[EL] ELB News and Commentary 12/11/13

Wed Dec 11 08:38:48 PST 2013

    Last Possible Chance for McCutcheon Opinion in 2013 Coming Monday
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=57330>

Posted on December 11, 2013 8:37 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=57330>by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

See this information from Tom Goldstein 
<http://live.scotusblog.com/Event/Live_blog_of_opinions__December_9_2013/99459212>.

The fact that an opinion in /McCutcheon/ has not come yet means it is 
not likely there was a majority to take Justice Breyer's suggestion at 
oral argument to punt in the case and send it back to the trial court 
for factfinding.

It could still happen---look how long last term the Supreme Court held 
the /Fisher/ affirmative action case before punting. But if a punt 
happens so late, it probably means it was not the original plan but 
something happened during the opinion drafting process.

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Posted in campaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>, Supreme 
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    Daily Show Segment on Gerrymandering includes Kim Brace
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=57328>

Posted on December 11, 2013 8:31 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=57328>by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Here 
<http://politicalwire.com/archives/2013/12/11/the_picasso_of_gerrymandering.html>.

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Posted in election law "humor" <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=52>, 
redistricting <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=6>

    "Challengers of new NC voting regulations want 2014 trial; state
    officials push for delay" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=57326>

Posted on December 11, 2013 8:23 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=57326>by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

News & Observer 
<http://www.newsobserver.com/2013/12/10/3450197/challengers-of-new-nc-voting-regulations.html>:

    Parties who are a gulf apart over what laws should be in place to
    ensure fair and open elections are just as widely divided about how
    quickly a lawsuit challenging new voter laws should be heard in
    federal court....

    he U.S. Department of Justice filed a lawsuit against North Carolina
    in October arguing that four key provisions of the state's sweeping
    election law changes should be blocked on grounds that they would
    have a discriminatory effect on African-American voters.

    The Justice Department, however, agrees with attorneys for the state
    on the scheduling conflict. The federal officials do not believe,
    according to the lawsuit, that all the information pertinent to the
    legal challenge can be exchanged in time to air the case in court
    before the 2014 elections.

    That leaves another option, though.

    Attorneys for the voters and civil rights organizations arguing
    against the election law changes could seek preliminary relief from
    the courts that halts the changes from going into effect while the
    lawsuit pends.

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Posted in Department of Justice <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=26>, 
election administration <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18>, The Voting 
Wars <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=60>, Voting Rights Act 
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    "Florida bills aim to expand voting rights of military members away
    from home" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=57324>

Posted on December 11, 2013 8:19 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=57324>by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

BizPac Review reports 
<http://www.bizpacreview.com/2013/12/10/florida-bills-aim-to-expand-voting-rights-of-military-members-away-from-home-88683>.

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    "Bill targets voting discrepancies"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=57321>

Posted on December 11, 2013 8:13 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=57321>by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Cincinnati Enquirer: 
<http://news.cincinnati.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/201312110522/NEWS010801/312110045>

    Ohio would cross-reference voter addresses with other state
    databases to try to clean up discrepancies under a voting bill
    that's likely to pass the General Assembly on Wednesday.The
    legislation is part of a collection of Republican-sponsored bills
    that Democrats and civil rights activists say are slowly chipping
    away at voting rights in Ohio, the quintessential swing state. Most
    of the other bills won't get a vote until next year, and many may
    not get a vote at all.

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    "Reform Groups Urge Representatives to Vote No This Week on Latest
    Attempt by House Republican Leaders to Repeal, Not Fix, Presidential
    Public Financing System" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=57319>

Posted on December 11, 2013 8:10 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=57319>by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Democracy 21 
<http://www.democracy21.org/legislative-action/press-releases-legislative-action/reform-groups-urge-representatives-to-vote-no-this-week-on-latest-attempt-by-house-republican-leaders-to-repeal-not-fix-presidential-public-financing-system/>: 
"in a letter sent today to the House of Representatives, reform groups 
urged House members to vote no on H.R. 2019, sponsored by Rep. Gregg 
Harper (R-MS), which purports to provide for a 10-year pediatric 
research initiative and repeals the presidential public financing system."

Does Congress need a single subject rule?  Imagine how much LESS they'd 
get done than they do now.

UPDATE: Roll Call 
<http://blogs.rollcall.com/218/the-surprise-bill-that-has-democrats-and-republicans-at-each-others-throats/>: 
Cantor's Pediatric Research Bill Has Democrats Fuming.

