[EL] still more news 10/25/12

Fri Oct 26 15:06:27 PDT 2012

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    "Will Bush v. Gore Save Barack Obama? If Obama narrowly wins Ohio,
    he can thank Justice Scalia and the court's conservatives."
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=42572>

Posted on October 26, 2012 3:00 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=42572> 
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

My new /Slate/ piece 
<http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/politics/2012/10/campaign_2012_will_obama_win_ohio_thanks_to_bush_v_gore.html>begins:

    One part of the story of the 2012 voting wars
    <http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0300182031/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0300182031&linkCode=as2&tag=slatmaga-20>
    is well known
    <http://www.salon.com/2012/10/22/will_voter_suppression_and_dirty_tricks_swing_the_election/>:
    Republican legislatures have passed a series of laws making it at
    least modestly harder for people to vote. These GOP-inspired rules
    have included limits on early voting
    <http://www.tampabay.com/news/politics/national/florida-early-voting-starts-saturday-with-wide-variations-in-hours-across/1257940>,
    stricter rules for voter registration
    <http://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/5th-Circuit-stays-voter-registration-law-3846066.php>,
    and new voter ID laws to stamp out unproven allegations
    <http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2012/10/29/121029fa_fact_mayer>
    of voter fraud. Less well-known is that courts have reined in some
    of these excesses, including a decision to block Texas's stringent
    voter ID law
    <http://articles.latimes.com/2012/aug/30/news/la-pn-texas-voter-id-law-20120830>,
    an injunction
    <http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/she-the-people/wp/2012/10/03/pennsylvania-voter-id-law-on-hold-for-now-and-maybe-for-good/>
    putting Pennsylvania's voter ID law on hold for this election, and a
    settlement
    <http://www.brennancenter.org/content/resource/florida_victory_federal_court_removes_new_restrictions_on_voter_registratio/>
      blocking the worst of Florida's voter registration hurdles.

    The judicial record has been decidedly mixed. The Pennsylvania law
    will likely be approved <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=40364> by the
    2014 elections, courts have allowed Republican secretaries of state
    to pursue purges of noncitizens
    <http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/10/04/3034949/judge-florida-voter-purge-can.html>
    from voting rolls despite ample evidence that the lists erroneously
    included many eligible voters
    <http://www.theledger.com/article/20120912/POLITICS/120919778>, and
    federal courts recently refused to roll back
    <http://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/5th-Circuit-stays-voter-registration-law-3846066.php>
    Texas' tough new voter registration rules.

    But the fight over Ohio's election laws tells a different story. The
    Buckeye State has seen a rather remarkable string of wins for voting
    rights supporters. Federal courts have ordered the expansion of
    early voting
    <http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/17/us/politics/justices-reject-appeal-over-early-voting-in-ohio.html?ref=politics>
    and saved the votes <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=41452> of
    potentially thousands of voters who would have been disenfranchised
    because of poll worker errors, such as sending a voter to the wrong
    table to vote because the worker cannot tell an odd from an even
    number. Even more remarkably, the decisions from Democratic and
    Republican judges alike have relied on a very broad reading of /Bush
    v. Gore/ <http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/00-949.ZPC.html>,
    the Supreme Court case that ended the 2000 Florida recount in favor
    of George W. Bush. In fact, if President Obama narrowly ekes out a
    win in Ohio, he might have the conservative Supreme Court justices
    from 2000---Chief Justice Rehnquist, and Justices Scalia and
    Thomas---to thank for the victory.

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    "The Fraud That Failed: How the GOP's voter suppression laws may
    have inadvertently cost them Florida."
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=42568>

Posted on October 26, 2012 2:28 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=42568> 
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Weigel 
<http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/politics/2012/10/florida_voter_suppression_republican_efforts_to_discourage_turnout_in_florida.html> 
on Democrats using reaction to cutbacks in voting to motivate the base.  
This is consistent with my argument in /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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    "Tenn. to appeal voter ID ruling over library card"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=42565>

Posted on October 26, 2012 2:01 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=42565> 
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

AP reports. 
<http://www.timesunion.com/news/article/Tenn-to-appeal-voter-ID-ruling-over-library-card-3981564.php> 
More 
<http://ballots.blogspot.com/2012/10/normal-0-false-false-false-en-us-x-none.html> 
from Robbin Stewart.

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    "Voter Challenges Could Create 'Circus Atmosphere' on Election Day"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=42562>

Posted on October 26, 2012 1:48 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=42562> 
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

BLT reports. 
<http://legaltimes.typepad.com/blt/2012/10/voter-challenges-could-create-circus-atmosphere-on-election-day.html>

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    Et tu, Meat Loaf? <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=42558>

Posted on October 26, 2012 1:21 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=42558> 
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Now the singer (and Romney supporter) is accused of voter fraud 
<http://www.thesmokinggun.com/documents/meat-loaf-voter-fraud-687451>.

Allegedly he left Calabasas like a bat outta hell but forgot to take his 
registration with him.

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    "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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