[EL] ELB News and Commentary 4/18/13

Wed Apr 17 22:31:31 PDT 2013

    "In Poll, Most New Yorkers Say Corruption Is a Big Problem"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=49394>

Posted on April 17, 2013 9:57 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=49394> 
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

NYT reports. 
<http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/04/17/corruption-is-seen-as-a-major-problem-in-new-york-state-poll-shows/>

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    "NC poll finds support for voter ID drops with more information
    about alternatives, impact of laws"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=49391>

Posted on April 17, 2013 9:18 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=49391> 
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Facing South blogs 
<http://www.southernstudies.org/2013/04/nc-poll-finds-support-for-voter-id-drops-with-more-information-about-alternatives-impact-of->.

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    "Justice Scalia's Latest 'Racial Entitlement' Remark"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=49389>

Posted on April 17, 2013 9:17 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=49389> 
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Spencer Overton blog 
<http://www.huffingtonpost.com/spencer-overton/justice-scalias-latest-ra_b_3103845.html>s.

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    "Did Scalia Tip His Hand In Major Voting Rights Case?"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=49386>

Posted on April 17, 2013 1:41 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=49386> 
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

@TPM reports 
<http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2013/04/scalia-tips-his-hand-voting-rights-act.php>.  
My earlier coverage is here 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=49355&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+electionlawblog%2FuqCP+%28Election+Law%29>.

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Posted in Supreme Court <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=29>, Voting 
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    "Grass Roots Outgrown" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=49383>

Posted on April 17, 2013 8:53 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=49383> 
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Eliza Newlin Carney <http://www.cq.com/doc/weeklyreport-4255865> for CQ 
Weekly (behind paywall):

    Organizing for Action, President *Barack Obama * 's advocacy group,
    is on the spot as liberal activists denounce his plan to trim Social
    Security benefits. Progressive leaders are already deeply divided
    over the group, with some hailing Organizing for Action --- the
    tax-exempt successor to the campaign operation Organizing for
    America --- as a welcome new ally, and others calling for it to shut
    down. Obama's budget proposal to give Social Security recipients
    smaller cost-of-living increases based on what's known as the
    chained consumer price index puts OFA on a collision course with
    many of its own grass-roots volunteers.

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    "Top Iowa Elections Official: Pass Voter ID So The GOP Can Kill
    Abortion Rights And Marriage Equality"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=49380>

Posted on April 17, 2013 8:38 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=49380> 
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Think Progress blogs 
<http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2013/04/17/1879111/matt-schultz-voter-id/?mobile=nc>.

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    "Data shows fewer lack photo IDs" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=49378>

Posted on April 17, 2013 8:32 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=49378> 
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

AP 
<http://www.journalnow.com/news/state_region/article_97a75a12-a700-11e2-88bb-001a4bcf6878.html> 
from North Carolina: "New data from the State Board of Elections show 
far fewer voters lack photo identification than critics of a voter ID 
bill suggest. The new information roughly halves the potential number of 
registered voters without photo ID from the 612,000 in a January report 
to about 318,000....Ray Starling, the general counsel for Speaker Thom 
Tillis, argues the number is likely even less because about 115,000 of 
those identified in the latest analysis have not voted in the last five 
elections."

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    Nun on the run? <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=49375>

Posted on April 17, 2013 7:25 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=49375> 
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Perhaps i'm misinterpreting this headline 
<http://news.cincinnati.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/201304161258/NEWS0107/304160065&nclick_check=1> 
in this voter fraud case.

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    "House GOP slams Justice Department as racist, mismanaged; Sheila
    Jackson Lee pushes back" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=49373>

Posted on April 17, 2013 7:24 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=49373> 
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

The Houston Chronicle reports 
<http://blog.chron.com/txpotomac/2013/04/house-gop-slams-justice-department-as-racist-mismanaged-sheila-jackson-lee-pushes-back/>.

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