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    "First on CNN: Republicans moving to overhaul 2016 primary process"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=57317>

Posted on December 11, 2013 8:08 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=57317>by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

CNN <http://www.cnn.com/2013/12/11/politics/rnc-2016-changes/index.html>:

    A handful of Republican Party officials is quietly advancing a new
    batch of rules aimed at streamlining a chaotic presidential
    nominating process that many party insiders viewed as damaging to
    the their campaign for the White House in 2012, multiple GOP sources
    told CNN.

    In a series of closed-door meetings since August, handpicked members
    of the Republican National Committee have been meeting with party
    Chairman Reince Priebus in Washington to hash out details of a
    sweeping plan to condense the nominating calendar, severely punish
    primary and caucus states that upend the agreed-upon voting order
    and potentially move the party's national convention to earlier in
    the summer, with late June emerging as the ideal target date.

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Posted in political parties <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=25>, 
primaries <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=32>

    Chapin on Issacharoff and Overton on Voting Rights Disclosure
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=57315>

Posted on December 11, 2013 8:05 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=57315>by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Here. 
<http://blog.lib.umn.edu/cspg/electionacademy/2013/12/could_disclosure_be_the_way_fo.php>

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    "Can Congress Be Saved? Eight ideas for cleaning up the mess on
    Capitol Hill" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=57312>

Posted on December 10, 2013 8:37 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=57312>by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Ornstein and Mann 
<http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2013/12/can-congress-be-saved-100974_Page2.html>in 
/Politico Magazine./

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    Conservative Plans for an Article V Convention
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=57310>

Posted on December 10, 2013 8:34 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=57310>by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Weigel. 
<http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/politics/2013/12/chris_kapenga_mark_levin_and_article_v_the_secret_campaign_to_pass_conservative.html>

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Posted in Uncategorized <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=1>

    "Election watchdog 'overly aggressive,' Conservative MP argues;
    Scott Reid calls Elections Canada chief Marc Mayrand 'aggressive'
    and 'inappropriate'" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=57308>

Posted on December 10, 2013 8:33 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=57308>by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

The CBC reports 
<http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/election-watchdog-overly-aggressive-conservative-mp-argues-1.2458429>from 
the parallel universe in which there is a non-partisan independent 
national election administrator.

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    Joint CA Assembly/Senate Committee Hearing on Federal Voting Rights
    Act Thursday <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=57305>

Posted on December 10, 2013 7:53 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=57305>by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

The California Senate Committee on Elections and Constitutional 
Amendments and the California Assembly Committee on Elections and 
Redistricting are having a joint informational hearing on the "Status of 
the Federal Voting Rights Act" on Thursday at 9:30 am in Sacramento.

Audio of this event will be broadcast 
<http://aelc.assembly.ca.gov/hearings>.

View the agenda 
<http://electionlawblog.org/wp-content/uploads/VRA-Jt-Hearing-Agenda-12-12-13-FINAL.pdf>.

I will be the first speaker to the joint panel.

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    U.S. Senate Candidate Spearheading Initiative Campaign in Montana
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=57303>

Posted on December 10, 2013 7:44 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=57303>by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Interesting hybrid democracy 
<http://helenair.com/news/state-and-regional/bohlinger-to-lead-constitutional-initiative-effort/article_a40739bc-88d4-56c1-8e9b-e44adc087f67.html>.

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    "McConnell's Growing Ties to Rand Paul: Trouble Brewing?"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=57301>

Posted on December 10, 2013 7:41 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=57301>by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Open Secrets 
<http://www.opensecrets.org/news/2013/12/mcconnells-growing-ties-to-rand-paul-trouble-brewing.html>: 
"But McConnell's proliferating ties to the Paul family also bring him 
closer to individuals who have been accused by a former colleague of 
violating Iowa campaign finance law and misleading the IRS --- as well 
as being involved in negotiations to pay an Iowa state senator for his 
support in Iowa straw polls in 2011."

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    "Michigan: Judge stops Genesee County recall on factual ground;
    potentially devastating blow to state recall campaigns"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=57299>

Posted on December 10, 2013 1:08 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=57299>by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

This item 
<http://recallelections.blogspot.com/2013/12/michigan-judge-stops-genesee-county.html> 
appears at the Recall Elections Blog.

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    "The Year in Preview: Post-Preclearance Voter Protection"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=57297>

Posted on December 10, 2013 9:58 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=57297>by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Abby Rapoport writes 
<http://prospect.org/article/year-preview-post-preclearance-voter-protection> 
for TAP.

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Supreme Court <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=29>, The Voting Wars 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=60>, Voting Rights Act 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=15>

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