[EL] ELB News and Commentary 9/11/12
Rick Hasen
rhasen at law.uci.edu
Mon Sep 10 14:45:46 PDT 2012
"Voting Laws And The 2012 Presidential Race"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=39968>
Posted on September 10, 2012 2:42 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=39968> by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Tomorrow's Diane Rehm show
<http://thedianerehmshow.org/shows/2012-09-11/voting-laws-and-2012-presidential-race>:
With the election just eight weeks away, federal and state courts
have handed down conflicting decisions on voter ID, early voting and
provisional ballots. What the decisions could mean for the outcome
of the 2012 presidential election.
Guests
Bruce Fein
former associate deputy attorney general, Republican counsel during
the Iran-contra hearings, and founding partner with the Lichfield Group
Richard Hasen
Chancellor's Professor of Law and Political Science, University of
California, Irvine School of Law
Spencer Overton
professor, The George Washington University Law School
John Fortier
director, Democracy Project at the Bipartisan Policy Institute
Related Links
Interactive: Voter ID Laws in United States (The Wall Street
Journal)
<http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10000872396390443779404577641653741169944.html?mod=ITP_pageone_0#project%3DVoterID1111%26articleTabs%3Dinteractive>
"A Tight Election May Be Tangled in Legal Battles" (The New York
Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/10/us/politics/legal-battles-on-voting-may-prove-a-critical-issue-in-election.html?pagewanted=all>
The Democracy Project (Bipartisan Policy Center)
<http://bipartisanpolicy.org/projects/democracy-project>
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"The Voting Wars" Hits Boston College Tuesday at Noon
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=39965>
Posted on September 10, 2012 2:38 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=39965> by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Details. <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=39731>
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"Prelude to a Supreme Court Showdown: Voting Rights Rulings in Texas
and Florida Offer New Evidence of Racial Discrimination in Voting"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=39962>
Posted on September 10, 2012 2:14 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=39962> by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
David Gans writes
<http://theusconstitution.org/text-history/1606/prelude-supreme-court-showdown-voting-rights-rulings-texas-and-florida-offer-new>for
CAC.
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"2 Dems sue Ohio secretary of state over firing"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=39959>
Posted on September 10, 2012 2:08 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=39959> by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
AP
<http://www.ohio.com/news/break-news/2-dems-sue-ohio-secretary-of-state-over-firing-1.333286>:
"Two Democratic county elections officials fired in a dispute over
extended voting hours filed a federal lawsuit against the Republican
secretary of state on Monday, charging wrongful termination."
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"Campaign Disclosure in the Super PAC Era: An Interview with Dr. Lee
Drutman" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=39956>
Posted on September 10, 2012 2:04 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=39956> by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
This item
<http://gppreview.com/2012/09/10/campaign-disclosure-in-the-super-pac-era-an-interview-with-dr-lee-drutman/>
appears in the /Georgetown Public Policy Review./
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"ID Laws Bring New Attention To Voting Rights Act"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=39953>
Posted on September 10, 2012 2:02 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=39953> by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Nate Persily talks to NPR
<http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=160899032> about
the VRA.
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<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=9>, Voting Rights Act
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=15> | Comments Off
New Issue of NCSL's "The Canvass" Now Available
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=39950>
Posted on September 10, 2012 1:57 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=39950> by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
With the lead story
<http://www.ncsl.org/legislatures-elections/elections/the-canvass-september-2012.aspx>
on post-election audits.
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"Voting Laws In Several States Remain Unsettled"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=39948>
Posted on September 10, 2012 1:55 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=39948> by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Pam Fessler reports
<http://www.npr.org/2012/09/10/160884806/voting-laws-in-several-states-remain-unsettled>
for NPR.
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Scheduled to Be on Rachel Maddow Tonight at 9:30
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=39945>
Posted on September 10, 2012 1:39 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=39945> by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Talking about the latest skirmishes 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>.
/These things are always subject to change.
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"Corporate Contributions and Disclosure"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=39942>
Posted on September 10, 2012 1:35 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=39942> by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
NYT editorial
<http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/10/opinion/corporate-contributions-and-disclosure.html?_r=1&ref=opinion>
on the 8th CircuitSwanson case.
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"Strong Enforcement Of Voter Protections Needed To Stop 'Bullies At
The Ballot Box'" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=39939>
Posted on September 10, 2012 1:19 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=39939> by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Demos and Common Cause have issuedthis press release
<http://www.demos.org/press-release/strong-enforcement-voter-protections-needed-stop-%E2%80%9Cbullies-ballot-box%E2%80%9D>about
this new report. <http://bit.ly/OkcP5o>
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"Vote Changes Spark Duel; Campaigns Battle Over Extended Ballot
Season, ID Laws" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=39936>
Posted on September 10, 2012 1:12 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=39936> by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
WSJ reports.
<http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10000872396390443779404577641653741169944.html>
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"Maryland Democrat quits congressional race amid vote fraud
allegations" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=39933>
Posted on September 10, 2012 1:06 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=39933> by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Disturbing news
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/maryland-politics/post/maryland-democrat-quits-congressional-race-amid-vote-fraud-allegations/2012/09/10/d0ff9b1e-fb73-11e1-b2af-1f7d12fe907a_blog.html>
from Maryland:
A Maryland Democratic candidate quit her congressional race Monday
after her own party told state officials that she had committed
fraud by voting in both Maryland and Florida in recent elections....
