[EL] campaign spending limits
JBoppjr at aol.com
JBoppjr at aol.com
Sun Sep 16 06:34:16 PDT 2012
This is an excellent example of how the press or at least their headline
writers, gets things wrong:
_“Poll: Strong Support for Campaign Spending Limits”_
(http://electionlawblog.org/?p=40267)
Posted on _September 15, 2012 6:06 pm_
(http://electionlawblog.org/?p=40267) by _Rick Hasen_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3)
_AP_
(http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2012/09/15/us/politics/ap-us-ap-poll-campaign-spending.html?ref=politics) : “More than 8 in 10 Americans in a
poll by The Associated Press and the National Constitution Center support
limits on the amount of money given to groups that are trying to influence
U.S. elections.”
The poll is about contribution limits, not campaign spending limits. No
wonder the public is so misinformed. Jim Bopp
In a message dated 9/15/2012 9:18:09 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
rhasen at law.uci.edu writes:
_Broad Support for Voter ID Laws in NYT/CBS Poll_
(http://electionlawblog.org/?p=40270)
Posted on _September 15, 2012 6:15 pm_
(http://electionlawblog.org/?p=40270) by _Rick Hasen_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3)
_New Poll:_
(http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2012/09/15/us/politics/New-York-Times-CBS-Poll-Results.html?ref=politics)
(http://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http://electionlawblog.org/?p=40270&title=Broad%20Support%20for%20Voter%20ID%20Laws%20in%20NYT/CBS%20Poll&descr
iption=Broad%20Support%20for%20Voter%20ID%20Laws%20in%20NYT/CBS%20Poll
Posted%20on%20September%2015,%202012%206:15%20pm%20by%20Rick%20Hasen
New%20Poll:
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“Poll:%20Strong%20Support%20for%20Campaign%20Spending%20Limits”
Posted%20on%20September%2015,%202012%206:06%20pm%20by%20Rick%20Hasen
AP:%20“
More%20than%208%20in%2010%20Americans%20in%20a%20poll%20by%20The%20Associated%20Press%20and%20the%20National%20Constitution%20Center%20support%20
limits%20on%20the%20amount%20of%20money%20given%20to%20groups%20that%20are%2
0trying%20to%20influence%20U.S.%20elections.”
“
The%20poll%20also%20found%20a%20slight%20increase%20in%20the%20share%20of%20Americans%20who%20say%20voting%20rights%20for%20minorities%20require%20lega
l%20protection,%20although%20the%20public%20is%20divided%20over%20whether%20
such%20laws%20still%20are%20needed.%20Sixty%20percent%20of%20Democrats%20say
%20those%20protections%20are%20still%20needed,%20compared%20with%2040%20perc
ent%20of%20independents%20and%2033%20percent%20of%20Republicans.”
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“
Early%20voting:%20Why%20Justice%20dropped%20its%20challenge%20of%20Florida%20plan”
Posted%20on%20September%2015,%202012%205:53%20pm%20by%20Rick%20Hasen
The%20CS%20Monitor%20reports.
Share
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ights%20Act |%20Comments%20Off
“Conservative%20super%20PACs%20targeting%20blue-state%20Democrats”
Posted%20on%20September%2015,%202012%205:48%20pm%20by%20Rick%20Hasen
WaPo%20reports.
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“
Some%20Republicans%20Try%20Out%20a%20New%20Campaign%20Theme:%20Bipartisanship”
Posted%20on%20September%2015,%202012%205:46%20pm%20by%20Rick%20Hasen
NYT%20reports.
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Is%20the%20Voting%20Rights%20Act%20Living%20on%20Borrowed%20Time?
Posted%20on%20September%2015,%202012%205:43%20pm%20by%20Rick%20Hasen
ABC%20News%20investigates.
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Assessing%20the%20Potential%20Effects%20of%20Citizens%20United:%20Evidence%20from%20the%20States”
Posted%20on%20September%2015,%202012%205:40%20pm%20by%20Rick%20Hasen
Timothy%20Werner%20and%20John%20Coleman%20have%20posted%20this%20draft%20on%
20SSRN.%20%20Here%20is%20the%20abstract:
%20%20%20%20The%20U.S.%20Supreme%20Court’
s%202010%20decision%20in%20Citizens%20United%20v.%20FEC%20was%20one%20of%20its%20most%20controversial%20in%20de
cades.%20Critics%20of%20the%20decision%20argued%20it%20would%20lead%20to%20a
%20flood%20of%20corporate%20and%20union%20cash%20that%20would%20warp%20elect
oral%20and%20policy%20outcomes.%20We%20test%20for%20this%20possibility%20by%
20exploiting%20the%20variation%20in%20campaign%20finance%20laws%20at%20the%2
0state%20level%20from%201977%20through%202006.
%20%20%20%20Through%20an%20analysis%20of%20three%20policy%20outcomes%20of%20
interest%20to%20businesses%20and%20unions%20over%20three%20decades%20—
%20the%20degree%20of%20liberalism%20among%20state%20elected%20officials;%20the%20r
elative%20state%20minimum%20wage%20compared%20to%20the%20federal%20minimum%2
0wage;%20and%20the%20degree%20of%20pre-transfer%20income%20inequality%20in%2
0a%20state%20—
%20we%20find%20minimal%20effects%20for%20the%20overall%20campaign%20finance%20regulatory%20regimes%20in%20general%20and%20corporate%20and%
20union%20independent%20expenditures%20specifically%20on%20public%20policy%2
0outcomes.%20These%20findings%20suggest%20that%20critics’
%20fears%20about%20the%20possible%20effects%20of%20Citizens%20United%20at%20the%20national%20le
vel%20may%20be%20overstated.
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Secretary%20of%20State%20Connie%20Lawson%20warns%20Hoosiers%20about%20over-the-phone%20voting%20scam”
Posted%20on%20September%2015,%202012%205:37%20pm%20by%20Rick%20Hasen
See%20this%20press%20release.
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“
Could%20Pennsylvania%20Voter%20ID%20Law%20Help%20Romney%20Win%20Race?%20Up%20to%201%20Million%20Voters%20Face%20Disenfranchisement”
Posted%20on%20September%2015,%202012%205:37%20pm%20by%20Rick%20Hasen
Here%20is%20a%20link%20to%20a%20Democracy%20Now!%20program.%20%20I%20haven’
t%20had%20a%20chance%20to%20listen%20to%20the%20program%20but%20the%201%20mil
lion%20disenfranchised%20voters%20seems%20quite%20high%20and%20not%20support
ed%20at%20)
Posted in _election administration_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18) ,
_The Voting Wars_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=60) , _voter id_
(http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=9) | Comments Off
_“Poll: Strong Support for Campaign Spending Limits”_
(http://electionlawblog.org/?p=40267)
Posted on _September 15, 2012 6:06 pm_
(http://electionlawblog.org/?p=40267) by _Rick Hasen_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3)
_AP_
(http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2012/09/15/us/politics/ap-us-ap-poll-campaign-spending.html?ref=politics) : “More than 8 in 10 Americans in a
poll by The Associated Press and the National Constitution Center support
limits on the amount of money given to groups that are trying to influence
U.S. elections.”
“The poll also found a slight increase in the share of Americans who say
voting rights for minorities require legal protection, although the public is
divided over whether such laws still are needed. Sixty percent of
Democrats say those protections are still needed, compared with 40 percent of
independents and 33 percent of Republicans.”
(http://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http://electionlawblog.org/?p=40267&title=“Poll:%20Strong%20Support%20for%20Campaign%20Spending%20Limits”
&description=Broad%20Support%20for%20Voter%20ID%20Laws%20in%20NYT/CBS%20Poll
Posted%20on%20September%2015,%202012%206:15%20pm%20by%20Rick%20Hasen
New%20Poll:
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Posted%20in%20election%20administration,%20The%20Voting%20Wars,%20voter%20id
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“Poll:%20Strong%20Support%20for%20Campaign%20Spending%20Limits”
Posted%20on%20September%2015,%202012%206:06%20pm%20by%20Rick%20Hasen
AP:%20“
More%20than%208%20in%2010%20Americans%20in%20a%20poll%20by%20The%20Associated%20Press%20and%20the%20National%20Constitution%20Center%20support%20
limits%20on%20the%20amount%20of%20money%20given%20to%20groups%20that%20are%2
0trying%20to%20influence%20U.S.%20elections.”
“
The%20poll%20also%20found%20a%20slight%20increase%20in%20the%20share%20of%20Americans%20who%20say%20voting%20rights%20for%20minorities%20require%20lega
l%20protection,%20although%20the%20public%20is%20divided%20over%20whether%20
such%20laws%20still%20are%20needed.%20Sixty%20percent%20of%20Democrats%20say
%20those%20protections%20are%20still%20needed,%20compared%20with%2040%20perc
ent%20of%20independents%20and%2033%20percent%20of%20Republicans.”
Share
Posted%20in%20campaign%20finance |%20Comments%20Off
“
Early%20voting:%20Why%20Justice%20dropped%20its%20challenge%20of%20Florida%20plan”
Posted%20on%20September%2015,%202012%205:53%20pm%20by%20Rick%20Hasen
The%20CS%20Monitor%20reports.
Share
Posted%20in%20Department%20of%20Justice,%20The%20Voting%20Wars,%20Voting%20R
ights%20Act |%20Comments%20Off
“Conservative%20super%20PACs%20targeting%20blue-state%20Democrats”
Posted%20on%20September%2015,%202012%205:48%20pm%20by%20Rick%20Hasen
WaPo%20reports.
Share
Posted%20in%20campaign%20finance |%20Comments%20Off
“
Some%20Republicans%20Try%20Out%20a%20New%20Campaign%20Theme:%20Bipartisanship”
Posted%20on%20September%2015,%202012%205:46%20pm%20by%20Rick%20Hasen
NYT%20reports.
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Posted%20in%20campaigns,%20political%20parties,%20political%20polarization
|%20Comments%20Off
Is%20the%20Voting%20Rights%20Act%20Living%20on%20Borrowed%20Time?
Posted%20on%20September%2015,%202012%205:43%20pm%20by%20Rick%20Hasen
ABC%20News%20investigates.
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“Assessing%20the%20Potential%20Effects%20of%20C
itizens%20United:%20Evidence%20from%20the%20States”
Posted%20on%20September%2015,%202012%205:40%20pm%20by%20Rick%20Hasen
Timothy%20Werner%20and%20John%20Coleman%20have%20posted%20this%20draft%20on%
20SSRN.%20%20Here%20is%20the%20abstract:
%20%20%20%20The%20U.S.%20Supreme%20Court’
s%202010%20decision%20in%20Citizens%20United%20v.%20FEC%20was%20one%20of%20its%20most%20controversial%20in%20de
cades.%20Critics%20of%20the%20decision%20argued%20it%20would%20lead%20to%20a
%20flood%20of%20corporate%20and%20union%20cash%20that%20would%20warp%20elect
oral%20and%20policy%20outcomes.%20We%20test%20for%20this%20possibility%20by%
20exploiting%20the%20variation%20in%20campaign%20finance%20laws%20at%20the%2
0state%20level%20from%201977%20through%202006.
%20%20%20%20Through%20an%20analysis%20of%20three%20policy%20outcomes%20of%20
interest%20to%20businesses%20and%20unions%20over%20three%20decades%20—
%20the%20degree%20of%20liberalism%20among%20state%20elected%20officials;%20the%20r
elative%20state%20minimum%20wage%20compared%20to%20the%20federal%20minimum%2
0wage;%20and%20the%20degree%20of%20pre-transfer%20income%20inequality%20in%2
0a%20state%20—
%20we%20find%20minimal%20effects%20for%20the%20overall%20campaign%20finance%20regulatory%20regimes%20in%20general%20and%20corporate%20and%
20union%20independent%20expenditures%20specifically%20on%20public%20policy%2
0outcomes.%20These%20findings%20suggest%20that%20critics’
%20fears%20about%20the%20possible%20effects%20of%20Citizens%20United%20at%20the%20national%20le
vel%20may%20be%20overstated.
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Secretary%20of%20State%20Connie%20Lawson%20warns%20Hoosiers%20about%20over-the-phone%20voting%20scam”
Posted%20on%20September%2015,%202012%205:37%20pm%20by%20Rick%20Hasen
See%20this%20press%20release.
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Could%20Pennsylvania%20Voter%20ID%20Law%20Help%20Romney%20Win%20Race?%20Up%20to%201%20Million%20Voters%20Face%20Disenfranchisement”
Posted%20on%20September%2015,%202012%205:37%20pm%20by%20Rick%20Hasen
Here%20is%20a%20link%20to%20a%20Democracy%20Now!%20program.%20%20I%20haven’
t%20had%20a%20chance%20to%20listen%20to%20the%20program%20but%20the%201%20mil
lion%20disenfranchised%20voters%20seems%20quite%20high%20and%20not%20s)
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_“Early voting: Why Justice dropped its challenge of Florida plan”_
(http://electionlawblog.org/?p=40264)
Posted on _September 15, 2012 5:53 pm_
(http://electionlawblog.org/?p=40264) by _Rick Hasen_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3)
_The CS Monitor reports_
(http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Elections/2012/0913/Early-voting-Why-Justice-dropped-its-challenge-of-Florida-plan) .
(http://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http://electionlawblog.org/?p=40264&title=“
Early%20voting:%20Why%20Justice%20dropped%20its%20challenge%20of%20Florida%20plan”
&description=Broad%20Support%20for%20Voter%20ID%20Laws%20in%20NYT/CBS%20Poll
Posted%20on%20September%2015,%202012%206:15%20pm%20by%20Rick%20Hasen
New%20Poll:
Share
Posted%20in%20election%20administration,%20The%20Voting%20Wars,%20voter%20id
|%20Comments%20Off
“Poll:%20Strong%20Support%20for%20Campaign%20Spending%20Limits”
Posted%20on%20September%2015,%202012%206:06%20pm%20by%20Rick%20Hasen
AP:%20“More%20than%208%20in%2010%20American
s%20in%20a%20poll%20by%20The%20Associated%20Press%20and%20the%20National%20Constitution%20Center%20support%20
limits%20on%20the%20amount%20of%20money%20given%20to%20groups%20that%20are%2
0trying%20to%20influence%20U.S.%20elections.”
“
The%20poll%20also%20found%20a%20slight%20increase%20in%20the%20share%20of%20Americans%20who%20say%20voting%20rights%20for%20minorities%20require%20lega
l%20protection,%20although%20the%20public%20is%20divided%20over%20whether%20
such%20laws%20still%20are%20needed.%20Sixty%20percent%20of%20Democrats%20say
%20those%20protections%20are%20still%20needed,%20compared%20with%2040%20perc
ent%20of%20independents%20and%2033%20percent%20of%20Republicans.”
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“
Early%20voting:%20Why%20Justice%20dropped%20its%20challenge%20of%20Florida%20plan”
Posted%20on%20September%2015,%202012%205:53%20pm%20by%20Rick%20Hasen
The%20CS%20Monitor%20reports.
Share
Posted%20in%20Department%20of%20Justice,%20The%20Voting%20Wars,%20Voting%20R
ights%20Act |%20Comments%20Off
“Conservative%20super%20PACs%20targeting%20blue-state%20Democrats”
Posted%20on%20September%2015,%202012%205:48%20pm%20by%20Rick%20Hasen
WaPo%20reports.
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Some%20Republicans%20Try%20Out%20a%20New%20Campaign%20Theme:%20Bipartisanship”
Posted%20on%20September%2015,%202012%205:46%20pm%20by%20Rick%20Hasen
NYT%20reports.
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Is%20the%20Voting%20Rights%20Act%20Living%20on%20Borrowed%20Time?
Posted%20on%20September%2015,%202012%205:43%20pm%20by%20Rick%20Hasen
ABC%20News%20investigates.
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“
Assessing%20the%20Potential%20Effects%20of%20Citizens%20United:%20Evidence%20from%20the%20States”
Posted%20on%20September%2015,%202012%205:40%20pm%20by%20Rick%20Hasen
Timothy%20Werner%20and%20John%20Coleman%20have%20posted%20this%20draft%20on%
20SSRN.%20%20Here%20is%20the%20abstract:
%20%20%20%20The%20U.S.%20Supreme%20Court’
s%202010%20decision%20in%20Citizens%20United%20v.%20FEC%20was%20one%20of%20its%20most%20controversial%20in%20de
cades.%20Critics%20of%20the%20decision%20argued%20it%20would%20lead%20to%20a
%20flood%20of%20corporate%20and%20union%20cash%20that%20would%20warp%20elect
oral%20and%20policy%20outcomes.%20We%20test%20for%20this%20possibility%20by%
20exploiting%20the%20variation%20in%20campaign%20finance%20laws%20at%20the%2
0state%20level%20from%201977%20through%202006.
%20%20%20%20Through%20an%20analysis%20of%20three%20policy%20outcomes%20of%20
interest%20to%20businesses%20and%20unions%20over%20three%20decades%20—
%20the%20degree%20of%20liberalism%20among%20state%20elected%20officials;%20the%20r
elative%20state%20minimum%20wage%20compared%20to%20the%20federal%20minimum%2
0wage;%20and%20the%20degree%20of%20pre-transfer%20income%20inequality%20in%2
0a%20state%20—
%20we%20find%20minimal%20effects%20for%20the%20overall%20campaign%20finance%20regulatory%20regimes%20in%20general%20and%20corporate%20and%
20union%20independent%20expenditures%20specifically%20on%20public%20policy%2
0outcomes.%20These%20findings%20suggest%20that%20critics’
%20fears%20about%20the%20possible%20effects%20of%20Citizens%20United%20at%20the%20national%20le
vel%20may%20be%20overstated.
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20Lawson%20warns%20Hoosiers%20about%20over-the-phone%20voting%20scam”
Posted%20on%20September%2015,%202012%205:37%20pm%20by%20Rick%20Hasen
See%20this%20press%20release.
