:06 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=41604>
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Reuters reports
<http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/politics/sns-rt-us-usa-campaign-billboardsbre89c00i-20121012,0,690706.story>.
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Emory "Judging Politics" Symposium
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=41602>
Posted on October 12, 2012 6:05 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=41602>
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
*61 EMORY LAW JOURNAL, NO. 4, PP. 641-944, 2012. *
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