[EL] ELB News and Commentary 9/29/12
Rick Hasen
rhasen at law.uci.edu
Fri Sep 28 22:22:40 PDT 2012
"After Waters Inquiry, House Panel Recommends New Ethics Rules"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=40884>
Posted on September 28, 2012 10:20 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=40884> by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
I missed this NYT piece
<http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/09/25/after-waters-inquiry-house-panel-recommends-new-ethics-rules/?hp>
earlier this week. It begins: "Saying that public trust is at stake, a
special House ethics panel on Tuesday called for new rules to prevent
lawmakers and their staffs from violating conflict of interest standards
and proposed other new measures designed to keep partisan squabbles from
undermining future investigations of such wrongdoing. The broad set of
recommendations, coming only a few months before the House will adopt a
new set of rules for the next Congress, were released as the ethics
committee finally completed a three-year investigation of Representative
Maxine Waters
<http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/22/us/politics/panel-finds-maxine-waters-didnt-violate-ethics-rules-in-bank-case.html>,
Democrat of California, an inquiry that itself got caught up in
controversy because of such partisan disputes and ambiguous ethics rules."
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<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=20>, ethics investigations
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=42> | Comments Off
"Lawsuit highlights difficulty of third-party involvement in
debates" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=40881>
Posted on September 28, 2012 10:04 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=40881> by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
LA Times
<http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-pn-gary-johnson-third-party-debate-20120927,0,940506.story?track=rss&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+latimes%2Fnews%2Fpolitics+%28L.A.+Times+-+Politics%29>:
"The participants if this year's presidential debates are set --
Republican nominee Mitt Romney
<http://www.latimes.com/topic/politics/government/mitt-romney-PEPLT007376.topic>
will face off against President Obama
<http://www.latimes.com/topic/politics/government/barack-obama-PEPLT007408.topic>
in a matchup that's been obvious for months. But there are still other
presidential candidates, and one in particular is keen on elbowing his
way into the debates. Libertarian
<http://www.latimes.com/topic/politics/parties-movements/libertarian-party-ORGOV000277.topic>
candidate Gary Johnson earlier this month filed a lawsuit against the
Commission on Presidential Debates, claiming that the organization's
practices violate antitrust laws and alleging collusion between the
commission and the country's two dominant political parties."
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Posted in ballot access <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=46>, campaigns
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=59>, third parties
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=47> | Comments Off
"Citizens United aftermath affecting states' uniqueness, speakers at
UM say" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=40879>
Posted on September 28, 2012 10:03 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=40879> by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Missoulian
<http://missoulian.com/news/state-and-regional/citizens-united-aftermath-affecting-states-uniqueness-speakers-at-um-say/article_604abc02-09d1-11e2-9cf8-0019bb2963f4.html>:
Montana is different. For years, the Copper Kings wielded undue
influence on the state's elections.
New Hampshire is different. Its 400-member House of Representatives
makes for one lawmaker for every 3,500 residents.
Contrast that with California, where each state senator represents
about 1 million residents. That's pretty different.
Don't forget about Nebraska, whose unicameral legislature is
nonpartisan. Different.
Given such variety among all the states, professor William Marshall
of the University of North Carolina School of Law wondered, why
should campaign finance laws apply uniformly?
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"Democrats Target Ohio Ballot Rule as Republican Laws Fall"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=40876>
Posted on September 28, 2012 9:57 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=40876> by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Earlier Bloomberg story
<http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-09-29/democrats-target-ohio-ballot-rule-as-republican-laws-fall.html>
with new lede. I'll have more to say about this case soon.
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NYT on Sherman-Berman <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=40873>
Posted on September 28, 2012 9:54 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=40873> by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Here
<http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/29/us/politics/democrats-duke-it-out-in-the-san-fernando-valley.html?ref=politics>.
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"In Florida, G.O.P. Says Voter Forms Are Suspect"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=40870>
Posted on September 28, 2012 9:52 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=40870> by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
AP reports.
<http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/29/us/politics/florida-gop-reports-suspect-voter-registration-forms.html?ref=politics>
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"Vote laws inspire minority backlash; Restrictions now a rallying
cry" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=40867>
Posted on September 28, 2012 9:50 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=40867> by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
The /Boston Globe /reports.