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Could%20Pennsylvania%20Voter%20ID%20Law%20Help%20Romney%20Win%20Race?%20Up%20to%201%20Million%20Voters%20Face%20Disenfranchisement”
Posted%20on%20September%2015,%202012%205:37%20pm%20by%20Rick%20Hasen
Here%20is%20a%20link%20to%20a%20Democracy%20Now!%20program.%20%20I%20haven’
t%20had%20a%20chance%20to%20listen%20to%20the%20program%20but%20the%201%20mil
lion%20disenfranchised%20voters%20seems%20quite%20)
Posted in _Department of Justice_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=26) ,
_The Voting Wars_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=60) , _Voting Rights Act_
(http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=15) | Comments Off
_“Conservative super PACs targeting blue-state Democrats”_
(http://electionlawblog.org/?p=40261)
Posted on _September 15, 2012 5:48 pm_
(http://electionlawblog.org/?p=40261) by _Rick Hasen_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3)
_WaPo reports._
(http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/conservative-super-pacs-targeting-blue-state-democrats/2012/09/15/5ef99706-fc43-11e1-8adc-49966
1afe377_story.html)
(http://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http://electionlawblog.org/?p=40261&title=“Conservative%20super%20PACs%20targeting%20blue-state%20Democrats”
&description=Broad%20Support%20for%20Voter%20ID%20Laws%20in%20NYT/CBS%20Poll
Posted%20on%20September%2015,%202012%206:15%20pm%20by%20Rick%20Hasen
New%20Poll:
Share
Posted%20in%20election%20administration,%20The%20Voting%20Wars,%20voter%20id
|%20Comments%20Off
“Poll:%20Strong%20Support%20for%20Campaign%20Spending%20Limits”
Posted%20on%20September%2015,%202012%206:06%20pm%20by%20Rick%20Hasen
AP:%20“
More%20than%208%20in%2010%20Americans%20in%20a%20poll%20by%20The%20Associated%20Press%20and%20the%20National%20Constitution%20Center%20support%20
limits%20on%20the%20amount%20of%20money%20given%20to%20groups%20that%20are%2
0trying%20to%20influence%20U.S.%20elections.”
“
The%20poll%20also%20found%20a%20slight%20increase%20in%20the%20share%20of%20Americans%20who%20say%20voting%20rights%20for%20minorities%20require%20lega
l%20protection,%20although%20the%20public%20is%20divided%20over%20whether%20
such%20laws%20still%20are%20needed.%20Sixty%20percent%20of%20Democrats%20say
%20those%20protections%20are%20still%20needed,%20compared%20with%2040%20perc
ent%20of%20independents%20and%2033%20percent%20of%20Republicans.”
Share
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“
Early%20voting:%20Why%20Justice%20dropped%20its%20challenge%20of%20Florida%20plan”
Posted%20on%20September%2015,%202012%205:53%20pm%20by%20Rick%20Hasen
The%20CS%20Monitor%20reports.
Share
Posted%20in%20Department%20of%20Justice,%20The%20Voting%20Wars,%20Voting%20R
ights%20Act |%20Comments%20Off
“Conservative%20super%20PACs%20targeting%20blue-state%20Democrats”
Posted%20on%20September%2015,%202012%205:48%20pm%20by%20Rick%20Hasen
WaPo%20reports.
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“
Some%20Republicans%20Try%20Out%20a%20New%20Campaign%20Theme:%20Bipartisanship”
Posted%20on%20September%2015,%202012%205:46%20pm%20by%20Rick%20Hasen
NYT%20reports.
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Is%20the%20Voting%20Rights%20Act%20Living%20on%20Borrowed%20Time?
Posted%20on%20September%2015,%202012%205:43%20pm%20by%20Rick%20Hasen
ABC%20News%20investigates.
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Assessing%20the%20Potential%20Effects%20of%20Citizens%20United:%20Evidence%20from%20the%20States”
Posted%20on%20September%2015,%202012%205:40%20pm%20by%20Rick%20Hasen
Timothy%20Werner%20and%20John%20Coleman%20have%20posted%20this%20draft%20on%
20SSRN.%20%20Here%20is%20the%20abstract:
%20%20%20%20The%20U.S.%20Supreme%20Court’
s%202010%20decision%20in%20Citizens%20United%20v.%20FEC%20was%20one%20of%20its%20most%20controversial%20in%20de
cades.%20Critics%20of%20the%20decision%20argued%20it%20would%20lead%20to%20a
%20flood%20of%20corporate%20and%20union%20cash%20that%20would%20warp%20elect
oral%20and%20policy%20outcomes.%20We%20test%20for%20this%20possibility%20by%
20exploiting%20the%20variation%20in%20campaign%20finance%20laws%20at%20the%2
0state%20level%20from%201977%20through%202006.
%20%20%20%20Through%20an%20analysis%20of%20three%20policy%20outcomes%20of%20
interest%20to%20businesses%20and%20unions%20over%20three%20decades%20—
%20the%20degree%20of%20liberalism%20among%20state%20elected%20officials;%20the%20r
elative%20state%20minimum%20wage%20compared%20to%20the%20federal%20minimum%2
0wage;%20and%20the%20degree%20of%20pre-transfer%20income%20inequality%20in%2
0a%20state%20—
%20we%20find%20minimal%20effects%20for%20the%20overall%20campaign%20finance%20regulatory%20regimes%20in%20general%20and%20corporate%20and%
20union%20independent%20expenditures%20specifically%20on%20public%20policy%2
0outcomes.%20These%20findings%20suggest%20that%20critics’
%20fears%20about%20the%20possible%20effects%20of%20Citizens%20United%20at%20the%20national%20le
vel%20may%20be%20overstated.
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Secretary%20of%20State%20Connie%20Lawson%20warns%20Hoosiers%20about%20over-the-phone%20voting%20scam”
Posted%20on%20September%2015,%202012%205:37%20pm%20by%20Rick%20Hasen
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Could%20Pennsylvania%20Voter%20ID%20Law%20Help%20Romney%20Win%20Race?%20Up%20to%201%20Million%20Voters%20Face%20Disenfranchisement”
Posted%20on%20September%2015,%202012%205:37%20pm%20by%20Rick%20Hasen
Here%20is%20a%20link%20to%20a%20Democracy%20Now!%20program.%20%20I%20haven’
t%20had%20a%20chance%20to%20listen%20to%20the%20program%20but%20the%201%20mil
lion%20disenfranchised%20voters%20seems%20quite%20high%20and%20not%20)
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_“Some Republicans Try Out a New Campaign Theme: Bipartisanship”_
(http://electionlawblog.org/?p=40259)
Posted on _September 15, 2012 5:46 pm_
(http://electionlawblog.org/?p=40259) by _Rick Hasen_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3)
_NYT reports._
(http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/16/us/politics/some-republicans-try-out-a-new-campaign-theme-bipartisanship.html?ref=politics)
(http://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http://electionlawblog.org/?p=40259&title=“
Some%20Republicans%20Try%20Out%20a%20New%20Campaign%20Theme:%20Bipartisanship”
&description=Broad%20Support%20for%20Voter%20ID%20Laws%20in%20NYT/CBS%20Poll
Posted%20on%20September%2015,%202012%206:15%20pm%20by%20Rick%20Hasen
New%20Poll:
Share
Posted%20in%20election%20administration,%20The%20Voting%20Wars,%20voter%20id
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“Poll:%20Strong%20Support%20for%20Campaign%20Spending%20Limits”
Posted%20on%20September%2015,%202012%206:06%20pm%20by%20Rick%20Hasen
AP:%20“
More%20than%208%20in%2010%20Americans%20in%20a%20poll%20by%20The%20Associated%20Press%20and%20the%20National%20Constitution%20Center%20support%20
limits%20on%20the%20amount%20of%20money%20given%20to%20groups%20that%20are%2
0trying%20to%20influence%20U.S.%20elections.”
“
The%20poll%20also%20found%20a%20slight%20increase%20in%20the%20share%20of%20Americans%20who%20say%20voting%20rights%20for%20minorities%20require%20lega
l%20protection,%20although%20the%20public%20is%20divided%20over%20whether%20
such%20laws%20still%20are%20needed.%20Sixty%20percent%20of%20Democrats%20say
%20those%20protections%20are%20still%20needed,%20compared%20with%2040%20perc
ent%20of%20independents%20and%2033%20percent%20of%20Republicans.”
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“
Early%20voting:%20Why%20Justice%20dropped%20its%20challenge%20of%20Florida%20plan”
Posted%20on%20September%2015,%202012%205:53%20pm%20by%20Rick%20Hasen
The%20CS%20Monitor%20reports.
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ights%20Act |%20Comments%20Off
“Conservative%20super%20PACs%20targeting%20blue-state%20Democrats”
Posted%20on%20September%2015,%202012%205:48%20pm%20by%20Rick%20Hasen
WaPo%20reports.
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Some%20Republicans%20Try%20Out%20a%20New%20Campaign%20Theme:%20Bipartisanship”
Posted%20on%20September%2015,%202012%205:46%20pm%20by%20Rick%20Hasen
NYT%20reports.
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Is%20the%20Voting%20Rights%20Act%20Living%20on%20Borrowed%20Time?
Posted%20on%20September%2015,%202012%205:43%20pm%20by%20Rick%20Hasen
ABC%20News%20investigates.
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“
Assessing%20the%20Potential%20Effects%20of%20Citizens%20United:%20Evidence%20from%20the%20States”
Posted%20on%20September%2015,%202012%205:40%20pm%20by%20Rick%20Hasen
Timothy%20Werner%20and%20John%20Coleman%20have%20posted%20this%20draft%20on%
20SSRN.%20%20Here%20is%20the%20abstract:
%20%20%20%20The%20U.S.%20Supreme%20Court’
s%202010%20decision%20in%20Citizens%20United%20v.%20FEC%20was%20one%20of%20its%20most%20controversial%20in%20de
cades.%20Critics%20of%20the%20decision%20argued%20it%20would%20lead%20to%20a
%20flood%20of%20corporate%20and%20union%20cash%20that%20would%20warp%20elect
oral%20and%20policy%20outcomes.%20We%20test%20for%20this%20possibility%20by%
20exploiting%20the%20variation%20in%20campaign%20finance%20laws%20at%20the%2
0state%20level%20from%201977%20through%202006.
%20%20%20%20Through%20an%20analysis%20of%20three%20policy%20outcomes%20of%20
interest%20to%20businesses%20and%20unions%20over%20three%20decades%20—
%20the%20degree%20of%20liberalism%20among%20state%20elected%20officials;%20the%20r
elative%20state%20minimum%20wage%20compared%20to%20the%20federal%20minimum%2
0wage;%20and%20the%20degree%20of%20pre-transfer%20income%20inequality%20in%2
0a%20state%20—
%20we%20find%20minimal%20effects%20for%20the%20overall%20campaign%20finance%20regulatory%20regimes%20in%20general%20and%20corpora
te%20and%20union%20independent%20expenditures%20specifically%20on%20public%20policy%2
0outcomes.%20These%20findings%20suggest%20that%20critics’
%20fears%20about%20the%20possible%20effects%20of%20Citizens%20United%20at%20the%20national%20le
vel%20may%20be%20overstated.
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Secretary%20of%20State%20Connie%20Lawson%20warns%20Hoosiers%20about%20over-the-phone%20voting%20scam”
Posted%20on%20September%2015,%202012%205:37%20pm%20by%20Rick%20Hasen
See%20this%20press%20release.
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“
Could%20Pennsylvania%20Voter%20ID%20Law%20Help%20Romney%20Win%20Race?%20Up%20to%201%20Million%20Voters%20Face%20Disenfranchisement”
Posted%20on%20September%2015,%202012%205:37%20pm%20by%20Rick%20Hasen
Here%20is%20a%20link%20to%20a%20Democracy%20Now!%20program.%20%20I%20haven’
t%20had%20a%20chance%20to%20listen%20to%20the%20program%20but%20the%201%20mil
lion%20disenfranchised%20voters%20seems%20quite%20high)
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(http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=68) | Comments Off
_Is the Voting Rights Act Living on Borrowed Time?_
(http://electionlawblog.org/?p=40256)
Posted on _September 15, 2012 5:43 pm_
(http://electionlawblog.org/?p=40256) by _Rick Hasen_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3)
_ABC News investigates._
(http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/OTUS/voting-rights-act-supreme-court-decide-anti-discrimination/story?id=17230641#.UFUgVRgpqTY
)
(http://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http://electionlawblog.org/?p=40256&title=Is%20the%20Voting%20Rights%20Act%20Living%20on%20Borrowed%20Time?&des
cription=Broad%20Support%20for%20Voter%20ID%20Laws%20in%20NYT/CBS%20Poll
Posted%20on%20September%2015,%202012%206:15%20pm%20by%20Rick%20Hasen
New%20Poll:
Share
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|%20Comments%20Off
“Poll:%20Strong%20Support%20for%20Campaign%20Spending%20Limits”
Posted%20on%20September%2015,%202012%206:06%20pm%20by%20Rick%20Hasen
AP:%20“
More%20than%208%20in%2010%20Americans%20in%20a%20poll%20by%20The%20Associated%20Press%20and%20the%20National%20Constitution%20Center%20support%20
limits%20on%20the%20amount%20of%20money%20given%20to%20groups%20that%20are%2
0trying%20to%20influence%20U.S.%20elections.”
“
The%20poll%20also%20found%20a%20slight%20increase%20in%20the%20share%20of%20Americans%20who%20say%20voting%20rights%20for%20minorities%20require%20lega
l%20protection,%20although%20the%20public%20is%20divided%20over%20whether%20
such%20laws%20still%20are%20needed.%20Sixty%20percent%20of%20Democrats%20say
%20those%20protections%20are%20still%20needed,%20compared%20with%2040%20perc
ent%20of%20independents%20and%2033%20percent%20of%20Republicans.”
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“
Early%20voting:%20Why%20Justice%20dropped%20its%20challenge%20of%20Florida%20plan”
Posted%20on%20September%2015,%202012%205:53%20pm%20by%20Rick%20Hasen
The%20CS%20Monitor%20reports.
Share
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ights%20Act |%20Comments%20Off
“Conservative%20super%20PACs%20targeting%20blue-state%20Democrats”
Posted%20on%20September%2015,%202012%205:48%20pm%20by%20Rick%20Hasen
WaPo%20reports.
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Some%20Republicans%20Try%20Out%20a%20New%20Campaign%20Theme:%20Bipartisanship”
Posted%20on%20September%2015,%202012%205:46%20pm%20by%20Rick%20Hasen
NYT%20reports.
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Is%20the%20Voting%20Rights%20Act%20Living%20on%20Borrowed%20Time?
Posted%20on%20September%2015,%202012%205:43%20pm%20by%20Rick%20Hasen
ABC%20News%20investigates.
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“
Assessing%20the%20Potential%20Effects%20of%20Citizens%20United:%20Evidence%20from%20the%20States”
Posted%20on%20September%2015,%202012%205:40%20pm%20by%20Rick%20Hasen
Timothy%20Werner%20and%20John%20Coleman%20have%20posted%20this%20draft%20on%
20SSRN.%20%20Here%20is%20the%20abstract:
%20%20%20%20The%20U.S.%20Supreme%20Court’
s%202010%20decision%20in%20Citizens%20United%20v.%20FEC%20was%20one%20of%20its%20most%20controversial%20in%20de
cades.%20Critics%20of%20the%20decision%20argued%20it%20would%20lead%20to%20a
%20flood%20of%20corporate%20and%20union%20cash%20that%20would%20warp%20elect
oral%20and%20policy%20outcomes.%20We%20test%20for%20this%20possibility%20by%
20exploiting%20the%20variation%20in%20campaign%20finance%20laws%20at%20the%2
0state%20level%20from%201977%20through%202006.
%20%20%20%20Through%20an%20analysis%20of%20three%20policy%20outcomes%20of%20
interest%20to%20businesses%20and%20unions%20over%20three%20decades%20—
%20the%20degree%20of%20liberalism%20among%20state%20elected%20officials;%20the%20r
elative%20state%20minimum%20wage%20compared%20to%20the%20federal%20minimum%2
0wage;%20and%20the%20degree%20of%20pre-transfer%20income%20inequality%20in%2
0a%20state%20—
%20we%20find%20minimal%20effects%20for%20the%20overall%20campaign%20finance%20regulatory%20regimes%20in%20general%20and%20corporate%20and%
20union%20independent%20expenditures%20specifically%20on%20public%20policy%2
0outcomes.%20These%20findings%20suggest%20that%20critics’
%20fears%20about%20the%20possible%20effects%20of%20Citizens%20United%20at%20the%20national%20le
vel%20may%20be%20overstated.
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Secretary%20of%20State%20Connie%20Lawson%20warns%20Hoosiers%20about%20over-the-phone%20voting%20scam”
Posted%20on%20September%2015,%202012%205:37%20pm%20by%20Rick%20Hasen
See%20this%20press%20release.
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“
Could%20Pennsylvania%20Voter%20ID%20Law%20Help%20Romney%20Win%20Race?%20Up%20to%201%20Million%20Voters%20Face%20Disenfranchisement”
Posted%20on%20September%2015,%202012%205:37%20pm%20by%20Rick%20Hasen
Here%20is%20a%20link%20to%20a%20Democracy%20Now!%20program.%20%20I%20haven’
t%20had%20a%20chance%20to%20listen%20to%20the%20program%20but%20the%201%20mil
lion%20disenfranchised%20voters%20seems%20quite%20high%20and%20not%20support
ed%20at)
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Rights Act_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=15) | Comments Off
_“Assessing the Potential Effects of Citizens United: Evidence from the
States”_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?p=40253)
Posted on _September 15, 2012 5:40 pm_
(http://electionlawblog.org/?p=40253) by _Rick Hasen_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3)
Timothy Werner and John Coleman have posted _this draft _
(http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2108171) on SSRN. Here is the abstract:
The U.S. Supreme Court’s 2010 decision in Citizens United v. FEC was one
of its most controversial in decades. Critics of the decision argued it
would lead to a flood of corporate and union cash that would warp electoral and
policy outcomes. We test for this possibility by exploiting the variation
in campaign finance laws at the state level from 1977 through 2006.
Through an analysis of three policy outcomes of interest to businesses and
unions over three decades — the degree of liberalism among state elected
officials; the relative state minimum wage compared to the federal minimum
wage; and the degree of pre-transfer income inequality in a state — we find
minimal effects for the overall campaign finance regulatory regimes in
general and corporate and union independent expenditures specifically on public
policy outcomes. These findings suggest that critics’ fears about the
possible effects of Citizens United at the national level may be overstated.
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Assessing%20the%20Potential%20Effects%20of%20Citizens%20United:%20Evidence%20from%20the%20States”
&description=Broad%20Support%20for%20Voter%20ID%20Laws%20in%20NYT/CBS%20Poll
Posted%20on%20September%2015,%202012%206:15%20pm%20by%20Rick%20Hasen
New%20Poll:
Share
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|%20Comments%20Off
“Poll:%20Strong%20Support%20for%20Campaign%20Spending%20Limits”
Posted%20on%20September%2015,%202012%206:06%20pm%20by%20Rick%20Hasen
AP:%20“
More%20than%208%20in%2010%20Americans%20in%20a%20poll%20by%20The%20Associated%20Press%20and%20the%20National%20Constitution%20Center%20support%20
limits%20on%20the%20amount%20of%20money%20given%20to%20groups%20that%20are%2
0trying%20to%20influence%20U.S.%20elections.”
