[EL] ELB News and Commentary 7/23/13
Rick Hasen
rhasen at law.uci.edu
Tue Jul 23 09:24:00 PDT 2013
"Finally, Real Numbers on Voter ID"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=53331>
Posted on July 23, 2013 9:21 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=53331> by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Nate Cohn
<http://www.newrepublic.com/article/113986/voter-id-north-carolina-law-hurts-democrats>:
These data leave no question about whether voter ID laws have a
disparate impact on non-white voters. In that sense, Democratic
fears and Republican hopes are confirmed. But the North Carolina
data also suggests that voter ID laws are unlikely to flip the
outcome of a national election, even if it does have an
objectionable, disparate impact on non-white and Democratic-leaning
voters. That doesn't mean it couldn't play a role in a close
election---and close elections do happen. But Republicans expecting
to flip Pennsylvania or Democrats fearing that Republicans will
steal elections with voter ID should be circumspect about the
comparatively modest electoral consequences. Many of the registered
voters without a photo ID just aren't voting and 40 percent of them
are probably voting Republican. If you want voter ID because you
think you'll steal Pennsylvania, or you're opposed because you're
concerned it's a Democratic apocalypse, move on. It's not the
apocalypse, even if it is an affront to voting rights.
That's pretty much the conclusion I drew last year in /The Voting Wars
<http://www.amazon.com/The-Voting-Wars-Election-Meltdown/dp/0300198248/ref=tmm_pap_title_0?ie=UTF8&qid=1329286945&sr=1-2-catcorr>/.
What's missing from this analysis is the role that the voter id debate
plays on both sides in driving up turnout and spurring fundraising.
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"North Carolina Republicans Push Extreme Voter Suppression Measures"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=53328>
Posted on July 23, 2013 9:17 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=53328> by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Ari Berman's latest:
<http://www.thenation.com/blog/175395/north-carolina-republicans-push-extreme-voter-suppression-measures#>
Here are the details
<https://m.facebook.com/joshhstein/posts/10200895286880231?refsrc=http%3A%2F%2Ft.co%2F820nAsXgre&refid=9&_rdr#_=_>,
via North Carolina State Senator Josh Stein (D-Wake County):
If anyone had any doubt about the bill's intent to suppress voters,
all he/she has to do is read it. The bill now does the following:
*shortens early voting by 1 week,
*eliminates same day registration and provisional voting if at wrong
precinct,
*prevents counties from offering voting on last Saturday before the
election beyond 1 pm,
*prevents counties from extending poll hours by one hour on election
day in extraordinary circumstances (like lengthy lines),
*eliminates state supported voter registration drives and
preregistration for 16/17 year olds,
*repeals voter owned judicial elections and straight party voting,
*increases number of people who can challenge voters inside the
precinct, and
*purges voter rolls more often.
Meanwhile, it floods the democratic process with more money. The
bill makes it easier for outside groups to spend on electioneering
and reduces disclosure of the sources. It also raises the
contribution limits to $5k per person per election from $4k and
indexes to amount to rise with inflation.
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"RECENT HITS (for all papers announced in the last 60 days) TOP 10
Papers for Journal of LSN: Election Law & Voting Rights (Topic)"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=53325>
Posted on July 23, 2013 9:06 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=53325> by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
I'll try to post the SSRN Recent Hits in this area every two months:
*RECENT HITS (for all papers announced in the last 60 days) *
*TOP 10 Papers for Journal of LSN: Election Law & Voting Rights (Topic)*
<http://papers.ssrn.com/publicRss/rssManagerInc.cfm?journalId=991929>
/May 24, 2013 to July 23, 2013/
Rank Downloads Paper Title
1 167 *The Seventeenth Amendment and Federalism in an Age of National
Political Parties*
<http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2269077>
David Schleicher
<http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=469670>,
George Mason University -- School of Law, Faculty,
/Date posted to database: /May 25, 2013
/Last Revised: /May 25, 2013
2 163 *Three Wrong Progressive Approaches (and One Right One) to
Campaign Finance Reform*
<http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2293979>
Richard L. Hasen
<http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=337>,
University of California, Irvine -- School of Law,
/Date posted to database: /July 15, 2013
/Last Revised: /July 19, 2013
3 150 *Shelby County and the Illusion of Minimalism*
<http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2291612>
Richard L. Hasen
<http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=337>,
University of California, Irvine -- School of Law,
/Date posted to database: /July 9, 2013
/Last Revised: /July 9, 2013
4 76 *A Reply to Professors Cain and Charles*
<http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2288725>
Lawrence Lessig
<http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=17068>,
Harvard University -- Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics, Harvard Law School,
/Date posted to database: /July 4, 2013
/Last Revised: /July 4, 2013
5 70 *Fixing 501(c)(4): Recalibrating the Tax Subsidy for Lobbying and
Political Activity*
<http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2274827>
David S. Miller
<http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=243768>,
Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft,
/Date posted to database: /June 7, 2013
/Last Revised: /June 7, 2013
6 61 *Alexander's Genius*
<http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2268206>
Mitchell N. Berman
<http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=136813>,
University of Texas School of Law,
/Date posted to database: /May 23, 2013
/Last Revised: /June 12, 2013
7 47 *Corruption Temptation*
<http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2272189>
Guy-Uriel E. Charles
<http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=282370>,
Duke Law School,
/Date posted to database: /May 31, 2013
/Last Revised: /May 31, 2013
8 47 *Photo ID, Provisional Balloting, and Indiana's 2012 Primary
Election* <http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2277858>
Michael J. Pitts
<http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=405097>,
Indiana University -- Robert H. McKinney School of Law,
/Date posted to database: /June 13, 2013
/Last Revised: /July 8, 2013
9 37 *A Cure Worse than the Disease?*
<http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2272180>
Ellen D. Katz
<http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=265855>,
University of Michigan Law School,
/Date posted to database: /May 31, 2013
/Last Revised: /June 6, 2013
10 35 *The Election Law Connection and U.S. Federalism*
<http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2110776>
Kirsten Nussbaumer
<http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=1642677>,
Stanford University,
/Date posted to database: /July 17, 2012
/Last Revised: /June 11, 2013
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Archived Webcast of UCI Law Supreme Court Term in Review Now
Available <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=53321>
Posted on July 23, 2013 9:00 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=53321> by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Watch here: <http://youtu.be/xCYz5jFtijI> [corrected link]
* 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
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"Watchdogs' Filing Reminds FEC that it Has No Authority to Declare
Federal Laws Unconstitutional" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=53318>
Posted on July 23, 2013 8:56 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=53318> by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
See here
<http://www.campaignlegalcenter.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2197:july-23-2013-watchdogs-filing-reminds-fec-that-it-has-no-authority-to-declare-federal-laws-unconstitutional&catid=63:legal-center-press-releases&Itemid=61>.
