[EL] ELB News and Commentary 12/16/13

Mon Dec 16 08:15:58 PST 2013

    "Virginia attorney general recount to start Monday"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=57490>

Posted on December 16, 2013 8:13 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=57490>by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Here we go 
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/virginia-politics/virginia-attorney-general-recount-gets-underway/2013/12/15/7f569da8-6373-11e3-91b3-f2bb96304e34_story.html>.

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Posted in recounts <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=50>

    "With eyes on Hillary Clinton, Democrats fight to maintain digital
    edge" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=57488>

Posted on December 16, 2013 8:12 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=57488>by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Politico reports. 
<http://www.politico.com/story/2013/12/2016-digital-campaign-101180.html>

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Posted in campaigns <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=59>

    "GOP Incumbents Lean on Donors to Beat Back Primary Foes"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=57486>

Posted on December 16, 2013 8:10 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=57486>by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

WSJ reports 
<http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304173704579260133964574284>.

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Posted in campaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>, 
campaigns <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=59>, political parties 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=25>, political polarization 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=68>

    "White House delayed enacting rules ahead of 2012 election to avoid
    controversy" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=57484>

Posted on December 16, 2013 8:06 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=57484>by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Extensive WaPo report. 
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/white-house-delayed-enacting-rules-ahead-of-2012-election-to-avoid-controversy/2013/12/14/7885a494-561a-11e3-ba82-16ed03681809_story.html>

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

    "Court won't hear appeal over Mich. sore loser law"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=57482>

Posted on December 16, 2013 8:06 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=57482>by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

AP reports 
<http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_SUPREME_COURT_SORE_LOSER_LAW?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT>.

MORE 
<http://www.ballot-access.org/2013/12/u-s-supreme-court-refuses-to-hear-michigan-libertarian-party-case/> 
from BAN.

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Posted in ballot access <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=46>, Supreme 
Court <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=29>, third parties 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=47>

    "Sunday Dialogue: Two Parties, or More?"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=57480>

Posted on December 16, 2013 8:02 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=57480>by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

NYT Sunday Review 
<http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/15/opinion/sunday/sunday-dialogue-two-parties-or-more.html?emc=eta1&_r=1&>.

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Posted in political parties <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=25>, 
political polarization <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=68>, third 
parties <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=47>

    "Universalism and Civil Rights (with Notes on Voting Rights after
    Shelby)" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=57478>

Posted on December 16, 2013 8:01 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=57478>by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Sam Bagenstos has posted this important draft 
<http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2367975> on SSRN 
(forthcoming /Yale Law Journal/).  Here is the abstract:

    After the Supreme Court invalidated the core of the Voting Rights
    Act's preclearance regime in Shelby County v. Holder, civil rights
    activists proposed a variety of legislative responses. One set of
    responses, which gained quick favor in influential precincts in the
    legal academy, sought to move beyond measures like the Voting Rights
    Act that targeted voting discrimination based on race or ethnicity.
    These responses instead sought to eliminate certain problematic
    practices that place too great a burden on any individual's vote.
    Responses like these are universalist, because rather than seeking
    to protect any particular group against discrimination, at least as
    a formal matter they provide uniform protections to everyone. As
    Bruce Ackerman shows in his latest We the People volume, voting
    rights activists confronted a similar set of questions---and at
    least some of them opted for a universalist approach---during the
    campaign to eliminate the poll tax.

    The voting rights context is hardly unique. Across an array of
    different contexts, scholars and activists have proposed
    universalist responses to address problems that group-oriented civil
    rights approaches have not fully resolved. Universalist responses
    have many possible strengths: tactically, in securing political
    support for and broader judicial implementation of laws that promote
    civil rights interests; substantively, in aggressively attacking the
    structures that lead to inequality; and expressively, in avoiding
    essentializing identity and emphasizing human commonality across
    groups. But they have possible drawbacks along all three of these
    dimensions as well. Although scholars have addressed some of these
    strengths and drawbacks in the context of specific proposals for
    universal responses to civil rights problems, no work has attempted
    to examine these issues comprehensively.