“
The%20poll%20also%20found%20a%20slight%20increase%20in%20the%20share%20of%20Americans%20who%20say%20voting%20rights%20for%20minorities%20require%20lega
l%20protection,%20although%20the%20public%20is%20divided%20over%20whether%20
such%20laws%20still%20are%20needed.%20Sixty%20percent%20of%20Democrats%20say
%20those%20protections%20are%20still%20needed,%20compared%20with%2040%20perc
ent%20of%20independents%20and%2033%20percent%20of%20Republicans.”
Share
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“
Early%20voting:%20Why%20Justice%20dropped%20its%20challenge%20of%20Florida%20plan”
Posted%20on%20September%2015,%202012%205:53%20pm%20by%20Rick%20Hasen
The%20CS%20Monitor%20reports.
Share
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ights%20Act |%20Comments%20Off
“Conservative%20super%20PACs%20targeting%20blue-state%20Democrats”
Posted%20on%20September%2015,%202012%205:48%20pm%20by%20Rick%20Hasen
WaPo%20reports.
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“
Some%20Republicans%20Try%20Out%20a%20New%20Campaign%20Theme:%20Bipartisanship”
Posted%20on%20September%2015,%202012%205:46%20pm%20by%20Rick%20Hasen
NYT%20reports.
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Is%20the%20Voting%20Rights%20Act%20Living%20on%20Borrowed%20Time?
Posted%20on%20September%2015,%202012%205:43%20pm%20by%20Rick%20Hasen
ABC%20News%20investigates.
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“
Assessing%20the%20Potential%20Effects%20of%20Citizens%20United:%20Evidence%20from%20the%20States”
Posted%20on%20September%2015,%202012%205:40%20pm%20by%20Rick%20Hasen
Timothy%20Werner%20and%20John%20Coleman%20have%20posted%20this%20draft%20on%
20SSRN.%20%20Here%20is%20the%20abstract:
%20%20%20%20The%20U.S.%20Supreme%20Court’
s%202010%20decision%20in%20Citizens%20United%20v.%20FEC%20was%20one%20of%20its%20most%20controversial%20in%20de
cades.%20Critics%20of%20the%20decision%20argued%20it%20would%20lead%20to%20a
%20flood%20of%20corporate%20and%20union%20cash%20that%20would%20warp%20elect
oral%20and%20policy%20outcomes.%20We%20test%20for%20this%20possibility%20by%
20exploiting%20the%20variation%20in%20campaign%20finance%20laws%20at%20the%2
0state%20level%20from%201977%20through%202006.
%20%20%20%20Through%20an%20analysis%20of%20three%20policy%20outcomes%20of%20
interest%20to%20businesses%20and%20unions%20over%20three%20decades%20—
%20the%20degree%20of%20liberalism%20among%20state%20elected%20officials;%20the%20r
elative%20state%20minimum%20wage%20compared%20to%20the%20federal%20minimum%2
0wage;%20and%20the%20degree%20of%20pre-transfer%20income%20inequality%20in%2
0a%20state%20—
%20we%20find%20minimal%20effects%20for%20the%20overall%20campaign%20finance%20regulatory%20regimes%20in%20general%20and%20corporate%20and%
20union%20independent%20expenditures%20specifically%20on%20public%20policy%2
0outcomes.%20These%20findings%20suggest%20that%20critics’
%20fears%20about%20the%20possible%20effects%20of%20Citizens%20United%20at%20the%20national%20le
vel%20may%20be%20overstated.
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Secretary%20of%20State%20Connie%20Lawson%20warns%20Hoosiers%20about%20over-the-phone%20voting%20scam”
Posted%20on%20September%2015,%202012%205:37%20pm%20by%20Rick%20Hasen
See%20this%20press%20release.
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“
Could%20Pennsylvania%20Voter%20ID%20Law%20Help%20Romney%20Win%20Race?%20Up%20to%201%20Million%20Voters%20Face%20Disenfranchisement”
Posted%20on%20September%2015,%202012%205:37%20pm%20by%20Rick%20Hasen
Here%20is%20a%20link%20to%20a%20Democracy%20Now!%20program.%20%20I%20haven’
t%20had%20a%20chance%20to%20listen%20to%20the%20program%20but%20the%201%20mil
lion%20disenfranchised%20voters%20s)
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_“Secretary of State Connie Lawson warns Hoosiers about over-the-phone
voting scam”_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?p=40251)
Posted on _September 15, 2012 5:37 pm_
(http://electionlawblog.org/?p=40251) by _Rick Hasen_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3)
_See this press release_
(http://www.in.gov/activecalendar/EventList.aspx?view=EventDetails&eventidn=58959&information_id=118983&type=&syndicate=syndic
ate) .
(http://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http://electionlawblog.org/?p=40251&title=“
Secretary%20of%20State%20Connie%20Lawson%20warns%20Hoosiers%20about%20over-the-phone%20voting%20scam”
&description=Broad%20Support%20for%20Voter%20ID%20Laws%20in%20NYT/CBS%20Poll
Posted%20on%20September%2015,%202012%206:15%20pm%20by%20Rick%20Hasen
New%20Poll:
Share
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“Poll:%20Strong%20Support%20for%20Campaign%20Spending%20Limits”
Posted%20on%20September%2015,%202012%206:06%20pm%20by%20Rick%20Hasen
AP:%20“
More%20than%208%20in%2010%20Americans%20in%20a%20poll%20by%20The%20Associated%20Press%20and%20the%20National%20Constitution%20Center%20support%20
limits%20on%20the%20amount%20of%20money%20given%20to%20groups%20that%20are%2
0trying%20to%20influence%20U.S.%20elections.”
“
The%20poll%20also%20found%20a%20slight%20increase%20in%20the%20share%20of%20Americans%20who%20say%20voting%20rights%20for%20minorities%20require%20lega
l%20protection,%20although%20the%20public%20is%20divided%20over%20whether%20
such%20laws%20still%20are%20needed.%20Sixty%20percent%20of%20Democrats%20say
%20those%20protections%20are%20still%20needed,%20compared%20with%2040%20perc
ent%20of%20independents%20and%2033%20percent%20of%20Republicans.”
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“
Early%20voting:%20Why%20Justice%20dropped%20its%20challenge%20of%20Florida%20plan”
Posted%20on%20September%2015,%202012%205:53%20pm%20by%20Rick%20Hasen
The%20CS%20Monitor%20reports.
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ights%20Act |%20Comments%20Off
“Conservative%20super%20PACs%20targeting%20blue-state%20Democrats”
Posted%20on%20September%2015,%202012%205:48%20pm%20by%20Rick%20Hasen
WaPo%20reports.
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Some%20Republicans%20Try%20Out%20a%20New%20Campaign%20Theme:%20Bipartisanship”
Posted%20on%20September%2015,%202012%205:46%20pm%20by%20Rick%20Hasen
NYT%20reports.
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Is%20the%20Voting%20Rights%20Act%20Living%20on%20Borrowed%20Time?
Posted%20on%20September%2015,%202012%205:43%20pm%20by%20Rick%20Hasen
ABC%20News%20investigates.
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Assessing%20the%20Potential%20Effects%20of%20Citizens%20United:%20Evidence%20from%20the%20States”
Posted%20on%20September%2015,%202012%205:40%20pm%20by%20Rick%20Hasen
Timothy%20Werner%20and%20John%20Coleman%20have%20posted%20this%20draft%20on%
20SSRN.%20%20Here%20is%20the%20abstract:
%20%20%20%20The%20U.S.%20Supreme%20Court’
s%202010%20decision%20in%20Citizens%20United%20v.%20FEC%20was%20one%20of%20its%20most%20controversial%20in%20de
cades.%20Critics%20of%20the%20decision%20argued%20it%20would%20lead%20to%20a
%20flood%20of%20corporate%20and%20union%20cash%20that%20would%20warp%20elect
oral%20and%20policy%20outcomes.%20We%20test%20for%20this%20possibility%20by%
20exploiting%20the%20variation%20in%20campaign%20finance%20laws%20at%20the%2
0state%20level%20from%201977%20through%202006.
%20%20%20%20Through%20an%20analysis%20of%20three%20policy%20outcomes%20of%20
interest%20to%20businesses%20and%20unions%20over%20three%20decades%20—
%20the%20degree%20of%20liberalism%20among%20state%20elected%20officials;%20the%20r
elative%20state%20minimum%20wage%20compared%20to%20the%20federal%20minimum%2
0wage;%20and%20the%20degree%20of%20pre-transfer%20income%20inequality%20in%2
0a%20state%20—
%20we%20find%20minimal%20effects%20for%20the%20overall%20campaign%20finance%20regulatory%20regimes%20in%20general%20and%20corporate%20and%
20union%20independent%20expenditures%20specifically%20on%20public%20policy%2
0outcomes.%20These%20findings%20suggest%20that%20critics’
%20fears%20about%20the%20possible%20effects%20of%20Citizens%20United%20at%20the%20national%20le
vel%20may%20be%20overstated.
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Secretary%20of%20State%20Connie%20Lawson%20warns%20Hoosiers%20about%20over-the-phone%20voting%20scam”
Posted%20on%20September%2015,%202012%205:37%20pm%20by%20Rick%20Hasen
See%20this%20press%20release.
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“
Could%20Pennsylvania%20Voter%20ID%20Law%20Help%20Romney%20Win%20Race?%20Up%20to%201%20Million%20Voters%20Face%20Disenfranchisement”
Posted%20on%20September%2015,%202012%205:37%20pm%20by%20Rick%20Hasen
Here%20is%20a%20link%20to%20a%20Democracy%20Now!%20program.%20%20I%20haven’
t%20had%20a%20chance%20to%20listen%20to%20the%20program%20but%20the%201%20mil
lion%20disenfranchised%20voters)
Posted in _campaigns_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=59) , _chicanery_
(http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=12) | Comments Off
_“Could Pennsylvania Voter ID Law Help Romney Win Race? Up to 1 Million
Voters Face Disenfranchisement”_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?p=40249)
Posted on _September 15, 2012 5:37 pm_
(http://electionlawblog.org/?p=40249) by _Rick Hasen_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3)
_Here is a link _
(http://www.democracynow.org/2012/9/14/could_pennsylvania_voter_id_law_help) to a Democracy Now! program. I haven’t had a chance to
listen to the program but the 1 million disenfranchised voters seems quite
high and not supported at all by what we know.
(http://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http://electionlawblog.org/?p=40249&title=“
Could%20Pennsylvania%20Voter%20ID%20Law%20Help%20Romney%20Win%20Race?%20Up%20to%201%20Million%20Voters%20Face%20Disenfranchisement”
&description=Broad%20Support%20for%20Voter%20ID%20Laws%20in%20NYT/CBS%20Poll
Posted%20on%20September%2015,%202012%206:15%20pm%20by%20Rick%20Hasen
New%20Poll:
Share
Posted%20in%20election%20administration,%20The%20Voting%20Wars,%20voter%20id
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“Poll:%20Strong%20Support%20for%20Campaign%20Spending%20Limits”
Posted%20on%20September%2015,%202012%206:06%20pm%20by%20Rick%20Hasen
AP:%20“
More%20than%208%20in%2010%20Americans%20in%20a%20poll%20by%20The%20Associated%20Press%20and%20the%20National%20Constitution%20Center%20support%20
limits%20on%20the%20amount%20of%20money%20given%20to%20groups%20that%20are%2
0trying%20to%20influence%20U.S.%20elections.”
“
The%20poll%20also%20found%20a%20slight%20increase%20in%20the%20share%20of%20Americans%20who%20say%20voting%20rights%20for%20minorities%20require%20lega
l%20protection,%20although%20the%20public%20is%20divided%20over%20whether%20
such%20laws%20still%20are%20needed.%20Sixty%20percent%20of%20Democrats%20say
%20those%20protections%20are%20still%20needed,%20compared%20with%2040%20perc
ent%20of%20independents%20and%2033%20percent%20of%20Republicans.”
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“
Early%20voting:%20Why%20Justice%20dropped%20its%20challenge%20of%20Florida%20plan”
Posted%20on%20September%2015,%202012%205:53%20pm%20by%20Rick%20Hasen
The%20CS%20Monitor%20reports.
Share
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ights%20Act |%20Comments%20Off
“Conservative%20super%20PACs%20targeting%20blue-state%20Democrats”
Posted%20on%20September%2015,%202012%205:48%20pm%20by%20Rick%20Hasen
WaPo%20reports.
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“
Some%20Republicans%20Try%20Out%20a%20New%20Campaign%20Theme:%20Bipartisanship”
Posted%20on%20September%2015,%202012%205:46%20pm%20by%20Rick%20Hasen
NYT%20reports.
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Is%20the%20Voting%20Rights%20Act%20Living%20on%20Borrowed%20Time?
Posted%20on%20September%2015,%202012%205:43%20pm%20by%20Rick%20Hasen
ABC%20News%20investigates.
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Assessing%20the%20Potential%20Effects%20of%20Citizens%20United:%20Evidence%20from%20the%20States”
Posted%20on%20September%2015,%202012%205:40%20pm%20by%20Rick%20Hasen
Timothy%20Werner%20and%20John%20Coleman%20have%20posted%20this%20draft%20on%
20SSRN.%20%20Here%20is%20the%20abstract:
%20%20%20%20The%20U.S.%20Supreme%20Court’
s%202010%20decision%20in%20Citizens%20United%20v.%20FEC%20was%20one%20of%20its%20most%20controversial%20in%20de
cades.%20Critics%20of%20the%20decision%20argued%20it%20would%20lead%20to%20a
%20flood%20of%20corporate%20and%20union%20cash%20that%20would%20warp%20elect
oral%20and%20policy%20outcomes.%20We%20test%20for%20this%20possibility%20by%
20exploiting%20the%20variation%20in%20campaign%20finance%20laws%20at%20the%2
0state%20level%20from%201977%20through%202006.
%20%20%20%20Through%20an%20analysis%20of%20three%20policy%20outcomes%20of%20
interest%20to%20businesses%20and%20unions%20over%20three%20decades%20—
%20the%20degree%20of%20liberalism%20among%20state%20elected%20officials;%20the%20r
elative%20state%20minimum%20wage%20compared%20to%20the%20federal%20minimum%2
0wage;%20and%20the%20degree%20of%20pre-transfer%20income%20inequality%20in%2
0a%20state%20—
%20we%20find%20minimal%20effects%20for%20the%20overall%20campaign%20finance%20regulatory%20regimes%20in%20general%20and%20corporate%20and%
20union%20independent%20expenditures%20specifically%20on%20public%20policy%2
0outcomes.%20These%20findings%20suggest%20that%20critics’
%20fears%20about%20the%20possible%20effects%20of%20Citizens%20United%20at%20the%20national%20le
vel%20may%20be%20overstated.
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Secretary%20of%20State%20Connie%20Lawson%20warns%20Hoosiers%20about%20over-the-phone%20voting%20scam”
Posted%20on%20September%2015,%202012%205:37%20pm%20by%20Rick%20Hasen
See%20this%20press%20release.
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Could%20Pennsylvania%20Voter%20ID%20Law%20Help%20Romney%20Win%20Race?%20Up%20to%201%20Million%20Voters%20Face%20Disenfranchisement”
Posted%20on%20September%2015,%202012%205:37%20pm%20by%20Rick%20Hasen
Here%20is%20a%20link%20to%20a%20Democracy%20Now!%20program.%20%20I%20haven’
t%20had%20a%20chance%20to%20listen%20to%20the%20program%20but%20the%201%20mil
l)
Posted in _election administration_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18) ,
_The Voting Wars_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=60) , _voter id_
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_“A.G. Schneiderman Announces Agreement With Schenectady County Board Of
Elections To Provide Language Access For Voters”_
(http://electionlawblog.org/?p=40246)
Posted on _September 15, 2012 5:33 pm_
(http://electionlawblog.org/?p=40246) by _Rick Hasen_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3)
_See this press release_
(http://www.ag.ny.gov/press-release/ag-schneiderman-announces-agreement-schenectady-county-board-elections-provide) .
(http://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http://e
lectionlawblog.org/?p=40246&title=“
A.G.%20Schneiderman%20Announces%20Agreement%20With%20Schenectady%20County%20Board%20Of%20Elections%20To%20Provide%20Language%20Access%20For%20Vo
ters”
&description=Broad%20Support%20for%20Voter%20ID%20Laws%20in%20NYT/CBS%20Poll
Posted%20on%20September%2015,%202012%206:15%20pm%20by%20Rick%20Hasen
New%20Poll:
Share
Posted%20in%20election%20administration,%20The%20Voting%20Wars,%20voter%20id
|%20Comments%20Off
“Poll:%20Strong%20Support%20for%20Campaign%20Spending%20Limits”
Posted%20on%20September%2015,%202012%206:06%20pm%20by%20Rick%20Hasen
AP:%20“
More%20than%208%20in%2010%20Americans%20in%20a%20poll%20by%20The%20Associated%20Press%20and%20the%20National%20Constitution%20Center%20support%20
limits%20on%20the%20amount%20of%20money%20given%20to%20groups%20that%20are%2
0trying%20to%20influence%20U.S.%20elections.”
“
The%20poll%20also%20found%20a%20slight%20increase%20in%20the%20share%20of%20Americans%20who%20say%20voting%20rights%20for%20minorities%20require%20lega
l%20protection,%20although%20the%20public%20is%20divided%20over%20whether%20
such%20laws%20still%20are%20needed.%20Sixty%20percent%20of%20Democrats%20say
%20those%20protections%20are%20still%20needed,%20compared%20with%2040%20perc
ent%20of%20independents%20and%2033%20percent%20of%20Republicans.”
Share
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“
Early%20voting:%20Why%20Justice%20dropped%20its%20challenge%20of%20Florida%20plan”
Posted%20on%20September%2015,%202012%205:53%20pm%20by%20Rick%20Hasen
The%20CS%20Monitor%20reports.
Share
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ights%20Act |%20Comments%20Off
“Conservative%20super%20PACs%20targeting%20blue-state%20Democrats”
Posted%20on%20September%2015,%202012%205:48%20pm%20by%20Rick%20Hasen
WaPo%20reports.
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“
Some%20Republicans%20Try%20Out%20a%20New%20Campaign%20Theme:%20Bipartisanship”
Posted%20on%20September%2015,%202012%205:46%20pm%20by%20Rick%20Hasen
NYT%20reports.
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Is%20the%20Voting%20Rights%20Act%20Living%20on%20Borrowed%20Time?
Posted%20on%20September%2015,%202012%205:43%20pm%20by%20Rick%20Hasen
ABC%20News%20investigates.
