[EL] ELB News and Commentary 7/19/13
Steve Hoersting
hoersting at gmail.com
Fri Jul 19 10:21:34 PDT 2013
Two more to consider.
No need to change the subject line on these, Rick. These are News and
Commentary on [an] Election -- and the Law[s] that governed it.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324448104578614220949743916.html?mod=WSJ_Opinion_LEADTop
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324448104578611690336614814.html?mod=WSJ_topics_obama
Steve
On Fri, Jul 19, 2013 at 11:07 AM, Rick Hasen <rhasen at law.uci.edu> wrote:
> Today at Noon Pacific: UCI SCOTUS Term in Review Event: LIVE WEBCAST<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=53222>
> Posted on July 19, 2013 8:04 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=53222> by Rick
> Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>
> 3rd Annual Supreme Court Term in Review<http://www.law.uci.edu/events/supreme-court-term-review/2013.html>
>
> *Friday, July 19, 2013 – 12:00 – 1:30 P.M.
> UCI Student Center, Crystal Cove Auditorium (Map<http://www.studentcenter.uci.edu/files/map-directions-sc.pdf>
> )*
>
> This exciting and entertaining program reviews the Supreme Court’s key
> cases decided in the October 2012 term, with an all-star panel of Supreme
> Court journalists and academics.
>
> *VIEW THE LIVE WEBCAST ><http://cast.oit.uci.edu/tltc/webstream1/2013_Law.html>
> *
> Panelists
>
> - Mario Barnes<http://www.law.uci.edu/faculty/full-time/barnes/index.html>,
> UCI Law
> - Joan Biskupic <http://blogs.reuters.com/joan-biskupic/>, Reuters
> - Erwin Chemerinsky<http://www.law.uci.edu/faculty/full-time/chemerinsky/index.html>,
> UCI Law
> - Miguel Estrada <http://www.gibsondunn.com/lawyers/mestrada>, Gibson
> Dunn (DC office)
> - Adam Liptak <http://www.nytimes.com/ref/us/bio-liptak.html>, New
> York Times
> - Doug NeJaime<http://www.law.uci.edu/faculty/full-time/nejaime/index.html>,
> UCI Law
> - Moderated by Rick Hasen<http://www.law.uci.edu/faculty/full-time/hasen/index.html>,
> UCI Law
>
> CLE credit will be available. The event will also be webcast, with viewers
> able to submit questions via Twitter, using the hash tag *#ucilawscotus*at the end of your question.
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> Posted in Supreme Court <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=29> | Comments
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> Revised Elmendorf and Spencer Paper Proposing New Coverage Standard for
> Voting Rights Act <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=53219>
> Posted on July 19, 2013 7:59 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=53219> by Rick
> Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>
> The Geography of Racial Stereotyping: Evidence and Implications for VRA
> Preclearance After Shelby County<http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2262954>
>
> * *The Supreme Court in Shelby County v. Holder (2013) effectively
> enjoined the preclearance regime of the Voting Rights Act (VRA). The Court
> deemed the coverage formula, which determines the jurisdictions subject to
> preclearance, insufficiently grounded in current conditions. This paper
> proposes a new, legally defensible coverage approach based on between-state
> differences in the proportion of voting age citizens who subscribe to
> negative stereotypes about racial minorities and vote accordingly. The new
> coverage formula could also account for racially polarized voting and
> minority population size, but, for constitutional reasons, subjective
> discrimination by voters is the essential criterion. We demonstrate that
> the racial-stereotyping, polarized-voting, and population-size criteria
> would yield similar patterns of coverage, at least with respect to African
> Americans, and we show, ironically, that the new pattern of coverage would
> coincide with historic coverage under the “outdated” formula invalidated by
> Shelby County. Recently developed statistical techniques permit the new
> coverage formula to be further refined based on estimates of racial
> stereotyping within sub-state geographic units, such as cities and
> counties. We suggest that Congress establish default rules for coverage
> based on our state-level results, and delegate authority to make sub-state
> coverage determinations to an administrative agency, along with other
> responsibilities for keeping the coverage formula up to date.
