[EL] ELB News and Commentary 9/5/12
Rick Hasen
rhasen at law.uci.edu
Wed Sep 5 09:45:13 PDT 2012
"Fact Attack: A New App Watches Political Ads Like a Hawk"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=39633>
Posted on September 5, 2012 9:34 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=39633> by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
The /Philadelphia Weekly/ reports
<http://www.philadelphiaweekly.com/news-and-opinion/cover-story/Ad-Buster-168552256.html>.
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"Bill Clinton: GOP Voter Suppression Laws a Sign of Desperation"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=39630>
Posted on September 5, 2012 9:32 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=39630> by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Ari Berman reports.
<http://www.thenation.com/blog/169733/bill-clinton-gop-voter-suppression-laws-sign-desperation>
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"Lesser of Two Evils: Dem's Vague Platform Improvement Over GOP
Absurdity" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=39627>
Posted on September 5, 2012 9:29 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=39627> by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
This item
<http://www.clcblog.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=471:lesser-of-two-evils-dems-vague-platform-improvement-over-gop-absurdity>
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"Virgil Goode Makes the Virginia Ballot"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=39624>
Posted on September 5, 2012 9:27 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=39624> by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Jon Walker blogs
<http://elections.firedoglake.com/2012/09/04/virgil-goode-makes-the-virginia-ballot/>.
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<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=63>, third parties
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"Parties Raise Record Cash After 'Soft Money' Ban: BGOV Barometer"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=39622>
Posted on September 5, 2012 9:26 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=39622> by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Bloomberg reports.
<http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-09-05/parties-raise-record-cash-after-soft-money-ban-bgov-barometer.html>
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"Citizens for Election Integrity Minnesota outlines some costs of
voter suppression amendment" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=39620>
Posted on September 5, 2012 9:24 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=39620> by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
This post
<http://www.bluestemprairie.com/bluestemprairie/2012/09/citizens-for-election-integrity-minnesota-outlines-some-costs-of-voter-suppression-amendment.html>appears
at Bluestem Prarie.
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8th Circuit Unanimously Rejects Challenge to MN Corporate
Contribution Ban; Divides on Disclosure Requirements
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=39618>
Posted on September 5, 2012 9:23 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=39618> by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
The Eighth Circuit has issued its en banc opinion inthe /Swanson/ case.
<http://www.ca8.uscourts.gov/opndir/12/09/103126P.pdf> The Eighth
Circuit now joins the Second, Fourth (after the rejection of the
district court decision in /Danielczyk/) and Ninth Circuits (in
the Thalheimer case in which I was involved) in holding that any
challenge to corporate contribution bans in the lower courts is barred
by the Supreme Court's decision in /FEC v. Beaumont. /The 8th Circuit
does drop a footnote however suggesting that if and when this issue
reaches the Supreme Court again, the Court could well overrule
/Beaumont/. (Without a circuit split, however, the Court is less likely
to take such a case.)
The 8th Circuit split, however, on a particular aspect of Minnesota's
disclosure law which it said would put an onerous burden on small
associations which want to engage in certain election-related speech.
The Court stressed however that political committees would still be
required to disclose under Minnesota law, and that the part of the law
imposing continuing reporting requirements might be severable from the
rest of the law.
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Chapin on Husted's Decision to Ignore Court Order on Early Voting
Pending Appeal <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=39615>
Posted on September 5, 2012 8:56 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=39615> by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Here
<http://blog.lib.umn.edu/cspg/electionacademy/2012/09/choose_your_uncertainty_ohio_s.php?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+HHHElections+%28The+Election+Aacdemy%29>:
"Secretary Husted has clearly chosen Door #2 -- a wait and see approach
that likely reflects some belief that his views will prevail on appeal.
I also wouldn't be surprised if his decision also reflects an
understanding of the Obama campaign's deep interest in re-opening early
voting, which will ensure that most affected voters will be kept
up-to-date on the 'rules of game' right up until Election Day."
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"Justice Department Clears New Hampshire Voter ID Law"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=39612>
Posted on September 5, 2012 8:52 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=39612> by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
TPM links
<http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entry/justice-department-clears-new-hampshire-voter-id-law>
to the preclearance letter.
