[EL] more news 10/24/12

Wed Oct 24 16:34:15 PDT 2012

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    "Obama maintains ad advantage despite being outspent by GOP"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=42341>

Posted on October 24, 2012 4:31 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=42341> 
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Dan Eggen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/Obama%20maintains%20ad%20advantage%20despite%20being%20outspent%20by%20GOP>: 
"President Obama and his allies have aired more ads in battleground 
states this month than Mitt Romney and his supporters, despite being 
outspent by the Republican nominee and GOP groups, according to a study 
released Wednesday. The Obama campaign and its supporters spent $77 
million on 112,730 advertisements from Oct. 1 to Oct. 21, according to 
the Wesleyan Media Project 
<http://mediaproject.wesleyan.edu/2012/10/24/2012-shatters-2004-and-2008-records-for-total-ads-aired/>, 
which tracks and analyzes political ad spending. Romney and his allies, 
by contrast, spent more money --- $87 million --- on 15,000 fewer spots 
than their opponents."

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    "Armstrong Offering Free VOD of New Anti-Obama Documentary"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=42338>

Posted on October 24, 2012 4:20 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=42338> 
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Interesting 
<http://www.multichannel.com/cable-operators/armstrong-offering-free-vod-new-anti-obama-documentary/139982>: 
"Armstrong Cable Services is showing the controversial new documentary 
"2016: Obama's America" as a free video-on-demand selection. Given 
Armstrong's extensive base in Ohio and Pennsylvania, two swing states in 
the upcoming election, the MSO's free offer is triggering controversy, 
especially since company executives are financial backers of Republican 
causes and the Mitt Romney campaign."

Echoes of "Hillary the Movie."

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    "Obama's Campaign Quick to Capitalize on Text-to-Donate Option"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=42335>

Posted on October 24, 2012 4:14 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=42335> 
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Roll Call: 
<http://www.rollcall.com/news/Obama-Campaign-Quick-to-Capitalize-on-Text-to-Donate-Option-218432-1.html> 
"President Barack Obama appears to have wildly outraised his Republican 
opponent among text message donors, capitalizing on the newly approved 
digital fundraising option."

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    "Why Florida Should Not Be the 'Next Florida': Fixing the Debacle In
    Palm Beach County" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=42332>

Posted on October 24, 2012 4:11 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=42332> 
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Josh Douglas comments 
<http://moritzlaw.osu.edu/electionlaw/comments/index.php?ID=9911>.

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    "FairVote Report: Low Turnout Plagues U.S. Mayoral Elections, but
    San Francisco is Highest" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=42329>

Posted on October 24, 2012 4:07 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=42329> 
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

See here 
<http://www.fairvote.org/fairvote-report-low-turnout-plagues-u-s-mayoral-elections-but-san-francisco-is-highest#.UIhy84Uctwa>.

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    "WyLiberty Attorneys File Emergency Appeal in Free Speech Case"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=42327>

Posted on October 24, 2012 4:06 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=42327> 
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Press release 
<http://wyliberty.org/feature/wyliberty-attorneys-file-emergency-appeal-in-free-speech-case/>: 
"WyLiberty attorneys filed a motion for an emergency injunction 
<http://wyliberty.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Free-Speech-Emergency-Motion-Final.pdf> 
with the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit today in 
the case /Free Speech v. Federal Election Commission (FEC) /to prevent 
the enforcement of campaign finance regulations that require groups to 
register and report with the government to speak about political issues."

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    "Rep. Jim Moran's Son Resigns Over James O'Keefe Video"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=42325>

Posted on October 24, 2012 4:05 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=42325> 
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

TPM 
<http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entry/rep-jim-morans-son-resigns-over-james-okeefe>: 
"Patrick Moran, son of Rep. Jim Moran (D-VA), resigned from his father's 
campaign on Wednesday after conservative activist James O'Keefe released 
a video <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gT77qP2Nai8&feature=youtu.be> 
that appears to show him offering advice to an undercover videographer 
who claimed to want to commit voter fraud."

What would be useful would be if O'Keefe actually caught people 
committing election crimes unrelated to fraudulent activities invited or 
planned by O'Keefe himself.  (Nor does any of this prove the need for 
voter id, which Virginia already has.)