<http://bostonglobe.com/news/nation/2012/09/28/ohio-voter-suppression-efforts-may-galvanizing-african-american-voters/wEaaMnxD2fFhm87Pkp5t4M/story.html>
This is one of my major themes in /The Voting Wars
<http://www.amazon.com/Voting-Wars-Florida-Election-Meltdown/dp/0300182031/ref=sr_1_cc_2?s=aps&ie=UTF8&qid=1329286945&sr=1-2-catcorr>/:
<http://www.amazon.com/Voting-Wars-Florida-Election-Meltdown/dp/0300182031/ref=sr_1_cc_2?s=aps&ie=UTF8&qid=1329286945&sr=1-2-catcorr>the
fight over things like voter id is as much about motivating the base and
fundraising as about actually affecting turnout.
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"Phone-bank for 50+ hours and get an ipad3 (32 gig)"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=40863>
Posted on September 28, 2012 5:13 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=40863> by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Nice "volunteer" work
<http://www.buzzfeed.com/zekejmiller/republican-jewish-coalition-paying-volunteers-wi#HTWF2>
if you can get it!
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"GOP, Dems Voter Registration Numbers Lag, Mad Dash Now Across Fla
To Sign People Up" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=40861>
Posted on September 28, 2012 5:12 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=40861> by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
WFSU reports.
<http://news.wfsu.org/post/gop-dems-voter-registration-numbers-lag-mad-dash-now-across-fla-sign-people>
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Quote of the Day <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=40859>
Posted on September 28, 2012 5:11 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=40859> by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
"At best the rules are opaque, and at worst they're misleading"
--Loyola Law professor Ellen Aprill, quoted in the Wall St. Journal's Is
Your Political Donation Deductible?
<http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10000872396390444549204578022201425205738.html>
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"Super Secrets of the Political Nonprofits"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=40857>
Posted on September 28, 2012 5:05 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=40857> by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
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<http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2012/09/28/super-secrets-of-the-political-nonprofits>appears
atU.S. News and World Report.
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"CNN's Joe Johns Investigates Impact of Tough New Voter Laws on 2012
Election" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=40855>
Posted on September 28, 2012 5:04 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=40855> by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
CNN
<http://cnnpressroom.blogs.cnn.com/2012/09/28/cnns-joe-johns-investigates-impact-of-tough-new-voter-laws-on-2012-election/>:
"CNN senior correspondent *Joe Johns* investigates the impact of tough
new voter laws in /Voters in America:/ /Who Counts/ on Sunday, Oct. 14*.
* The one-hour documentary focuses on new legislative voting changes in
the battleground state of Florida and how those changes may affect the
outcome of the 2012 presidential election. /Who Counts /will debut on
CNN/U.S. in a special primetime presentation on Sunday, Oct. 14 at
8:00p.m. and 11:00p.m. ET and PT."
I was interviewed a few times for this documentary and look forward to
seeing it.
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"Another Big Supreme Court Term Kicks Off Monday"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=40853>
Posted on September 28, 2012 5:00 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=40853> by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
AP notes
<http://www.wsvn.com/news/articles/national/21008646633150/another-big-supreme-court-term-kicks-off-monday/>
the possibility of election-related litigation making it to the Court
before Election Day.
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"Electoral College Math: Not All Votes Are Equal"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=40850>
Posted on September 28, 2012 4:58 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=40850> by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
AP reports.
<http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2012/09/28/us/politics/ap-us-some-votes-count-more.html?_r=1&ref=politics>
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Unanimous 3-Judge Court Rejects RNC's Challenge to Federal Aggregate
Contribution Limits <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=40847>
Posted on September 28, 2012 4:48 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=40847> by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
In a very convincing opinion
<http://www.campaignlegalcenter.org/images/McCutcheon_opinion_9_28_12.pdf>by
Judge Janice Rogers Brown, who basically says that this is a result
dictated by precedent, and that the RNC can ask the Supreme Court, but
not lower courts, to change that precedent.
And I expect the RNC will do just that.
