[EL] ELB News and Commentary 10/16/12

Mon Oct 15 21:48:23 PDT 2012

    "Unions Spread Cash to Liberal Super PACs"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=41782>

Posted on October 15, 2012 9:44 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=41782> 
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Politico <http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1012/82432.html?hp=r2>: 
"The /Citizens United/ <http://www.politico.com/tag/citizens-united> 
decision gave corporations and unions new powers to spend money for 
political purposes, and organized labor is taking advantage of late. The 
United Auto Workers funneled 
<http://query.nictusa.com/cgi-bin/dcdev/forms/C00528448/817712/sa/ALL> 
more than $5.44 million this summer into its super PAC, the UAW 
Education Fund, a super PAC, new federal records show. In turn, UAW 
Education Fund donated $2 million to Democratic-backing super PACs, 
including $1 million to the pro-Barack Obama Priorities USA 
<http://politico.com/tag/priorities-usa>Action 
<http://politico.com/tag/priorities-usa>, $700,000 to Majority PAC 
<http://politico.com/tag/majority-pac> and $25,000 to House Majority 
<http://politico.com/tag/house-majority-pac>PAC 
<http://politico.com/tag/house-majority-pac>, the records indicate."

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    "Romney Fundraising Plan Comes with Risks"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=41780>

Posted on October 15, 2012 9:42 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=41780> 
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Politico <http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1012/82439.html?hp=f2>: 
"Mitt Romney's most potent fundraising committee is paying to outsource 
a big part of its final campaign push to an unusual coalition of party 
committees. Romney Victory, the joint fundraising committee that has 
raised the lion's share of the cash credited to Romney, revealed Monday 
evening <http://query.nictusa.com/cgi-bin/dcdev/forms/C00518282/818072/> 
that it had transferred $44 million 
<http://query.nictusa.com/cgi-bin/dcdev/forms/C00518282/818072/sb/22> to 
the GOP's national congressional committees and the state parties in 
Idaho, Massachusetts, Oklahoma and Vermont. So, while the Romney 
campaign trumpets big fundraising numbers --- committees supporting 
Romney raised a total of $170 million in September 
<http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1012/82425.html>--- not all of the 
cash is under the GOP nominee's control, and that some of it could be 
used for Republican candidates or operations down-ticket."

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    "Lobbyists Might Join Romney Team"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=41777>

Posted on October 15, 2012 9:39 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=41777> 
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Roll Call reports. 
<http://www.rollcall.com/issues/58_29/Lobbyists-Might-Join-Romneys-Team-218230-1.html?pos=hftxt>

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    Great Roll Call Profile of Sherman-Berman Race
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=41774>

Posted on October 15, 2012 9:36 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=41774> 
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Here 
<http://www.rollcall.com/issues/58_29/Tensions-High-in-California-Contest-Howard-Berman-Brad-Sherman-218226-1.html?pos=hln>.

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    "Fraud, Fights & Failures" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=41771>

Posted on October 15, 2012 9:26 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=41771> 
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Roll Call's Amanda Becker reviews 
<http://www.rollcall.com/issues/58_29/Fraud-Fights-218221-1.html> my 
book, The Voting Wars 
<http://www.amazon.com/Voting-Wars-Florida-Election-Meltdown/dp/0300182031/ref=sr_1_cc_2?s=aps&ie=UTF8&qid=1329286945&sr=1-2-catcorr>.

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    "Scott Brown touts Senate vote analysis to bolster bipartisan
    credentials" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=41768>

Posted on October 15, 2012 9:15 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=41768> 
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Boston Globe 
<http://www.boston.com/politicalintelligence/2012/10/15/scott-brown-touts-senate-vote-analysis-bolster-bipartisan-credentials/hQfGX4BWo6upYPbTTzrV9O/story.html>: 
"Senator Scott Brown has a new piece of evidence to bolster his argument 
that he is more than willing to cross party lines in the Senate. Brown, 
a Republican who is locked in a tough reelection battle with Democrat 
Elizabeth Warren, is pointing to an analysis that found that, when the 
parties have split in the Senate, he has voted with Democrats 53 percent 
of the time since January 2011."

Hard to imagine another Republican Senate candidate touting such numbers.

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    "Scott Gessler's office shares evidence of voter fraud in Colorado"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=41764>

Posted on October 15, 2012 8:59 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=41764> 
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Fascinating 
<http://blogs.westword.com/latestword/2012/10/scott_gessler_voter_fraud_colorado.php>---with 
original documents.

Meanwhile,Liberal group asks for criminal investigation of Gessler's 
travel to GOP events. 
<http://www.denverpost.com/breakingnews/ci_21778992/liberal-group-asks-criminal-investigation-gesslers-travel-gop>

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    "Over the Decades, How States Have Shifted"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=41761>

Posted on October 15, 2012 8:51 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=41761> 
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Very cool graphics 
<http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2012/10/15/us/politics/swing-history.html?ref=politics> 
of presidential support in each state over time at 538.

