[EL] ELB News and Commentary 10/19.12

Rick Hasen rhasen at law.uci.edu
Fri Oct 19 08:21:24 PDT 2012


    "Voter Intimidation Fears Renewed As Election Day Nears"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=42014>

Posted on October 19, 2012 8:18 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=42014> 
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

ABC News/Univision reports 
<http://abcnews.go.com/ABC_Univision/Politics/voter-intimidation-fears-renewed-election-day-nears/story?id=17512420#.UIFvGBhpZwY>.

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    "Campaigns See Latino Voters as Deciders in 3 Key States"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=42011>

Posted on October 19, 2012 8:10 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=42011> 
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

NYT reports. 
<http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/19/us/politics/in-3-crucial-states-both-campaigns-press-for-latino-voters.html?ref=politics>

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    "Romney Super PAC Makes $12 Million Ad Buy"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=42009>

Posted on October 19, 2012 8:10 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=42009> 
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

NYT reports 
<http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/10/18/romney-super-pac-makes-12-million-ad-buy/?ref=politics>.

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    "Missouri Political Donor Thrives with No Limits"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=42006>

Posted on October 19, 2012 8:08 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=42006> 
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

NYT 
<http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/19/us/politics/missouri-political-donor-thrives-with-no-limits-giving.html?hp&_r=0>: 
"Since 2008, when Missouri abolished contribution limits, Mr. 
Sinquefield <http://www.rexsinquefield.org/> has donated more than $20 
million to local candidates and political action committees, driving the 
political debate on issues like education, upending the political world 
here and making him perhaps the most influential private citizen in the 
state. More than half of that money has gone to advance his signature 
cause: eliminating state and local income taxes in Missouri, a major 
source of government revenue, and replacing them with sales taxes."

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    "Panetta wants proof voting offices are working"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=42004>

Posted on October 19, 2012 8:07 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=42004> 
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

/Air Force Times/ 
<http://www.airforcetimes.com/news/2012/10/military-panetta-wants-proof-voting-offices-are-working-101712w/>reports. 
<http://www.airforcetimes.com/news/2012/10/military-panetta-wants-proof-voting-offices-are-working-101712w/>

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    "Nightmare election scenarios worry both parties"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=42002>

Posted on October 19, 2012 8:05 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=42002> 
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

AP reports 
<http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20121018/POLITICS01/210180488/Nightmare-election-scenarios-worry-both-parties?odyssey=mod%7Cnewswell%7Ctext%7CFRONTPAGE%7Cs>.

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    Colorado Secret Ballot Case to Be Appealed
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=42000>

Posted on October 19, 2012 8:04 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=42000> 
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Details here 
<http://campaign.r20.constantcontact.com/render?llr=h9bm7cjab&v=001_bti-hHe0Cy9Xs2R1JzvT1ObERa4_p4nx2dXRLBiUZWjSAfDyL4IhXE7hACdPttWNX-uLEVfstVFOcCrqrnAfQozHgl6x2RN35oEyeuwXe0%3D>.

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    "The Guardian Interview with Paul S. Ryan Senior Counsel, Campaign
    Legal Center" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=41998>

Posted on October 19, 2012 8:03 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=41998> 
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Here. 
<http://www.clcblog.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=483:the-guardian-interview-with-paul-s-ryan-senior-counsel-campaign-legal-center->

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    "Arizona campaign finance laws ruled unconstitutional"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=41995>

Posted on October 19, 2012 8:01 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=41995> 
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

AP reports 
<http://www.dcourier.com/main.asp?SectionID=1&SubSectionID=1&ArticleID=112000> 
on this disclosure-related ruling which won't affect the current 
election.  More information on this case, which will be appealed, when i 
have it.