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Assessing%20the%20Potential%20Effects%20of%20Citizens%20United:%20Evidence%20from%20the%20States”
Posted%20on%20September%2015,%202012%205:40%20pm%20by%20Rick%20Hasen
Timothy%20Werner%20and%20John%20Coleman%20have%20posted%20this%20draft%20on%
20SSRN.%20%20Here%20is%20the%20abstract:
%20%20%20%20The%20U.S.%20Supreme%20Court’
s%202010%20decision%20in%20Citizens%20United%20v.%20FEC%20was%20one%20of%20its%20most%20controversial%20in%20de
cades.%20Critics%20of%20the%20decision%20argued%20it%20would%20lead%20to%20a
%20flood%20of%20corporate%20and%20union%20cash%20that%20would%20warp%20elect
oral%20and%20policy%20outcomes.%20We%20test%20for%20this%20possibility%20by%
20exploiting%20the%20variation%20in%20campaign%20finance%20laws%20at%20the%2
0state%20level%20from%201977%20through%202006.
%20%20%20%20Through%20an%20analysis%20of%20three%20policy%20outcomes%20of%20
interest%20to%20businesses%20and%20unions%20over%20three%20decades%20—
%20the%20degree%20of%20liberal
ism%20among%20state%20elected%20officials;%20the%20relative%20state%20minimum%20wage%20compared%20to%20the%20federal%20minimum%2
0wage;%20and%20the%20degree%20of%20pre-transfer%20income%20inequality%20in%2
0a%20state%20—
%20we%20find%20minimal%20effects%20for%20the%20overall%20campaign%20finance%20regulatory%20regimes%20in%20general%20and%20corporate%20and%
20union%20independent%20expenditures%20specifically%20on%20public%20policy%2
0outcomes.%20These%20findings%20suggest%20that%20critics’
%20fears%20about%20the%20possible%20effects%20of%20Citizens%20United%20at%20the%20national%20le
vel%20may%20be%20overstated.
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Secretary%20of%20State%20Connie%20Lawson%20warns%20Hoosiers%20about%20over-the-phone%20voting%20scam”
Posted%20on%20September%2015,%202012%205:37%20pm%20by%20Rick%20Hasen
See%20this%20press%20release.
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“
Could%20Pennsylvania%20Voter%20ID%20Law%20Help%20Romney%20Win%20Race?%20Up%20to%201%20Million%20Voters%20Face%20Disenfranchisement”
Posted%20on%20September%2015,%202012%205:37%20pm%20by%20Rick%20Hasen
Here%20is%20a%20link%20to%20a%20Democracy%20Now!%20program.%20%20I%20haven’
t%20had%20a%20chance%20to%20listen%20to%20the%20program%20but)
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Act_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=15) | Comments Off
_Rosen on Toobin on Roberts on Citizens United and the Supposed Switch
from a Narrow Opinion_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?p=40244)
Posted on _September 15, 2012 5:32 pm_
(http://electionlawblog.org/?p=40244) by _Rick Hasen_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3)
_See this review. _
(http://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/the-oath-the-obama-white-house-and-the-supreme-court-by-jeffrey-toobin/2012/09/1
4/ff9d4c54-fb56-11e1-8adc-499661afe377_story_1.html) My copy of “The Oath”
shipped today and I’m looking forward to reading it!
(http://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http://electionlawblog.org/?p=40244&title=Rosen%20on%20Toobin%20on%20Roberts%20on%20Citizens%20United%20and%20t
he%20Supposed%20Switch%20from%20a%20Narrow%20Opinion&description=Broad%20Sup
port%20for%20Voter%20ID%20Laws%20in%20NYT/CBS%20Poll
Posted%20on%20September%2015,%202012%206:15%20pm%20by%20Rick%20Hasen
New%20Poll:
Share
Posted%20in%20election%20administration,%20The%20Voting%20Wars,%20voter%20id
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“Poll:%20Strong%20Support%20for%20Campaign%20Spending%20Limits”
Posted%20on%20September%2015,%202012%206:06%20pm%20by%20Rick%20Hasen
AP:%20“
More%20than%208%20in%2010%20Americans%20in%20a%20poll%20by%20The%20Associated%20Press%20and%20the%20National%20Constitution%20Center%20support%20
limits%20on%20the%20amount%20of%20money%20given%20to%20groups%20that%20are%2
0trying%20to%20influence%20U.S.%20elections.”
“
The%20poll%20also%20found%20a%20slight%20increase%20in%20the%20share%20of%20Americans%20who%20say%20voting%20rights%20for%20minorities%20require%20lega
l%20protection,%20although%20the%20public%20is%20divided%20over%20whether%20
such%20laws%20still%20are%20needed.%20Sixty%20percent%20of%20Democrats%20say
%20those%20protections%20are%20still%20needed,%20compared%20with%2040%20perc
ent%20of%20independents%20and%2033%20percent%20of%20Republicans.”
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“Early%20voting:
%20Why%20Justice%20dropped%20its%20challenge%20of%20Florida%20plan”
Posted%20on%20September%2015,%202012%205:53%20pm%20by%20Rick%20Hasen
The%20CS%20Monitor%20reports.
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ights%20Act |%20Comments%20Off
“Conservative%20super%20PACs%20targeting%20blue-state%20Democrats”
Posted%20on%20September%2015,%202012%205:48%20pm%20by%20Rick%20Hasen
WaPo%20reports.
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“
Some%20Republicans%20Try%20Out%20a%20New%20Campaign%20Theme:%20Bipartisanship”
Posted%20on%20September%2015,%202012%205:46%20pm%20by%20Rick%20Hasen
NYT%20reports.
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Is%20the%20Voting%20Rights%20Act%20Living%20on%20Borrowed%20Time?
Posted%20on%20September%2015,%202012%205:43%20pm%20by%20Rick%20Hasen
ABC%20News%20investigates.
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“
Assessing%20the%20Potential%20Effects%20of%20Citizens%20United:%20Evidence%20from%20the%20States”
Posted%20on%20September%2015,%202012%205:40%20pm%20by%20Rick%20Hasen
Timothy%20Werner%20and%20John%20Coleman%20have%20posted%20this%20draft%20on%
20SSRN.%20%20Here%20is%20the%20abstract:
%20%20%20%20The%20U.S.%20Supreme%20Court’
s%202010%20decision%20in%20Citizens%20United%20v.%20FEC%20was%20one%20of%20its%20most%20controversial%20in%20de
cades.%20Critics%20of%20the%20decision%20argued%20it%20would%20lead%20to%20a
%20flood%20of%20corporate%20and%20union%20cash%20that%20would%20warp%20elect
oral%20and%20policy%20outcomes.%20We%20test%20for%20this%20possibility%20by%
20exploiting%20the%20variation%20in%20campaign%20finance%20laws%20at%20the%2
0state%20level%20from%201977%20through%202006.
%20%20%20%20Through%20an%20analysis%20of%20three%20policy%20outcomes%20of%20
interest%20to%20businesses%20and%20unions%20over%20three%20decades%20—
%20the%20degree%20of%20liberalism%20among%20state%20elected%20officials;%20the%20r
elative%20state%20minimum%20wage%20compared%20to%20the%20federal%20minimum%2
0wage;%20and%20the%20degree%20of%20pre-transfer%20income%20inequality%20in%2
0a%20state%20—
%20we%20find%20minimal%20effects%20for%20the%20overall%20campaign%20finance%20regulatory%20regimes%20in%20general%20and%20corporate%20and%
20union%20independent%20expenditures%20specifically%20on%20public%20policy%2
0outcomes.%20These%20findings%20suggest%20that%20critics’
%20fears%20about%20the%20possible%20effects%20of%20Citizens%20United%20at%20the%20national%20le
vel%20may%20be%20overstated.
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Secretary%20of%20State%20Connie%20Lawson%20warns%20Hoosiers%20about%20over-the-phone%20voting%20scam”
Posted%20on%20September%2015,%202012%205:37%20pm%20by%20Rick%20Hasen
See%20this%20press%20release.
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Could%20Pennsylvania%20Voter%20ID%20Law%20Help%20Romney%20Win%20Race?%20Up%20to%201%20Million%20Voters%20Face%20Disenfranchisement”
Posted%20on%20September%2015,%202012%205:37%20pm%20by%20Rick%20Hasen
Here%20is%20a%20link%20to%20a%20Democracy%20Now!%20program.%20%20I%20haven’
t%20had%20a%20chance%20to%20listen%20to%20the%20program%20but%20the%201%20mil
lion%20disenfranchised%20voter)
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_“US democracy: The power of money”_
(http://electionlawblog.org/?p=40241)
Posted on _September 15, 2012 5:28 pm_
(http://electionlawblog.org/?p=40241) by _Rick Hasen_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3)
_Al Jazeera_
(http://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/empire/2012/09/20129127525392941.html) :
Joining us as interviewees: Senator Richard Lugar, the long-serving and
outgoing Republican Indiana senator; and James Bopp Jr, the lawyer whose work
has been immensely successful in deregulating campaign finance and who was
instrumental in winning the landmark Citizens United case.
And we debate the larger issues of money and power in American politics
with our guests: Melanie Sloan, the executive director of Citizens for
Responsibility and Ethics in Washington; Steven Hoersting, the co-founder of the
Center for Competitive Politics, an attorney who is regarded as an
architect of the Super PAC system; Clyde Wilcox, a professor of government at
Georgetown University and the author of more than 30 books, including Interest
Groups in American Campaigns: The New Face of Electioneering; and Larry
Beinhart, a novelist and author of the critically acclaimed novel American
Hero, which was adapted into the film Wag the Dog.
(http://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http://electionlawblog.org/?p=40241&title=“US%20democracy:%20The%20power%20of%20money”
&description=Broad%20Support%20for%20Voter%20ID%20Laws%20in%20NYT/CBS%20Poll
Posted%20on%20September%2015,%202012%206:15%20pm%20by%20Rick%20Hasen
New%20Poll:
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|%20Comments%20Off
“Poll:%20Strong%20Support%20for%20Campaign%20Spending%20Limits”
Posted%20on%20September%2015,%202012%206:06%20pm%20by%20Rick%20Hasen
AP:%20“
More%20than%208%20in%2010%20Americans%20in%20a%20poll%20by%20The%20Associated%20Press%20and%20the%20National%20Constitution%20Center%20support%20
limits%20on%20the%20amount%20of%20money%20given%20to%20groups%20that%20are%2
0trying%20to%20influence%20U.S.%20elections.”
“
The%20poll%20also%20found%20a%20slight%20increase%20in%20the%20share%20of%20Americans%20who%20say%20voting%20rights%20for%20minorities%20require%20lega
l%20protection,%20although%20the%20public%20is%20divided%20over%20whether%20
such%20laws%20still%20are%20needed.%20Sixty%20percent%20of%20Democrats%20say
%20those%20protections%20are%20still%20needed,%20compared%20with%2040%20perc
ent%20of%20independents%20and%2033%20percent%20of%20Republicans.”
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“
Early%20voting:%20Why%20Justice%20dropped%20its%20challenge%20of%20Florida%20plan”
Posted%20on%20September%2015,%202012%205:53%20pm%20by%20Rick%20Hasen
The%20CS%20Monitor%20reports.
Share
Posted%20in%20Department%20of%20Justice,%20The%20Voting%20Wars,%20Voting%20R
ights%20Act |%20Comments%20Off
“Conservative%20super%20PACs%20targeting%20blue-state%20Democrats”
Posted%20on%20September%2015,%202012%205:48%20pm%20by%20Rick%20Hasen
WaPo%20reports.
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“
Some%20Republicans%20Try%20Out%20a%20New%20Campaign%20Theme:%20Bipartisanship”
Posted%20on%20September%2015,%202012%205:46%20pm%20by%20Rick%20Hasen
NYT%20reports.
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Is%20the%20Voting%20Rights%20Act%20Living%20on%20Borrowed%20Time?
Posted%20on%20September%2015,%202012%205:43%20pm%20by%20Rick%20Hasen
ABC%20News%20investigates.
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“
Assessing%20the%20Potential%20Effects%20of%20Citizens%20United:%20Evidence%20from%20the%20States”
Posted%20on%20September%2015,%202012%205:40%20pm%20by%20Rick%20Hasen
Timothy%20Werner%20and%20John%20Coleman%20have%20posted%20this%20draft%20on%
20SSRN.%20%20Here%20is%20the%20abstract:
%20%20%20%20The%20U.S.%20Supreme%20Court’
s%202010%20decision%20in%20Citizens%20United%20v.%20FEC%20was%20one%20of%20its%20most%20controversial%20in%20de
cades.%20Critics%20of%20the%20decision%20argued%20it%20would%20lead%20to%20a
%20flood%20of%20corporate%20and%20union%20cash%20that%20would%20warp%20elect
oral%20and%20policy%20outcomes.%20We%20test%20for%20this%20possibility%20by%
20exploiting%20the%20variation%20in%20campaign%20finance%20laws%20at%20the%2
0state%20level%20from%201977%20through%202006.
%20%20%20%20Through%20an%20analysis%20of%20three%20policy%20outcomes%20of%20
interest%20to%20businesses%20and%20unions%20over%20three%20decades%20—
%20the%20degree%20of%20liberalism%20among%20state%20elected%20officials;%20the%20r
elative%20state%20minimum%20wage%20compared%20to%20the%20federal%20minimum%2
0wage;%20and%20the%20degree%20of%20pre-transfer%20income%20inequality%20in%2
0a%20state%20—
%20we%20find%20minimal%20effects%20for%20the%20overall%20campaign%20finance%20regulatory%20regimes%20in%20general%20and%20corporate%20and%
20union%20independent%20expenditures%20specifically%20on%20public%20policy%2
0outcomes.%20These%20findings%20suggest%20that%20critics’
%20fears%20about%20the%20possible%20effects%20of%20Citizens%20United%20at%20the%20national%20le
vel%20may%20be%20overstated.
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Secretary%20of%20State%20Connie%20Lawson%20warns%20Hoosiers%20about%20over-the-phone%20voting%20scam”
Posted%20on%20September%2015,%202012%205:37%20pm%20by%20Rick%20Hasen
See%20this%20press%20release.
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“
Could%20Pennsylvania%20Voter%20ID%20Law%20Help%20Romney%20Win%20Race?%20Up%20to%201%20Million%20Voters%20Face%20Disenfranchisement”
Posted%20on%20September%2015,%202012%205:37%20pm%20by%20Rick%20Hasen
Here%20is%20a%20link%20to%20a%20Democracy%20Now!%20program.%20%20I%20haven’
t%20had%20a%20chance%20to%20listen%20to%20the%20program%20but%20the%201%20mil
lion%20disenfranchised%20voters%20seems%20quite%20high%20and%20not%20support
ed%20at%20all)
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_“Kansas Ballot Challenge Over Obama’s Birth Is Ended”_
(http://electionlawblog.org/?p=40239)
Posted on _September 15, 2012 5:26 pm_
(http://electionlawblog.org/?p=40239) by _Rick Hasen_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3)
_NYT reports._
(http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/15/us/politics/kansas-election-officials-seek-copy-of-obamas-birth-certificate.html?ref=politics)
(http://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http://electionlawblog.org/?p=40239&title=“Kansas%20Ballot%20Challenge%20Over%20Obama’s%20Birth%20Is%20Ended”
&description=Broad%20Support%20for%20Voter%20ID%20Laws%20in%20NYT/CBS%20Poll
Posted%20on%20September%2015,%202012%206:15%20pm%20by%20Rick%20Hasen
New%20Poll:
Share
Posted%20in%20election%20administration,%20The%20Voting
%20Wars,%20voter%20id |%20Comments%20Off
“Poll:%20Strong%20Support%20for%20Campaign%20Spending%20Limits”
Posted%20on%20September%2015,%202012%206:06%20pm%20by%20Rick%20Hasen
AP:%20“
More%20than%208%20in%2010%20Americans%20in%20a%20poll%20by%20The%20Associated%20Press%20and%20the%20National%20Constitution%20Center%20support%20
limits%20on%20the%20amount%20of%20money%20given%20to%20groups%20that%20are%2
0trying%20to%20influence%20U.S.%20elections.”
“
The%20poll%20also%20found%20a%20slight%20increase%20in%20the%20share%20of%20Americans%20who%20say%20voting%20rights%20for%20minorities%20require%20lega
l%20protection,%20although%20the%20public%20is%20divided%20over%20whether%20
such%20laws%20still%20are%20needed.%20Sixty%20percent%20of%20Democrats%20say
%20those%20protections%20are%20still%20needed,%20compared%20with%2040%20perc
ent%20of%20independents%20and%2033%20percent%20of%20Republicans.”
Share
Posted%20in%20campaign%20finance |%20Comments%20Off
“
Early%20voting:%20Why%20Justice%20dropped%20its%20challenge%20of%20Florida%20plan”
Posted%20on%20September%2015,%202012%205:53%20pm%20by%20Rick%20Hasen
The%20CS%20Monitor%20reports.
Share
Posted%20in%20Department%20of%20Justice,%20The%20Voting%20Wars,%20Voting%20R
ights%20Act |%20Comments%20Off
“Conservative%20super%20PACs%20targeting%20blue-state%20Democrats”
Posted%20on%20September%2015,%202012%205:48%20pm%20by%20Rick%20Hasen
WaPo%20reports.
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“
Some%20Republicans%20Try%20Out%20a%20New%20Campaign%20Theme:%20Bipartisanship”
Posted%20on%20September%2015,%202012%205:46%20pm%20by%20Rick%20Hasen
NYT%20reports.
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Posted%20in%20campaigns,%20political%20parties,%20political%20polarization
|%20Comments%20Off
Is%20the%20Voting%20Rights%20Act%20Living%20on%20Borrowed%20Time?
Posted%20on%20September%2015,%202012%205:43%20pm%20by%20Rick%20Hasen
ABC%20News%20investigates.
Share
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“
Assessing%20the%20Potential%20Effects%20of%20Citizens%20United:%20Evidence%20from%20the%20States”
Posted%20on%20September%2015,%202012%205:40%20pm%20by%20Rick%20Hasen
Timothy%20Werner%20and%20John%20Coleman%20have%20posted%20this%20draft%20on%
20SSRN.%20%20Here%20is%20the%20abstract:
%20%20%20%20The%20U.S.%20Supreme%20Court’
s%202010%20decision%20in%20Citizens%20United%20v.%20FEC%20was%20one%20of%20its%20most%20controversial%20in%20de
cades.%20Critics%20of%20the%20decision%20argued%20it%20would%20lead%20to%20a
%20flood%20of%20corporate%20and%20union%20cash%20that%20would%20warp%20elect
oral%20and%20policy%20outcomes.%20We%20test%20for%20this%20possibility%20by%
20exploiting%20the%20variation%20in%20campaign%20finance%20laws%20at%20the%2
0state%20level%20from%201977%20through%202006.
