[EL] ELB News and Commentary 9/8/12
Rick Hasen
rhasen at law.uci.edu
Sat Sep 8 11:15:45 PDT 2012
"North Dakota Investigation Implicates Petition Fraud"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=39867>
Posted on September 8, 2012 11:14 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=39867> by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Governing
<http://www.governing.com/blogs/politics/gov-north-dakota-investigation-raises-questions-about-paid-petition-circulators.html>:
"Nearly 25,000 signatures submitted to place two initiatives on North
Dakota's November ballot were fraudulent, according to a state
investigation, raising questions about the widespread practice of
contracting out signature-gathering for ballot petitions."
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Posted in chicanery <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=12>, direct
democracy <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=62>, petition signature
gathering <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=39> | Comments Off
"Can your vote be traced? Boulder County is in the thick of
Colorado's budget battle" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=39864>
Posted on September 8, 2012 11:08 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=39864> by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
/Boulder Weekly /reports.
<http://www.boulderweekly.com/article-9651-can-your-vote-be-traced.html>
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"Post-convention ad crush to get even heavier"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=39862>
Posted on September 8, 2012 11:07 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=39862> by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
AP reports
<http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Post-convention-ad-crush-to-get-even-heavier-3849345.php>.
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Posted in campaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10> |
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"Online symposium: The Court and the Voting Rights Act"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=39859>
Posted on September 8, 2012 11:00 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=39859> by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Coming to SCOTUSBlog
<http://www.scotusblog.com/2012/09/online-symposium-the-court-and-the-voting-rights-act/#more-151573>
next week.
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Posted in Supreme Court <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=29>, Voting
Rights Act <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=15> | Comments Off
Quote of the Day <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=39857>
Posted on September 8, 2012 10:59 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=39857> by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
"*"The [Senior Administration Official] said it would be helpful if
Priorities USA* or other Super PACS were able to play more of a role.
'We think that would be obviously an important development in the
campaign if the resource disparity would be to get more evened up.'"
---Pool report from Air Force One (quoted in Politico Playbook
<http://www.politico.com/playbook/>)
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"Judge: Schwarzenegger within law in commuting Nuñez son's sentence"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=39855>
Posted on September 7, 2012 5:28 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=39855> by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
LA Times reports.
<http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2012/09/judge-says-schwarzenegger-within-the-law-on-nunez-sentence-reduction.html>
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"This implies that Michigan must honor the Libertarian Party's
request to print the name of Gary E. Johnson of Austin, Texas, on
the November ballot, if indeed Gary Johnson of New Mexico is not
permitted to run." <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=39852>
Posted on September 7, 2012 3:34 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=39852> by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Clever!
<http://www.ballot-access.org/2012/09/07/u-s-district-court-issues-decision-in-libertarian-party-of-michigan-v-ruth-johnson-explaining-why-sore-loser-law-applies-to-gary-johnson/>
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Posted in ballot access <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=46>, third
parties <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=47> | Comments Off
"Michael Kang Responds to Foley on Obama for America
Non-Retrogression Principle" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=39849>
Posted on September 7, 2012 3:29 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=39849> by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Kang <http://moritzlaw.osu.edu/electionlaw/comments/index.php?ID=9689>:
"Ned Foley's post
<http://moritzlaw.osu.edu/electionlaw/comments/index.php?ID=9673>
yesterday about /Obama for America v. Husted/ discusses an important
point about the sequence of legislative enactments as central to the
district court's ruling but, I think, ultimately gets the reason wrong
about why the sequence of enactments matters. Admittedly, the district
court opinion can be read in more than one way, but I'd like to offer
what I think is a stronger interpretation of the district court's
position. In the interest of full disclosure, I should say up front that
I consult with the Obama campaign on election law matters, but I was not
involved at all with the litigation and briefing for the case."
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The Voting Wars <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=60>, voting
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=31> | Comments Off
"Ten Weeks Out From Election Day, Outside Spending Exceeds 2008
Total" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=39846>
Posted on September 7, 2012 2:44 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=39846> by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Open Secrets reports
<http://www.opensecrets.org/news/2012/09/ten-weeks-out-from-election-day-out.html>.
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"Rights group asks court to stop Texas voting map"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=39842>
Posted on September 7, 2012 2:19 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=39842> by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
AP
<http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-250_162-57508502/rights-group-asks-court-to-stop-texas-voting-map/>:
"A Latino civil rights group is asking the Supreme Court to stop Texas
from using congressional districts drawn by a lower federal court in the
November election because they discriminate against minorities."
I give this petition very little chance of success.
UPDATE: Justice Scalia has asked for a response
<http://blog.chron.com/texaspolitics/2012/09/scalia-shows-an-interest-in-lulacs-stay-request/>to
the petition.
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redistricting <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=6>, Voting Rights Act
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"ESCONDIDO: Mexican man admits to voter fraud"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=39839>
Posted on September 7, 2012 2:14 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=39839> by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Voter id wouldn't havestopped this:
<http://www.nctimes.com/news/local/escondido/escondido-mexican-man-admits-to-voter-fraud/article_4bfb746f-100b-5a44-b84d-6c505474778b.html>
"Lopez-Munguia assumed the identity of Gustavo Carranza-Madrigal, a U.S.
citizen, and obtained a fraudulent California driver's license, a Social
Security card and a U.S. passport, according to the statement."
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"Democrats Count on Voter Fraud" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=39836>
Posted on September 7, 2012 2:12 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=39836> by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Rush Limbaugh transcript
<http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/daily/2012/09/07/democrats_count_on_voter_fraud>.
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"Primaries Decide Statehouses as Arizona Weighs Top-2 Plan"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=39831>
Posted on September 7, 2012 12:43 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=39831> by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Bloomberg reports.
<http://www.businessweek.com/news/2012-09-07/primaries-decide-statehouses-as-arizona-weighs-top-2-plan>
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The Other Important Ohio Voting Case--On Wrong Precinct Provisional
Voting--Goes to Sixth Circuit <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=39828>
Posted on September 7, 2012 12:39 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=39828> by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
From Moritz:
Briefing Schedule Issued for SEUI v. Husted
/*Sep. 7 (3:16 PM) -*/ According to the expedited briefing schedule
<http://moritzlaw.osu.edu/electionlaw/litigation/documents/BriefingSchedule_000.pdf>,
the Appellant's brief is due on Sept. 14, the Appellee's on Sept. 21,
and the reply brief is due on Sept. 26 in the /SEIU v. Husted
<http://moritzlaw.osu.edu/electionlaw/litigation/SEIUvHusted.php>/ case
dealing with provisional ballots. The 6^th Circuit will be busy with
election cases this month.
State of Ohio and Husted Appeal Provisional Ballot Ruling
/*Sep. 7 (9:38 AM) -*/ As expected, the state of Ohio and Secretary of
State Jon Husted filed notices of appeal yesterday in the SEIU v. Husted
<http://moritzlaw.osu.edu/electionlaw/litigation/SEIUvHusted.php>
provisional ballot case. The case now proceeds to the Sixth Circuit
Court of Appeals.
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