[EL] ELB News and Commentary 8/31/13

Sat Aug 31 09:36:38 PDT 2013

    "Supreme Court's campaign finance case gets new firepower"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=54947>

Posted on August 31, 2013 9:35 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=54947>by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

USA Today reports 
<http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2013/08/30/supreme-court-mcconnell-campaign-finance/2737317/>.

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Posted in campaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>, Supreme 
Court <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=29>

    "Ruth Marcus: Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the offensive"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=54945>

Posted on August 31, 2013 9:34 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=54945>by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Interesting WaPo column. 
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/ruth-marcus-ruth-bader-ginsburg-on-the-offensive/2013/08/27/59a01198-0f3b-11e3-85b6-d27422650fd5_story.html>

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Posted in campaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>, Supreme 
Court <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=29>, Voting Rights Act 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=15>

    "G.O.P. Senators Fail to Head Off Primary Challenges by Tea Party
    Rivals" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=54943>

Posted on August 31, 2013 9:29 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=54943>by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

NYT reports. 
<http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/31/us/politics/gop-senators-fail-to-head-off-tea-party-rivals.html?ref=politics&_r=0>

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Posted in campaigns <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=59>, legislation 
and legislatures <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=27>, political parties 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=25>, political polarization 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=68>

    "Appeals court tosses judge's restraining order on state's review of
    Detroit ballots" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=54941>

Posted on August 30, 2013 2:57 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=54941>by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Detroit Free Press 
<http://www.freep.com/article/20130830/NEWS01/308300091/Mike-Duggan-Detroit-mayoral-primary-Board-of-Canvassers>:

    The ruling, which threw out a possible delay that could have moved
    the canvassers' decision beyond its Tuesday deadline to certify
    Detroit's election results, came after the state's top election
    official revealed earlier today in an affidavit in the case that
    Mike Duggan won even more votes than originally tallied --- about
    4,000 more --- on election-night by Detroit City Clerk Janice
    Winfrey's staff. The new count means Duggan likely won more than 50%
    of all votes cast for mayor, an unheard-of outcome given Duggan was
    forced to run as a write-in.

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

    A Thoughtful Critic of My Take on North Carolina, and a Brief
    Response <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=54939>

Posted on August 30, 2013 2:33 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=54939>by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

As I presume with anyone who writes these days on current controversies, 
I get a lot of emails disagreeing with my positions. Many are 
intemperate; some are filled with obscenities.

But some are really thoughtful and heartfelt.  Below the fold I reprint 
in full an email from a thoughtful critic from North Carolina about what 
I've written about the state's new voting laws (as in this Slate piece 
<http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/jurisprudence/2013/08/north_carolina_s_speedy_vote_suppression_tactics_show_exactly_why_the_voting.html>and 
this piece from the Daily Beast 
<http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/07/24/will-the-gop-s-north-carolina-end-run-backfire.html>). 
The article the reader references is a reprint of my /Slate /column. I 
also offer a brief response. I will publish any reply that comes from 
the reader later on.

Continue reading ? <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=54939#more-54939>

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

    That Sorority Alcohol-for-Votes Incident Turns Serious; Prof. Paul
    Horwitz Letter to Alabama Faculty <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=54937>

Posted on August 30, 2013 1:02 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=54937>by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

The Crimson White 
<http://cw.ua.edu/2013/08/30/horwitz-calls-alleged-voter-fraud-part-of-larger-issue/>:

    In wake of the controversy surrounding Tuscaloosa's municipal, Paul
    Horwitz, a professor at The University of Alabama and husband of
    Board of Education candidate Kelly Horwitz, wrote an email
    <http://cw.ua.edu/2013/08/28/law-professor-boe-candidates-husband-seeks-action-in-wake-of-voting-fraud-allegations/>
    to the UA Faculty Senate calling for action and reform on the
    University level.

    Tuscaloosa community members and students flocked to the polls
    Tuesday in support for school board candidates. As election results
    were counted, incumbent Kelly Horwitz fell to her challenger and
    previous UA SGA president Cason Kirby by 72 points, and the chair of
    the Board of Education position went to Lee Garrison over Denise
    Hills by a margin of 203 votes.

    District 4, an area largely comprised of UA students, became the
    center of focus, as reports emerged of potential voter fraud.
    Allegations from Tuesday's elections include WVUA's reports
    <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZNyO5MK9FYM> of 10 UA students
    registered to vote at the address of a single family home and
    reports from Al.com alleging
    <http://blog.al.com/tuscaloosa/2013/08/sorority_offered_free_drinks_t.html>
    sorority and fraternity members were incentivized with free alcohol
    at two local bars to vote for UA alumni Lee Garrison and previous
    SGA president Kirby, and with receiving UA Panhellenic Association
    and in-house points for voting.

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Posted in vote buying <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=43>

    Sen. McConnell Gets Some SCOTUS Argument Time in McCutcheon Case
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=54935>

Posted on August 30, 2013 10:45 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=54935>by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

So reports <http://www.scotusblog.com/2013/08/new-order-list/> SCOTUSBlog.

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Posted in campaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>, Supreme 
Court <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=29>

    It's Even Worse Than They Said <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=54932>

Posted on August 30, 2013 9:51 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=54932>by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

WaPo Outlook piece 
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/our-fantasy-a-congress-that-gets-stuff-done/2013/08/29/e9829dde-0b54-11e3-b87c-476db8ac34cd_story.html> 
by Mann and Ornstein:

          *Our fantasy: A Congress that gets stuff done*

          By Thomas E. Mann and Norman J. Ornstein, Published: August 29

    [Thomas E. Mann, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, and
    Norman J. Ornstein, a resident scholar at the American Enterprise
    Institute, are the authors of "It's Even Worse Than It Looks: How
    the American Constitutional System Collided With the New Politics of
    Extremism
    <http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0465074731?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creativeASIN=0465074731&linkCode=xm2&tag=washpost-opinions-20>,"
    which comes out as an expanded paperback Tuesday.]

    A little more than a year ago, we published a book about American
    politics --- and particularly Congress --- titled "It's Even Worse
    Than It Looks
    <http://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/its-even-worse-than-it-looks-how-the-american-constitutional-system-collided-with-the-new-politics-of-extremism-by-thomas-e-mann-and-norman-j-ornstein/2012/04/30/gIQA2ohKsT_story.html>."
    In our book and in these pages
    <http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/lets-just-say-it-the-republicans-are-the-problem/2012/04/27/gIQAxCVUlT_story.html>,
    we lamented the ideological divides in Washington, which had become
    almost tribal in nature, and the skewed nature of political
    polarization, emphasizing a Republican Party gone off the rails.

    Unfortunately, little has happened in the time since to lift our
    spirits. But we can always fantasize, right? For a moment, we want
    to rise above the pessimism about politics that permeates the
    capital and the nation and imagine a best-case scenario for what
    might happen when Congress returns from its August recess.

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Posted in political parties <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=25>, 
political polarization <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=68>

    Undergraduate Campaign Finance Seminar Syllabus
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=54929>

Posted on August 30, 2013 9:48 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=54929>by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

I'm teaching an undergraduate campaign finance case for the first time.  
Thanks to many colleagues who shared their syllabi and advice about the 
course.

I have now posted my syllabus 
<http://electionlawblog.org/wp-content/uploads/SYLLABUS.13-campfin.doc> 
to return the favor.

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

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