>
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> Posted in Voting Rights Act <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=15> | Comments
> Off
> “Reform Groups Urge FEC Commissioners Not to Take Action on Proposed
> Enforcement Manual Changes” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=53217>
> Posted on July 19, 2013 7:56 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=53217> by Rick
> Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>
> See here.<http://www.democracy21.org/money-in-politics/letters-to-the-fec/reform-groups-urge-fec-commissioners-not-to-take-action-on-proposed-enforcement-manual-changes/>
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> Posted in federal election commission<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=24>
> | Comments Off
> CCP Files Amicus Brief in Ring Case<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=53215>
> Posted on July 19, 2013 7:56 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=53215> by Rick
> Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>
> See this press release<http://www.campaignfreedom.org/2013/07/19/brief-vague-criminal-laws-threaten-first-amendment-3/>
> .
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> Posted in bribery <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=54>, campaign finance<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>
> | Comments Off
> “Lawmakers Consider Retooling Voting Rights Act”<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=53213>
> Posted on July 19, 2013 7:54 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=53213> by Rick
> Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>
> NPR reports<http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=203531582>
> .
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> Posted in Voting Rights Act <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=15> | Comments
> Off
> “Congress divided on voting rights fix”<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=53211>
> Posted on July 19, 2013 7:53 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=53211> by Rick
> Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>
> Gannett reports.<http://www.greenvilleonline.com/article/20130719/NEWS/307190007>
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> Posted in Voting Rights Act <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=15> | Comments
> Off
> “Voter ID On Trial: An Update From the Capitol”<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=53208>
> Posted on July 18, 2013 8:46 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=53208> by Rick
> Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>
> WESA audio report: <http://wesa.fm/post/voter-id-trial-update-capitol>
>
> Pennsylvania’s controversial voter ID law has come back to trial in the
> Commonwealth court, and both sides are making serious plays. WITF<http://www.witf.org/>’s capital
> reporter Mary Wilson says the first few days of testimony were brimming
> with testimony from those challenging the laws, but talk of voter fraud —
> one of the issues legislators emphasized most when passing the law — was
> surprisingly limited.
>
> Thus far the cases made against the law have been more or less the same as
> the ones used to fight it from the outset. Wilson says those challenging
> the law are using a blend of statistical data and testimonies to make the
> claim that specific groups — such as elderly and minority voters — will be
> disenfranchised by the law.
>
> However, Wilson observes that while proponents argued that the law would
> prevent voter fraud when it was originally passed, “we’re seeing the state
> back away from that.” Instead, she says the state has said that the law
> will improve voters’ confidence in the electoral process.
>
> By the way, the case for voter id laws being correlated with voter
> confidence is exceedingly weak<http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1099056>
> .
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> Posted in The Voting Wars <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=60>, voter id<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=9>
> | Comments Off
> Pa. Republican Party Chair Says Voter ID Controversy Helped GOP in 2012<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=53204>
> Posted on July 18, 2013 8:29 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=53204> by Rick
> Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>
> See this report<http://tribune-democrat.com/latestnews/x1724756869/Voter-ID-ado-aided-GOP-Gleason-says>.
> As with the Mike Turzai comments, Democrats are citing these comments as
> evidence that Republicans intend the law to suppress Democratic votes;
> Republicans sharply disagree.
>
> Bonus: Story at top of same page:
> VIDEO: Man wrestles shark on Mass. beach<http://tribune-democrat.com/latestnews/x1538944503/VIDEO-Man-wrestles-shark-on-Mass-beach>
>
> A fisherman wrestles a 7-foot long, 200-pound shark onto shore in
> Nantucket, Mass., then releases it.
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> Posted in The Voting Wars <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=60>, voter id<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=9>
> | Comments Off
> Two FairVote Reports <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=53201>
> Posted on July 18, 2013 8:18 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=53201> by Rick
> Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>
> Top Two in Washington State<http://www.fairvote.org/top-two-in-washington-state#.Ueiu01O9zh1>and Federal
> Primary Runoff Elections and Voter Turnout Declines, 1994 – 2012<http://www.fairvote.org/federal-primary-runoff-elections-and-voter-turnout-declines-1994-201#.UeivFlO9zh1>
> .