%20%20%20%20Through%20an%20analysis%20of%20three%20policy%20outcomes%20of%20
interest%20to%20businesses%20and%20unions%20over%20three%20decades%20—
%20the%20degree%20of%20liberalism%20among%20state%20elected%20officials;%20the%20r
elative%20state%20minimum%20wage%20compared%20to%20the%20federal%20minimum%2
0wage;%20and%20the%20degree%20of%20pre-transfer%20income%20inequality%20in%2
0a%20state%20—
%20we%20find%20minimal%20effects%20for%20the%20overall%20campaign%20finance%20regulatory%20regimes%20in%20general%20and%20corporate%20and%
20union%20independent%20expenditures%20specifically%20on%20public%20policy%2
0outcomes.%20These%20findings%20suggest%20that%20critics’
%20fears%20about%20the%20possible%20effects%20of%20Citizens%20United%20at%20the%20national%20le
vel%20may%20be%20overstated.
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Secretary%20of%20State%20Connie%20Lawson%20warns%20Hoosiers%20about%20over-the-phone%20voting%20scam”
Posted%20on%20September%2015,%202012%205:37%20pm%20by%20Rick%20Hasen
See%20this%20press%20release.
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“
Could%20Pennsylvania%20Voter%20ID%20Law%20Help%20Romney%20Win%20Race?%20Up%20to%201%20Million%20Voters%20Face%20Disenfranchisement”
Posted%20on%20September%2015,%202012%205:37%20pm%20by%20Rick%20Hasen
Here%20is%20a%20link%20to%20a%20Democracy%20Now!%20program.%20%20I%20haven’
t%20had%20a%20chance%20to%20listen%20to%20the%20program%20but%20the%201%20mil
lion%20disenfranchised%20voters%20seems%20quite%20high%20and)
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_“Presidential Race May Hinge on Third Party Candidates”_
(http://electionlawblog.org/?p=40236)
Posted on _September 15, 2012 5:22 pm_
(http://electionlawblog.org/?p=40236) by _Rick Hasen_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3)
_Bloomberg reports_
(http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-09-14/presidential-race-may-hinge-on-third-party-candidates.html) : “Virgil Goode, an
anti-immigration southerner, and Gary Johnson, a pro-marijuana southwesterner, have
little in common, save one thing: They both are seeking to shake up the
American presidential race as third-party candidates. While they have no
chance to win the Nov. 6 election, the tight race between President _Barack
Obama_ (http://topics.bloomberg.com/barack-obama/) and Republican _Mitt
Romney_ (http://topics.bloomberg.com/mitt-romney/) may create the right
circumstances for one of them — or both — to pull just enough votes in a key
state to sway the contest.”
(http://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http://electionlawblog.org/?p=40236&title=“Presidential%20Race%20May%20Hinge%20on%20Third%20Party%20Candidates”
&description=Broad%20Support%20for%20Voter%20ID%20Laws%20in%20NYT/CBS%20Poll
Posted%20on%20September%2015,%202012%206:15%20pm%20by%20Rick%20Hasen
New%20Poll:
Share
Posted%20in%20election%20administration,%20The%20Voting%20Wars,%20voter%20id
|%20Comments%20Off
“Poll:%20Strong%20Support%20for%20Campaign%20Spending%20Limits”
Posted%20on%20September%2015,%202012%206:06%20pm%20by%20Rick%20Hasen
AP:%20“
More%20than%208%20in%2010%20Americans%20in%20a%20poll%20by%20The%20Associated%20Press%20and%20the%20National%20Constitution%20Center%20support%20
limits%20on%20the%20amount%20of%20money%20given%20to%20groups%20that%20are%2
0trying%20to%20influence%20U.S.%20elections.”
“
The%20poll%20also%20found%20a%20slight%20increase%20in%20the%20share%20of%20Americans%20who%20say%20voting%20rights%20for%20minorities%20require%20lega
l%20protection,%20although%20the%20public%20is%20divided%20over%20whether%20
such%20laws%20still%20are%20needed.%20Sixty%20percent%20of%20Democrats%20say
%20those%20protections%20are%20still%20needed,%20compared%20with%2040%20perc
ent%20of%20independents%20and%2033%20percent%20of%20Republicans.”
Share
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“
Early%20voting:%20Why%20Justice%20dropped%20its%20challenge%20of%20Florida%20plan”
Posted%20on%20September%2015,%202012%205:53%20pm%20by%20Rick%20Hasen
The%20CS%20Monitor%20reports.
Share
Posted%20in%20Department%20of%20Justice,%20The%20Voting%20Wars,%20Voting%20R
ights%20Act |%20Comments%20Off
“Conservative%20super%20PACs%20targeting%20blue-state%20Democrats”
Posted%20on%20September%2015,%202012%205:48%20pm%20by%20Rick%20Hasen
WaPo%20reports.
Share
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“
Some%20Republicans%20Try%20Out%20a%20New%20Campaign%20Theme:%20Bipartisanship”
Posted%20on%20September%2015,%202012%205:46%20pm%20by%20Rick%20Hasen
NYT%20reports.
Share
Posted%20in%20campaigns,%20political%20parties,%20political%20polarization
|%20Comments%20Off
Is%20the%20Voting%20Rights%20Act%20Living%20on%20Borrowed%20Time?
Posted%20on%20September%2015,%202012%205:43%20pm%20by%20Rick%20Hasen
ABC%20News%20investigates.
Share
Posted%20in%20Supreme%20Court,%20Voting%20Rights%20Act |%20Comments%20Off
“
Assessing%20the%20Potential%20Effects%20of%20Citizens%20United:%20Evidence%20from%20the%20States”
Posted%20on%20September%2015,%202012%205:40%20pm%20by%20Rick%20Hasen
Timothy%20Werner%20and%20John%20Coleman%20have%20posted%20this%20draft%20on%
20SSRN.%20%20Here%20is%20the%20abstract:
%20%20%20%20The%20U.S.%20Supreme%20Court’
s%202010%20decision%20in%20Citizens%20United%20v.%20FEC%20was%20one%20of%20its%20most%20controversial%20in%20de
cades.%20Critics%20of%20the%20decision%20argued%20it%20would%20lead%20to%20a
%20flood%20of%20corporate%20and%20union%20cash%20that%20would%20warp%20elect
oral%20and%20policy%20outcomes.%20We%20test%20for%20this%20possibility%20by%
20exploiting%20the%20variation%20in%20campaign%20finance%20laws%20at%20the%2
0state%20level%20from%201977%20through%202006.
%20%20%20%20Through%20an%20analysis%20of%20three%20policy%20outcomes%20of%20
interest%20to%20businesses%20and%20unions%20over%20three%20decades%20—
%20the%20degree%20of%20liberalism%20among%20state%20elected%20officials;%20the%20r
elative%20state%20minimum%20wage%20compared%20to%20the%20federal%20minimum%2
0wage;%20and%20the%20degree%20of%20pre-transfer%20income%20inequality%20in%2
0a%20state%20—
%20we%20find%20minimal%20effects%20for%20the%20overall%20campaign%20finance%20regulatory%20regimes%20in%20general%20and%20corporate%20and%
20union%20independent%20expenditures%20specifically%20on%20public%20policy%2
0outcomes.%20These%20findings%20suggest%20that%20critics’
%20fears%20about%20the%20possible%20effects%20of%20Citizens%20United%20at%20the%20national%20le
vel%20may%20be%20overstated.
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Secretary%20of%20State%20Connie%20Lawson%20warns%20Hoosiers%20about%20over-the-phone%20voting%20scam”
Posted%20on%20September%2015,%202012%205:37%20pm%20by%20Rick%20Hasen
See%20this%20press%20release.
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“
Could%20Pennsylvania%20Voter%20ID%20Law%20Help%20Romney%20Win%20Race?%20Up%20to%201%20Million%20Voters%20Face%20Disenfranchisement”
Posted%20on%20September%2015,%202012%205:37%20pm%20by%20Rick%20Hasen
Here%20is%20a%20link%20to%20a%20Democracy%20Now!%20program.%20%20I%20haven’
t%20had%20a%20chance%20to%20listen%20to%20the%20program%20but%20the%201%20mil
lion%20disenfranchised%20voters%20seems%20quite%20high%20and%20not)
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(http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=31) | Comments Off
_“Project Vote Appeals Texas Voter Registration Case to U.S. Supreme Court”
_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?p=40233)
Posted on _September 15, 2012 5:19 pm_
(http://electionlawblog.org/?p=40233) by _Rick Hasen_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3)
The following press release arrived via email:
Project Vote Appeals Texas Voter Registration Case to U.S. Supreme Court
Voting rights group asks justices to rule on the freedom of voter
registration efforts
Washington, DC – Today, with little over three weeks left before the close
of voter registration in Texas, attorneys for Project Vote _filed an
emergency appeal with the U.S. Supreme Court_
(http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=asyrAK0fcmYu69M7lSaQvRZOYjlM7fog) , asking the justices
to intervene and prevent the state from enforcing laws that place undue
burdens on voter registration drives.
In February 2012, Project Vote and its affiliate Voting for America filed
a _lawsuit_
(http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=F88zA+rlchp/fzd2WP8qHRZOYjlM7fog) against the state of Texas, arguing that certain
provisions of Texas election code unfairly restricted voter registration
activities, in violation of the First and Fourteenth Amendments of the U.S.
Constitution and the National Voter Registration Act.
“Current Texas law would make it nearly impossible for voter registration
organizations to conduct their work in the state,” said Michael Slater,
executive director for Project Vote.
In August, U.S. District Court Judge Gregg Costa agreed that these laws
improperly restricted voter registration drives, writing in a 96-page ruling
that “Texas now imposes more burdensome regulations on those engaging in
third-party voter registration than the vast majority of, if not all, other
states.” Judge Costa granted a preliminary injunction enjoining the
following laws:
* a prohibition on voter registration drives submitting to officials
by mail applications they collect;
* a ban on non-Texans becoming volunteer deputy registrars;
* a prohibition that prevents any person from accepting or handling
applications from residents of counties other than the county in which the
person was appointed as a volunteer deputy registrar; and
* a burdensome compensation law that prohibits organizations from
firing employees based on their performance in collecting applications.
“Voter registration drives have played a vital role in increasing
participation in the political process,” wrote Costa. “This is especially true in
minority communities with historically lower rates of voter registration.”
On September 6th, in a 2-1 decision, the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals
stayed Judge Costa’s ruling pending appeal. Now Project Vote and Voting for
America are appealing that decision to the highest court in the land.
The Plaintiffs are represented by attorneys from the law firms of Ropes &
Gray, Brazil & Dunn, and Spivey & Grigg, L.L.P.
“Millions of eligible Texans are still not registered to vote, in part
because Texas has some of the worst voter registration laws in the nation,”
said Chad Dunn, counsel for the plaintiffs. “With a national election fast
approaching, we are asking the Supreme Court to recognize that voter
registration drives serve an essential function in our democracy, and must be
allowed to operate without undue burdens or unreasonable fear of prosecution.”
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limits%20on%20the%20amount%20of%20money%20given%20to%20groups%20that%20are%2
0trying%20to%20influence%20U.S.%20elections.”
“
The%20poll%20also%20found%20a%20slight%20increase%20in%20the%20share%20of%20Americans%20who%20say%20voting%20rights%20for%20minorities%20require%20lega
l%20protection,%20although%20the%20public%20is%20divided%20over%20whether%20
such%20laws%20still%20are%20needed.%20Sixty%20percent%20of%20Democrats%20say
%20those%20protections%20are%20still%20needed,%20compared%20with%2040%20perc
ent%20of%20independents%20and%2033%20percent%20of%20Republicans.”
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Posted%20on%20September%2015,%202012%205:40%20pm%20by%20Rick%20Hasen
Timothy%20Werner%20and%20John%20Coleman%20have%20posted%20this%20draft%20on%
20SSRN.%20%20Here%20is%20the%20abstract:
%20%20%20%20The%20U.S.%20Supreme%20Court’
s%202010%20decision%20in%20Citizens%20United%20v.%20FEC%20was%20one%20of%20its%20most%20controversial%20in%20de
cades.%20Critics%20of%20the%20decision%20argued%20it%20would%20lead%20to%20a
%20flood%20of%20corporate%20and%20union%20cash%20that%20would%20warp%20elect
oral%20and%20policy%20outcomes.%20We%20test%20for%20this%20possibility%20by%
20exploiting%20the%20variation%20in%20campaign%20finance%20laws%20at%20the%2
0state%20level%20from%201977%20through%202006.
%20%20%20%20Through%20an%20analysis%20of%20three%20policy%20outcomes%20of%
20interest%20to%20businesses%20and%20unions%20over%20three%20decades%20—
%20the%20degree%20of%20liberalism%20among%20state%20elected%20officials;%20the%20r
elative%20state%20minimum%20wage%20compared%20to%20the%20federal%20minimum%2
0wage;%20and%20the%20degree%20of%20pre-transfer%20income%20inequality%20in%2
0a%20state%20—
%20we%20find%20minimal%20effects%20for%20the%20overall%20campaign%20finance%20regulatory%20regimes%20in%20general%20and%20corporate%20and%
20union%20independent%20expenditures%20specifically%20on%20public%20policy%2
0outcomes.%20These%20findings%20suggest%20that%20critics’
%20fears%20about%20the%20possible%20effects%20of%20Citizens%20United%20at%20the%20national%20le
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Posted%20on%20September%2015,%202012%205:37%20pm%20by%20Rick%20Hasen
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t%20had%20a%20chance%20to%20listen%20to%20the%20program%20but%20the%201%20mil
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_The Voting Wars_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=60) , _voter
registration_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=37) | Comments Off
_Witness Testimony from Recent Senate Judiciary Commitee Hearing on
Citizens United and on Voting Rights Act_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?p=40230)
Posted on _September 15, 2012 5:15 pm_
(http://electionlawblog.org/?p=40230) by _Rick Hasen_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3)
_Anthony Johnstone_
(http://www.judiciary.senate.gov/hearings/testimony.cfm?id=a5b4c7cd6c0eca6c8671e1d4d06fded6&wit_id=a5b4c7cd6c0eca6c8671e1d4d06fded6
-0-2)
_Michael Carvin_
(http://www.judiciary.senate.gov/hearings/testimony.cfm?id=a5b4c7cd6c0eca6c8671e1d4d06fded6&wit_id=a5b4c7cd6c0eca6c8671e1d4d06fded6-0-
3)
_Elisabeth MacNamara_
(http://www.judiciary.senate.gov/hearings/testimony.cfm?id=a5b4c7cd6c0eca6c8671e1d4d06fded6&wit_id=a5b4c7cd6c0eca6c8671e1d4d06fde
d6-0-4)
(http://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http://electionlawblog.org/?p=40230&title=Witness%20Testimony%20from%20Recent%20Senate%20Judiciary%20Commitee%2
0Hearing%20on%20Citizens%20United%20and%20on%20Voting%20Rights%20Act&descrip
tion=Broad%20Support%20for%20Voter%20ID%20Laws%20in%20NYT/CBS%20Poll
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AP:%20“
More%20than%208%20in%2010%20Americans%20in%20a%20poll%20by%20The%20Associated%20Press%20and%20the%20National%20Constitution%20Center%20support%20
limits%20on%20the%20amount%20of%20money%20given%20to%20groups%20that%20are%2
0trying%20to%20influence%20U.S.%20elections.”
“
The%20poll%20also%20found%20a%20slight%20increase%20in%20the%20share%20of%20Americans%20who%20say%20voting%20rights%20for%20minorities%20require%20lega
l%20protection,%20although%20the%20public%20is%20divided%20over%20whe
ther%20such%20laws%20still%20are%20needed.%20Sixty%20percent%20of%20Democrats%20say
%20those%20protections%20are%20still%20needed,%20compared%20with%2040%20perc
ent%20of%20independents%20and%2033%20percent%20of%20Republicans.”
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Posted%20on%20September%2015,%202012%205:40%20pm%20by%20Rick%20Hasen
Timothy%20Werner%20and%20John%20Coleman%20have%20posted%20this%20draft%20on%
20SSRN.%20%20Here%20is%20the%20abstract:
%20%20%20%20The%20U.S.%20Supreme%20Court’
s%202010%20decision%20in%20Citizens%20United%20v.%20FEC%20was%20one%20of%20its%20most%20controversial%20in%20de
cades.%20Critics%20of%20the%20decision%20argued%20it%20would%20lead%20to%20a
%20flood%20of%20corporate%20and%20union%20cash%20that%20would%20warp%20elect
oral%20and%20policy%20outcomes.%20We%20test%20for%20this%20possibility%20by%
20exploiting%20the%20variation%20in%20campaign%20finance%20laws%20at%20the%2
0state%20level%20from%201977%20through%202006.
%20%20%20%20Through%20an%20analysis%20of%20three%20policy%20outcomes%20of%20
interest%20to%20businesses%20and%20unions%20over%20three%20decades%20—
%20the%20degree%20of%20liberalism%20among%20state%20elected%20officials;%20the%20r
elative%20state%20minimum%20wage%20compared%20to%20the%20federal%20minimum%2
0wage;%20and%20the%20degree%20of%20pre-transfer%20income%20inequality%20in%2
0a%20state%20—
%20we%20find%20minimal%20effects%20for%20the%20overall%20campaign%20finance%20regulatory%20regimes%20in%20general%20and%20corporate%20and%
20union%20independent%20expenditures%20specifically%20on%20public%20policy%2
0outcomes.%20These%20findings%20suggest%20that%20critics’
%20fears%20about%20the%20possible%20effects%20of%20Citizens%20United%20at%20the%20national%20le
vel%20may%20be%20overstated.
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Here%20is%20a%20link%20to%20a%20Democracy%20Now!%20program.%20%20I%20haven’
t%20had%20a%20chance%20to%20listen%20to%20the%20program%20but%20the%201%20mil
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_“U.S. Justice Department approves Mississippi’s legislative
redistricting plan”_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?p=40228)
Posted on _September 15, 2012 5:14 pm_
(http://electionlawblog.org/?p=40228) by _Rick Hasen_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3)
_See here_
(http://www.commercialappeal.com/news/2012/sep/14/justice-department-approves-mississippis-plan/?CID=happeningnow) .