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    "Federal Judge Announces Provisional Ballot Ruling"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=42322>

Posted on October 24, 2012 1:33 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=42322> 
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

EL at M <http://moritzlaw.osu.edu/electionlaw/analysis/index.php?ID=9921>: 
"Judge Marbley, federal district judge in Ohio, announced from the bench 
a two-part ruling: (1) based on the federal Constitution, he is 
extending his "right location, wrong precinct" injunction 
<http://moritzlaw.osu.edu/electionlaw/litigation/documents/SEIUopinion.pdf> 
to cover provisional ballots cast in the wrong polling location (as long 
as they are cast in the same county in Ohio); and (2) for this year's 
election, he is rescinding the NEOCH 
<http://moritzlaw.osu.edu/electionlaw/litigation/NEOCHv.Blackwell.php> 
consent decree insofar as applied to missing names or signatures (or 
other "ballot affirmation errors") on provisional ballot envelopes.  He 
indicated that a written opinion will follow in the next day or two."

More later as I'm on the road.

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    "The Most Fundamental Right: Contrasting Perspectives on the Voting
    Rights Act" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=42319>

Posted on October 24, 2012 11:12 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=42319> by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Daniel McCool has editedthis new book 
<http://www.iupress.indiana.edu/product_info.php?products_id=155671>with 
an ideologically broad collection of authors:

Preface
Section I: The Political and Legal Context of the Voting Rights Act
1. Meaningful Votes \Daniel McCool
2. The Constitutional Foundations of the "Pre-Clearance" Process: How 
Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act Was Enforced, 1965-2005 \Peyton McCrary
3. Influence District and the Courts: A Concept in Need of Clarity 
\Richard Engstrom
Section II: The Debate
4. The Bull Connor Is Dead Myth: Or Why We Need Strong, Effectively 
Enforced Voting Rights Laws \Laughlin McDonald
5. Bull Connor is Long Dead: Let's Move On \Abigail Thernstrom
6. The Voting Rights Act in South Dakota: One Litigator's Perspective on 
Reauthorization \Bryan Sells
7. Realistic Expectations: South Dakota's Experience with the Voting 
Rights Act \Chris Nelson
8. The Continuing Need for the Language Assistance Provisions of the 
Voting Rights Act \James Thomas Tucker
9. Policy and Constitutional Objections to Section 203 of the Voting 
Rights Act \Roger Clegg
Section Three: Commentary
10. After NAMUDNO: The Shape of Future Litigation \Edward Blum
11. Looking Backward to and Forward from the 2006 Voting Rights Act 
Reauthorization \Debo Adegbile

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    "Cayetano libel suit pursues multiple goals; His attorneys say it is
    meant to stop "secret, 'shadowy groups' from pumping money and lies
    into elections" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=42316>

Posted on October 24, 2012 10:48 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=42316> by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

News from Hawaii 
<http://www.staradvertiser.com/s?action=login&f=y&id=175374371s> about 
this new lawsuit. 
<http://www.scribd.com/doc/110834553/Cayetano-lawsuit-against-PRP>

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    "New Obama ad invokes 2000 recount"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=42313>

Posted on October 24, 2012 10:24 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=42313> by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

This 
<http://www.politico.com/politico44/2012/10/new-obama-ad-invokes-recount-147087.html> 
is the Obama campaign's version of Samuel L. Jackson's WTFU ad 
<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=og35U0d6WKY&noredirect=1>.

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    "Super PACs' Devotion to Individual Candidates Undercuts Assumption
    in Citizens United That Outside Spending Would Be 'Independent'"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=42310>

Posted on October 24, 2012 10:18 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=42310> by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

New report 
<http://www.citizen.org/super-connected-candidate-super-pacs-not-independent-report> 
from Public Citizen.

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    "Adelson Donates $1.5 Million to Virginia Super-PAC Helping Allen"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=42307>

Posted on October 24, 2012 9:58 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=42307> 
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

As I've been saying, this 
<http://go.bloomberg.com/political-capital/2012-10-24/adelson-donates-1-5-million-to-virginia-super-pac-helping-allen/> 
is where the Super PAC dollars go farther---in House and Senate races.

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