[EL] ELB News and Commentary 7/2/13

Tue Jul 2 09:26:03 PDT 2013

    "Voting Rights Act Puts GOP in Pickle"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=52519>

Posted on July 2, 2013 9:20 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=52519> by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Roll Call: <http://blogs.rollcall.com/goppers/voting-rights-act/>

    House Republicans face a political dilemma as they consider how ---
    and whether --- to rewrite the Voting Rights Act after the Supreme
    Court neutered some of its most powerful provisions last week.

    Failing to act would undermine the party's efforts to reach out to
    minority voters and potentially prompt a backlash that drives up
    Democratic turnout. But passing any law that reinstates federal
    preclearance of voting laws in some states would face a bruising
    battle in Congress
    <http://www.rollcall.com/news/can_congress_fix_the_voting_rights_act-225935-1.html>.

    Lawmakers in any affected states would be almost certain to protest
    a rewrite, while Democrats have an incentive to insist on the
    broadest possible bill.

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    "In North Carolina, voting procedure changes loom; GOP leaders are
    looking to pass a voter ID law and to end provisions popular with
    black voters after a high court ruling, moves that could affect
    black voting." <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=52514>

Posted on July 2, 2013 9:17 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=52514> by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Important /LA Times /report. 
<http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-voting-rights-20130630,0,211700.story>

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    "Race and voting after the Voting Rights Act: What you need to know"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=52512>

Posted on July 2, 2013 9:16 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=52512> by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

John Sides 
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2013/06/30/race-and-voting-after-the-voting-rights-act-what-you-need-to-know/> 
at WonkBlog.`

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    "Geography Does Not Necessarily Lead to Pro-Republican
    Gerrymandering" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=52510>

Posted on July 2, 2013 9:12 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=52510> by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Michael McDonald 
<http://www.huffingtonpost.com/michael-p-mcdonald/geography-does-not-necess_b_3530099.html>:

    Geographically compact plans that are also politically fair ---
    drawn by the public --- serve as counter-examples disproving the
    contention that Democrats gerrymander themselves. In some cases,
    these plans were drawn by college students, showing that students
    teach can something to professors at the top universities.

    Upon some reflection by anyone who has drawn a redistricting plan
    --- and I've been a redistricting consultant in 14 states ---
    geography is not really constraining on congressional redistricting.
    Congressional districts are very large. In moderate- to large-sized
    states they consist of over 700,000 persons. It is easy in all but
    the most densely-urban areas to combine urban, suburban, and rural
    voters within a compact district. And again, the plans implemented
    in the states with the largest urban centers are not responsible for
    the current partisan imbalance among the congressional plans.

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    "GOP leadership PACs boost American Future Fund"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=52507>

Posted on July 2, 2013 8:52 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=52507> by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

CPI 
<http://www.publicintegrity.org/2013/07/02/12926/gop-leadership-pacs-boost-american-future-fund>:

    Freshmen Sen. Kelly Ayotte found herself under serious political fire.

    The New Hampshire Republican's vote in April
    <http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=113&session=1&vote=00097>
    against enhancing firearm background checks prompted
    <http://dailycaller.com/2013/05/06/bloomberg-anti-gun-coalition-targets-ayotte-with-new-negative-ad/>
    withering ads from a gun control group. Then another. And another.

    But shortly thereafter, a conservative nonprofit --- funded in part
    by some of Ayotte's own Senate colleagues, according to a Center for
    Public Integrity <http://www.publicintegrity.org> review of campaign
    finance filings --- sprang into action on Ayotte's behalf.

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    "North Carolina: The Next Front In The Voting Wars"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=52505>

Posted on July 2, 2013 8:51 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=52505> by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Hotline on Call reports 
<http://www.nationaljournal.com/blogs/hotlineoncall/2013/07/north-carolina-the-next-front-in-the-voting-wars-02>.

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UC Irvine School of Law
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