    This essay attempts such a comprehensive examination. It argues that
    neither universalistic nor particularistic approaches can fully
    address our civil rights problems. Even in any specific
    context---whether voting, higher education, employment, disability,
    or the interpretation of the Fourteenth Amendment---neither
    universalistic nor particularistic approaches can provide the
    complete answer. Rather, the proper mix of universalistic and
    particularistic policies requires a highly context-specific
    analysis. Nonetheless, there are some common dynamics of
    universalistic and targeted civil rights policies, and these
    dynamics offer lessons for policymakers approaching any given civil
    rights context. This essay aims to draw out some of these general
    lessons and then sketch how they might apply to the civil rights
    context in which questions of universalism are most acute at the
    moment---the context of voting discrimination. The essay argues that
    the proper response to Shelby County will fail unless it goes well
    beyond universal protections of voting rights. Rather, the voting
    rights regime must also provide robust protection against race
    discrimination specifically.

Sam's essay responds to, among other pieces, my forthcoming /Race or 
Party?/ piece 
<http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2353068> at HLRF.  I 
look forward to reading this closely and writing something in response.

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Posted in Supreme Court <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=29>, Voting 
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    "Iowa voter fraud probe nets few cases, no trials since July 2012?
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=57476>

Posted on December 16, 2013 7:58 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=57476>by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Important report 
<http://www.desmoinesregister.com/article/20131216/NEWS09/312160041/Iowa-voter-fraud-probe-nets-few-cases-no-trials-since-July-2012?odyssey=tab%7Ctopnews%7Ctext%7CFrontpage&nclick_check=1>in 
/Des Moines Register/.

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

    "Politicians move to rake in more campaign cash"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=57474>

Posted on December 16, 2013 7:55 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=57474>by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Fredreka Schouten 
<http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2013/12/15/states-increase-campaign-contribution/4000557/> 
of /USA Today/ on the rise of contribution limits in the states.

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

    Attorney Charles Cooper Defends Possibility General Assembly in
    #VAAG Dispute Court Reverse Results of Election
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=57472>

Posted on December 16, 2013 7:52 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=57472>by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Here. 
<http://www.timesdispatch.com/opinion/their-opinion/columnists-blogs/guest-columnists/virginia-ag-contest-new-election-is-one-remedy/article_455f19d1-434a-50f1-9c8c-adef9de907da.html>

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Posted in election administration <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18>, 
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    "Clerks impede access to records in VAAG recount case (and others)"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=57470>

Posted on December 16, 2013 7:50 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=57470>by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

This item 
<http://www.openvirginialaw.com/2013/12/vaag-recount-case-clerks-access/> appears 
at Open Virginia Law.

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    "Hypotheticals and the Doctrine of Circumvention"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=57468>

Posted on December 16, 2013 7:48 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=57468>by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Bob Bauer blogs. 
<http://www.moresoftmoneyhardlaw.com/2013/12/hypotheticals-and-the-doctrine-of-circumvention/>

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    NC Voting with MSNBC's Karen Finney & Penda Hair
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=57460>

Posted on December 16, 2013 5:29 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=57460>by Spencer Overton 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=17>

The Advancement Project's Penda Hair (who is representing the NC NAACP) 
and I were on Karen Finney's most recent show to talk about NC's new law 
(ID, cuts to early voting and same day registration, and more).  Last 
week a federal judge scheduled a preliminary injunction hearing for July 
2014, and trial for July 2015. Video here <http://on.msnbc.com/1dEib3n>.
<http://electionlawblog.org/on.msnbc.com/1dEib3n>

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The Voting Wars <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=60>, Uncategorized 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=1>, voter id 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=9>, voter registration 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=37>

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