[EL] ELB News and Commentary 12/9/13
Rick Hasen
rhasen at law.uci.edu
Mon Dec 9 08:06:32 PST 2013
"Fix to Voting Rights Act stalled in Congress"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=57264>
Posted on December 9, 2013 8:02 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=57264>by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
The /Dallas Morning News /reports
<http://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/headlines/20131207-fix-to-voting-rights-act-stalled-in-congress.ece>.
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Posted in political parties <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=25>,
political polarization <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=68>, Supreme
Court <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=29>, Voting Rights Act
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=15>
More Represent.Us Fueling Old Style Corruption Line in Video
Suggesting Rep. Hines Takes Bribes
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=57262>
Posted on December 9, 2013 7:56 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=57262>by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Watch this video <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LWnJr_amf_A>.
(Background here <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=57127>.)
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Posted in campaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>,
chicanery <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=12>
With Friends Like These...Dept. <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=57260>
Posted on December 9, 2013 7:53 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=57260>by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Guess Who's Funding the Republican Civil War? Labor unions. And they're
doing it through a pro-business Republican PAC.
<http://www.nationaljournal.com/hotline-on-call/guess-who-s-funding-the-republican-civil-war-20131209>
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Posted in campaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>
"Re-Heat and Serve: Ohio Election Battles Ignite Again as
Legislature Prepares to Adjourn for 2013?
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=57258>
Posted on December 9, 2013 7:49 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=57258>by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
A ChapinBlog
<http://blog.lib.umn.edu/cspg/electionacademy/2013/12/re-heat_and_serve_ohio_electio.php>.
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Posted in election administration <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18>,
The Voting Wars <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=60>
"Corporate Political Spending and the Mutual Fund Vote"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=57256>
Posted on December 9, 2013 7:48 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=57256>by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Bruce Freed blogs.
<http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/corpgov/2013/12/09/corporate-political-spending-and-the-mutual-fund-vote/>
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Posted in campaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>
Two Chances for McCutcheon This Week
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=57254>
Posted on December 9, 2013 7:47 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=57254>by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
SCOTUS opinions
<https://twitter.com/SCOTUSblog/status/410064542702379009> coming
tomorrow and Wednesday.
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Posted in campaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>, Supreme
Court <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=29>
"Bradley A. Smith: The Latest IRS Power Grab"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=57252>
Posted on December 9, 2013 7:44 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=57252>by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
WSJ oped
<http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702303497804579239970456967130>.
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Posted in campaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>, tax law
and election law <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=22>
Do We Need a "Domestic Corrupt Practices Act?"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=57250>
Posted on December 8, 2013 6:18 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=57250>by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Robert Reich <http://robertreich.org/post/69412254741>.
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Posted in bribery <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=54>, campaign finance
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>, chicanery
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=12>
"Virginia prepares for new voter photo ID law"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=57248>
Posted on December 8, 2013 2:14 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=57248>by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
The /Times-Dispatch/ reports.
<http://www.timesdispatch.com/news/state-regional/government-politics/virginia-prepares-for-new-voter-photo-id-law/article_39b3e5d5-dd31-52f9-ae4f-19d550349ccd.html>
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Posted in election administration <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18>,
The Voting Wars <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=60>, voter id
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=9>
"Investigation Sought Of Non-Citizen Voting In Michigan"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=57246>
Posted on December 7, 2013 6:06 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=57246>by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
CBS Detroit:
<http://detroit.cbslocal.com/2013/12/07/investigation-sought-of-non-citizen-voting-in-michigan/>"Michigan
Secretary of State Ruth Johnson says she's asked the state Attorney
General's office to investigate 10 people who aren't U.S. citizens but
have voted in past Michigan elections."
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Posted in election administration <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18>
"Election law changes narrow use of provisional ballots"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=57244>
Posted on December 7, 2013 6:02 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=57244>by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
The latest
<http://www.journalnow.com/news/elections/local/article_863286c0-5f8e-11e3-bff7-001a4bcf6878.html>from
North Carolina.
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provisional ballots <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=67>, The Voting
Wars <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=60>
"Healthcare union abusing initiative process, critics say'
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=57242>
Posted on December 7, 2013 3:45 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=57242>by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
LA Times reports
<http://www.latimes.com/local/la-me-seiu-ballot-20131207,0,2807472.story#axzz2mpllnnHX>.
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Posted in campaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>,
campaigns <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=59>, direct democracy
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=62>
"State of Texas files final brief on effort to dismiss voter ID
suits" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=57240>
Posted on December 6, 2013 4:55 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=57240>by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
TX Redistricting
<http://txredistricting.org/post/69216529081/state-of-texas-files-final-brief-on-effort-to-dismiss>:
"The State of Texas filed a reply *brief*
<https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BxeOfQQnUr_gdEphUkF1MmdNMWs/edit?usp=sharing>
today defending Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott's position that the
voter ID suits filed by the Justice Department and by African-American
and Hispanic voters should be dismissed without need for a trial."