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"Pentagon Report Finds Military Voting Efforts Underfunded,
Ineffective" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=39609>
Posted on September 5, 2012 8:49 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=39609> by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
TPM:
<http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/09/military_voting_underfunded.php>
"The Pentagon's inspector general said in a report
<http://www.dodig.mil/SPO/Reports/DODIG-2012-123.pdf> issued Tuesday
that the federal government's efforts to assist military voters under
the Military and Overseas Voter Empowerment Act aren't working thanks to
underfunding and ineffective outreach to younger military personnel.
Under the MOVE Act, every military installation that isn't in a war zone
is required to establish a voting assistance office. But the Department
of Defense inspector general tried contacting every one of those offices
and wasn't able to contact half. The Air Force was the worst offender.
The inspector was only able to contact 29 out of 74 offices."
As I argue 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>,
<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>
the single biggest change we need to make for military voters is getting
these voters registered.
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"Reform Advocates Take to Subways to Force SEC Disclosure Rule"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=39607>
Posted on September 5, 2012 8:46 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=39607> by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
/Roll Call/ reports.
<http://www.rollcall.com/news/reform_advocates_take_to_subways_to_force_sec_disclosure_rule-217305-1.html?pos=hln>
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Rahm Goes Rogue <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=39605>
Posted on September 5, 2012 8:45 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=39605> by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
WaPo
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/rahm-emanuel-to-raise-funds-for-democratic-campaigns/2012/09/05/956d2ae0-f758-11e1-8253-3f495ae70650_story.html?hpid=z1>:
'Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, a legendary fundraiser and political
strategist before he won elected office, has dropped his honorary
chairmanship of the Obama campaign to help raise big-dollar
contributions so that Democrats can compete with what is emerging as a
clear GOP fundraising advantage this election cycle, according to
campaign and fundraising individuals. Emanuel made the switch to work
with the pro-Obama SuperPac Priorities USA in the last two weeks, and
news of it began circulating through Charlotte on Tuesday as the
Democratic National Convention was getting underway."
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Breaking News: Ninth Circuit Order Will Allow "None of the Above"
Option to Appear on Nevada Ballot <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=39602>
Posted on September 4, 2012 10:45 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=39602> by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
A unanimous Ninth Circuit panel has issued an order
<http://www.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/general/2012/09/04/panel_order_stay.pdf>
which will have the effect (barring any Supreme Court action) of
allowing Nevada voters to vote, as they have in the past, for "None of
the Above" on races on the ballot, including the presidential race.
Here are a few thoughts on that order:
1. This was a unanimous ruling by Judges Wardlaw, Reinhardt and Bea.
This is significant because while Reinhardt is one of the most liberal
judges on the Ninth Circuit, Judge Bea is one of the most conservatives,
and Judge Bea has not hesitated to issue strong dissents
<http://electionlawblog.org/archives/015199.html> on motions panels when
convinced that emergency relief is wrong. Judge Bea's agreement will go
a long way toward convincing the Supreme Court, should there be further
emergency action, that this is not a liberal 9th Circuit panel running amok.
2. The order itself is short and simply points to the /Winter/ factors
for the granting of emergency relief. But Judge Reinhardt issued a
nine-page concurring opinion, which begins with the point that the state
of Nevada is likely to succeed on the merits: "I wish to make clear that
the panel is in agreement that the basis for our grant of the stay of
the district court's order pursuant to Winter v. Natural Res. Def.
Council, Inc., 555 U.S. 7 (2008), is that the likelihood of success on
the merits overwhelmingly favors the state. Plaintiffs' arguments offer
no colorable basis for this court to conclude that Nevada's 37- year-old
statute providing for 'None of these candidates; ballots is contrary to the
Constitution or to any federal statute. A failure to stay forthwith
issued by the district court would accordingly result in irreparable
injury to the State of Nevada and its citizens, and would be directly
contrary to the public interest." This strikes me as clearly right--I
was very surprised <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=39374> by the district
court ruling and was anxious to see any written opinion from the
district court (there is none) explaining this curious ruling.