(See also this release
<http://www.campaignlegalcenter.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1902:september-28-2012-court-rejection-of-rnc-challenge-to-aggregate-contribution-limits-follows-campaign-legal-centerdemocracy-21-argument-&catid=63:legal-center-press-releases&Itemid=61>from
the Campaign Legal Center.)
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"Symposium: Disclosure, Anonymity, and the First Amendment"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=40844>
Posted on September 28, 2012 4:43 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=40844> by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
*27 JOURNAL OF LAW & POLITICS, NO. 4, SUMMER, 2012. *
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"Fraud proof scarce in two voter ID cases"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=40842>
Posted on September 28, 2012 4:42 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=40842> by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
CBS News reports.
<http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-250_162-57522224/fraud-proof-scarce-in-two-voter-id-cases/>
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"Who's accountable for this lie?" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=40839>
Posted on September 28, 2012 4:39 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=40839> by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Ventura County Star:
<http://blogs.venturacountystar.com/therdt/archives/2012/09/whos-accountabl.html>
In a television ad
<http://www.vcstar.com/videos/detail/pavley-opposition-ad/>now
airing, paid for by an independent expenditure group called the
California Senior Advocates League PAC and attacking Sen. *Fran
Pavley*, an announcer asserts, "While Pavley voted to raise our
taxes, she pays none on her six-figure salary."
While that bald-faced assertion is being made, a screen shot shows a
photo of Pavley alongside a headline that reads "$261,000 tax free
salary."
The assertion is preposterous. Legislators are paid an annual salary
of $90,526, and they pay taxes just like everyone else --- federal
income taxes, Social Security taxes, state income taxes and the
rest. In fact, the Pavley family's tax attorney attests in an email
shared with me today that Pavley and her husband, Andy, paid $16,797
in federal income taxes in 2011, for an effective tax rate of 16.6
percent. In addition, they paid state income taxes of $5,925.
So where does this "tax free salary" assertion come from?
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<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=12> | Comments Off
"Closing the Racial Voting Gap; Turnout among blacks and Latinos is
low compared with white turnout. It's time for a change"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=40834>
Posted on September 28, 2012 4:34 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=40834> by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
This item
<http://www.theroot.com/views/election-2012-and-exercising-your-rights>
appears at The Root.
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"Essex Man Convicted of Absentee Ballot Fraud"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=40831>
Posted on September 28, 2012 4:32 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=40831> by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
News
<http://www.politickernj.com/60053/essex-man-convicted-absentee-ballot-fraud>from
New Jersey.
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<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=60> | Comments Off
"Suspicious voter registration forms found in 10 Florida counties"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=40829>
Posted on September 28, 2012 4:30 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=40829> by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
LA Times
<http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-pn-voter-registration-florida-republicans-20120928,0,7654954.story>:
'Florida elections officials said Friday that at least 10 counties have
identified suspicious and possibly fraudulent voter registration forms
turned in by a firm working for the Republican Party
<http://www.latimes.com/topic/politics/parties-movements/republican-party-ORGOV0000004.topic>
of Florida, which has filed an election fraud complaint with the state
Division of Elections against its one-time consultant."
/Salon/: <http://www.salon.com/2012/09/28/gops_acorn_moment/>"GOP's
ACORN moment: <http://www.salon.com/2012/09/28/gops_acorn_moment/> A
Republican consulting firm allegedly commits voter registration fraud.
Where's the right-wing outrage this time?"
At this point I think it is important to draw a distinction between two
kinds of things which might be going on, one much more troubling than
the other.
One thing which may be going on is that the Sproul group hired people
who filled in phony voter registration forms in order to keep their
jobs. If that's what happened, it is a nuisance and troubling, but it
is unlikely to lead to any problems at the polls. Mickey Mouse is not
coming to vote on election day, whether the form came from ACORN or Sproul.
But if what we see here is an effort to change people's addresses to
addresses out of the county, and this is being done to force those
voters to use a provisional ballot (which won't be counted because of
the address problem), that would be a serious voter suppression issue
and worthy of a much fuller investigation.
I've seen conflicting reports here on motives and types of ballots, and
I think we need to learn more before we understand what's really going
on here.
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