(http://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http://electionlawblog.org/?p=40228&title=“U.S.%20Justice%20Department%20approves%20Mississippi’
s%20legislative%20redistricting%20plan”
&description=Broad%20Support%20for%20Voter%20ID%20Laws%20in%20NYT/CBS%20Poll
Posted%20on%20September%2015,%202012%206:15%20pm%20by%20Rick%20Hasen
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Posted%20on%20September%2015,%202012%206:06%20pm%20by%20Rick%20Hasen
AP:%20“
More%20than%208%20in%2010%20Americans%20in%20a%20poll%20by%20The%20Associated%20Press%20and%20the%20National%20Constitution%20Center%20support%20
limits%20on%20the%20amount%20of%20money%20given%20to%20groups%20that%20are%2
0trying%20to%20influence%20U.S.%20elections.”
“
The%20poll%20also%20found%20a%20slight%20increase%20in%20the%20share%20of%20Americans%20who%20say%20voting%20rights%20for%20minorities%20require%20lega
l%20protection,%20although%20the%20public%20is%20divided%20over%20whether%20
such%20laws%20still%20are%20needed.%20Sixty%20percent%20of%20Democrats%20say
%20those%20protections%20are%20still%20needed,%20compared%20with%2040%20perc
ent%20of%20independents%20and%2033%20percent%20of%20Republicans.”
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The%20CS%20Monitor%20reports.
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Posted%20on%20September%2015,%202012%205:40%20pm%20by%20Rick%20Hasen
Timothy%20Werner%20and%20John%20Coleman%20have%20posted%20this%20draft%20on%
20SSRN.%20%20Here%20is%20the%20abstract:
%20%20%20%20The%20U.S.%20Supreme%20Court’
s%202010%20decision%20in%20Citizens%20United%20v.%20FEC%20was%20one%20of%20its%20most%20controversial%20in%20de
cades.%20Critics%20of%20the%20decision%20argued%20it%20would%20lead%20to%20a
%20flood%20of%20corporate%20and%20union%20cash%20that%20would%20warp%20elect
oral%20and%20policy%20outcomes.%20We%20test%20for%20this%20possibility%20by%
20exploiting%20the%20variation%20in%20campaign%20finance%20laws%20at%20the%2
0state%20level%20from%201977%20through%202006.
%20%20%20%20Through%20an%20analysis%20of%20three%20policy%20outcomes%20of%20
interest%20to%20businesses%20and%20unions%20over%20three%20decades%20—
%20the%20degree%20of%20liberalism%20among%20state%20elected%20officials;%20the%20r
elative%20state%20minimum%20wage%20compared%20to%20the%20federal%20minimum%2
0wage;%20and%20the%20degree%20of%20pre-transfer%20income%20inequality%20in%2
0a%20state%20—
%20we%20find%20minimal%20effects%20for%20the%20overall%20campaign%20finance%20regulatory%20regimes%20in%20general%20and%20corporate%20and%
20union%20independent%20expenditures%20specifically%20on%20public%20policy%2
0outcomes.%20These%20findings%20suggest%20that%20critics’
%20fears%20about%20the%20possible%20effects%20of%20Citizens%20United%20at%20the%20national%20le
vel%20may%20be%20overstated.
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Posted%20on%20September%2015,%202012%205:37%20pm%20by%20Rick%20Hasen
Here%20is%20a%20link%20to%20a%20Democracy%20Now!%20program.%20%20I%20haven’
t%20had%20a%20chance%20to%20listen%20to%20the%20program%20but%20the%201%20mil
lion%20disenfranchised%20voters%20)
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_“Iowa Judge Bars Plan to Purge Noncitizens From Voter Roll”_
(http://electionlawblog.org/?p=40226)
Posted on _September 15, 2012 5:13 pm_
(http://electionlawblog.org/?p=40226) by _Rick Hasen_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3)
_Bloomberg_
(http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-09-14/iowa-judge-voids-plan-to-purge-noncitizens-from-voter-rolls.html) : “_Iowa_
(http://topics.bloomberg.com/iowa/) ’s secretary of state was temporarily barred from issuing
new rules on purging noncitizens from voter registration rolls by a judge
who said the process was likely to create confusion for legitimate voters.”
More from the _Des Moines Register._
(http://blogs.desmoinesregister.com/dmr/index.php/2012/09/12/polk-judge-refuses-to-throw-out-voting-rules-lawsuit-a
gainst-iowa-sec-of-state-matt-schultz/)
If anyone has a copy of Judge Gunderson’s 12-page report, please send
along.
(http://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http://electionlawblog.org/?p=40226&title=“Iowa%20Judge%20Bars%20Plan%20to%2
0Purge%20Noncitizens%20From%20Voter%20Roll”
&description=Broad%20Support%20for%20Voter%20ID%20Laws%20in%20NYT/CBS%20Poll
Posted%20on%20September%2015,%202012%206:15%20pm%20by%20Rick%20Hasen
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“Poll:%20Strong%20Support%20for%20Campaign%20Spending%20Limits”
Posted%20on%20September%2015,%202012%206:06%20pm%20by%20Rick%20Hasen
AP:%20“
More%20than%208%20in%2010%20Americans%20in%20a%20poll%20by%20The%20Associated%20Press%20and%20the%20National%20Constitution%20Center%20support%20
limits%20on%20the%20amount%20of%20money%20given%20to%20groups%20that%20are%2
0trying%20to%20influence%20U.S.%20elections.”
“
The%20poll%20also%20found%20a%20slight%20increase%20in%20the%20share%20of%20Americans%20who%20say%20voting%20rights%20for%20minorities%20require%20lega
l%20protection,%20although%20the%20public%20is%20divided%20over%20whether%20
such%20laws%20still%20are%20needed.%20Sixty%20percent%20of%20Democrats%20say
%20those%20protections%20are%20still%20needed,%20compared%20with%2040%20perc
ent%20of%20independents%20and%2033%20percent%20of%20Republicans.”
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Early%20voting:%20Why%20Justice%20dropped%20its%20challenge%20of%20Florida%20plan”
Posted%20on%20September%2015,%202012%205:53%20pm%20by%20Rick%20Hasen
The%20CS%20Monitor%20reports.
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ights%20Act |%20Comments%20Off
“Conservative%20super%20PACs%20targeting%20blue-state%20Democrats”
Posted%20on%20September%2015,%202012%205:48%20pm%20by%20Rick%20Hasen
WaPo%20reports.
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Some%20Republicans%20Try%20Out%20a%20New%20Campaign%20Theme:%20Bipartisanship”
Posted%20on%20September%2015,%202012%205:46%20pm%20by%20Rick%20Hasen
NYT%20reports.
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Is%20the%20Voting%20Rights%20Act%20Living%20on%20Borrowed%20Time?
Posted%20on%20September%2015,%202012%205:43%20pm%20by%20Rick%20Hasen
ABC%20News%20investigates.
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Assessing%20the%20Potential%20Effects%20of%20Citizens%20United:%20Evidence%20from%20the%20States”
Posted%20on%20September%2015,%202012%205:40%20pm%20by%20Rick%20Hasen
Timothy%20Werner%20and%20John%20Coleman%20have%20posted%20this%20draft%20on%
20SSRN.%20%20Here%20is%20the%20abstract:
%20%20%20%20The%20U.S.%20Supreme%20Court’
s%202010%20decision%20in%20Citizens%20United%20v.%20FEC%20was%20one%20of%20its%20most%20controversial%20in%20de
cades.%20Critics%20of%20the%20decision%20argued%20it%20would%20lead%20to%20a
%20flood%20of%20corporate%20and%20union%20cash%20that%20would%20warp%20elect
oral%20and%20policy%20outcomes.%20We%20test%20for%20this%20possibility%20by%
20exploiting%20the%20variation%20in%20campaign%20finance%20laws%20at%20the%2
0state%20level%20from%201977%20through%202006.
%20%20%20%20Through%20an%20analysis%20of%20three%20policy%20outcomes%20of%20
interest%20to%20businesses%20and%20unions%20over%20three%20decades%20—
%20the%20degree%20of%20liberalism%20among%20state%20elected%20officials;%20the%20r
elative%20state%20minimum%20wage%20compared%20to%20the%20federal%20minimum%2
0wage;%20and%20the%20degree%20of%20pre-transfer%20inco
me%20inequality%20in%20a%20state%20—
%20we%20find%20minimal%20effects%20for%20the%20overall%20campaign%20finance%20regulatory%20regimes%20in%20general%20and%20corporate%20and%
20union%20independent%20expenditures%20specifically%20on%20public%20policy%2
0outcomes.%20These%20findings%20suggest%20that%20critics’
%20fears%20about%20the%20possible%20effects%20of%20Citizens%20United%20at%20the%20national%20le
vel%20may%20be%20overstated.
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Secretary%20of%20State%20Connie%20Lawson%20warns%20Hoosiers%20about%20over-the-phone%20voting%20scam”
Posted%20on%20September%2015,%202012%205:37%20pm%20by%20Rick%20Hasen
See%20this%20press%20release.
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Could%20Pennsylvania%20Voter%20ID%20Law%20Help%20Romney%20Win%20Race?%20Up%20to%201%20Million%20Voters%20Face%20Disenfranchisement”
Posted%20on%20September%2015,%202012%205:37%20pm%20by%20Rick%20Hasen
Here%20is%20a%20link%20to%20a%20Democracy%20Now!%20program.%20%20I%20haven’
t%20had%20a%20chance%20to%20listen%20to%20the%20program%20but%20the%201%20mil
lion%20disenfranchised%20voters%20seems%20quite%20high%20a)
Posted in _election administration_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18) ,
_The Voting Wars_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=60) , _voting_
(http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=31) | Comments Off
_“Protecting the Vote: Suppression, Fraud and the Future of Voter ID Laws”
_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?p=40224)
Posted on _September 15, 2012 5:06 pm_
(http://electionlawblog.org/?p=40224) by _Rick Hasen_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3)
_Watch the video _
(http://forum.iop.harvard.edu/content/protecting-vote-suppression-fraud-and-future-voter-id-laws) of this Harvard event featuring
Jennie Bowser
Senior Fellow, National Conference of State Legislatures
John Fund
Senior Editor, The American Spectator
Alex Keyssar
Matthew W. Stirling Jr. Professor of History and Social Policy, HKS
Tova Wang
Senior Democracy Fellow, Demos; Fellow, The Century Foundation
Trey Grayson (Moderator)
Director, Institute of Politics
(http://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http://electionlawblog.org/?p=40224&title=“
Protecting%20the%20Vote:%20Suppression,%20Fraud%20and%20the%20Future%20of%20Voter%20ID%20Laws”
&description=Broad%20Support%20for%20Voter%20ID%20Laws%20in%20NYT/CBS%20Poll
Posted%20on%20September%2015,%202012%206:15%20pm%20by%20Rick%20Hasen
New%20Poll:
Share
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“Poll:%20Strong%20Support%20for%20Campaign%20Spending%20Limits”
Posted%20on%20September%2015,%202012%206:06%20pm%20by%20Rick%20Hasen
AP:%20“
More%20than%208%20in%2010%20Americans%20in%20a%20poll%20by%20The%20Associated%20Press%20and%20the%20National%20Constitution%20Center%20support%20
limits%20on%20the%20amount%20of%20money%20given%20to%20groups%20that%20are%2
0trying%20to%20influence%20U.S.%20elections.”
“
The%20poll%20also%20found%20a%20slight%20increase%20in%20the%20share%20of%20Americans%20who%20say%20voting%20rights%20for%20minorities%20require%20lega
l%20protection,%20although%20the%20public%20is%20divided%20over%20whether%20
such%20laws%20still%20are%20needed.%20Sixty%20percent%20of%20Democrats%20say
%20those%20protections%20are%20still%20needed,%20compared%20with%2040%20perc
ent%20of%20independents%20and%2033%20percent%20of%20Republicans.”
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“
Early%20voting:%20Why%20Justice%20dropped%20its%20challenge%20of%20Florida%20plan”
Posted%20on%20September%2015,%202012%205:53%20pm%20by%20Rick%20Hasen
The%20CS%20Monitor%20reports.
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ights%20Act |%20Comments%20Off
“Conservative%20super%20PACs%20targeting%20blue-state%20Democrats”
Posted%20on%20September%2015,%202012%205:48%20pm%20by%20Rick%20Hasen
WaPo%20reports.
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Some%20Republicans%20Try%20Out%20a%20New%20Campaign%20Theme:%20Bipartisanship”
Posted%20on%20September%2015,%202012%205:46%20pm%20by%20Rick%20Hasen
NYT%20reports.
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Is%20the%20Voting%20Rights%20Act%20Living%20on%20Borrowed%20Time?
Posted%20on%20September%2015,%202012%205:43%20pm%20by%20Rick%20Hasen
ABC%20News%20investigates.
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Assessing%20the%20Potential%20Effects%20of%20Citizens%20United:%20Evidence%20from%20the%20States”
Posted%20on%20September%2015,%202012%205:40%20pm%20by%20Rick%20Hasen
Timothy%20Werner%20and%20John%20Coleman%20have%20posted%20this%20draft%20on%
20SSRN.%20%20Here%20is%20the%20abstract:
%20%20%20%20The%20U.S.%20Supreme%20Court’
s%202010%20decision%20in%20Citizens%20United%20v.%20FEC%20was%20one%20of%20its%20most%20controversial%20in%20de
cades.%20Critics%20of%20the%20decision%20argued%20it%20would%20lead%20to%20a
%20flood%20of%20corporate%20and%20union%20cash%20that%20would%20warp%20elect
oral%20and%20policy%20outcomes.%20We%20test%20for%20this%20possibility%20by%
20exploiting%20the%20variation%20in%20campaign%20finance%20laws%20at%20the%2
0state%20level%20from%201977%20through%202006.
%20%20%20%20Through%20an%20analysis%20of%20three%20policy%20outcomes%20of%20
interest%20to%20businesses%20and%20unions%20over%20three%20decades%20—
%20the%20degree%20of%20liberalism%20among%20state%20elected%20officials;%20the%20r
elative%20state%20minimum%20wage%20compared%20to%20the%20federal%20minimum%2
0wage;%20and%20the%20degree%20of%20pre-transfer%20income%20inequality%20in%2
0a%20state%20—
%20we%20find%20minimal%20effects%20for%20the%20overall%20campaign%20finance%20regulatory%20regimes%20in%20general%20and%20corporate%20and%
20union%20independent%20expenditures%20specifically%20on%20public%20policy%2
0outcomes.%20These%20findings%20suggest%20that%20critics’
%20fears%20about%20the%20possible%20effects%20of%20Citizens%20United%20at%20the%20national%20le
vel%20may%20be%20overstated.
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Secretary%20of%20State%20Connie%20Lawson%20warns%20Hoosiers%20about%20over-the-phone%20voting%20scam”
Posted%20on%20September%2015,%202012%205:37%20pm%20by%20Rick%20Hasen
See%20this%20press%20release.
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“
Could%20Pennsylvania%20Voter%20ID%20Law%20Help%20Romney%20Win%20Race?%20Up%20to%201%20Million%20Voters%20Face%20Disenfranchisement”
Posted%20on%20September%2015,%202012%205:37%20pm%20by%20Rick%20Hasen
Here%20is%20a%20link%20to%20a%20Democracy%20Now!%20program.%20%20I%20haven’
t%20had%20a%20chance%20to%20listen%20to%20the%20program%20but%20the%201%20mil
lion%20disenfranchised%20voters%20se)
Posted in _election administration_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18) ,
_The Voting Wars_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=60) | Comments Off
_“Absence of FEC From Case Complicates Court Argument Over FEC Disclosure
Rules”_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?p=40221)
Posted on _September 15, 2012 5:01 pm_
(http://electionlawblog.org/?p=40221) by _Rick Hasen_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3)
_Bloomberg BNA_
(http://news.bna.com/mpdm/MPDMWB/split_display.adp?fedfid=28005101&vname=mpebulallissues&jd=a0d4p3b5f9&split=0) : “Lawyers for both
sides in a dispute over Federal Election Commission disclosure rules were
peppered with probing questions by a three-judge panel during an oral argument
Sept. 14 in the federal appeals court in Washington, D.C. (Van Hollen v.
Federal Election Commission, D.C. Cir., Nos. 12-5117 and 12-5118, argued
9/14/12). The court gave no immediate indication of how or when it would rule.”
(http://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http://electionlawblog.org/?p=40221&title=“
Absence%20of%20FEC%20From%20Case%20Complicates%20Court%20Argument%20Over%20FEC%20Disclosure%20Rules”
&description=Broad%20Support%20for%20Voter%20ID%20Laws%20in%20NYT/CBS%20Poll
Posted%20on%20September%2015,%202012%206:15%20pm%20by%20Rick%20Hasen
New%20Poll:
Share
Posted%20in%20election%20administration,%20The%20Voting%20Wars,%20voter%20id
|%20Comments%20Off
“Poll:%20Strong%20Support%20for%20Campaign%20Spending%20Limits”
Posted%20on%20September%2015,%202012%206:06%20pm%20by%20Rick%20Hasen
AP:%20“
More%20than%208%20in%2010%20Americans%20in%20a%20poll%20by%20The%20Associated%20Press%20and%20the%20National%20Constitution%20Center%20support%20
limits%20on%20the%20amount%20of%20money%20given%20to%20groups%20that%20are%2
0trying%20to%20influence%20U.S.%20elections.”
“
The%20poll%20also%20found%20a%20slight%20increase%20in%20the%20share%20of%20Americans%20who%20say%20voting%20rights%20for%20minorities%20require%20lega
l%20protection,%20although%20the%20public%20is%20divided%20over%20whether%20
such%20laws%20still%20are%20needed.%20Sixty%20percent%20of%20Democrats%20say
%20those%20protections%20are%20still%20needed,%20compared%20with%2040%20perc
ent%20of%20independents%20and%2033%20percent%20of%20Republicans.”
Share
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“
Early%20voting:%20Why%20Justice%20dropped%20its%20challenge%20of%20Florida%20plan”
Posted%20on%20September%2015,%202012%205:53%20pm%20by%20Rick%20Hasen
The%20CS%20Monitor%20reports.
Share
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ights%20Act |%20Comments%20Off
“Conservative%20super%20PACs%20targeting%20blue-state%20Democrats”
Posted%20on%20September%2015,%202012%205:48%20pm%20by%20Rick%20Hasen
WaPo%20reports.
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Some%20Republicans%20Try%20Out%20a%20New%20Campaign%20Theme:%20Bipartisanship”
Posted%20on%20September%2015,%202012%205:46%20pm%20by%20Rick%20Hasen
NYT%20reports.
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Posted%20in%20campaigns,%20political%20parties,%20political%20polarization
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Is%20the%20Voting%20Rights%20Act%20Living%20on%20Borrowed%20Time?
Posted%20on%20September%2015,%202012%205:43%20pm%20by%20Rick%20Hasen
ABC%20News%20investigates.