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Posted in election administration <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18>,
The Voting Wars <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=60>, voter id
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=9>, Voting Rights Act
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=15>
"Anaheim hopes to settle suit over alleged Latino political
exclusion" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=57238>
Posted on December 6, 2013 4:53 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=57238>by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
LA Times
<http://www.latimes.com/local/la-me-1206-anaheim-latinos-20131206,0,6007379.story#axzz2mj14cOqQ>:
"Anaheim is in talks to settle a lawsuit filed by the ACLU
<http://www.latimes.com/topic/social-issues/american-civil-liberties-union-ORCIG0000034.topic>
accusing the city of effectively excluding Latinos from holding
political office and violating the California Voting Rights Act."
This comes after a big remedy in Palmdale
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=57111>seems likely.
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Posted in Voting Rights Act <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=15>
"Our First Reaction to Proposed Regulations from IRS/Treasury on
Tax-Exempt Political Campaign Activity"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=57236>
Posted on December 6, 2013 2:53 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=57236>by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
This release
<http://www.citizen.org/documents/BLP_Reaction_To_IRS_NPRM.pdf> from the
Bright Lines Project.
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Posted in campaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>, tax law
and election law <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=22>
"Van Hollen and Allies Drop IRS Suit"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=57234>
Posted on December 6, 2013 10:11 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=57234>by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Roll Call reports
<http://blogs.rollcall.com/beltway-insiders/van-hollen-and-allies-drop-irs-suit/>.
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and election law <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=22>
Revised Draft: "Shelby County and the Illusion of Minimalism"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=57231>
Posted on December 6, 2013 10:00 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=57231>by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
I've posted a revised (but not final) version
<http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2291612> of this
article.
It will be out in early 2014 in the /William and Mary Bill of Rights
Journal/.
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Posted in Supreme Court <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=29>, Voting
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Why Large Scale Voter Impersonation Plans Can't Work
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=57228>
Posted on December 6, 2013 7:49 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=57228>by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Because they are dumb.
<http://www.telegram.com/article/20131204/NEWS/312049857/1116>
No wonder almost all serious efforts at fraud involve either election
officials committing fraud or absentee ballot fraud, which takes place
outside the supervision of poll workers and election workers.
It's why we can't find a single election at least since 1980 where
impersonation fraud plausibly could have used to change the outcome of
an election. Yet we have ample examples of absentee ballot fraud and
election officials committing fraud.
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Posted in election administration <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18>,
The Voting Wars <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=60>
"You're Not The Boss of Me: Pinellas County, FL Secretary of State
Resolve Differences -- For Now" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=57226>
Posted on December 6, 2013 7:29 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=57226>by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
A Chapinblog
<http://blog.lib.umn.edu/cspg/electionacademy/2013/12/youre_not_the_boss_of_me_pinel.php>.
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Posted in absentee ballots <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=53>,
election administration <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18>, The Voting
Wars <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=60>
"A Cheer For SEC Chairman Mary Jo White And Good Government"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=57224>
Posted on December 6, 2013 7:26 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=57224>by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Brad Smith
<http://www.forbes.com/sites/realspin/2013/12/05/a-cheer-for-sec-chairman-mary-jo-white-and-good-government/>:
SEC Chair Mary Jo White deserves kudos for refusing to let the
agency be yanked into this fiasco. Normally one would write, "I can
only imagine the pressure she was under." In this case, however, I
know the pressure she was under, because I've had a similar experience.
In 2004, I was Chairman of the Federal Election Commission. After
President Bush cynically signed the McCain-Feingold campaign finance
law in 2002, Republicans believed the law would be declared
unconstitutional. Democrats, however, set about establishing a
network of non-party organizations that would effectively allow them
to raise and spend money outside the law's restraints. These
organizations, such as Americans Coming Together, and others, called
"527s" -- were largely exempt from the law....
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Zack Roth on President Obama's Statement on the Extent of the Voting
Wars <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=57222>
Posted on December 6, 2013 7:24 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=57222>by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Zack writes here
<http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/obamas-weak-response-voting-rights>.
Most interesting is the President's comment suggesting the Democrats'
claims of voter suppression are overblown:
The one point I want to make though is that even with all the
efforts that were made, let's say in the last election, folks still
voted, and if people feel engaged enough and have a sense of a stake
in our democracy, you know, you'll be able to vote. And our biggest
problem right now is not the misguided efforts of some of these
state legislatures. Our biggest problem is the one that you alluded
to earlier which is people's skepticism that government can make a
difference. And even in the best of years these days, we still have
about 40% of the population that's eligible to vote that chooses to
opt out. And they're not being turned away at the polls, they're
turning themselves away, and that's something that we've got to get at.
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Every Vote Counts Dept. <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=57220>
Posted on December 6, 2013 7:16 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=57220>by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
The Intelligencer
<http://www.theintell.com/news/communities/willow-grove/abington-ward-race-lingers-in-courts/article_06fab91e-62f3-50bd-b3bd-43eee6f05dd4.html>:
"The outcome of the Abington Ward 4 commissioner contest could come down
to a Montgomery County judge's determination of one voter's intent in
filling out an absentee ballot."
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Posted in election administration <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18>,
recounts <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=50>
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UC Irvine School of Law
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