[EL] more news--pre-debate edition
Rick Hasen
rhasen at law.uci.edu
Tue Oct 16 17:52:01 PDT 2012
"Justices Clear the Way For Early Voting in Ohio"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=41834>
Posted on October 16, 2012 5:50 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=41834>
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
NYT
<http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/17/us/politics/justices-reject-appeal-over-early-voting-in-ohio.html?ref=politics>:
"The Supreme Court
<http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/organizations/s/supreme_court/index.html?inline=nyt-org>
on Tuesday cleared the way for early voting in Ohio the weekend before
Election Day. The justices, in a one-sentence order
<http://sblog.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/12A338-SCt-order-10-16-12.pdf>
without noted dissents, let stand an appeals court ruling that had
blocked the efforts of officials in Ohio to restrict early voting there.
The Supreme Court's action was a victory for the Obama campaign, which
had sued to overturn the restrictions."
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The Voting Wars <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=60>, voting
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=31> | Comments Off
"Romney Campaign Makes $12 Million Ad Buy"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=41832>
Posted on October 16, 2012 5:49 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=41832>
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
NYT reports.
<http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/10/16/romney-campaign-makes-12-million-ad-buy/?ref=politics>
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Posted in campaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10> |
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"New Rule Leads to Old School Politics in South Carolina, Critics
Say" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=41830>
Posted on October 16, 2012 5:48 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=41830>
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
NYT:
<http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/16/us/in-south-carolina-paul-thurmonds-candidacy-faces-challenge.html?_r=0>"What
began as a gap between the digital revolution and the way South
Carolina's candidates had long filed for office has blown up into a
legal battle that many say reflects a state whose politics have been
raucous since the day it fired the shots that started the Civil War. At
stake is whether a Republican, Paul Thurmond, son of Strom Thurmond
<http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/t/strom_thurmond/index.html?inline=nyt-per>,
a United States senator for 48 years until his death in 2003, will be
able to run for a state legislative seat in November. On Tuesday, a
panel of three federal judges in Charleston will hear an appeal by South
Carolina Democrats who say earlier rulings keeping Mr. Thurmond on the
ballot were flawed."
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"Republicans raise specter of dishonest election; Democrats prepare
for voter suppression" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=41827>
Posted on October 16, 2012 5:45 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=41827>
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
The Voting Wars,Nevada-style
<http://www.ralstonreports.com/blog/republicans-raise-specter-dishonest-election-democrats-prepare-voter-suppression#.UH3_PRhpZwY>.
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Posted in The Voting Wars <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=60> |
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"Tricksters Trying To Suppress Vote With Deceptive Phone Calls"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=41825>
Posted on October 16, 2012 5:12 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=41825>
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Froomkin
<http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/16/voter-suppression-tricksters_n_1970272.html>:
"Some African American, Spanish-speaking and elderly voters in Florida
and Virginia are apparently being targeted by anonymous
voter-suppression groups trying to trick them or intimidate them into
not voting in the November presidential election, according to election
officials and voter protection organizations."
I have been skeptical that these bone-headed schemes (hey, you can vote
by phone!) actually work---and I think they can be counterproductive.
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Wars <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=60> | Comments Off
"Supreme Court won't get involved in Ohio early-voting dispute"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=41822>
Posted on October 16, 2012 5:08 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=41822>
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
WaPo reports
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/decision2012/supreme-court-wont-get-involved-in-ohio-dispute-all-must-be-allowed-to-vote-early/2012/10/16/ed063bd2-17b2-11e2-a55c-39408fbe6a4b_story.html>.
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Posted in election administration <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18>,
Supreme Court <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=29>, The Voting Wars
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=60> | Comments Off
"Judicial Performance Evaluation Results Released as Voter Tool in
Judicial Races" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=41819>
Posted on October 16, 2012 5:06 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=41819>
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
See this press release <http://e2.ma/message/tfy2c/1de06>.
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"How redistricting leads to a more partisan Congress --- in two
charts" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=41817>
Posted on October 16, 2012 5:05 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=41817>
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
The Fix
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/wp/2012/10/16/how-redistricting-leads-to-a-more-polarized-congress-in-two-charts/>
--- with pics!