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“
Assessing%20the%20Potential%20Effects%20of%20Citizens%20United:%20Evidence%20from%20the%20States”
Posted%20on%20September%2015,%202012%205:40%20pm%20by%20Rick%20Hasen
Timothy%20Werner%20and%20John%20Coleman%20have%20posted%20this%20draft%20on%
20SSRN.%20%20Here%20is%20the%20abstract:
%20%20%20%20The%20U.S.%20Supreme%20Court’
s%202010%20decision%20in%20Citizens%20United%20v.%20FEC%20was%20one%20of%20its%20most%20controversial%20in%20de
cades.%20Critics%20of%20the%20decision%20argued%20it%20would%20lead%20to%20a
%20flood%20of%20corporate%20and%20union%20cash%20that%20would%20warp%20elect
oral%20and%20policy%20outcomes.%20We%20test%20for%20this%20possibility%20by%
20exploiting%20the%20variation%20in%20campaign%20finance%20laws%20at%20the%2
0state%20level%20from%201977%20through%202006.
%20%20%20%20Through%20an%20analysis%20of%20three%20policy%20outcomes%20of%20
interest%20to%20businesses%20and%20unions%20over%20three%20decades%20—
%20the%20degree%20of%20liberalism%20among%20state%20elected%20officials;%20the%20r
elative%20state%20minimum%20wage%20compared%20to%20the%20federal%20minimum%2
0wage;%20and%20the%20degree%20of%20pre-transfer%20income%20inequality%20in%2
0a%20state%20—
%20we%20find%20minimal%20effects%20for%20the%20overall%20campaign%20finance%20regulatory%20regimes%20in%20general%20and%20corporate%20and%
20union%20independent%20expenditures%20specifically%20on%20public%20policy%2
0outcomes.%20These%20findings%20suggest%20that%20critics’
%20fears%20about%20the%20possible%20effects%20of%20Citizens%20United%20at%20the%20national%20le
vel%20may%20be%20overstated.
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Secretary%20of%20State%20Connie%20Lawson%20warns%20Hoosiers%20about%20over-the-phone%20voting%20scam”
Posted%20on%20September%2015,%202012%205:37%20pm%20by%20Rick%20Hasen
See%20this%20press%20release.
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Could%20Pennsylvania%20Voter%20ID%20Law%20Help%20Romney%20Win%20Race?%20Up%20to%201%20Million%20Voters%20Face%20Disenfranchisement”
Posted%20on%20September%2015,%202012%205:37%20pm%20by%20Rick%20Hasen
Here%20is%20a%20link%20to%20a%20Democracy%20Now!%20program.%20%20I%20haven’
t%20had%20a%20chance%20to%20listen%20to%20the%20program%20but%20the%201%20mil
lion%20disenfranchised%20voters%20)
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Comments Off
_“In-Person Voter Fraud: Not Really a Matter of Opinion”_
(http://electionlawblog.org/?p=40219)
Posted on _September 15, 2012 4:59 pm_
(http://electionlawblog.org/?p=40219) by _Rick Hasen_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3)
_Kevin Drum_
(http://m.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2012/09/person-voter-fraud-not-really-matter-opinion) on the recent_ NYT story_
(http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/10/us/politics/legal-battles-on-voting-may-prove-a-critical-iss
ue-in-election.html?pagewanted=all) on voter fraud and the _responses _
(http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/16/opinion/sunday/he-said-she-said-and-the-tru
th.html?_r=2&src=twr&pagewanted=all) to the NYT Public Editor.
(http://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http://electionlawblog.org/?p=40219&title=“
In-Person%20Voter%20Fraud:%20Not%20Really%20a%20Matter%20of%20Opinion”
&description=Broad%20Support%20for%20Voter%20ID%20Laws%20in%20NYT/CBS%20Poll
Posted%20on%20September%2015,%202012%206:15%20pm%20by%20Rick%20Hasen
New%20Poll:
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stration,%20The%20Voting%20Wars,%20voter%20id |%20Comments%20Off
“Poll:%20Strong%20Support%20for%20Campaign%20Spending%20Limits”
Posted%20on%20September%2015,%202012%206:06%20pm%20by%20Rick%20Hasen
AP:%20“
More%20than%208%20in%2010%20Americans%20in%20a%20poll%20by%20The%20Associated%20Press%20and%20the%20National%20Constitution%20Center%20support%20
limits%20on%20the%20amount%20of%20money%20given%20to%20groups%20that%20are%2
0trying%20to%20influence%20U.S.%20elections.”
“
The%20poll%20also%20found%20a%20slight%20increase%20in%20the%20share%20of%20Americans%20who%20say%20voting%20rights%20for%20minorities%20require%20lega
l%20protection,%20although%20the%20public%20is%20divided%20over%20whether%20
such%20laws%20still%20are%20needed.%20Sixty%20percent%20of%20Democrats%20say
%20those%20protections%20are%20still%20needed,%20compared%20with%2040%20perc
ent%20of%20independents%20and%2033%20percent%20of%20Republicans.”
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“
Early%20voting:%20Why%20Justice%20dropped%20its%20challenge%20of%20Florida%20plan”
Posted%20on%20September%2015,%202012%205:53%20pm%20by%20Rick%20Hasen
The%20CS%20Monitor%20reports.
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ights%20Act |%20Comments%20Off
“Conservative%20super%20PACs%20targeting%20blue-state%20Democrats”
Posted%20on%20September%2015,%202012%205:48%20pm%20by%20Rick%20Hasen
WaPo%20reports.
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“
Some%20Republicans%20Try%20Out%20a%20New%20Campaign%20Theme:%20Bipartisanship”
Posted%20on%20September%2015,%202012%205:46%20pm%20by%20Rick%20Hasen
NYT%20reports.
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Is%20the%20Voting%20Rights%20Act%20Living%20on%20Borrowed%20Time?
Posted%20on%20September%2015,%202012%205:43%20pm%20by%20Rick%20Hasen
ABC%20News%20investigates.
Share
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“
Assessing%20the%20Potential%20Effects%20of%20Citizens%20United:%20Evidence%20from%20the%20States”
Posted%20on%20September%2015,%202012%205:40%20pm%20by%20Rick%20Hasen
Timothy%20Werner%20and%20John%20Coleman%20have%20posted%20this%20draft%20on%
20SSRN.%20%20Here%20is%20the%20abstract:
%20%20%20%20The%20U.S.%20Supreme%20Court’
s%202010%20decision%20in%20Citizens%20United%20v.%20FEC%20was%20one%20of%20its%20most%20controversial%20in%20de
cades.%20Critics%20of%20the%20decision%20argued%20it%20would%20lead%20to%20a
%20flood%20of%20corporate%20and%20union%20cash%20that%20would%20warp%20elect
oral%20and%20policy%20outcomes.%20We%20test%20for%20this%20possibility%20by%
20exploiting%20the%20variation%20in%20campaign%20finance%20laws%20at%20the%2
0state%20level%20from%201977%20through%202006.
%20%20%20%20Through%20an%20analysis%20of%20three%20policy%20outcomes%20of%20
interest%20to%20businesses%20and%20unions%20over%20three%20decades%20—
%20the%20degree%20of%20liberalism%20among%20state%20elected%20officials;%20the%20r
elative%20state%20minimum%20wage%20compared%20to%20the%20federal%20minimum%2
0wage;%20and%20the%20degree%20of%20pre-transfer%20income%20inequality%20in%2
0a%20state%20—
%20we%20find%20minimal%20effects%20for%20the%20overall%20campaign%20finance%20regulatory%20regimes%20in%20general%20and%20corporate%20and%
20union%20independent%20expenditures%20specifically%20on%20public%
20policy%20outcomes.%20These%20findings%20suggest%20that%20critics’
%20fears%20about%20the%20possible%20effects%20of%20Citizens%20United%20at%20the%20national%20le
vel%20may%20be%20overstated.
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Secretary%20of%20State%20Connie%20Lawson%20warns%20Hoosiers%20about%20over-the-phone%20voting%20scam”
Posted%20on%20September%2015,%202012%205:37%20pm%20by%20Rick%20Hasen
See%20this%20press%20release.
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Could%20Pennsylvania%20Voter%20ID%20Law%20Help%20Romney%20Win%20Race?%20Up%20to%201%20Million%20Voters%20Face%20Disenfranchisement”
Posted%20on%20September%2015,%202012%205:37%20pm%20by%20Rick%20Hasen
Here%20is%20a%20link%20to%20a%20Democracy%20Now!%20program.%20%20I%20haven’
t%20had%20a%20chance%20to%20listen%20to%20the%20program%20but%20the%201%20mil
lion%20disenfranchised%20voters%20seems%20quite%20high%20and)
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_The Voting Wars_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=60) , _voter id_
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_Details on “The Voting Wars” at Stanford Law, October 1_
(http://electionlawblog.org/?p=40216)
Posted on _September 15, 2012 4:26 pm_
(http://electionlawblog.org/?p=40216) by _Rick Hasen_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3)
_See here_
(https://www.law.stanford.edu/event/2012/10/01/acs-presents-professor-rick-hasen) .
(http://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http://electionlawblog.org/?p=40216&title=Details%20on%20“The%20Voting%20Wars”
%20at%20Stanford%20Law,%20October%201&description=Broad%20Support%20for%20Voter%20ID%20Laws%20in%20NYT/CBS%2
0Poll
Posted%20on%20September%2015,%202012%206:15%20pm%20by%20Rick%20Hasen
New%20Poll:
Share
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“Poll:%20Strong%20Support%20for%20Campaign%20Spending%20Limits”
Posted%20on%20September%2015,%202012%206:06%20pm%20by%20Rick%20Hasen
AP:%20“
More%20than%208%20in%2010%20Americans%20in%20a%20poll%20by%20The%20Associated%20Press%20and%20the%20National%20Constitution%20Center%20support%20
limits%20on%20the%20amount%20of%20money%20given%20to%20groups%20that%20are%2
0trying%20to%20influence%20U.S.%20elections.”
“
The%20poll%20also%20found%20a%20slight%20increase%20in%20the%20share%20of%20Americans%20who%20say%20voting%20rights%20for%20minorities%20require%20lega
l%20protection,%20although%20the%20public%20is%20divided%20over%20whether%20
such%20laws%20still%20are%20needed.%20Sixty%20percent%20of%20Democrats%20say
%20those%20protections%20are%20still%20needed,%20compared%20with%2040%20perc
ent%20of%20independents%20and%2033%20percent%20of%20Republicans.”
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“
Early%20voting:%20Why%20Justice%20dropped%20its%20challenge%20of%20Florida%20plan”
Posted%20on%20September%2015,%202012%205:53%20pm%20by%20Rick%20Hasen
The%20CS%20Monitor%20reports.
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ights%20Act |%20Comments%20Off
“Conservative%20super%20PACs%20targeting%20blue-state%20Democrats”
Posted%20on%20September%2015,%202012%205:48%20pm%20by%20Rick%20Hasen
WaPo%20reports.
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Some%20Republicans%20Try%20Out%20a%20New%20Campaign%20Theme:%20Bipartisanship”
Posted%20on%20September%2015,%202012%205:46%20pm%20by%20Rick%20Hasen
NYT%20reports.
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Is%20the%20Voting%20Rights%20Act%20Living%20on%20Borrowed%20Time?
Posted%20on%20September%2015,%202012%205:43%20pm%20by%20Rick%20Hasen
ABC%20News%20investigates.
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Assessing%20the%20Potential%20Effects%20of%20Citizens%20United:%20Evidence%20from%20the%20States”
Posted%20on%20September%2015,%202012%205:40%20pm%20by%20Rick%20Hasen
Timothy%20Werner%20and%20John%20Coleman%20have%20posted%20this%20draft%20on%
20SSRN.%20%20Here%20is%20the%20abstract:
%20%20%20%20The%20U.S.%20Supreme%20Court’
s%202010%20decision%20in%20Citizens%20United%20v.%20FEC%20was%20one%20of%20its%20most%20controversial%20in%20de
cades.%20Critics%20of%20the%20decision%20argued%20it%20would%20lead%20to%20a
%20flood%20of%20corporate%20and%20union%20cash%20that%20would%20warp%20elect
oral%20and%20policy%20outcomes.%20We%20test%20for%20this%20possibility%20by%
20exploiting%20the%20variation%20in%20campaign%20finance%20laws%20at%20the%2
0state%20level%20from%201977%20through%202006.
%20%20%20%20Through%20an%20analysis%20of%20three%20policy%20outcomes%20of%20
interest%20to%20businesses%20and%20unions%20over%20three%20decades%20—
%20the%20degree%20of%20liberalism%20among%20state%20elected%20officials;%20the%20r
elative%20state%20minimum%20wage%20compared%20to%20the%20federal%20minimum%2
0wage;%20and%20the%20degree%20of%20pre-transfer%20income%20inequality%20in%2
0a%20state%20—
%20we%20find%20minimal%20effects%20for%20the%20overall%20campaign%20finance%20regulatory%20regimes%20in%20general%20and%20corporate%20and%
20union%20independent%20expenditures%20specifically%20on%20public%20policy%2
0outcomes.%20These%20findings%20suggest%20that%20critics’
%20fears%20about%20the%20possible%20effects%20of%20Citizens%20United%20at%20the%20national%20le
vel%20may%20be%20overstated.
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Secretary%20of%20State%20Connie%20Lawson%20warns%20Hoosiers%20about%20over-the-phone%20voting%20scam”
Posted%20on%20September%2015,%202012%205:37%20pm%20by%20Rick%20Hasen
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Could%20Pennsylvania%20Voter%20ID%20Law%20Help%20Romney%20Win%20Race?%20Up%20to%201%20Million%20Voters%20Face%20Disenfranchisement”
Posted%20on%20September%2015,%202012%205:37%20pm%20by%20Rick%20Hasen
Here%20is%20a%20link%20to%20a%20Democracy%20Now!%20program.%20%20I%20haven’
t%20had%20a%20chance%20to%20listen%20to%20the%20program%20but%20the%201%20mil
lion%20disenfranchised%20voters%20seems%20quite%20high%20and)
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_“Are Top Two Backers Seeking to Crush Dissent in California?”_
(http://electionlawblog.org/?p=40212)
Posted on _September 15, 2012 4:21 pm_
(http://electionlawblog.org/?p=40212) by _Rick Hasen_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3)
_This item_
(http://www.fairvote.org/are-top-two-backers-seeking-to-crush-dissent-in-california#.UFUNChgpqTb) appears at FairVote. See also _this
related amicus brie_ (http://www.fairvote.org/assets/AmicusField-9.13.12.pdf)
f.
(http://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http://electionlawblog.org/?p=40212&title=“
Are%20Top%20Two%20Backers%20Seeking%20to%20Crush%20Dissent%20in%20California?”
&description=Broad%20Support%20for%20Voter%20ID%20Laws%20in%20NYT/CBS%20Poll
Posted%20on%20September%2015,%202012%206:15%20pm%20by%20Rick%20Hasen
New%20Poll:
Share
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“Poll:%20Strong%20Support%20for%20Campaign%20Spending%20Limits”
Posted%20on%20September%2015,%202012%206:06%20pm%20by%20Rick%20Hasen
AP:%20“
More%20than%208%20in%2010%20Americans%20in%20a%20poll%20by%20The%20Associated%20Press%20and%20the%20National%20Constitution%20Center%20support%20
limits%20on%20the%20amount%20of%20money%20given%20to%20groups%20that%20are%2
0trying%20to%20influence%20U.S.%20elections.”
“
The%20poll%20also%20found%20a%20slight%20increase%20in%20the%20share%20of%20Americans%20who%20say%20voting%20rights%20for%20minorities%20require%20lega
l%20protection,%20although%20the%20public%20is%20divided%20over%20whether%20
such%20laws%20still%20are%20needed.%20Sixty%20percent%20of%20Democrats%20say
%20those%20protections%20are%20still%20needed,%20compared%20with%2040%20perc
ent%20of%20independents%20and%2033%20percent%20of%20Republicans.”
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Early%20voting:%20Why%20Justice%20dropped%20its%20challenge%20of%20Florida%20plan”
Posted%20on%20September%2015,%202012%205:53%20pm%20by%20Rick%20Hasen
The%20CS%20Monitor%20reports.
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“Conservative%20super%20PACs%20targeting%20blue-state%20Democrats”
Posted%20on%20September%2015,%202012%205:48%20pm%20by%20Rick%20Hasen
WaPo%20reports.
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Some%20Republicans%20Try%20Out%20a%20New%20Campaign%20Theme:%20Bipartisanship”
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Posted%20on%20September%2015,%202012%205:43%20pm%20by%20Rick%20Hasen
ABC%20News%20investigates.
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Assessing%20the%20Potential%20Effects%20of%20Citizens%20United:%20Evidence%20from%20the%20States”
Posted%20on%20September%2015,%202012%205:40%20pm%20by%20Rick%20Hasen
Timothy%20Werner%20and%20John%20Coleman%20have%20posted%20this%20draft%20on%
20SSRN.%20%20Here%20is%20the%20abstract:
%20%20%20%20The%20U.S.%20Supreme%20Court’
s%202010%20decision%20in%20Citizens%20United%20v.%20FEC%20was%20one%20of%20its%20most%20controversial%20in%20de
cades.%20Critics%20of%20the%20decision%20argued%20it%20would%20lead%20to%20a
%20flood%20of%20corporate%20and%20union%20cash%20that%20would%20warp%20elect
oral%20and%20policy%20outcomes.%20We%20test%20for%20this%20possibility%20by%
20exploiting%20the%20variation%20in%20campaign%20finance%20laws%20at%20the%2
0state%20level%20from%201977%20through%202006.
%20%20%20%20Through%20an%20analysis%20of%20three%20policy%20outcomes%20of%20
interest%20to%20businesses%20and%20unions%20over%20three%20decades%20—
%20the%20degree%20of%20liberalism%20among%20sta
te%20elected%20officials;%20the%20relative%20state%20minimum%20wage%20compared%20to%20the%20federal%20minimum%2
0wage;%20and%20the%20degree%20of%20pre-transfer%20income%20inequality%20in%2
0a%20state%20—
%20we%20find%20minimal%20effects%20for%20the%20overall%20campaign%20finance%20regulatory%20regimes%20in%20general%20and%20corporate%20and%
20union%20independent%20expenditures%20specifically%20on%20public%20policy%2
0outcomes.%20These%20findings%20suggest%20that%20critics’
%20fears%20about%20the%20possible%20effects%20of%20Citizens%20United%20at%20the%20national%20le
vel%20may%20be%20overstated.
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Secretary%20of%20State%20Connie%20Lawson%20warns%20Hoosiers%20about%20over-the-phone%20voting%20scam”
Posted%20on%20September%2015,%202012%205:37%20pm%20by%20Rick%20Hasen
See%20this%20press%20release.