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    "Playing to Donors, GOP Groups Spill Some Secrets"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=41993>

Posted on October 19, 2012 7:59 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=41993> 
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Politico <http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1012/82613.html?hp=t1>: 
<http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1012/82613.html?hp=t1>"The reason 
is clear: Conservative super PACs and outside groups face the very real 
possibility they'll have spent $1 billion 
<http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0512/76849.html>and failed to 
elect Mitt Romney or deliver a GOP Senate. That means professional 
political types could have a lot of explaining to do, especially to the 
rich donors who financed the record spending spree and are wondering if 
their investment was 
<http://theweek.com/article/index/233832/are-super-pacs-a-big-flop>squandered 
<http://theweek.com/article/index/233832/are-super-pacs-a-big-flop>."

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    "The Libertarian/Marijuana Conspiracy That Could Swing the Election;
    A perfect storm is brewing in Colorado."
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=41990>

Posted on October 19, 2012 7:58 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=41990> 
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Interesting AlterNet story 
<http://www.alternet.org/election-2012/libertarianmarijuana-conspiracy-could-swing-election> 
(via Richard Winger 
<http://www.ballot-access.org/2012/10/18/david-sirota-article-on-interplay-of-gary-johnson-campaign-in-colorado-and-the-colorado-marijuana-legalization-initiative/>).

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    "Man registering voters for GOP accused of tossing forms in trash"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=41988>

Posted on October 19, 2012 7:55 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=41988> 
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

The /LA Times /reports. 
<http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-pn-voter-registration-gop-arrest-20121018,0,5352175.story?track=rss>

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    "Digital democracy: the joys and perils of voting for president via
    email" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=41986>

Posted on October 19, 2012 7:54 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=41986> 
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

The /Global Post/ reports. 
<http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/politics/elections/121018/digital-democracy-email-voting-hackers>

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    "Unlocked Front Door? Questions Arise About Security of Online Voter
    Registration" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=41984>

Posted on October 19, 2012 7:53 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=41984> 
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

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

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    "Bullock wants court to find that Hill broke donation law"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=41980>

Posted on October 18, 2012 9:52 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=41980> 
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

News 
<http://helenair.com/news/local/56db04b8-1973-11e2-9cb6-001a4bcf887a.html> 
from Montana: "Democratic governor candidate Steve Bullock went to court 
Thursday to ask a district judge to order his opponent, Rick Hill, to 
return a recent $500,000 donation from the Montana Republican Party."

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    "Corporate donors fuel Chamber of Commerce's political power"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=41977>

Posted on October 18, 2012 9:47 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=41977> 
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

WaPo reports. 
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/decision2012/corporate-donors-fuel-chamber-of-commerces-political-power/2012/10/18/96ad666a-1943-11e2-bd10-5ff056538b7c_story.html>

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    Arrest in Alleged Republican Voter Registration Dumping in Virginia
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=41973>

Posted on October 18, 2012 4:00 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=41973> 
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

More to come. 
<http://notlarrysabato.typepad.com/doh/2012/10/arrest-made-in-harrisonburg-voter-registration-scandal.html>

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    "Swing-State Billboards Warning Against Voter Fraud Stir Backlash"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=41970>

Posted on October 18, 2012 3:20 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=41970> 
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Pam Fessler reports 
<http://www.npr.org/blogs/itsallpolitics/2012/10/18/163158185/swing-state-billboards-warning-against-voter-fraud-stir-backlash> 
for NPR.

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    "Off to the races: Top elections spot up for grabs in several
    states" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=41967>

Posted on October 18, 2012 3:17 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=41967> 
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

That's the lead story in this week's Electionline Weekly 
<http://www.electionline.org/index.php/electionline-weekly>.

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    Seton Hall Election Law Symposium <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=41965>

Posted on October 18, 2012 3:14 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=41965> 
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Some info here 
<http://law.shu.edu/Students/academics/journals/law-review/symposium/2012/index.cfm> 
about the symposium, with Rick Pildes as keynote.