3. The remainder of Reinhardt's concurrence just rips into the district
court judge for delaying this case repeatedly when it was clear that
ballots needed to be printed in just a few days to get ballots out to
military and overseas voters. Really inexcusable conduct by the district
court. But it is also clear that Reinhardt wanted to be clear about
some tricky jurisdictional questions in the case, given that the trial
judge never issued a written opinion and has tried to assert continued
jurisdiction over this matter.
4. Finally, politically, this ruling hurts Romney---who does not want
protest voters in Nevada who dislike Obama to have another avenue to
express dissatisfaction on the ballot.
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"South Carolina Says Voter ID Law's 'Reasonable Impediment' Is
Whatever A Voter Says It Is" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=39599>
Posted on September 4, 2012 5:35 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=39599> by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
TPM reports
<http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/09/south_carolina_voter_reasonable_impediment.php>.
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"Expert FAQ: Do We Need Campaign Finance Reform?"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=39596>
Posted on September 4, 2012 5:20 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=39596> by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
This item
<http://www.nerdwallet.com/blog/markets/2012/expert-faq-campaign-finance-reform/#.UEaamFSB6wZ>appears
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"Too Many Secrets" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=39593>
Posted on September 4, 2012 5:18 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=39593> by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
/Jewish Daily Forward /
<http://forward.com/articles/162040/too-many-secrets/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_term=The%20Forward%20Today%20%28Monday-Friday%29&utm_campaign=Daily_Newsletter_Mon_Thurs%202012-09-04>editorial
<http://forward.com/articles/162040/too-many-secrets/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_term=The%20Forward%20Today%20%28Monday-Friday%29&utm_campaign=Daily_Newsletter_Mon_Thurs%202012-09-04>on
501c4s.
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Power Line on the Minnesota Voter ID Litigation
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=39591>
Posted on September 4, 2012 5:17 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=39591> by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Here
<http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2012/09/the-ritchie-ratchet-part-4.php>.
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Ohio SOS Jon Husted Refusing to Set Early Voting Hours Per Court
Order until Appeals Process Over <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=39588>
Posted on September 4, 2012 9:43 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=39588> by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Very interesting directive
<http://www.sos.state.oh.us/SOS/Upload/elections/directives/2012/Dir2012-40.pdf>,
and if the appeals process drags out then this could create some
confusion close to the election.
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Democratic Platform Language on Campaign Finance Reform
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=39585>
Posted on September 4, 2012 9:39 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=39585> by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Via Ken Vogel <https://twitter.com/kenvogel/status/243017439389040641>:
*Lobbying Reform and Campaign Finance Reform*
Our political system is under assault by those who believe that
special interests should be able to buy whatever they want in our
society, including our government. Our opponents have applauded the
Supreme Court's decision in Citizens United and welcomed the new
flow of special interest money with open arms. In stark contrast, we
believe we must take immediate action to curb the influence of
lobbyists and special interests on our political institutions.
President Obama signed an executive order to establish unprecedented
ethics rules so that those who leave the executive branch may not
lobby this administration and officials may not accept gifts from
lobbyists. We support campaign finance reform, by constitutional
amendment if necessary. We support legislation to close loopholes
and require greater disclosure of campaign spending. President Obama
and the national Democratic Party do not accept contributions from
federal lobbyists this cycle. We support requiring groups trying to
influence elections to reveal their donors so the public will know
who's funding the political ads it sees. President Obama and the
Democrats are fighting to reduce the influence of money in politics,
and holding Congress to higher conflict-of-interest standards.
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"Redistricting in Today's Changing Racial Landscape"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=39581>
Posted on September 4, 2012 9:36 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=39581> by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Abigail Thernstrom has written this article
<http://electionlawblog.org/wp-content/uploads/Thernstrom_23-Stan.-L.-Poly-Rev.-373.pdf>,
published at 23 /Stanford Law and Policy Review /373 (2012). From the
conclusion:
At its inception, the Voting Rights Act stood on very firm
constitu-tional ground; it was pure antidiscrimination legislation
designed to en-force basic Fifteenth Amendment rights. A clear
principle justified its original enactment: citizens should not be
judged by the color of their skin when states determine eligibility
to vote. That clarity could not be sustained over time. As a result,
more than four decades later, the law has be-come what Judge Bruce
Selya has described as a "Serbonian bog." The legal land looks solid
but is, in fact, a quagmire, into which "plaintiffs and defendants,
pundits and policymakers, judges and justices" have sunk.