Rosen's announcement came the same day the state Democratic party
released a letter to state Attorney General Douglas Gansler and
state prosecutors reporting the allegations against Rosen.
"The Maryland Democratic Party has discovered that Ms. Rosen has
been registered to vote in both Florida and Maryland since at least
2006; that she in fact voted in the 2006 general election both in
Florida and Maryland; and that she voted in the presidential
preference primaries held in both Florida and Maryland in 2008,"
wrote Yvette Lewis, the state party chair. "This information is
based on an examination of the voter files from both states. We
believe that this is a clear violation of Maryland law and urge the
appropriate office to conduct a full investigation."
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"Online VRA symposium: The Voting Rights Act, Congressional silence,
and the political polarization" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=39930>
Posted on September 10, 2012 12:52 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=39930> by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
My contribution
<http://www.scotusblog.com/2012/09/online-vra-symposium-the-voting-rights-act-congressional-silence-and-the-political-polarization/>
to the SCOTUSBlog symposium on the VRA begins:
The Supreme Court's 2009 decision in /NAMUDNO v. Holder
<http://www2.bloomberglaw.com/public/document/Northwest_Austin_Mun_Utility_Dist_No_One_v_Holder_129_S_Ct_2504_1>/
was an invitation to Congress to go back and make changes to Section
5 of the Voting Rights Act to keep the Court from striking down the
provision as an unconstitutional exercise of Congressional power. At
oral argument
<http://www.oyez.org/cases/2000-2009/2008/2008_08_322>, both Chief
Justice Roberts and Justice Kennedy -- believed to be the key votes
in this case -- expressed considerable skepticism about requiring
only some jurisdictions (mostly in the South) but not the rest of
the country to get permission from the federal government for all
changes in their voting rules, from redistricting to voter id to
moving a polling place. /NAMUDNO /was in effect a remand, perhaps an
act of statesmanship by Roberts, Kennedy, or both, to give Congress
more time to rework the Act. Yet Congress did not respond, and now
the Court seems almost certain to take either the /Shelby County v.
Holder
<http://www.scotusblog.com/case-files/cases/shelby-county-v-holder/>/ case
or another case soon, and likely to strike down the Act. In this
post I ask, why did Congress fail to act to fix the Act after /NAMUDNO/?
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Judge Calls Off Ohio Hearing to Take SOS Husted to Woodshed; Obama
Campaign Opposes Stay <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=39927>
Posted on September 10, 2012 12:49 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=39927> by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
The judge called off the hearing
<http://moritzlaw.osu.edu/electionlaw/litigation/documents/OrderVacatingHearing.pdf>now
that the judge is satisfied that SOS Husted is not deliberately
disobeying him.
The Obama campaign opposes
<http://moritzlaw.osu.edu/electionlaw/litigation/documents/PlaintiffsResponsetoDefendantsMotionforStayPendingAppeal.pdf>Husted's
motion to stay the Court's order, which now is clear in directing the
Secretary to set early voting hours for the last three days before the
election in Ohio.
There is no hearing time set on Husted's motion for a stay. It would not
surprise me if the judge denies it without an additional hearing. If
that happens, I expect Husted to seek a stay from the 6th Circuit (if he
has not already done so.)
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"Why the Supreme Court May Soon Strike Down a Key Section of the
Voting Rights Act" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=39924>
Posted on September 10, 2012 12:34 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=39924> by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Nick Stephanopoulos
<http://www.tnr.com/blog/plank/107067/why-the-supreme-court-may-soon-strike-down-key-section-the-voting-rights-act>:
"Accordingly, the three-judge court's decision to block Texas's new
district plans could amount to a Pyrrhic victory. The decision is
thorough and well-reasoned, and its interpretation of the provision is
quite defensible. But by highlighting the greater reach of the revised
Section 5, the case may well strengthen the resolve of the conservative
Justices to strike it down. A year from now, minorities and Democrats
are unlikely to still be dancing in the streets."
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"Simpson Joins Criticism of House Redistricting"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=39921>
Posted on September 10, 2012 12:31 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=39921> by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Texas Tribune
<http://www.texastribune.org/texas-redistricting/redistricting/simpson-joins-criticism-house-redistricting/>:
"State Rep. Trey Martinez Fischer
<http://www.texastribune.org/directory/trey-martinez-fischer/> picked up
an unlikely ally Friday after accusing top House staffers of taking part
in discriminatory conduct that got the Legislature's redistricting maps
thrown out by federal judges. Fellow Rep. David Simpson
<http://www.texastribune.org/directory/david-simpson/>, R-Longview, said
he, too, 'was pretty dismayed' to see testimony about redistricting
conversations between the House speaker's staff and outside attorneys.'
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"Will the voting amendment dismantle Minnesota's current election
system?" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=39918>
Posted on September 9, 2012 8:49 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=39918> by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
MinnPost.com reports
<http://www.minnpost.com/politics-policy/2012/09/will-voting-amendment-dismantle-minnesota%E2%80%99s-current-election-system>.
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