[EL] campaign spending limits

Sun Sep 16 09:07:15 PDT 2012

Well, the contribution limits on pacs that the public favors overwhelming in this poll would be an important change-- we can stick with that message...

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On Sep 16, 2012, at 9:36 AM, "JBoppjr at aol.com" <JBoppjr at aol.com> wrote:

> 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:
> 
> 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—
> %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.
> 
> 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.
> Share
> 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%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:
> 
> 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%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.
> 
> 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.
> Share
> 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%20s) 
> 
> 
> Posted in _campaign finance_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10)   | 
> Comments Off 
> 
> 
> _“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.”
> 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—
> %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.
> 
> 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.
> Share
> 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%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
> 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—
> %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.
> 
> 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.
> Share
> 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%20) 
> 
> 
> Posted in _campaign finance_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10)   | 
> Comments Off 
> 
> 
> _“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
>    |%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—
> %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.
> 
> 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.
> Share
> 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) 
> 
> 
> Posted in _campaigns_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=59) , _political 
> parties_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=25) ,  _political  polarization_ 
> (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
> 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—
> %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.
> 
> 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.
> Share
> 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) 
> 
> 
> Posted in _Supreme Court_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=29) , _Voting 
> 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.
> 
> 
> (http://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http://electionlawblog.org/?p=40253&title=“
> 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
> 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—
> %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.
> 
> 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.
> Share
> 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%20s) 
> 
> 
> Posted in _campaign finance_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10)   | 
> Comments Off 
> 
> 
> _“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
> 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—
> %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.
> 
> 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.
> Share
> 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) 
> 
> 
> 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
>    |%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—
> %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.
> 
> 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.
> Share
> 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
> l) 
> 
> 
> 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 
> 
> 
> _“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
> 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—
> %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.
> 
> 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.
> Share
> 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) 
> 
> 
> Posted in _voting_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=31) , _Voting Rights 
> 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
>    |%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—
> %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.
> 
> 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.
> Share
> 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%20voter) 
> 
> 
> Posted in _campaign finance_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10) ,  
> _Supreme Court_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=29)   | Comments Off 
> 
> 
> _“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:
> 
> 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—
> %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.
> 
> 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.
> Share
> 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%20all) 
> 
> 
> Posted in _campaign finance_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10)   | 
> Comments Off 
> 
> 
> _“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.
> 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—
> %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.
> 
> 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.
> Share
> 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) 
> 
> 
> Posted in _campaigns_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=59)   | Comments Off 
> 
> 
> _“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
> 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—
> %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.
> 
> Share
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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.
> Share
> 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) 
> 
> 
> Posted in _third parties_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=47) , _voting_ 
> (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.”
> 
> 
> (http://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http://electionlawblog.org/?p=40233&title=“
> Project%20Vote%20Appeals%20Texas%20Voter%20Registration%20Case%20to%20U.S.%20Supreme%20Court”
> &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.
> 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%
> 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
> 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.
> Share
> 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) 
> 
> 
> Posted in _election  administration_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18) , 
> _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
> 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%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.”
> 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—
> %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.
> 
> 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.
> Share
> 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%20disenfr) 
> 
> 
> Posted in _campaign finance_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10) ,  
> _Voting Rights Act_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=15)   | Comments Off 
> 
> 
> _“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
> 
> 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—
> %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.
> 
> 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.
> Share
> 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%20) 
> 
> 
> Posted in _Department of  Justice_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=26) , 
> _redistricting_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=6) , _Voting Rights Act_ 
> (http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=15)   | Comments Off 
> 
> 
> _“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
> 
> 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—
> %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.
> 
> 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.
> Share
> 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%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
> 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—
> %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.
> 
> 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.
> Share
> 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%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
> 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—
> %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.
> 
> 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.
> Share
> 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%20) 
> 
> 
> Posted in _campaign finance_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10)   | 
> 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:
> 
> Share
> Posted%20in%20election%20admini
> 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.”
> 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—
> %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.
> 
> 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.
> Share
> 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) 
> 
> 
> 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 
> 
> 
> _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
> 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—
> %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.
> 
> 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.
> Share
> 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) 
> 
> 
> Posted in _The Voting Wars_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=60)   | 
> Comments Off 
> 
> 
> _“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
> 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—
> %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.
> 
> Share
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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.
> Share
> 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) 
> 
> 
> 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
> 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—
> %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.
> 
> 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.
> Share
> 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%20) 
> 
> 
> Posted in _absentee ballots_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=53) ,  
> _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:
> 
> 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—
> %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.
> 
> 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.
> Share
> 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%20q) 
> 
> 
> Posted in _election  administration_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18) , 
> _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.
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> %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
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> Secretary%20of%20State%20Connie%20Lawson%20warns%20Hoosiers%20about%20over-the-phone%20voting%20scam”
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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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