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> Posted in political parties <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=25>,
> primaries <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=32> | Comments Off
> “Did Supreme Court rob Alaska Natives of their voice?”<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=53198>
> Posted on July 18, 2013 8:11 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=53198> by Rick
> Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>
> Mary Lochner opines.<http://www.anchoragepress.com/news/did-supreme-court-rob-alaska-natives-of-their-voice/article_ec89f328-ef58-11e2-8b4b-001a4bcf887a.html>
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> Posted in Voting Rights Act <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=15> | Comments
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> “Key date for test of voting law’s preclearance requirement”<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=53195>
> Posted on July 18, 2013 8:08 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=53195> by Rick
> Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>
> Lyle Denniston<http://www.scotusblog.com/2013/07/key-date-for-test-of-voting-laws-preclearance-requirement/>
> :
>
> A key date — July 26 — has now been set for a test of the Obama
> administration’s view on a legal mechanism for continuing to protect
> minority voters against discrimination at the polls — including court
> review of new election laws before they go into effect. The mechanism
> potentially could allow the government to salvage something very
> significant from its defeat in the Supreme Court’s ruling last month on the
> Voting Rights Act of 1965, in the case of *Shelby County v. Holder*<http://www.bloomberglaw.com/public/document/Shelby_Cnty_v_Holder_No_1296_2013_BL_167707_US_June_25_2013_Court/3>
> .
>
> The mechanism is the 1965 law’s Section 3. Under that provision, if a
> state or local jurisdiction has a recent history of racial discrimination
> in its elections, a court can order it to get official clearance in
> Washington before it can implement changes in its voting laws or methods.
> This is known as the statute’s “bail in” mechanism. The so-called
> “preclearance” process — for decades a very successful way to protect
> minority voters’ rights – comes under the law’s Section 5, and both
> Sections 3 and 5 are at least technically intact even after the *Shelby
> County* decision.
>
> The state of Texas has insisted that it has now come out from under
> Section 5, as a result of that ruling, but that claim is now being
> challenged in a lower-court case over new redistricting maps for the Texas
> legislature and the state’s delegation in the House of Representatives.
> And it is that case on which the Justice Department’s views about Section 3
> are to be filed by a week from tomorrow, under an order issued this week by
> a three-judge district court in Washington.
>
>
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> Posted in Voting Rights Act <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=15> | Comments
> Off
> “Colo. judge won’t block recalls over gun votes”<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=53192>
> Posted on July 18, 2013 3:30 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=53192> by Rick
> Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>
> AP reports<http://www.salon.com/2013/07/18/colo_judge_wont_block_recalls_over_gun_votes/>.
> Sounds like application of the Democracy Canon.
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> Posted in recall elections <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=11> | Comments
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> “Republican Who Tossed Voter Registration Forms Let Off The Hook”<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=53188>
> Posted on July 18, 2013 3:12 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=53188> by Rick
> Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>
> Ryan Reilly<http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/07/18/colin-small-gop_n_3619396.html?utm_hp_ref=tw>
> :
>
> The young Republican who grabbed national headlines after being arrested
> for throwing voter registration forms<http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/19/reince-priebus-rnc-consultant-voter-fraud_n_1988619.html>into a dumpster before the 2012 election won’t be facing any legal
> consequences.
>
> A judge in Virginia dropped<http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/judge-dismisses-charges-against-pa-man-accused-of-throwing-away-va-voter-registration-forms/2013/07/17/12453720-eefb-11e2-bb32-725c8351a69e_story.html>several misdemeanor charges against Colin Small on Wednesday, meaning the
> 23-year-old will not face any penalties for discarding a number of voter
> registration forms. Felony charges were dropped<http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/02/colin-small-voter-fraud_n_3001802.html>back in April, but Small was still facing five misdemeanor counts until
> this week.
