[EL] ELB News and Commentary 6/23/13
Rick Hasen
rhasen at law.uci.edu
Sat Jun 22 20:51:55 PDT 2013
"Citing FEC Ruling, Judge Says N.H. Cannot Prevent 'Push-Polls' by
Federal Campaigns" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=51979>
Posted on June 22, 2013 8:45 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=51979> by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Bloomberg BNA
<http://news.bna.com/mpdm/MPDMWB/split_display.adp?fedfid=32429253&vname=mpebulallissues&jd=a0d9n6j5t5&split=0>:
"Citing a Federal Election Commission ruling issued last year, a state
judge in New Hampshire has said that federal campaign finance law
preempts a state law designed to curb push-polling (Delaney v. Bass,
Victory Committee, N.H. Super. Ct., No. 2012-CV-233, 6/17/13)."
BNA posted the ruling here. <http://op.bna.com/der.nsf/r?Open=tbay-98vl2w>
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"Pa. voter ID law likely not affected by Ariz. case"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=51976>
Posted on June 22, 2013 8:39 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=51976> by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
AP reports
<http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/article/Pa-voter-ID-law-likely-not-affected-by-Ariz-case-4615316.php>.
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Posted in Elections Clause <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=70>, Supreme
Court <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=29>, Voting Rights Act
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=15> | Comments Off
"Fla. closes another voter registration fraud probe"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=51973>
Posted on June 22, 2013 8:24 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=51973> by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
AP
<http://www.sfltimes.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=13545&Itemid=184>:
"Florida authorities are closing one voter fraud probe into a company
once aligned with the Republican Party of Florida."
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Posted in election administration <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18>,
The Voting Wars <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=60>, voter registration
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"Supreme Court Weighs Cases Redefining Legal Equality"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=51971>
Posted on June 22, 2013 8:23 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=51971> by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Adam Liptak
<http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/23/us/supreme-court-weighs-cases-redefining-legal-equality.html?ref=politics&_r=0>
for NYT: "Within days, the Supreme Court is expected to issue a series
of decisions that could transform three fundamental social institutions:
marriage, education and voting."
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Posted in Supreme Court <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=29>, Voting
Rights Act <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=15> | Comments Off
"Conservative donors eye independent groups with new skepticism"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=51969>
Posted on June 22, 2013 8:21 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=51969> by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Matea Gold
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/conservative-donors-eye-independent-groups-with-new-skepticism/2013/06/22/e8cb5f22-d8f3-11e2-a9f2-42ee3912ae0e_story.html>for
WaPo:
Charlie Spies knows how to raise money. The Republican lawyer helped
rake in $153 million for Restore Our Future, the pro-Mitt Romney
super PAC.
But he's had a harder slog with one of his latest projects,
Republicans for Immigration Reform, a super PAC that aims to be a
dominant force
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/new-super-pac-hopes-to-give-cover-to-pro-immigration-republicans/2012/11/16/c3070b74-300b-11e2-a30e-5ca76eeec857_story.html>in
the fight over revamping the country's immigration laws. So far, the
organization has made just a tiny ad buy in South Carolina and
financed a poll with two other advocacy groups.
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Posted in campaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>, federal
election commission <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=24> | Comments Off
"Obama plucks California's political ethics agency chair for federal
post" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=51966>
Posted on June 22, 2013 8:16 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=51966> by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
The /Sacramento Bee /reports.
<http://www.sacbee.com/2013/06/21/5515498/obama-plucks-californias-political.html>
The Center for Competitive Politics issued this statement
<http://www.campaignfreedom.org/2013/06/22/commissioner-mcgahn-leaves-fec/>.
Democracy21 issued this statement.
<http://www.democracy21.org/money-in-politics/press-releases-money-in-politics/statement-on-presidential-nominations-to-fec/>
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Posted in election law biz <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=51>, Fixing
Election Administration <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=4> | Comments Off
"Federal fight? Texas redistricting likely headed back to feds"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=51963>
Posted on June 22, 2013 8:13 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=51963> by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
See here
<http://amarillo.com/news/local-news/2013-06-20/federal-fight-texas-redistricting-likely-headed-back-feds>.
