[EL] ELB News and Commentary 6/25/2013: (mostly) beyond Shelby County

Tue Jun 25 21:50:59 PDT 2013

    "Counting prisoners, political motives at play in redistricting
    debate" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=52194>

Posted onJune 25, 2013 9:49 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=52194>byJustin Levitt 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=4>

After prior districts were struck down, Kentucky is set to take up 
itsstate legislative redistricting 
<http://www.kentuckynewera.com/news/article_a9d299e4-dd48-11e2-b1d6-001a4bcf887a.html>in 
a special session.  (paywall)

Not at issue, yesterday or today?  Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act. 
  Kentucky wasn't a covered jurisdiction.  It's the only state left 
without districts for 2014 and beyond that wasn't subject to section 5.

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    Appellate Court Affirms FEC Disclosure Rules in Wyoming Case
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=52192>

Posted onJune 25, 2013 9:47 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=52192>byJustin Levitt 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=4>

The Tenth Circuitissues its ruling 
<http://trib.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/court-rules-against-wyoming-group-in-fec-lawsuit/article_f5184b13-4643-595e-8c38-88e4563f4d45.html>on 
the Free Speech v. FEC case (here 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=41046>andhere 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=48586>), finding in favor of the FEC.  
  Actually, it just adopted thedistrict court's decision 
<http://www.fec.gov/law/litigation/freespeech_dc_order_mtd.pdf>as its own.

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    A change on the disclosure party line?
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=52190>

Posted onJune 25, 2013 9:47 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=52190>byJustin Levitt 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=4>

Frank Wilkinson 
<http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-06-25/mitch-mcconnell-disagrees-with-norm-ornstein-and-with-mitch-mcconnell-.html>weighs 
in on the dispute betweenSen. McConnell 
<http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/351717/mcconnell-norm-ornstein-youve-been-consistently-wrong-almost-everything-dimitrios>andNorm 
Ornstein 
<http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2013/06/mitch-mcconnell-is-either-very-bad-at-math-or-horribly-disingenuous/277175/>on 
when, if ever, McConnell's position on disclosure changed.  A lot of 
this dispute may be about the scope of who discloses what: not all 
disclosure is the same.

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    More on the SEC and corporate disclosure
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=52188>

Posted onJune 25, 2013 9:46 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=52188>byJustin Levitt 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=4>

Here 
<http://blogs.reuters.com/great-debate/2013/06/24/sec-should-force-companies-to-disclose-their-political-spending/>, 
from Bruce Freed, of the Center for Political Accountability, and Karl 
Sandstrom, former vice chair of the FEC.

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    Also, there was a election Tuesday for U.S. Senate
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=52186>

Posted onJune 25, 2013 9:46 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=52186>byJustin Levitt 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=4>

In Massachusetts 
<http://www.boston.com/news/special/politics/2013/senate/mass-us-senate-results-2013.html>. 
  Fifth in seven years.  Anyone know where that frequency sits on the 
record books?

Please consider this the awkward transition to non-Shelby-County news 
for the day.

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    I missed Nate Silver's Shelby County analysis earlier today
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=52183>

Posted onJune 25, 2013 8:59 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=52183>byJustin Levitt 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=4>

Which is not something one should do.

"Geography, Not Voting Rights Act, Accounts for Most Majority-Minority 
Districts 
<http://fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/06/25/majority-minority-districts-are-products-of-geography-not-voting-rights-act/?smid=tw-fivethirtyeight&seid=auto>"

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