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political polarization <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=68>,
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"New Pew Dispatch Tallies Online Voter Registration Traffic in Six
States" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=41815>
Posted on October 16, 2012 5:04 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=41815>
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
A ChapinBlog
<http://blog.lib.umn.edu/cspg/electionacademy/2012/10/new_pew_dispatch_tallies_onlin.php>.
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"Suit v. Ariz. Congressional Map Partially Tossed"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=41812>
Posted on October 16, 2012 5:00 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=41812>
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
News
<http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/20121016arizona-congressional-map-lawsuit-tossed.html?nclick_check=1>
from Arizona.
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"Big Win for Obama Campaign in Ohio Early Voting Case"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=41809>
Posted on October 16, 2012 4:58 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=41809>
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
ABC News reports
<http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/10/big-win-for-obama-campaign-in-ohio-early-voting-case/>.
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Supreme Court <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=29>, The Voting Wars
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"Lobbyists Rake in $14 Million for Romney"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=41807>
Posted on October 16, 2012 4:57 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=41807>
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
The Center for Public Integrity reports
<http://www.publicintegrity.org/2012/10/16/11500/lobbyists-rake-14-million-romney>.
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lobbying <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=28> | Comments Off
"U.S. Attorney promises extra help to investigate voter fraud"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=41804>
Posted on October 16, 2012 4:54 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=41804>
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
News
<http://www.courierpress.com/news/2012/oct/16/no-headline---hogsett/>
from Indiana.
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"ALLIANCE FOR JUSTICE RELEASES 'THE CONNECTION;' Guide Helps
Nonprofits Navigate Post-Citizens United Legal Landscape"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=41802>
Posted on October 16, 2012 4:53 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=41802>
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
See this press release.
<http://bolderadvocacy.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/The_Connection_Release_09202012.pdf>
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"Democracy for sale; Former US representative, a Republican, calls
Citizens United a grave error" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=41799>
Posted on October 16, 2012 4:51 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=41799>
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Jim Leach has writtenthis oped
<http://bostonglobe.com/opinion/2012/10/13/jimleach/LzSFIrx20POtAKoxCASxiL/story.html>
for theBoston Globe.
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More Evidence That in A Close Election The Losers May Not Believe
Their Guy Lost <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=41796>
Posted on October 16, 2012 4:37 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=41796>
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Last week I wrote the following
<http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/politics/2012/10/will_republicans_accept_if_barack_obama_defeats_mitt_romney_.html>
at /Slate/:
Since 2000, public opinion on the fairness of elections is volatile.
In 1996, before the 2000 Florida meltdown ending with the Supreme
Court's decision in /Bush v. Gore/, about 10 percent of people
believed the way the election was run was somewhat or very unfair,
with almost no difference in Republican views and Democratic views.
By 2004, when George W. Bush won re-election over John Kerry,
roughly 22 percent of Democrats thought the way the election was run
was unfair compared with about 3 percent of Republicans. Yet in the
contested Washington state election in 2004, when the courts handed
the governorship to a Democrat after a Republican was first declared
the winner, 68 percent of Republicans compared with only 27 percent
of Democrats thought the way the election was run was unfair.
The lesson from these statistics is simple. If my guy won, the
election was fair and square. If your guy won, there must have been
some kind of chicanery.
Now come these results
<http://www.publicpolicypolling.com/main/2012/10/wide-expectation-of-voter-fraud-in-presidential-race.html>
from some PPP polling:
-In Ohio 62% of Republicans think Democrats will engage in voter
fraud to make sure that Barack Obama wins. 50% of the Democrats
think that the GOP will engage in voter fraud to ensure a Romney
victory.
-In Florida 60% of Republicans think Democrats will engage in voter
fraud to make sure that Barack Obama wins. 55% of the Democrats
think that the GOP will engage in voter fraud to ensure a Romney
victory.
-In North Carolina 69% of Republicans think Democrats will engage in
voter fraud to make sure that Barack Obama wins. 51% of the
Democrats think that the GOP will engage in voter fraud to ensure a
Romney victory.
Oy.
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