Here's the schedule:

/The Changing Landscaping of Election Law/

*Seton Hall Law Review Symposium Schedule*

October 26, 2012

8:30 -- 9:00am:  Registration / Breakfast

9:00 -- 9:05am:  Opening Remarks

9:05 -- 10:25am:  Panel I:Rise of Super PACs: Changes in Campaign 
Finance and Its Impact of Future Elections

 1. *Laurence D. Laufer, *Partner, Genova Burns Giantomasi & Webster:
    /State of Campaign Finance Law 2012: A Question of Values/
 2. *Joel M. Gora, *Professor of Law, Brooklyn Law School: /In Defense
    Of "Super PACs" -- And of the First Amendment/
 3. *Adam Lioz*, Counsel, Demos: /Political Equality in the Super PAC Era/

10:25 -- 10:40am:  Coffee Break

10:40 -- 12:00pm:  Panel II: Power to the People: Public Lawmaking and 
Direct Democracy in Theory and in Practice

 1. *Mickey Edwards, *Vice President, Aspen Institute and Director of
    Aspen Institute's Rodel Fellowships in Public Leadership: /The
    Parties Versus the People/:/How to Turn Republicans and Democrats
    into Americans/
 2. *Reed Gusciora*, Assemblyman, New Jersey General Assembly, District
    15: /Queer Eye for the Civil Rights Guy: Why /Romer v. Evans/is
    Applicable to Marriage Equality in New Jersey/
 3. *Glen Staszewski, *A.J. Thomas Faculty Scholar, Associate Dean for
    Research, and Professor of Law, Michigan State University College of
    Law: /Contestatory Democracy and the Interpretation of Popular
    Initiatives/

12:15 -- 1:45pm:  Lunch at The Newark Club

 1. *Keynote Address: Professor Richard H. Pildes, *Sudler Family
    Professor of Constitutional Law, New York University School of Law:
    /The 2012 Presidential Election and Election Law/

**

Synopsis: On the eve of the 2012 Presidential Election, we can make a 
preliminary assessment of where our election system now stands, given 
the resolution of many disputed issues in the courts.  This talk will 
focus on what this election cycle has taught us about issues ranging 
from campaign finance to early voting, access to the ballot box for 
eligible voters, the role of political parties, and related issues.

2:00 -- 4pm:  Panel III: Modernization of the Ballot Box: Voter 
Registration and Ballot Access in the Modern Era

 1. *Myrna Pérez*, Senior Counsel, Democracy Program, Brennan Center for
    Justice: /Voting Restrictions in 2012: Ensuring Every Voter Has a Voice/
 2. *John C. Fortier*, Director of Democracy Project, Bipartisan Policy
    Center: /Why Conservatives (As Well as Liberals) Should be
    Interested in Modernizing Voter Registration/
 3. *Donna Kelly, *Assistant Attorney General, New Jersey Department of
    Law and Public Safety: E/nforcing Election Laws in New Jersey/
 4. *Ryan P. Haygood*, Director of the Political Participation Group,
    NAACP Legal Defense Fund: /The Past as Prologue: Defending Democracy
    on the Eve of the 2012 Elections/

4:00 -- 4:05 pm:  Closing Remarks

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    "Alburtis councilman allegedly drove through farm field, stole
    political signs -- UPDATE" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=41962>

Posted on October 18, 2012 11:29 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=41962> by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

News from PA 
<http://www.lehighvalleylive.com/lehigh-county/index.ssf/2012/10/alburtis_teen_allegedly_drove.html>: 
"Alburtis <http://topics.lehighvalleylive.com/tag/alburtis/index.html> 
Councilman Kyle Bower 
<http://topics.lehighvalleylive.com/tag/kyle%20bower/index.html> faces 
criminal charges after allegedly driving through a Lower Macungie 
Township 
<http://topics.lehighvalleylive.com/tag/lower%20macungie%20township/index.html> 
farm field and stealing Republican political signs from the yard of 
another house."

