[EL] ELB News and Commentary 2/6/13
Rick Hasen
rhasen at law.uci.edu
Tue Feb 5 21:27:25 PST 2013
"Rules of the Game: Democrats' Super PAC Promotion Signals Shift"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=46984>
Posted on February 5, 2013 9:23 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=46984>
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Eliza:
<http://www.rollcall.com/news/rules_of_the_game_democrats_super_pac_promotion_signals_shift-222180-1.html?pos=htmbtxt>"A
recent video <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4JFEFqNheQ> starring seven
House Democrats promoting the super PAC that helped elect them speaks
volumes about how few rules constrain such political action committees
--- and how wholeheartedly Congress has embraced them. The video
dismayed watchdog groups and not just because it featured personal
testimonials from lawmakers thanking the super PAC, despite laws that
theoretically require such unrestricted groups to keep candidates at
arm's length. More disturbing, say advocates of stricter rules, was that
it trotted out newly elected freshmen --- a group that historically
tends to champion campaign finance fixes."
Yes, it usually takes a few elections to disabuse members of Congress of
the desirability of campaign finance reform.
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"3 Questions: Charles Stewart ranks the voting systems in the 50
states" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=46982>
Posted on February 5, 2013 9:15 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=46982>
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
MIT News interviews
<http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2013/3-questions-charles-stewart-voting-systems-united-states-0206.html>
Charles Stewart III.
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"Supporters, opponents of voter ID repeal speak out at hearing"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=46979>
Posted on February 5, 2013 9:12 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=46979>
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
News <http://www.unionleader.com/article/20130205/NEWS06/130209481>from NH.
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"Va. House speaker is expected to kill GOP Senate redistricting
plan" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=46976>
Posted on February 5, 2013 9:07 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=46976>
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
WaPo reports.
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/va-politics/va-house-speaker-expected-to-kill-gop-redistricting-plan/2013/02/05/5e8ef482-6fe8-11e2-8b8d-e0b59a1b8e2a_story.html>
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"Exclusive: Heat steps up in voter fraud investigation; Hamilton
County officials plan 28 subpoenas as criminal charges loom"
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Posted on February 5, 2013 9:05 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=46973>
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
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"Democrats Move to Make Voter Fraud Easier"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=46971>
Posted on February 5, 2013 9:02 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=46971>
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Rush Limbaugh weighs in
<http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/daily/2013/02/05/democrats_move_to_make_voter_fraud_easier>
on /Shelby County/ and voter registration modernization.
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"'Stakes are enormous' in voting rights case"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=46968>
Posted on February 5, 2013 8:59 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=46968>
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Erwin Chemerinsky has written this column
<http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/court_elects_to_take_another_look_at_the_voting_rights_act/>
for the ABA Journal on the /Shelby County /case.
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"Partisanship raises stakes of Supreme Court statutory rulings"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=46965>
Posted on February 5, 2013 8:55 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=46965>
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Fierce Government reports
<http://www.fiercegovernment.com/story/partisanship-raises-stakes-supreme-court-statutory-rulings/2013-02-05>.
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"Bob Menendez Spent Up to 87 Percent of Wealth Paying Back Donor"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=46961>
Posted on February 5, 2013 8:51 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=46961>
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Wow
<http://www.nationaljournal.com/daily/senator-bob-menendez-spent-up-to-87-of-his-savings-to-repay-donor-for-dominican-republic-flights-20130205>.
A politician in financial straits is not a good thing for the
politician's constituents and the public interest.
The amount of the reimbursement relative to his overall wealth also
makes the Senator's claim that his failure to pay the $58,500 was simply
"an oversight" not credible.
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"House Administration Committee Votes To Eliminate Subcommittee on
Elections" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=46958>
Posted on February 5, 2013 8:46 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=46958>
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Bloomberg BNA
<http://news.bna.com/mpdm/MPDMWB/split_display.adp?fedfid=29600604&vname=mpebulallissues&jd=a0d6g9v4y9&split=0>:
"The House Elections Subcommittee, which handled campaign finance and
other election-related issues in previous Congresses, has been
eliminated in the new, 113th Congress, according to rules adopted Feb. 5
by the House Administration Committee. Rep. Candice Miller (R-Mich.),
the committee chairman, said that all matters previously handled by the
Elections Subcommittee would now be handled directly by the full House
Administration Committee."
More: "Miller issued a statement last month saying Republican lawmakers
continue to support simple elimination of the existing public financing
system for presidential elections, as well as abolition of the EAC, the
national clearinghouse that helps state and local officials improve
voting systems. She said these moves would save taxpayers nearly $500
million and return $199 million to the U.S. Treasury."
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"Officials oppose Voting Rights Act challenge"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=46955>
Posted on February 5, 2013 8:42 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=46955>
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
USA Today
<http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/02/04/voting-rights-act-alabama/1891751/>:
"Black elected officials from Alabama and some of the state's most
prominent civil rights lawyers are urging the Supreme Court to preserve
key provisions of the 1965 Voting Rights Act in a case the court will
hear later this month. The county that wants the court to overturn those
provisions also is located in Alabama."