>
> And there’s this:
>
> The experience has left Small’s family skeptical of the judicial system,
> Holloran said.
>
> “They’re not from the hood, where you go ‘hey man, don’t deal with the
> man, the cops don’t play it straight up and don’t trust prosecutors.’ They
> trust cops and they trust prosecutors because they believe they’re going to
> do justice. It’s a very difficult education for them,” Holloran said.
>
>
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> Posted in chicanery <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=12>, The Voting
> Wars <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=60>, voter registration<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=37>
> | Comments Off
> New Project Vote White Paper on Interstate Matching Programs for Voter
> Registration <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=53185>
> Posted on July 18, 2013 1:46 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=53185> by Rick
> Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>
> Here<http://projectvote.org/images/publications/Voter%20Lists/POLICY-PAPER-Interstate-Matching-Programs-July-2013.pdf>
> .
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> Posted in voter registration <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=37> | Comments
> Off
> “On Voting Rights, Discouraging Signs From the Hill”<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=53182>
> Posted on July 18, 2013 1:40 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=53182> by Rick
> Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>
> Andrew Cohen gets pessimistic<http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2013/07/on-voting-rights-discouraging-signs-from-the-hill/277894/>
> .
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> Posted in Voting Rights Act <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=15> | Comments
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> Josh Blackman: Justice Stevens Neglects to Mention He Signed NAMUDNO,
> Which Paved the Way for Shelby County<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=53180>
> Posted on July 18, 2013 1:40 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=53180> by Rick
> Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>
> He writes<http://joshblackman.com/blog/2013/07/18/justice-stevens-rehabilitation-tour-pulls-into-shelby-county/>
> :
>
> And this part is too rich. Stevens critically references an opinion
> Roberts wrote–NAMUDNO–that Stevens joined!
>
> The Court’s heavy reliance on the importance of a “fundamental principle of
> *equal* sovereignty among the States,” while *supported by language in an
> earlier opinion by Chief Justice Roberts*, ignored the fact that Article
> I, Section 2 of the Constitution created a serious inequality among the
> states.
>
> Those time bombs with long fuses<http://joshblackman.com/blog/2013/06/27/the-supreme-courts-time-bomb-with-a-very-long-fuse/>can catch up on you, huh JPS.
>
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> 2013 Election Law Casebook Supplement Now Available<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=53174>
> Posted on July 18, 2013 1:29 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=53174> by Rick
> Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>
> The 2013 Supplement to Lowenstein, Hasen, and Tokaji, Election Law–Cases
> and Materials<http://www.cap-press.com/books/isbn/9781611631784/Election-Law-Fifth-Edition>(5th ed. 2013), is now available for download at this link:
>
> http://electionlawblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2013-supp-final.pdf
>
> The Supplement is up-to-date, and includes edited versions of *Shelby
> County v. Holder, ATP v. Bullock,* and *McCutcheon v. FEC*, along with
> extensive notes on the future of the Voting Rights Act, the upcoming
> Supreme Court consideration of *McCutcheon,* the IRS Mess, money and
> election administration issues in the 2012 elections, developments in
> bribery and campaign law, and much more.
> The cover of the Supplement reads: “Permission is hereby granted to
> instructors assigning the Lowenstein, Hasen, and Tokaji casebook to
> distribute this Supplement free of charge to students who have purchased
> the casebook. All other redistribution is prohibited without the permission
> of the authors.”
> For more information about the casebook, or if you are professor wishing
> to use the book in the fall and you need a Teacher’s Manual, contact Carolina
> Academic Press <http://www.caplaw.com/contacts>.
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> Posted in pedagogy <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=23> | Comments Off
> “Conservatives not keen on effort to revise key section of Voting
> Rights Act” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=53170>
> Posted on July 18, 2013 12:32 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=53170> by Rick
> Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>
> Tom Curry reports<http://nbcpolitics.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/07/18/.UehCE39z6WM.twitter>for NBC News.