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"Michele Bachmann says Barack Obama can use executive order to give
voting rights to illegal immigrants legalized under Senate bill"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=53316>
Posted on July 23, 2013 8:55 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=53316> by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
PANTS ON FIRE!
<http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2013/jul/23/michele-bachmann/michele-bachmann-says-barack-obama-can-use-executi/>
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"The Aftermath of Shelby County v. Holder: Will Voting Rights Be
Diminished?" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=53314>
Posted on July 23, 2013 8:53 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=53314> by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Norman Siegel and Janos Marton blog.
<http://www.citylandnyc.org/the-aftermath-of-shelby-county-v-holder-will-voting-rights-be-diminished/>
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"OPEN Act Would End Secret Corporate Political Spending"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=53312>
Posted on July 23, 2013 8:52 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=53312> by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
/Corporate Counsel/
<http://www.law.com/corporatecounsel/PubArticleCC.jsp?id=1202610945950&kw=OPEN%20Act%20Would%20End%20Secret%20Corporate%20Political%20Spending&et=editorial&bu=National%20Law%20Journal&cn=20130723&src=EMC-Email&pt=Daily%20Headlines>reports.
<http://www.law.com/corporatecounsel/PubArticleCC.jsp?id=1202610945950&kw=OPEN%20Act%20Would%20End%20Secret%20Corporate%20Political%20Spending&et=editorial&bu=National%20Law%20Journal&cn=20130723&src=EMC-Email&pt=Daily%20Headlines>
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"House Committees Want IRS Chief Counsel's Documents"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=53310>
Posted on July 23, 2013 8:51 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=53310> by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
/Corporate Counsel /reports
<http://www.law.com/corporatecounsel/PubArticleCC.jsp?id=1202611268741&kw=House%20Committees%20Want%20IRS%20Chief%20Counsel%27s%20Documents&et=editorial&bu=National%20Law%20Journal&cn=20130723&src=EMC-Email&pt=Daily%20Headlines&slreturn=20130623115148>.
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and election law <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=22> | Comments Off
"IRS Scrutinized Some Liberal Groups"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=53305>
Posted on July 22, 2013 7:40 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=53305> by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Politico reports.
<http://www.politico.com/story/2013/07/irs-scrutinized-liberal-groups-94556.html?hp=l3>
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"Julius Henson 'Robo Call' Verdict Affirmed by Md. Appeals court"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=53303>
Posted on July 22, 2013 7:38 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=53303> by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
AP <http://afro.com/sections/news/baltimore/story.htm?storyid=78650>:
"Maryland's second-highest court has affirmed the verdict
<http://www.mdcourts.gov/opinions/cosa/2013/1046s12.pdf> in the election
fraud trial of a campaign consultant involving Election Day automated
calls that prosecutors said were aimed at keeping Black voters from the
polls."
Via Robbin Stewart, who offers some thoughts
<http://ballots.blogspot.com/2013/07/where-im-working-this-week-i-have-to-go.html>
about the case.
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"FEC To Vote To Treat Married Same-Sex Couples Equally"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=53299>
Posted on July 22, 2013 7:33 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=53299> by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
TPM reports
<http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2013/07/fec-vote-treat-married-same-sex-couples-equally.php?ref=fpa>.
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Hey, If You Love or Hate Rick Pildes's Post on Election Fraud and
the Civil War... <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=53296>
Posted on July 22, 2013 4:00 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=53296> by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
then address your comments to him about this.
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=53236>
I've been getting lots of email.
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"Super PACs, other independent political groups already setting pace
for 2016 presidential race" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=53293>
Posted on July 22, 2013 3:32 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=53293> by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
WaPo reports.
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/super-pacs-other-independent-political-groups-already-setting-pace-for-2016-presidential-race/2013/07/22/784cac46-efba-11e2-9008-61e94a7ea20d_story.html>
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Jack Balkin's Teaching Notes for Shelby County
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=53290>
Posted on July 22, 2013 3:29 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=53290> by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
They are here.
<http://balkin.blogspot.com/2013/07/teaching-materials-for-shelby-county-v.html>
We cover much the same ground in the 2013 Election Law casebook
supplement <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=53174>.
And I take much of the same viewpoint as Jack in my APSA paper, Shelby
County and the Illusion of Minimalism
<http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2291612>.
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Justice Scalia, Statutory Interpretation and Godwin's Law
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=53287>
Posted on July 22, 2013 12:34 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=53287>
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Via the NYT Taking Note blog
<http://takingnote.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/07/22/scalias-latest-outburst/?hp>.
Dynamic statutory interpretation apparently leads to Naziism.
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