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Posted in redistricting <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=6>, Voting
Rights Act <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=15> | Comments Off
Republican TX State Senator Says He Didn't Vote Twice in 2004: It
was Poll Worker Incompetence, Not Fraud
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=51960>
Posted on June 22, 2013 8:10 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=51960> by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
See here
<http://www.texastribune.org/texas-politics/2010-legislative-races/texas-senators-voting-residency-questioned/>
andhere
<http://www.texastribune.org/texas-politics/2010-legislative-races/texas-senator-denies-voting-twice-in-2004-election/>.
I have no specific information on these allegations, but time and again
things which have been alleged to be fraud based upon voting or
registration records turn out to be much less nefarious than political
enemies are predisposed to believe.
It is a lesson I wish more Republicans would heed.
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Posted in election administration <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18>,
The Voting Wars <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=60> | Comments Off
Reminder: Election Law Blog Down Saturday for Maintenance
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=51955>
Posted on June 21, 2013 4:13 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=51955> by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
And Justin Levitt guest blogging next week.
Thanks for reading!
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Republican FEC Nominee Argued for Overturning of Ban on Corporate
Contributions to Federal Candidates
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=51950>
Posted on June 21, 2013 2:27 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=51950> by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
HuffPo
<http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/21/fec-commissioners_n_3480331.html?1371849588>:
But advocates may be disappointed to learn that Goodman, an attorney
with LeClairRyan, has a record of opposing certain campaign finance
reforms.
He argued --- ultimately unsuccessfully --- in United States v.
Danielczyk to overturn the ban on direct corporate contributions to
candidates. In that case, a judge ruled that the Citizens United
decision invalidated the ban on direct corporate contributions to
candidates.
"Citizens United was a sea change in First Amendment jurisprudence
and renders the absolute ban on limited corporate contributions
unconstitutional," Goodman said
<http://www.thestreet.com/story/11145897/1/us-district-court-strikes-federal-statute-banning-corporate-campaign-contributions-in-case-argued-by-leclairryans-lee-goodman.html>
after the initial victory. "We are pleased with this decision."
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Posted in campaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>, federal
election commission <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=24> | Comments Off
Limiting Pro-Hillary Super PAC Donations to $25K Per Person Intended
to Give It a "Grass Roots Sheen" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=51944>
Posted on June 21, 2013 1:22 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=51944> by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
What
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/new-pro-hillary-clinton-super-pac-attracts-donors-and-worries/2013/06/21/ce2b3c7c-d9ee-11e2-a9f2-42ee3912ae0e_story_1.html>?
Seems like the worst of both worlds: too high to count for most of
America as grassroots, and too low to compete with the multimillion
donations to other presidential super PACs.
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Project Vote Issues New Paper on Same Day Voter Registration
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=51941>
Posted on June 21, 2013 12:35 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=51941>
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
See it here
<http://projectvote.org/images/publications/Election%20Day%20Registration/POLICY-PAPER-Same-Day-Registration-June-2013.pdf>.
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Sen. McConnell and Norm Ornstein Have at It Over Campaign Finance
and More <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=51939>
Posted on June 21, 2013 12:34 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=51939>
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Quite the exchange
<http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/21/mitch-mcconnell-norm-ornstein_n_3479016.html>!
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Breaking News: Ann Ravel and Lee Goodman Nominated to Federal
Election Commission <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=51936>
Posted on June 21, 2013 12:26 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=51936>
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
CPI
<http://www.publicintegrity.org/2013/06/21/12881/white-house-nominates-new-fec-commissioners>:
The White House today nominated two people to serve six-year terms
on the Federal Election Commission.
The nominees are Lee E. Goodman
<http://www.leclairryan.com/lee-goodman/>, an attorney at law firm
LeClairRyan, and Ann Ravel <http://www.fppc.ca.gov/?id=58>,
chairwoman of the California Fair Political Practices Commission.
Goodman will be floated to replace Republican Commissioner Don
McGahn, sources close to the nomination tell the Center for Public
Integrity <http://www.publicintegrity.org>, while Ravel will replace
Democrat Cynthia Bauerly, who resigned earlier this year.
It will be interesting to see if the FEC Republican Commissioners'
resistance to enforcing campaign finance law vigorously changes with the
departure of Don McGahn.
I could not think of a stronger candidate for the FEC than Ann Ravel,
but it is a huge loss for the FPPC.
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