[EL] ELB News and Commentary 1/15/13

Mon Jan 14 19:53:27 PST 2013

    "Former Obama Staff Complain Of Cold Inaugural Shoulder"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=46201>

Posted on January 14, 2013 7:49 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=46201> 
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Buzzfeed 
<http://www.buzzfeed.com/zekejmiller/former-obama-staff-complain-of-cold-inaugural-shou>: 
"In a sour footnote to President Barack Obama's sweeping electoral 
victory last November, many of his campaign staffers have been shut out 
of the inaugural festivities, more than a dozen of them complained to 
BuzzFeed Monday.'We worked our butts off, and I'm going to watch it on 
TV instead of being there,' said one former staffer. 'It's a huge bummer.'"

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    Voter ID and the Next Wisconsin Supreme Court Election
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=46198>

Posted on January 14, 2013 7:47 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=46198> 
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Two lower court judges, both Democrats, put Wisconsin's voter id law on 
hold for the 2012 elections.  The state supreme court, mired in other 
controversies, refused to get involved before the election.

But the case will eventually make it back to the state Supreme Court.  
And the /Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel/ explains 
<http://www.jsonline.com/news/statepolitics/wisconsin-supreme-court-race-could-shape-several-key-rulings-fp8bp7k-186645621.html>how 
the outcome of the voter id case may depend upon whether an incumbent 
conservative Justice is reelected or is replaced by a more liberal justice.

One of the incumbent's competitors is Marquette U. Law professor Ed 
Fallone.  According to the article: "Fallone wrote in an October 2011 
blog post 
<http://law.marquette.edu/facultyblog/2011/10/08/not-a-pretty-picture-potential-challenges-to-wisconsins-voter-id-law/> 
that any challenge to voter ID laws 'faces an uphill battle under 
existing judicial precedent,' but he also went on to write that there 
may be two possible ways to successfully challenge Wisconsin's law. He 
did not take a position on the law itself, but said that groups that 
oppose voter ID laws should work to help voters get IDs and elect 
lawmakers who would repeal such laws, rather than focus on litigation."

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    "Supervisors of Elections testify in Tallahassee, ask for changes to
    law after Election Day problems" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=46195>

Posted on January 14, 2013 7:40 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=46195> 
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

News 
<http://electionlawblog.org/Supervisors%20of%20Elections%20testify%20in%20Tallahassee,%20ask%20for%20changes%20to%20law%20after%20Election%20Day%20problems%20%20Read%20more:%20http://www.wptv.com/dpp/news/political/supervisors-of-elections-testify-in-tallahassee-ask-for-changes-to-law-after-election-day-problems#ixzz2I0o7ly3r> 
from Fla.

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    "RNC 'Ballot Security' Restrictions Continue As Supreme Court
    Refuses To Lift Consent Decree" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=46192>

Posted on January 14, 2013 7:33 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=46192> 
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

HuffPo reports. 
<http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/14/rnc-ballot-security_n_2474728.html?utm_hp_ref=supreme-court>

<http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/14/rnc-ballot-security_n_2474728.html?utm_hp_ref=supreme-court> 

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    "Cornyn Predicts Brokered Compromise on Filibuster Issue"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=46189>

Posted on January 14, 2013 10:01 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=46189> by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Roll Call 
<http://www.rollcall.com/news/cornyn_predicts_brokered_compromise_on_filibuster_issue-220704-1.html>: 
"The new No. 2 Republican in the Senate says that if history is any 
judge, the chamber's leaders will likely work out a deal and not pull 
the trigger on the 'nuclear option' to change the Senate rules with a 
simple majority vote."

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    "Non-violent felon voting rights measure killed by House panel"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=46186>

Posted on January 14, 2013 9:58 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=46186> 
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Times Dispatch 
<http://www.timesdispatch.com/news/latest-news/non-violent-felon-voting-rights-measure-killed-by-house-panel/article_10c6f1b4-5e59-11e2-95dc-0019bb30f31a.html>: 
"A House of Delegates subcommittee this morning effectively killed 
proposals to automatically restore the rights of nonviolent felons, 
something [Virginia] Gov. Bob McDonnell called for in his State of the 
Commonwealth address."

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    Slide of the Day <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=46181>

Posted on January 14, 2013 9:47 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=46181> 
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

o-CALL-TIME2-570 
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The Huffington Post 
<http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/08/call-time-congressional-fundraising_n_2427291.html>with 
a DCCC slide showing how much time is devoted to fundraising.

Ezra Klein 
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2013/01/14/the-most-depressing-graphic-for-members-of-congress/> 
calls it "the most depressing graphic for members of Congress."

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