[EL] more news 10/26/12

Fri Oct 26 12:16:04 PDT 2012

    "Maryland to monitor storm impact on early voting"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=42555>

Posted on October 26, 2012 12:13 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=42555> by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

AP 
<http://www.myfoxdc.com/story/19926414/maryland-to-monitor-storm-impact-on-early-voting>: 
"Gov. Martin O'Malley's administration says weather developments will be 
monitored to determine whether changes will be needed to the state's 
early voting schedule."

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    Does Early Voting Lead to Fraud or Corruption, as Rick Santorum and
    Sean Hannity Claim? <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=42551>

Posted on October 26, 2012 12:08 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=42551> by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

HuffPo investigates 
<http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/26/early-voting-election-fraud-republicans-democrats_n_2019831.html>.

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    Question of the Day <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=42548>

Posted on October 26, 2012 11:50 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=42548> by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

What preparations are election officials making in the event of power 
disruptions and other problems getting to the polling place in light of 
Frankenstorm?

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    Federal Judge Lovell Won't Hold Montana Officials in Contempt for
    Going After Hill for Taking Large Campaign Contributions During the
    Period of Judge Lovell's Stay <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=42544>

Posted on October 26, 2012 11:25 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=42544> by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

You can read this 
<http://electionlawblog.org/wp-content/uploads/182_Order_10-26-12.pdf> 
if you like to read about jurisdiction and abstention. (You know who you 
are.)

I suspect there will be more action in federal and state courts before 
this is sorted out.

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    "Romney has $45 million edge for homestretch"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=42541>

Posted on October 26, 2012 10:46 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=42541> by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

USA Today reports 
<http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2012/10/25/romney-fundraising-election-momentum/1656673/>.

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    "A status quo election? A counterpoint"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=42538>

Posted on October 26, 2012 10:35 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=42538> by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

The Fix 
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/wp/2012/10/26/a-status-quo-election-a-counterpoint/>: 
"Richard L. Hasen over at the Election Law Blog offers a worthwhile 
counterpoint <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=42520> to our argument in 
Morning Fix that the government may stay largely as-is after the 2012 
election 
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/wp/2012/10/26/a-status-quo-election-could-be/>....We 
generally agree with Hasen's point that moderates are leaving in big 
numbers, but we also think it's worthwhile to look at the people who 
could replace these Senate moderates. Conrad, Lugar and Snowe, for 
instance, could very well be replaced by a moderate Democrat (Heidi 
Heitkamp), a Blue Dog Democrat (Joe Donnelly) and an independent (Angus 
King), respectively. ..."

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    "Big Sky, Big Money" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=42536>

Posted on October 26, 2012 10:32 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=42536> by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

New Frontline report 
<http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/big-sky-big-money/>coming to 
PBS Tuesday:

    In a special investigation in collaboration with Marketplace,
    FRONTLINE travels to the remote epicenter of the campaign finance
    debate for a tale of money, politics, and intrigue. How has the
    Supreme Court's Citizens United decision changed campaigns in
    America? Ask Montana, which has tried to challenge the ruling in
    court, is investigating alleged campaign abuses, and is playing host
    to a bitter race that could decide control of the U.S.
    Senate.FRONTLINE correspondent and Marketplace host Kai Ryssdal reports.

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    "Thousands of People Have Used Remote-Controlled Pens Over The
    Internet To Register To Vote" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=42534>

Posted on October 26, 2012 10:31 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=42534> by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

TechPresident reports. 
<http://techpresident.com/news/23051/2012-thousands-people-used-remote-controlled-pens-over-internet-register-vote>

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    With All of the Articles Now Appearing About How Conservative the
    Supreme Court Would Be Under a President Romney....
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=42531>

Posted on October 26, 2012 9:22 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=42531> 
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

I thought it time to dust off my 2010 Slate 
<http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/jurisprudence/2010/04/scalias_retirement_party.html> 
piece, Scalia's Retirement Party 
<http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/jurisprudence/2010/04/scalias_retirement_party.html>:

    Kennedy and the Court's four stalwart conservatives---Alito,
    Roberts, Scalia, and Thomas---will almost certainly remain through
    Obama's first term. But things get much more uncertain after 2012.
    By 2016, both Justice Scalia and Justice Kennedy will turn 80.*
    <http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/jurisprudence/2010/04/scalias_retirement_party.html#correction>It
    is certainly possible that they will stay past the 2016
    elections---after all, Justice Stevens is pushing 90---but who knows?

    President Obama's political task, three years from now, will be to
    convince the country that he, not a Republican president, should
    make that potential appointment. The point isn't to show that he
    would move the Court leftward if re-elected in 2012---he'd probably
    be better off sending more moderate signals, which is another reason
    not to expect him to choose a strong liberal to fill Stevens' seat.
    Obama should instead stress that if a Republican wins in 2012,
    Scalia and Kennedy will probably retire. That would give the new
    Republican president the chance to entrench the five-justice
    Republican majority for decades---and to cement it, by replacing
    Kennedy with a wholly reliable right-wing vote. That's the Supreme
    Court script for the Democrats in 2012.

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    Federal Judge in Ohio Issues Opinion Requiring More Provisional
    Ballots to Be Counted <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=42527>

Posted on October 26, 2012 9:13 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=42527> 
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

On Wednesday I noted <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=42322>that a federal 
district court, in the /SEIU/ case on remand from the Sixth Circuit, has 
expanded the number of provisional ballots which Ohio must count because 
of poll worker error to include ballots cast by voters in the wrong 
location (and not just the wrong precinct).  The judge issued the order 
orally and promised a written opinion

Here is the opinion. 
<http://electionlawblog.org/wp-content/uploads/SEIU-Opinion.pdf>  No 
word yet if the state will appeal to the Sixth Circuit---and there may 
yet be action in the Sixth Circuit's first ruling in this case.  I'll 
have more on this soon.

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    "Campaigns Brace for 'Frankenstorm'"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=42524>

Posted on October 26, 2012 8:51 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=42524> 
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Think of how much worse this would be 
<http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/10/26/campaigns-brace-for-frankenstorm/>for 
the election if it were coming a week later.

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