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    "73,000 Political Ads Test Even a City of Excess"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=41758>

Posted on October 15, 2012 8:49 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=41758> 
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

What happens in Vegas 
<http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/16/us/politics/never-to-be-outdone-vegas-sets-record-for-political-ads.html?ref=politics>...can 
drive  you bonkers.

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    "At Factcheck.org, the neverending search for truth in an election
    year" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=41755>

Posted on October 15, 2012 8:44 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=41755> 
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Interesting WaPo profile. 
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/at-factcheckorg-the-search-for-truth-in-election-year-is-neverending/2012/10/15/e28f8fd2-16ef-11e2-a55c-39408fbe6a4b_story.html>

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    "League of Conservation Voters spends heavily on 2012 campaign"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=41752>

Posted on October 15, 2012 8:40 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=41752> 
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

WaPo reports 
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/league-of-conservation-voters-spends-heavily-on-2012-campaign/2012/10/15/8b74c20c-16fa-11e2-a55c-39408fbe6a4b_story.html>: 
"With little fanfare, the League of Conservation Voters 
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/environmentalists-target-5-republicans-who-question-humans-impact-on-climate/2012/07/23/gJQAHqJD5W_story.html> 
has emerged as one of the most important outside groups in several key 
Senate races this year. The fact that LCV is spending heavily in several 
pivotal contests --- including in Virginia, Massachusetts, Montana and 
Connecticut --- runs counter to the conventional wisdom that 
environmental issues rank low on voters' priority lists. But the group 
has spent nearly $8 million and influenced races such as the battle for 
New Mexico's open Senate seat, where Democratic Rep. Martin Heinrich is 
leading former GOP Rep. Heather Wilson."

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    "Study: Secret Donors Significantly Fueling Pro-Romney TV Ads"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=41749>

Posted on October 15, 2012 8:37 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=41749> 
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Part II of Peter Overby's NPR report 
<http://www.npr.org/blogs/itsallpolitics/2012/10/15/162955073/study-secret-donors-significantly-fueling-pro-romney-tv-ads> 
(with charts and graphics).

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    Roundup of Stories on Cert. Grant in Arizona Voter Registration Form
    Case <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=41746>

Posted on October 15, 2012 8:33 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=41746> 
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Howard's got it. <http://howappealing.law.com/101512.html#047507>

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    "Pro-Scott Brown Super PAC Funded by William Koch"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=41743>

Posted on October 15, 2012 8:31 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=41743> 
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

See here. 
<http://campaignmoney.org/blog/2012/10/16/pro-scott-brown-super-pac-funded-william-koch>  
Recall that this is the race with the anti-super PAC pact.

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    "Can Employers Tell Their Workers How to Vote?"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=41740>

Posted on October 15, 2012 8:29 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=41740> 
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

CNBC reports <http://www.cnbc.com/id/49421240>.

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    "Millionaire 'Munger Sandwich' Squeezes California Governor"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=41738>

Posted on October 15, 2012 8:28 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=41738> 
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

CNBC reports. <http://www.cnbc.com/id/49416810/>

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    "State voting-law cases test Supreme Court's politics"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=41735>

Posted on October 15, 2012 5:19 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=41735> 
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

/USA Today/ 
<http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2012/10/15/state-voting-laws-before-supreme-court/1635369/>reports 
<http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2012/10/15/state-voting-laws-before-supreme-court/1635369/>.

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    "Romney campaign sues over absentee ballots in Wisconsin"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=41732>

Posted on October 15, 2012 5:15 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=41732> 
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

CS Monitor: 
<http://news.yahoo.com/romney-campaign-sues-over-absentee-ballots-wisconsin-175603758.html> 
"The Mitt Romney <http://www.csmonitor.com/tags/topic/Mitt+Romney> 
campaign has filed a federal lawsuit in Wisconsin 
<http://www.csmonitor.com/tags/topic/Wisconsin> seeking a five-day 
extension for absentee voters overseas and in the military."

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    "Voter Fraud Found in Vernon Election; New Winner Named"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=41730>

Posted on October 15, 2012 5:13 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=41730> 
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

The /LA Times/ reports 
<http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2012/10/voter-fraud-found-in-vernon-election-new-winner-named-.html>. 
Bonus: a picture of super election lawyer Fred Woocher.

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    "FEC Deadlocks Over Joint Fund-Raising Bid By 501(c)(4) Regulated
    Political Committee" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=41728>

Posted on October 15, 2012 5:10 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=41728> 
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Bloomberg BNA 
<http://news.bna.com/mpdm/MPDMWB/split_display.adp?fedfid=28383746&vname=mpebulallissues&jd=a0d5a2u5t7&split=0>: 
"The Federal Election Commission deadlocked on a legal ruling about 
whether a nonprofit corporation can engage in joint fund-raising 
activity with FEC-regulated political action committees, including a 
so-called Super PAC."

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