In part the problem is the difficulty that "plaintiffs and
defendants, pundits and policymakers, judges and justices" are
having in finding their footing in a racial context so very
different than that in which the statute had been enforced for most
of its life. In following its own recently issued guidelines, the
Justice Department may not soon start down untraveled roads,
recognizing the waning of American racism. But administrations come
and go, new people take charge of civil rights enforcement at the
DOJ, new judges are appointed, and the racial zeitgeist continues to
change. Today's interpretation of the language of the guidelines is
not likely to remain the definitive understanding of the demands of
preclearance. Section 5 is set to expire in 2031; long before that
date, the "Procedures for the Attorney General's Administration of
section five," most recently issued in April 2011, will surely be
altered in ways we cannot yet foresee. We know only this: the
American racial landscape is fluid, and the law does respond to change.
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"Swing states beware: It's the latest attack of the nonstop attack
ads" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=39578>
Posted on September 4, 2012 9:19 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=39578> by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
WaPo reports
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/swing-states-beware-its-another-attack-of-the-nonstop-attack-ads/2012/09/02/6cf61f8e-f37c-11e1-892d-bc92fee603a7_story.html>.
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Jane Mayer Blog Post about "Citizen Koch"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=39575>
Posted on September 4, 2012 8:49 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=39575> by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Here,
<http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/newsdesk/2012/09/david-koch-steps-out-of-the-shadows.html>
at the /New Yorker./
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"Beyond the Red, Purple, and Blue: Election Law Issues in 2012?
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=39572>
Posted on September 4, 2012 8:28 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=39572> by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Here's information about an interesting conference at the University of
Richmond:
*****
Election Law Issues in 2012
The /University of Richmond Law Review/ presents the Allen Chair Symposium
Beyond the Red, Purple, and Blue: Election Law Issues in 2012
*Date:* Friday, October 5, 2012
*Time:* 8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m.
*Location:* University of Richmond -- Ukrop Auditorium at the Robins
School of Business and Merhige Moot Courtroom at the School of Law
*Cost:* No charge to attend
*MCLE pending* for 5.0 credits (0.0 ethics credits)
*Register Now <http://www.eventbrite.com/event/4257708922>*
*Panelists include:*
* Jocelyn F. Benson <https://law.wayne.edu/profile/jocelyn.benson/>,
Associate Professor of Law, Wayne State University Law School
* Joshua A. Douglas <http://www.law.uky.edu/index.php?hid=93>,
Assistant Professor of Law, University of Kentucky College of Law
* Rebecca Green
<http://law2.wm.edu/faculty/bios/professorsofpractice/green-912.php?svr=law>,
Professor of the Practice of Law, Coordinator of the Election Law
Program, and Assistant Director of the Center for Legal and Court
Technology, William & Mary Law School
* Dale Ho <http://www.naacpldf.org/dale-ho>, Assistant Counsel of the
Political Participation Group, NAACP Legal Defense and Educational
Fund, Inc.
* Steven F. Huefner
<http://moritzlaw.osu.edu/electionlaw/faculty/huefner.php>,
Professor of Law, Director of Clinical Programs, Legislation Clinic
Director, and Senior Fellow of Election Law, The Ohio State
University Michael E. Moritz College of Law
* Jessica A. Levinson
<http://www.lls.edu/academics/faculty/levinson.html>, Associate
Clinical Professor, Loyola Law School
* Dr. Michael P. McDonald <http://elections.gmu.edu/bio.html>,
Associate Professor of Government and Politics, George Mason University
* Michael J. Pitts
<http://indylaw.indiana.edu/people/profile.cfm?Id=293>, Professor of
Law and Dean's Fellow, Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School
of Law
* Rob Richie <http://www.fairvote.org/rob-richie>, Executive Director,
FairVote
*Register Now <http://www.eventbrite.com/event/4257708922>*
University of Richmond School of Law
28 Westhampton Way
University of Richmond, Va. 23173
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"Five Ways Courts Say Texas Discriminated Against Black and Latino
Voters" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=39569>
Posted on September 4, 2012 8:15 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=39569> by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
ProPublica reports.