See also State of Mississippi, civil rights veterans defend Voting
Rights Act provision
<http://www.clarionledger.com/article/20130205/NEWS01/302050022/State-Mississippi-civil-rights-veterans-defend-Voting-Rights-Act-provision?gcheck=1>.
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What Happens When a Recount is Too (Arbitrarily) Expensive?
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=46952>
Posted on February 5, 2013 8:38 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=46952>
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
The Brad Blog details <http://www.bradblog.com/?p=9848> some problems
with how California counties price the cost of recounts. This calls for
a legislative response.
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Video: "Law and Democracy: A Symposium on Political Law"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=46949>
Posted on February 5, 2013 1:12 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=46949>
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Watch the video's of this great event:
<http://www.law.gwu.edu/ACADEMICS/RESEARCH_CENTERS/POLITICALLAW/Pages/SymposiumVideo.aspx>
**"Law and Democracy: A Symposium on Political Law"*
November 16, 2012*
This year's annual /George Washington University Law Review/
symposium took a look at the laws that govern our democratic process
soon after the 2012 elections. The symposium was organized by the
/George Washington University Law Review/, GW Political Law Studies
Initiative, and Director and Professor Spencer Overton.
*Videos*
*Opening Remarks
<http://vimeo.com/user9108723/review/55776861/2ea842c937>* and Ken
Goldstein (President, Campaign Media Analysis Group, Kantar Media)
presentation on releasing media spending data by presidential
campaigns, super PACs, and other entities in the 2012 election cycle
(37:13)
*Primary Issues of 2012 Election:
<http://vimeo.com/user9108723/review/55812117/6a72f70cda>* Bob
Bauer (General Counsel, Obama for America); Sean Cairncross (Chief
Counsel, Nat'l Republican Senatorial Committee); Ken Goldstein
(Kantar Media); Prof. Rick Hasen (UC Irvine, ElectionLawBlog); Prof.
William Marshall (UNC); Myrna Pérez (Brennan Center) (72:44)
*Campaign Finance in 2012 Election:
<http://vimeo.com/user9108723/review/55800294/429fecf58c>* Allison
Hayward (formerly of Center for Competitive Politics); Prof. Sam
Issacharoff (NYU); Lawrence Noble (Americans for Campaign Reform);
Prof. Nathaniel Persily (Columbia); Monica Youn (Brennan Center) (74:11)
*Election Administration:
<http://vimeo.com/user9108723/review/55796791/0f81714714>* Prof.
Adam Cox (NYU); Prof. Josh Douglas (Univ. of KY); John Fortier
(Bipartisan Policy Center); Prof. Heather Gerken (Yale); Prof.
Sherrilyn Ifill (U of MD); Prof. Daniel Tokaji (Ohio State) (82:19)
*Keynote by Tom Perez
<http://vimeo.com/user9108723/review/55788542/08da95f2a6>,*
Assistant Attorney General, Civil Rights Division, U.S. Dept. of
Justice (40:17)
*Future of Campaign Finance:
<http://vimeo.com/user9108723/review/55804353/0aa9b5a76c>* Prof.
Richard Briffault (Columbia); Eliza Newlin Carney (Roll Call); Prof.
Michael Kang (Emory); Trevor Potter (Campaign Legal Center); Prof.
Brad Smith (Capital University) (71:08)
*Voting Rights Act and Redistricting:
<http://vimeo.com/user9108723/review/55780860/5749aec1a9>* Michael
Carvin (Jones Day); Prof. Kareem Crayton (UNC); Prof. Gilda Daniels
(U. of Balt.); Prof. Ellen Katz (Michigan); Prof. Justin Levitt
(Loyola); Prof. Michael J. Pitts (Indiana) (71:38)
*Election Law in the Roberts Court:
<http://vimeo.com/user9108723/review/55785546/b29247c2fc>* Prof.
Guy-Uriel Charles (Duke); Prof. Edward Foley (Ohio State); Prof.
Lani Guinier (Harvard); Prof. Pamela Karlan (Stanford); Prof. Alan
Morrison (GW); Prof. Richard Pildes (NYU) (78:36)**
**
*Podcasts*
Download the event's podcasts on iTunes.
<https://itunes.apple.com/us/itunes-u/law-democracy-symposium-on/id589036701?mt=10>
*Media Coverage*
/Associated Press/ . Nov. 19, 2012
Justice Official Wants Voter Registration to be Automatic
<http://www.trivalleycentral.com/casa_grande_dispatch/national_news/justice-official-wants-voter-registration-to-be-automatic/article_23d9d1d6-325d-11e2-9ac7-001a4bcf887a.html>
and
Justice Official: Register Voters Automatically
<http://www.newpittsburghcourieronline.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=8712:justice-official-register-voters-automatically&catid=39:national&Itemid=2>
/ProPublica/ . Nov. 20, 2012
Why Is Arizona Still Counting Votes?
<http://www.propublica.org/article/why-is-arizona-still-counting-votes>
Please visit this link to view a complete agenda and more
information about the symposium.
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