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> Posted in Supreme Court <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=29>, Voting
> Rights Act <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=15> | Comments Off
> “Some Republicans quietly cheer end of voting rights act”<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=53167>
> Posted on July 18, 2013 12:27 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=53167> by Rick
> Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>
> Ari Melber writes<http://tv.msnbc.com/2013/07/18/republican-hearing-confronts-voting-rights-act/>
> .
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> Posted in Supreme Court <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=29>, Voting
> Rights Act <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=15> | Comments Off
> “North Carolina Republicans Push Harsh New Voter ID Law”<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=53164>
> Posted on July 18, 2013 12:24 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=53164> by Rick
> Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>
> Ari Berman writes<http://www.thenation.com/blog/175345/north-carolina-republicans-push-harsh-new-voter-id-law#axzz2ZKoj8bAx>
> .
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> Posted in The Voting Wars <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=60>, voter id<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=9>
> | Comments Off
> “The Court & the Right to Vote: A Dissent”<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=53161>
> Posted on July 18, 2013 12:21 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=53161> by Rick
> Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>
> Must-read review<http://www.nybooks.com/articles/archives/2013/aug/15/the-court-right-to-vote-dissent/?pagination=false#.Ueg8z-7i4zA.twitter>by Justice Stevens of Gary
> May’s new book<http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0465018467?ie=UTF8&tag=thneyoreofbo-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0465018467>on the Voting Rights Act. While partially a review of May’s book, it is
> also an endorsement of Justice Ginsburg’s dissent, and critique of the
> Chief Justice’s majority opinion, in the *Shelby County* case striking
> down a key part of the Voting Rights Act.
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> Posted in Supreme Court <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=29>, Voting
> Rights Act <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=15> | Comments Off
> FairVote Collecting Links of Written Testimony Submitted on Fixing
> Voting Rights Act <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=53158>
> Posted on July 18, 2013 11:18 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=53158> by Rick
> Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>
> Here<http://www.fairvote.org/testimony-on-importance-of-strong-voting-rights-act/#.UegxL1Md43b>
> .
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> Posted in Voting Rights Act <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=15> | Comments
> Off
> “Watchdog ‘Disturbed’ IRS Withheld New Documents Showing Progressive
> Groups May Have Been Targeted Too” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=53155>
> Posted on July 18, 2013 11:01 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=53155> by Rick
> Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>
> AP<http://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/watchdog-disturbed-irs-withheld-new-documents-showing-progressive-groups-may-have-been-targeted-too.php>
> :
>
> The investigator who wrote a scathing report about the Internal Revenue
> Service targeting tea party groups says he is “disturbed” the agency
> withheld newly-released documents showing progressive groups may also have
> been singled out for additional scrutiny.
>
> In prepared testimony, J. Russell George told a congressional panel
> Thursday the IRS did not provide the documents to his office during a
> yearlong audit. George said he just received the documents last week.
>
>
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> Posted in campaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>, tax
> law and election law <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=22> | Comments Off
> “Many Republican no-shows on VRA” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=53152>
> Posted on July 18, 2013 10:41 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=53152> by Rick
> Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>
> Politico<http://www.politico.com/story/2013/07/many-republican-no-shows-on-vra-94383.html?utm_source=buffer&utm_campaign=Buffer&utm_content=buffer34b50&utm_medium=twitter>
> :
>
> Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee were mostly no-shows at
> Wednesday’s high-profile hearing on restoring a portion of the Voting
> Rights Act struck down by the Supreme Court last month.
>
> The Republicans chalked up their absence to scheduling confusion.
>
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> Posted in Voting Rights Act <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=15> | Comments
> Off
> Ari Berman on Today’s House VRA Hearing<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=53148>
> Posted on July 18, 2013 10:38 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=53148> by Rick
> Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>
> He’s pessimistic
> <http://www.thenation.com/blog/175336/rep-john-lewis-voting-rights-act-needed-now-never#>(scroll
> down to Update).
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> Posted in Voting Rights Act <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=15> | Comments
> Off
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