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Could%20Pennsylvania%20Voter%20ID%20Law%20Help%20Romney%20Win%20Race?%20Up%20to%201%20Million%20Voters%20Face%20Disenfranchisement”
Posted%20on%20September%2015,%202012%205:37%20pm%20by%20Rick%20Hasen
Here%20is%20a%20link%20to%20a%20Democracy%20Now!%20program.%20%20I%20haven’
t%20had%20a%20chance%20to%20listen%20to%20the%20program%20but%20the%201%20mil
lion%20disenfranchised%20voters%20seems%20quite%20high)
Posted in _ballot access_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=46) , _election
administration_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18) , _third parties_
(http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=47) | Comments Off
_” Absentee Ballot Numbers: Is It Just a Calendar Thing?”_
(http://electionlawblog.org/?p=40209)
Posted on _September 15, 2012 4:19 pm_
(http://electionlawblog.org/?p=40209) by _Rick Hasen_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3)
_A ChapinBlog._
(http://blog.lib.umn.edu/cspg/electionacademy/2012/09/absentee_ballot_numbers_is_it.php?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=twitter&utm_ca
mpaign=Feed:+HHHElections+(The+Election+Aacdemy))
(http://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http://electionlawblog.org/?p=40209&title=”
%20Absentee%20Ballot%20Numbers:%20Is%20It%20Just%20a%20Calendar%20Thing?”
&description=Broad%20Support%20for%20Voter%20ID%20Laws%20in%20NYT/CBS%20Poll
Posted%20on%20September%2015,%202012%206:15%20pm%20by%20Rick%20Hasen
New%20Poll:
Share
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“Poll:%20Strong%20Support%20for%20Campaign%20Spending%20Limits”
Posted%20on%20September%2015,%202012%206:06%20pm%20by%20Rick%20Hasen
AP:%20“
More%20than%208%20in%2010%20Americans%20in%20a%20poll%20by%20The%20Associated%20Press%20and%20the%20National%20Constitution%20Center%20support%20
limits%20on%20the%20amount%20of%20money%20given%20to%20groups%20that%20are%2
0trying%20to%20influence%20U.S.%20elections.”
“
The%20poll%20also%20found%20a%20slight%20increase%20in%20the%20share%20of%20Americans%20who%20say%20voting%20rights%20for%20minorities%20require%20lega
l%20protection,%20although%20the%20public%20is%20divided%20over%20whether%20
such%20laws%20still%20are%20needed.%20Sixty%20percent%20of%20Democrats%20say
%20those%20protections%20are%20still%20needed,%20compared%20with%2040%20perc
ent%20of%20independents%20and%2033%20percent%20of%20Republicans.”
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:%20Why%20Justice%20dropped%20its%20challenge%20of%20Florida%20plan”
Posted%20on%20September%2015,%202012%205:53%20pm%20by%20Rick%20Hasen
The%20CS%20Monitor%20reports.
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“Conservative%20super%20PACs%20targeting%20blue-state%20Democrats”
Posted%20on%20September%2015,%202012%205:48%20pm%20by%20Rick%20Hasen
WaPo%20reports.
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Some%20Republicans%20Try%20Out%20a%20New%20Campaign%20Theme:%20Bipartisanship”
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NYT%20reports.
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Posted%20on%20September%2015,%202012%205:43%20pm%20by%20Rick%20Hasen
ABC%20News%20investigates.
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Assessing%20the%20Potential%20Effects%20of%20Citizens%20United:%20Evidence%20from%20the%20States”
Posted%20on%20September%2015,%202012%205:40%20pm%20by%20Rick%20Hasen
Timothy%20Werner%20and%20John%20Coleman%20have%20posted%20this%20draft%20on%
20SSRN.%20%20Here%20is%20the%20abstract:
%20%20%20%20The%20U.S.%20Supreme%20Court’
s%202010%20decision%20in%20Citizens%20United%20v.%20FEC%20was%20one%20of%20its%20most%20controversial%20in%20de
cades.%20Critics%20of%20the%20decision%20argued%20it%20would%20lead%20to%20a
%20flood%20of%20corporate%20and%20union%20cash%20that%20would%20warp%20elect
oral%20and%20policy%20outcomes.%20We%20test%20for%20this%20possibility%20by%
20exploiting%20the%20variation%20in%20campaign%20finance%20laws%20at%20the%2
0state%20level%20from%201977%20through%202006.
%20%20%20%20Through%20an%20analysis%20of%20three%20policy%20outcomes%20of%20
interest%20to%20businesses%20and%20unions%20over%20three%20decades%20—
%20the%20degree%20of%20liberalism%20among%20state%20elected%20officials;%20the%20r
elative%20state%20minimum%20wage%20compared%20to%20the%20federal%20minimum%2
0wage;%20and%20the%20degree%20of%20pre-transfer%20income%20inequality%20in%2
0a%20state%20—
%20we%20find%20minimal%20effects%20for%20the%20overall%20campaign%20finance%20regulatory%20regimes%20in%20general%20and%20corporate%20and%
20union%20independent%20expenditures%20specifically%20on%20public%20policy%2
0outcomes.%20These%20findings%20suggest%20that%20critics’
%20fears%20about%20the%20possible%20effects%20of%20Citizens%20United%20at%20the%20national%20le
vel%20may%20be%20overstated.
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Posted%20on%20September%2015,%202012%205:37%20pm%20by%20Rick%20Hasen
See%20this%20press%20release.
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Could%20Pennsylvania%20Voter%20ID%20Law%20Help%20Romney%20Win%20Race?%20Up%20to%201%20Million%20Voters%20Face%20Disenfranchisement”
Posted%20on%20September%2015,%202012%205:37%20pm%20by%20Rick%20Hasen
Here%20is%20a%20link%20to%20a%20Democracy%20Now!%20program.%20%20I%20haven’
t%20had%20a%20chance%20to%20listen%20to%20the%20program%20but%20the%201%20mil
lion%20disenfranchised%20voters%20seems%20quite%20high%20)
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_voting_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=31) | Comments Off
_“Decade-Old E-Voting ‘Wars’ Continue into Presidential Election”_
(http://electionlawblog.org/?p=40207)
Posted on _September 15, 2012 4:18 pm_
(http://electionlawblog.org/?p=40207) by _Rick Hasen_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3)
_This item i_
(http://blogs.wsj.com/cio/2012/09/14/decade-old-e-voting-wars-continue-into-presidential-election/) n the Wall Street Journal begins:
A decade after Dana Debeauvoir helped change Travis County, Texas to an
all-electronic voting system she still expects to be falsely accused of
fixing the coming election, just as she had in the last two presidential races.
The clerk, who has administered voting for 25 years in the county that
includes Austin, says the public has remained mistrustful of the ballot system,
where voters pick candidates directly from a computer screen, without
marking a piece of paper. “There have been so many hard feelings,” says
Debeauvoir. “You get people saying ‘I know you have been flipping votes.’”
Chapter 6 of _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) discusses the fights over voting technology.
(http://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http://electionlawblog.org/?p=40207&title=“Decade-Old%20E-Voting%20‘Wars’
%20Continue%20into%20Presidential%20Election”
&description=Broad%20Support%20for%20Voter%20ID%20Laws%20in%20NYT/CBS%20Poll
Posted%20on%20September%2015,%202012%206:15%20pm%20by%20Rick%20Hasen
New%20Poll:
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“Poll:%20Strong%20Support%20for%20Campaign%20Spending%20Limits”
Posted%20on%20September%2015,%202012%206:06%20pm%20by%20Rick%20Hasen
AP:%20“
More%20than%208%20in%2010%20Americans%20in%20a%20poll%20by%20The%20Associated%20Press%20and%20the%20National%20Constitution%20Center%20support%20
limits%20on%20the%20amount%20of%20money%20given%20to%20groups%20that%20are%2
0trying%20to%20influence%20U.S.%20elections.”
“
The%20poll%20also%20found%20a%20slight%20increase%20in%20the%20share%20of%20Americans%20who%20say%20voting%20rights%20for%20minorities%20require%20lega
l%20protection,%20although%20the%20public%20is%20divided%20over%20whether%20
such%20laws%20still%20are%20needed.%20Sixty%20percent%20of%20Democrats%20say
%20those%20protections%20are%20still%20needed,%20compared%20with%2040%20perc
ent%20of%20independents%20and%2033%20percent%20of%20Republicans.”
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“
Early%20voting:%20Why%20Justice%20dropped%20its%20challenge%20of%20Florida%20plan”
Posted%20on%20September%2015,%202012%205:53%20pm%20by%20Rick%20Hasen
The%20CS%20Monitor%20reports.
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ights%20Act |%20Comments%20Off
“Conservative%20super%20PACs%20targeting%20blue-state%20Democrats”
Posted%20on%20September%2015,%202012%205:48%20pm%20by%20Rick%20Hasen
WaPo%20reports.
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“
Some%20Republicans%20Try%20Out%20a%20New%20Campaign%20Theme:%20Bipartisanship”
Posted%20on%20September%2015,%202012%205:46%20pm%20by%20Rick%20Hasen
NYT%20reports.
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Is%20the%20Voting%20Rights%20Act%20Living%20on%20Borrowed%20Time?
Posted%20on%20September%2015,%202012%205:43%20pm%20by%20Rick%20Hasen
ABC%20News%20investigates.
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“
Assessing%20the%20Potential%20Effects%20of%20Citizens%20United:%20Evidence%20from%20the%20States”
Posted%20on%20September%2015,%202012%205:40%20pm%20by%20Rick%20Hasen
Timothy%20Werner%20and%20John%20Coleman%20have%20posted%20this%20draft%20on%
20SSRN.%20%20Here%20is%20the%20abstract:
%20%20%20%20The%20U.S.%20Supreme%20Court’
s%202010%20decision%20in%20Citizens%20United%20v.%20FEC%20was%20one%20of%20its%20most%20controversial%20in%20de
cades.%20Critics%20of%20the%20decision%20argued%20it%20would%20lead%20to%20a
%20flood%20of%20corporate%20and%20union%20cash%20that%20would%20warp%20elect
oral%20and%20policy%20outcomes.%20We%20test%20for%20this%20possibility%20by%
20exploiting%20the%20variation%20in%20campaign%20finance%20laws%20at%20the%2
0state%20level%20from%201977%20through%202006.
%20%20%20%20Through%20an%20analysis%20of%20three%20policy%20outcomes%20of%20
interest%20to%20businesses%20and%20unions%20over%20three%20decades%20—
%20the%20degree%20of%20liberalism%20among%20state%20elected%20officials;%20the%20r
elative%20state%20minimum%20wage%20compared%20to%20the%20federal%20minimum%2
0wage;%20and%20the%20degree%20of%20pre-transfer%20income%20inequality%20in%2
0a%20state%20—
%20we%20find%20minimal%20effects%20for%20the%20overall%20campaign%20finance%20regulatory%20regimes%20in%20general%20and%20corporate%20and%
20union%20independent%20expenditures%20specifically%20on%20public%20policy%2
0outcomes.%20These%20findings%20suggest%20that%20critics’
%20fears%20about%20the%20possible%20effects%20of%20Citizens%20United%20at%20the%20national%20le
vel%20may%20be%20overstated.
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“
Secretary%20of%20State%20Connie%20Lawson%20warns%20Hoosiers%20about%20over-the-phone%20voting%20scam”
Posted%20on%20September%2015,%202012%205:37%20pm%20by%20Rick%20Hasen
See%20this%20press%20release.
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“
Could%20Pennsylvania%20Voter%20ID%20Law%20Help%20Romney%20Win%20Race?%20Up%20to%201%20Million%20Voters%20Face%20Disenfranchisement”
Posted%20on%20September%2015,%202012%205:37%20pm%20by%20Rick%20Hasen
Here%20is%20a%20link%20to%20a%20Democracy%20Now!%20program.%20%20I%20haven’
t%20had%20a%20chance%20to%20listen%20to%20the%20program%20but%20the%201%20mil
lion%20disenfranchised%20voters%20seems%20q)
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_The Voting Wars_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=60) , _voting
technology_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=40) | Comments Off
_Link to Live Webcast of UCI Election Law Symposium_
(http://electionlawblog.org/?p=40204)
Posted on _September 13, 2012 9:10 pm_
(http://electionlawblog.org/?p=40204) by _Rick Hasen_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3)
You’ll be able to watch a webcast of _Foxes, Henhouses, and Commissions:
Assessing the Nonpartisan Model in Election Administration, Redistricting,
and Campaign Finance_
(http://law.uci.edu/election_law_symposium_sept2012.html) beginning at 9 am Pacific _at this link_ (http:
//msweb.merage.uci.edu/Mediasite/Play/42473c5e3dd746659934e3642cf63add1d) . This same link will
have an archived version of this event.
(http://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http://electionlawblog.org/?p=40204&title=Link%20to%20Live%20Webcast%20of%20UCI%20Election%20Law%20Symposium&de
scription=Broad%20Support%20for%20Voter%20ID%20Laws%20in%20NYT/CBS%20Poll
Posted%20on%20September%2015,%202012%206:15%20pm%20by%20Rick%20Hasen
New%20Poll:
Share
Posted%20in%20election%20administration,%20The%20Voting%20Wars,%20voter%20id
|%20Comments%20Off
“Poll:%20Strong%20Support%20for%20Campaign%20Spending%20Limits”
Posted%20on%20September%2015,%202012%206:06%20pm%20by%20Rick%20Hasen
AP:%20“
More%20than%208%20in%2010%20Americans%20in%20a%20poll%20by%20The%20Associated%20Press%20and%20the%20National%20Constitution%20Center%20support%20
limits%20on%20the%20amount%20of%20money%20given%20to%20groups%20that%20are%2
0trying%20to%20influence%20U.S.%20elections.”
“
The%20poll%20also%20found%20a%20slight%20increase%20in%20the%20share%20of%20Americans%20who%20say%20voting%20rights%20for%20minorities%20require%20lega
l%20protection,%20although%20the%20public%20is%20divided%20over%20whether%20
such%20laws%20still%20are%20needed.%20Sixty%20percent%20of%20Democrats%20say
%20those%20protections%20are%20still%20needed,%20compared%20with%2040%20perc
ent%20of%20independents%20and%2033%20percent%20of%20Republicans.”
Share
Posted%20in%20campaign%20finance |%20Comments%20Off
“
Early%20voting:%20Why%20Justice%20dropped%20its%20challenge%20of%20Florida%20plan”
Posted%20on%20September%2015,%202012%205:53%20pm%20by%20Rick%20Hasen
The%20CS%20Monitor%20reports.
Share
Posted%20in%20Department%20of%20Justice,%20The%20Voting%20Wars,%20Voting%20R
ights%20Act |%20Comments%20Off
“Conservative%20super%20PACs%20targeting%20blue-state%20Democrats”
Posted%20on%20September%2015,%202012%205:48%20pm%20by%20Rick%20Hasen
WaPo%20reports.
Share
Posted%20in%20campaign%20finance |%20Comments%20Off
“
Some%20Republicans%20Try%20Out%20a%20New%20Campaign%20Theme:%20Bipartisanship”
Posted%20on%20September%2015,%202012%205:46%20pm%20by%20Rick%20Hasen
NYT%20reports.
Share
Posted%20in%20campaigns,%20political%20parties,%20political%20polarization
|%20Comments%20Off
Is%20the%20Voting%20Rights%20Act%20Living%20on%20Borrowed%20Time?
Posted%20on%20September%2015,%202012%205:43%20pm%20by%20Rick%20Hasen
ABC%20News%20investigates.
Share
Posted%20in%20Supreme%20Court,%20Voting%20Rights%20Act |%20Comments%20Off
“
Assessing%20the%20Potential%20Effects%20of%20Citizens%20United:%20Evidence%20from%20the%20States”
Posted%20on%20September%2015,%202012%205:40%20pm%20by%20Rick%20Hasen
Timothy%20Werner%20and%20John%20Coleman%20have%20posted%20this%20draft%20on%
20SSRN.%20%20Here%20is%20the%20abstract:
%20%20%20%20The%20U.S.%20Supreme%20Court’
s%202010%20decision%20in%20Citizens%20United%20v.%20FEC%20was%20one%20of%20its%20most%20controversial%20in%20de
cades.%20Critics%20of%20the%20decision%20argued%20it%20would%20lead%20to%20a
%20flood%20of%20corporate%20and%20union%20cash%20that%20would%20warp%20elect
oral%20and%20policy%20outcomes.%20We%20test%20for%20this%20possibility%20by%
20exploiting%20the%20variation%20in%20campaign%20finance%20laws%20at%20the%2
0state%20level%20from%201977%20through%202006.
%20%20%20%20Through%20an%20analysis%20of%20three%20policy%20outcomes%20of%20
interest%20to%20businesses%20and%20unions%20over%20three%20decades%20—%20t
he%20degree%20of%20liberalism%20among%20state%20elected%20officials;%20the%20r
elative%20state%20minimum%20wage%20compared%20to%20the%20federal%20minimum%2
0wage;%20and%20the%20degree%20of%20pre-transfer%20income%20inequality%20in%2
0a%20state%20—
%20we%20find%20minimal%20effects%20for%20the%20overall%20campaign%20finance%20regulatory%20regimes%20in%20general%20and%20corporate%20and%
20union%20independent%20expenditures%20specifically%20on%20public%20policy%2
0outcomes.%20These%20findings%20suggest%20that%20critics’
%20fears%20about%20the%20possible%20effects%20of%20Citizens%20United%20at%20the%20national%20le
vel%20may%20be%20overstated.
Share
Posted%20in%20campaign%20finance |%20Comments%20Off
“
Secretary%20of%20State%20Connie%20Lawson%20warns%20Hoosiers%20about%20over-the-phone%20voting%20scam”
Posted%20on%20September%2015,%202012%205:37%20pm%20by%20Rick%20Hasen
See%20this%20press%20release.
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Posted%20in%20campaigns,%20chicanery |%20Comments%20Off
“
Could%20Pennsylvania%20Voter%20ID%20Law%20Help%20Romney%20Win%20Race?%20Up%20to%201%20Million%20Voters%20Face%20Disenfranchisement”
Posted%20on%20September%2015,%202012%205:37%20pm%20by%20Rick%20Hasen
Here%20is%20a%20link%20to%20a%20Democracy%20Now!%20program.%20%20I%20haven’
t%20had%20a%20chance%20to%20listen%20to%20the%20program%20but%20the%201%20mil
lion%20disenfranchised%20voters%20seems%20quite%20high%20and%20not%20support
ed%20at)
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UC Irvine School of Law
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