<http://www.propublica.org/article/five-ways-courts-say-texas-discriminated-against-black-and-latino-voters?utm_source=twitter_socialflow>
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Virgil Goode Makes Va. Ballot, Potentially Hurting Romney
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=39564>
Posted on September 4, 2012 7:38 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=39564> by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Ben Pershing reports
<https://twitter.com/benpershing/status/242984675444928512> that further
challenges may be coming. [Here is Ben's updated report.
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/va-politics/virgil-goode-makes-presidential-ballot-in-virginia/2012/09/04/c5c57ea6-f698-11e1-8398-0327ab83ab91_story.html>
"But the Virginia GOP filed a challenge
<http://www2.timesdispatch.com/news/2012/sep/04/tdmet01-va-gop-challenges-ballot-petitions-of-good-ar-2175648/>
last week arguing that too many of Goode's signatures are invalid.
Republicans in Pennsylvania knocked Goode off the ballot in that state
last month."]
Here's an earlier AP report <http://t.co/QK9yDJ11>on the decision which
was facing the Va. Board of Elections. And here's Ben's July story
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/dc-politics/virgil-goode-campaign-could-be-a-spoiler-for-romney-in-virginia/2012/07/14/gJQAqjPxkW_story.html>
on whether Goode will be a spoiler.
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"Priorities USA Action Reports Record Monthly Donations"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=39561>
Posted on September 4, 2012 7:32 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=39561> by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
NYT's "The Caucus:"
<http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/09/04/priorities-usa-action-reports-record-monthly-donations/>
"The Democratic 'super PAC'
<http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/subjects/c/campaign_finance/index.html?inline=nyt-classifier>backing
President Obama
<http://elections.nytimes.com/2012/candidates/barack-obama?inline=nyt-per>
raised $10 million in August, as donors gave a record amount to the
group amid growing concern among some elite Democratic contributors that
Republican outside groups will swamp Mr. Obama's re-election effort."
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"Voter Suppression: The Confederacy Rises Again"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=39558>
Posted on September 4, 2012 7:18 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=39558> by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Ari Berman has written this piece
<http://www.thenation.com/blog/169709/voter-suppression-confederacy-rises-again#>
for /The Nation./
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"Judge orders new Democratic primary in 87th House race in St. Louis
County" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=39556>
Posted on September 4, 2012 7:17 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=39556> by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
<http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/metro/judge-orders-new-democratic-primary-in-th-house-race-in/article_7494b294-4540-5b29-8763-0abc681a061e.html>:
"A St. Louis County judge has ordered a new election on Sept. 24 to
settle a ballot problem that marred a state House race that was decided
by one vote last month. The county Board of Election Commissioners had
petitioned the court for a new election after it learned that workers at
a polling place in Brentwood accidentally passed out the wrong ballots
to 102 voters in the Democratic primary Aug. 7 between state
representatives Stacey Newman and Susan Carlson in the 87th District."
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"A Ballot Box Tactic Has Deep Historical Roots; The GOP's war on
voting rights isn't new. It harks back to past efforts to alter the
political process." <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=39553>
Posted on September 4, 2012 7:13 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=39553> by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Sherrilyn Ifill has writtenthis piece
<http://www.theroot.com/views/ballot-box-tactic-historical-roots?wpisrc=root_lightbox>
for /The Root./
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"Data Issues in Texas Voter ID Case Highlight Coming Battle Over
Voting Rights Act" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=39550>
Posted on September 4, 2012 6:58 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=39550> by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
A ChapinBlog
<http://blog.lib.umn.edu/cspg/electionacademy/2012/09/data_issues_in_texas_voter_id.php?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+HHHElections+%28The+Election+Aacdemy%29>.
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"'Secret money' taking over campaign funds"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=39547>
Posted on September 4, 2012 6:55 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=39547> by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
This article
<http://www.usatoday.com/USCP/PNI/Nation/World/2012-09-02-PNI0827wirsecret-campaign-cashPNIBrd_ST_U.htm>
originally appeared in the /Arizona Republic./
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