[EL] ELB News and Commentary 8/30/13

Thu Aug 29 21:12:41 PDT 2013

    Where I'll Be at 8 AM Tomorrow <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=54926>

Posted on August 29, 2013 9:11 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=54926>by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

What could be worth waking up early for?  If you are at APSA, then this:

Campaign Finance Research Group
*Panel 1   Roundtable on Money in Politics: What Do Scholars Know and 
What Do We Need to Know?*
Date: 	Friday, Aug 30, 2013, 8:00 AM-9:45 AM 	

Location: 	Palmer House Grant Park Parlor, 6th Floor
*Subject to change.* Check the /Final Program/ at the conference.

Chair(s): 	Michael J. Malbin
Campaign Finance Institute
Participant(s): 	Ruth S. Jones
Arizona State University
David A. Karpf
George Washington University
Stephen D. Ansolabehere
Harvard University
Kenneth R. Mayer
University of Wisconsin, Madison
Jeffrey Milyo
University of Missouri
Lynda W. Powell
University of Rochester

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Posted in campaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>

    "Pro-Obama super PAC Priorities USA positions itself to support
    Hillary Clinton" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=54924>

Posted on August 29, 2013 8:59 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=54924>by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Interesting WaPo report. 
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/pro-obama-super-pac-priorities-usa-positions-itself-to-get-behind-hillary-clinton/2013/08/29/16cc98c6-1019-11e3-bdf6-e4fc677d94a1_story.html>

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Posted in campaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>

    "Reid Keeps Expectations Low on Fixing Voting Rights Act"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=54922>

Posted on August 29, 2013 11:28 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=54922>by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

TPM reports 
<http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2013/08/harry-reid-fixing-voting-rights-act-supreme-court.php>.

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Posted in legislation and legislatures 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=27>, The Voting Wars 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=60>, Voting Rights Act 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=15>

    "Secretive super PAC may be breaking federal law"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=54920>

Posted on August 29, 2013 9:35 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=54920>by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

CPI reports. 
<http://www.publicintegrity.org/2013/08/28/13282/secretive-super-pac-may-be-breaking-federal-law>

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Posted in campaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>, federal 
election commission <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=24>

    USA Today Ed Board v. NC Gov. McCrory on Voting Rights
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=54918>

Posted on August 29, 2013 9:33 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=54918>by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

USAT Ed 
<http://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2013/08/28/voting-restrictions-vote-suppression-editorials-debates/2725025/>: 
"What several states are engaged in is less about vote protection than 
vote suppression."

Gov. McCrory 
<http://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2013/08/28/voter-photo-id-early-voting-north-carolina-gov-pat-mccrory/2724925/>: 
"The need for photo ID has been questioned by those who say voter fraud 
isn't a problem in North Carolina. However, assuming fraud isn't a 
threat when multimillion dollar campaigns are trying to win in a state 
where millions of votes are cast is like believing oversight isn't 
needed against Wall Street insider trading."

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Posted in election administration <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18>, 
The Voting Wars <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=60>

    Is President Jimmy Carter Evolving on Voter ID?
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=54915>

Posted on August 29, 2013 9:30 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=54915>by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

A knowledgeable reader writes:

    Jimmy Carter in 2008
    <http://www.cartercenter.org/news/editorials_speeches/voter_id.html>:
    "As [James Baker and I] stated in our 2005 report, voter ID laws are
    not a problem in and of themselves. Rather, the current crop of laws
    are not being phased in gradually and in a fair manner that would
    increase --- not reduce --- voter participation."

    Jimmy Carter in 2013
    <http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-politics/wp/2013/08/28/jimmy-carter-think-of-how-king-would-have-reacted-to-voter-i-d-laws/>:

    "I believe we all know how Dr. King would have reacted to the new
    I.D. requirements to exclude certain voters, especially African
    Americans," Carter said. "I think we all know how Dr. King would
    have reacted to the Supreme Court striking down a crucial part of
    the Voting Rights Act just recently passed overwhelmingly by Congress."

    I don't think those positions are inconsistent, but I do wonder why
    voter ID supporters keep repeating the talking point that "even
    <http://thereplawyer.blogspot.com/2013/04/does-joe-biden-think-jimmy-carter-is.html>
    Jimmy <http://m.startribune.com/?id=172739651> Carter
    <http://www.commentarymagazine.com/2012/07/31/registration-not-id-laws-is-obstacle-to-the-vote/>
    supports
    <http://www.pottsmerc.com/article/20120326/OPINION03/120329681/voter-id-law-has-good-and-bad-points>
    voter
    <http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2012/03/20/setting-the-record-straight-on-lefts-war-against-voter-id>
    ID
    <http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2012/09/06/nelson>,"
    without any nuance.

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    "Democrats don't want candidate Cuccinelli to represent elections
    board" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=54913>

Posted on August 29, 2013 9:29 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=54913>by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Times Dispatch 
<http://www.timesdispatch.com/news/democrats-don-t-want-candidate-cuccinelli-to-represent-elections-board/article_807ff651-b5f9-52f3-a5d4-f8a243495363.html>: 
"Democrats on Wednesday formally requested that Republican Virginia 
Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli recuse his office from representing the 
State Board of Elections on legal matters related to the upcoming 
statewide races."

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<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=20>, election administration 
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    "Presidential Commission Issues Survey on Election Administration"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=54911>

Posted on August 29, 2013 9:18 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=54911>by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Doug Chapin 
<http://blog.lib.umn.edu/cspg/electionacademy/2013/08/presidential_commission_issues.php>has 
the details.

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Posted in election administration <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18>

    "Obama Invokes King in Fight to Protect Voting Rights"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=54909>

Posted on August 29, 2013 9:13 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=54909>by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

/NLJ /reports. 
<http://www.law.com/jsp/nlj/PubArticleNLJ.jsp?id=1202617372085&kw=Obama%20Invokes%20King%20in%20Fight%20to%20Protect%20Voting%20Rights&et=editorial&bu=National%20Law%20Journal&cn=20130829&src=EMC-Email&pt=Daily%20Headlines&slreturn=20130729121222>

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    "On the Anniversary of the March on Washington, a New Fight for
    Voting Rights" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=54907>

Posted on August 29, 2013 9:12 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=54907>by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Ari Berman of The 
<http://www.thenation.com/blog/175968/anniversary-march-washington-new-fight-voting-rights#>/Nation 
<http://www.thenation.com/blog/175968/anniversary-march-washington-new-fight-voting-rights#>/reports. 
<http://www.thenation.com/blog/175968/anniversary-march-washington-new-fight-voting-rights#>

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