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

Thu Jun 20 07:13:03 PDT 2013

Regarding Pildes:

I sat next to Rick Pildes in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee  as he stated these concerns quite explicitly to the Congress.  Rick's caution and concern should be headed, if only because we have new evidence since 2007 of the need for the Act, even as it sits vulnerable and unimproved, and now confronting a Congress that cannot or will not fix it if overturned.

~kg

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“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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Posted in campaign finance<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>, tax law and election law<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=22> | Comments Off
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 Rights Act<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=15> | Comments Off
“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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