[EL] O'Connor

[Lorraine Minnite]

Rick,

What's the argument for Justice O'Connor?  Do you discuss elsewhere why 
you think she is a good choice to head an election reform commission?

Lori Minnite

On 2/12/2013 6:19 PM, Rick Hasen wrote:
>
>
>     "Obama Presidential Voting Commission To Be Announced"
>     <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=47189>
>
> Posted on February 12, 2013 3:18 pm 
> <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=47189> by Rick Hasen 
> <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>
> HuffPo 
> <http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/02/12/obama-voting-commission_n_2672538.html?ncid=edlinkusaolp00000003>: 
> "President Barack Obama will announce a bipartisan presidential voting 
> commission to focus on improving the Election Day experience, The 
> Huffington Post has learned from two sources outside the White House 
> with knowledge of the plans."
>
>     Here's what I wrote right after Election Day:
>
>
>         How to "Fix That:" What Should the President Do About Long
>         Lines? <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=43847>
>
>     Posted on November 8, 2012 7:45 am
>     <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=43847> by Rick Hasen
>     <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>
>     I've been thinking how the President might make good on
>     hiselection night promise <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=43692> to
>     fix the long line problem (assuming he intends to do anything
>     about it---I've been hearing for four years that he's going to
>     make proposals to fix the FEC and campaign finance problems but
>     there's been no leadership from the White House on that).
>
>     I am thinking that a bipartisan commission should be convened to
>     make recommendations, including draft legislation, to be presented
>     to the president and Congress.  It should have credible Democrats
>     and Republicans, but beginning with those who acknowledge that
>     long lines are a problem (not all Republicans will
>     <http://www.sacbee.com/2012/11/03/4958430/republicans-have-pursued-election.html#storylink=misearch>);
>     local and state election administrators; legal, political, and
>     public policy experts; and political people who could actually get
>     something through Congress.  I read somewhere (I cannot remember
>     where or I would link) that Justice O'Connor would be a good
>     person to head an election reform commission.  I do think that's a
>     good idea.  The scope of the Commission would be narrower than
>     Carter-Ford or Carter-Baker: the mission would be to deal with the
>     long line problem.  But dealing with the long line problem might
>     take the commission into broader proposals, such as carrots or
>     sticks to get states to adopt early voting or extensive mail-in
>     balloting campaigns, centralization of election databases,
>     requirements for shorter federal ballots if a state like Florida
>     decides it needs to produce a very lengthy ballot containing every
>     word of measures virtually no one would read.  The commission
>     would work quickly, producing a report and proposed legislation
>     within months.  This is something that must be done in the
>     off-season.  Getting election reform done close to elections is
>     too tough.
>
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>     <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18>, The Voting Wars
>     <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=60> | Comments Off |
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