He's not even old enough to legally drink.

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    NYT Article on Millionaires Funding CA Ballot Measures --- Is This
    Really Something New? <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=41959>

Posted on October 18, 2012 10:30 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=41959> by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Here is a guest post from USC's JohnMatsusaka, 
<http://www-bcf.usc.edu/%7Ematsusak/> one of the very best people 
working in the direct democracy area:

    Yesterday the New York Times reported
    <http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/17/us/politics/california-ballot-initiatives-dominated-by-the-very-rich.html?ref=politics&_r=0>
    that rich individuals were heavily involved in funding California
    ballot propositions, and at a rate unlike any "ballot in modern
    history."  The article gave no information from previous elections
    to support the claim, though. To satisfy my own curiosity, I spent a
    few minutes online looking at the 2006 election cycle, and found
    that Reed Hastings spent $5 million on Prop 88, venture capitalist
    John Doerr spent $2 million on Prop 88, Steve Bing spent $48 million
    on Prop 87, and James Holman spent $2 million on Prop 85. I have a
    feeling it would not be difficult to find other years like this that
    don't look so different from 2012 (a good research topic for
    election law scholars). David Broder spent an entire chapter in his
    2000 book /Democracy Derailed/ discussing rich individuals who were
    active in proposition campaigns in the late 1990s --- back then it
    was Ron Unz on bilingual education, Paul Allen on a football stadium
    for the Seahawks football team, Reed Hastings on charter schools,
    and George Soros on medical marijuana, among others. It may be
    noteworthy that the wealthy are active in initiative politics, but I
    am not sure it is anything new.

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    "Dem convention used corporate cash, despite pledge"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=41956>

Posted on October 18, 2012 9:38 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=41956> 
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

CBS News reports. 
<http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-505245_162-57534902/dem-convention-used-corporate-cash-despite-pledge/>

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    "Professors donate to Obama, opine about election in news articles"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=41954>

Posted on October 18, 2012 9:37 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=41954> 
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

The Hill: 
<http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/262157-professors-donate-to-obama-opine-about-election-in-news-articles>"At 
least a half-dozen professors who gave political donations to President 
Obama have been quoted in news articles opining about his administration 
and the 2012 race for the White House."

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    "Campaign watchdogs say Arizona group's $11 million donation
    exploits loophole in California law"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=41951>

Posted on October 18, 2012 9:19 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=41951> 
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

California better fix this 
<http://www.sacbee.com/2012/10/18/4920421/campaign-watchdogs-say-arizona.html>, 
or its well-deserved reputation for good disclosure will be in jeopardy.

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    "Pennsylvania governor benefited from untraceable $1.5 million
    donation" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=41948>

Posted on October 18, 2012 8:58 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=41948> 
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

The Center for Public Integrity reports. 
<http://www.publicintegrity.org/2012/10/18/11498/pennsylvania-governor-benefited-untraceable-15-million-donation>

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    "Times Co. criticized for McKenna, gay-marriage ad campaigns"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=41945>

Posted on October 18, 2012 8:56 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=41945> 
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

/Seattle Times/: " 
<http://seattletimes.com/html/localnews/2019458942_adcampaign18m.html>The Seattle 
Times Co. jumped into two of the state's hottest political contests 
Wednesday, launching a $75,000 independent-expenditure campaign 
promoting Republican gubernatorial candidate Rob McKenna and announcing 
a similar effort in support of gay marriage. The move --- which company 
executives described as an experiment to show the power of newspaper 
political advertising --- drew harsh criticism from Democrats and from 
opponents of gay marriage, as well as from journalism and political 
experts."

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    "Early Voting Reform: A Ticking Time Bomb"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=41943>

Posted on October 18, 2012 8:54 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=41943> 
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Robert Kelner blogs 
<http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/early-voting-reform-ticking-time-bomb_654876.html> 
atThe Weekly Standard.

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