[EL] ELB News and Commentary 6/20/13

Thu Jun 20 07:08:23 PDT 2013

    "IRS Inquiry Focus Turns Away From Origins Toward Delays"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=51860>

Posted on June 20, 2013 7:04 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=51860> by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Bloomberg reports 
<http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-06-20/irs-inquiry-focus-turns-away-from-origins-toward-delays.html?alcmpid=politics>.

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    Quote of the Night <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=51869>

Posted on June 19, 2013 9:13 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=51869> by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

"I was very, very troubled during the reauthorization process for 
Section 5 in 2006 --- when I testified before the Senate Judiciary 
Committee --- that there was no effort made in Congress to do anything 
at all to signal in some way that Section 5 would be updated...in a way 
that would put the statute in the best possible position in the 
inevitable constitutional litigation that would follow."

Rick Pildes 
<http://nbcpolitics.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/06/19/19025800-liberals-brace-for-supreme-court-decision-on-voting-rights>, 
to 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

    "Colo. voter citizenship checks yield few responses"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=51866>

Posted on June 19, 2013 8:52 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=51866> by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

AP 
<http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Colo-voter-citizenship-checks-yield-few-responses-4610348.php>:

    The latest round of letters questioning the citizenship of some
    Colorado registered voters has 63 out of 298 people affirming their
    right to vote, and most recipients are ignoring the May
    letters altogether.

    The letters are part of an ongoing effort by Republican Secretary of
    State Scott Gessler
    <http://www.sfgate.com/?controllerName=search&action=search&channel=news&search=1&inlineLink=1&query=%22Scott+Gessler%22>
    to address what he says is a risk for voter fraud. Gessler's office
    provided the latest numbers to The Associated Press
    <http://www.sfgate.com/?controllerName=search&action=search&channel=news&search=1&inlineLink=1&query=%22The+Associated+Press%22>
    this week. Another 15 people who received letters last month said
    they weren't U.S. citizens and asked to be removed from voter rolls.

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Posted in election administration <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18>, 
The Voting Wars <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=60> | Comments Off

    Garrett Epps on the Arizona Case, and Whether Lyle, Marty, and I Are
    Too Pessimistic <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=51863>

Posted on June 19, 2013 8:49 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=51863> by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

See here 
<http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2013/06/could-supreme-courts-arizona-ruling-lead-to-voting-messes-down-the-road/277025/>.

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Posted in Elections Clause <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=70>, Supreme 
Court <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=29> | Comments Off

    "Liberals brace for Supreme Court decision on voting rights"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=51861>

Posted on June 19, 2013 8:47 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=51861> by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Tom Curry piece 
<http://nbcpolitics.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/06/19/19025800-liberals-brace-for-supreme-court-decision-on-voting-rights>with 
very interesting quotes from Rick Pildes and Pam Karlan.

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Posted in Supreme Court <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=29>, Voting 
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    "Denver grand jury: Secretary of State Scott Gessler won't face
    criminal charges" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=51857>

Posted on June 19, 2013 3:06 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=51857> by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Denver Post 
<http://www.timescall.com/news/longmont-local-news/ci_23495152/denver-grand-jury-state-scott-gessler-wont-face>:

    A Denver grand jury ruled Wednesday that Secretary of State Scott
    Gessler did not violate the law when he used his office's
    discretionary fund to pay about $1,300 to attend the Republican
    National Lawyers Association meeting in Sarasota in August.

    However, the panel rebuked Gessler for using state money on the
    trip, and the secretary's subsequent trip to the Republican National
    Convention in Tampa.

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    "Democrats say primary law is unconstitutional"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=51854>

Posted on June 19, 2013 12:30 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=51854> 
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

AP 
<http://www.mauinews.com/page/content.detail/id/573742/Democrats-say-primary-law-is-unconstitutional.html>: 
"In a federal lawsuit, the Democratic Party of Hawaii claims the state's 
primary election law is unconstitutional. Hawaii's primary system that 
allows every registered voter to participate in the party's nomination 
process is tantamount to forced political association, in violation of 
the First Amendment, according to the lawsuit filed Monday."

Seems like a winner for the HDP given Supreme Court precedent.

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    NYT's "Room for Debate" Asks if More Cities Should Have Initiatives
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=51851>

Posted on June 19, 2013 12:00 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=51851> 
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

See here 
<http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2013/06/18/ballot-initiatives-at-the-local-level?hp>.

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    "Duggan won't appeal, ends Detroit mayoral bid"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=51848>

Posted on June 19, 2013 10:04 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=51848> 
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

The latest. 
<http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20130619/METRO01/306190052/Duggan-won-t-appeal-ends-Detroit-mayoral-bid?odyssey=tab%7Ctopnews%7Ctext%7CFRONTPAGE>

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