[EL] ELB News and Commentary 3/9/13
Rick Hasen
rhasen at law.uci.edu
Fri Mar 8 16:45:28 PST 2013
Election Law Blog
"Obama Voting Rights Act: Administration Planned For Law Being
Struck Down" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=48222>
Posted on March 8, 2013 4:17 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=48222> by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
HuffPo
<http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/08/obama-voting-rights-act_n_2839957.html>:
"If the Obama administration needs a plan to deal
<http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/02/26/supreme-court-voting-rights-act-doj-tom-perez_n_2663863.html>
with the likely death
<http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/02/27/voting-rights-act-supreme-court_n_2768942.html>
of a key provision of the Voting Rights Act, it may be able to dust off
its blueprint from 2009....Unbeknownst to the public, President Barack
Obama's administration had prepared a statement from Attorney General
Eric Holder for the possibility that the court would strike down Section
5. Officials were so surpised the court didn't toss out the section, in
fact, that an alternative Holder statement
<http://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/2009/June/09-ag-614.html> --- praising
the ruling as a 'victory for voting rights in America' --- had to be
written the day of the decision. A written statement wasn't the only
thing the administration did to prepare for a possible adverse court
ruling in 2009. Greg Craig, the White House counsel at the time,
recalled that his team "worked close with, kept track of, commented on,
and met with an internal DOJ task force" on the Voting Rights Act issue.
Other officials confirmed that there was a Voting Rights Working Group
made up of both Justice Department and White House officials, and
records show Holder was briefed by the group roughly a month before the
Supreme Court decision."
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Posted in Supreme Court <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=29>, Voting
Rights Act <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=15> | Comments Off
"Legislative panel doesn't stop voter purge rule"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=48220>
Posted on March 8, 2013 4:14 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=48220> by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
AP
<http://www.palmbeachpost.com/ap/ap/legislative/legislative-committee-mulls-voter-purge-rule/nWkxM/>:
"DES MOINES, Iowa --- A controversial voting rule targeting immigrants
without U.S. citizenship will take effect this month after a state
oversight committee failed to stop it Friday, but activists are
threating an immediate court fight. The rule, proposed by Secretary of
State Matt Schultz, establishes a way to remove from voter registration
lists an individual whose citizenship is questioned. The Republican says
the change is needed to reduce voter fraud, which he's made his key
issue, but opponents say the rule intimidates immigrants who are citizens."
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Posted in election administration <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18>,
The Voting Wars <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=60> | Comments Off
Voter Fraud as an Act of "Civil Disobedience?"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=48217>
Posted on March 8, 2013 4:09 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=48217> by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
The /Baltimore Sun/ reports
<http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/bs-md-wendy-rosen-plea-20130308,0,5308462.story>
that former Maryland Democratic congressional candidate Wendy Rosen pled
guilty to voter fraud charges for voting in two states. She will serve
five years probation and pay a $5,000 fine.
"Rosen apologized to campaign supporters Friday but also said she hoped
the incident would shine a light on what she described as more serious
examples of voter fraud. She argued that some states take great efforts
to keep the poor and minorities from voting, for instance. 'What I did
wasn't right, it wasn't smart, but it was [an act] of civil
disobedience, not arrogance, and if it somehow ... helps to bring this
problem to light, it will be worth the pain I've endured over these last
six months and into the future,' Rosen said in a statement."
Civil disobedience? Perhaps the full statement will make that sound less
ridiculous than it sounds from this brief quote. If anyone has the full
statement please send it along.
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Posted in chicanery <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=12>, The Voting
Wars <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=60> | Comments Off
"Democrats Cry Foul Over Wednesday's Other Filibuster"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=48214>
Posted on March 8, 2013 1:06 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=48214> by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
NYT's "The Caucus" reports
<http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/03/08/democrats-cry-foul-over-wednesdays-other-filibuster/?ref=politics>.
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<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=27> | Comments Off
"Obama Choice for Labor Secretary Said to Be Justice's Perez"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=48212>
Posted on March 8, 2013 12:35 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=48212>
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Bloomberg
<http://www.businessweek.com/news/2013-03-08/obama-s-choice-for-labor-secretary-said-to-be-justice-s-perez>:
"President Barack Obama is close to choosing Thomas Perez, currently the
assistant U.S. attorney general for civil rights, to be labor secretary,
according to two people familiar with the matter."
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"Proposed N.Y. Regulations On Nonprofits and Elections 'Risk
Chilling Legitimate Advocacy'" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=48209>
Posted on March 8, 2013 11:01 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=48209>
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
AFJ press release <http://www.afj.org/press/03082013.html>.
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"Corporate Political Spending: A Resource"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=48206>
Posted on March 8, 2013 10:44 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=48206>
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
New <http://www.conference-board.org/politicalspending/> from The
Conference Board.
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Brief of Initiative Scholars and Others in Prop 8 Case
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=48203>
Posted on March 8, 2013 9:00 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=48203> by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Here
<http://www.americanbar.org/content/dam/aba/publications/supreme_court_preview/briefs-v2/12-144_resp_amcu_casjap-lp.authcheckdam.pdf>.
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"Bloody Sunday, the Voting Rights Act, and the Movement of History"
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Posted on March 8, 2013 8:17 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=48200> by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
The /New Yorker/ reports.
<http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/newsdesk/2013/03/bloody-sunday-the-voting-rights-act-and-the-movement-of-history.html>
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"Washington Voting Rights Act advances to state Senate"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=48197>
Posted on March 8, 2013 8:12 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=48197> by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
AP reports
<http://www.oregonlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2013/03/washington_voting_rights_act_a.html#incart_river>.
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"Fairfax GOP fighting to get von Spakovsky back on election board"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=48194>
Posted on March 8, 2013 7:57 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=48194> by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Watchdog.org reports
<http://watchdog.org/73258/fairfax-gop-fighting-to-get-von-spakovsky-back-on-election-board/>.
[Brian] Schoeneman [chosen instead of von Spakovsky] said "Democrats
may feel they won (in removing von Spakovsky), but there isn't going
to be a whole lot of daylight between Hans and myself on the issue
of voter fraud."
Saying he "doesn't buy the disenfranchisement argument" put up by
Democrats, Shoeneman asserted, "We ought to make voting at least as
hard as it is to pick up dry-cleaning."
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"Political partisanship mirrors public"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=48191>
Posted on March 8, 2013 7:53 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=48191> by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
USA Today:
<http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2013/03/06/partisan-politics-poll-democrats-republicans/1965431/>"Americans
who blame Washington politicians for the polarization and gridlock of
the nation's politics might want to look in the mirror: Like the elected
officials they decry, voters tend to automatically retreat into partisan
camps even when they disagree with the party line on policy. A USA
TODAY/Bipartisan Policy Center Poll shows that the officials who have
been unable to avert the automatic spending cuts known as sequestration
-- the current debate centers more on who's to blame for them -- in some
ways reflect constituents who view the opposition party as deeply
untrustworthy and its positions extreme. Though most Republican and
Democratic voters say American politics are more polarized than the
American people are, the findings indicate that on that they're wrong."
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"The Today Show: Obama criticized for ties to lucrative non-profit"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=48188>
Posted on March 8, 2013 7:24 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=48188> by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Watch
<http://www.democracy21.org/money-in-politics/press-releases-money-in-politics/the-today-show-obama-criticized-for-ties-to-lucratic-non-profit/>.
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"Obama bundlers closely tied to influence industry"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=48186>
Posted on March 8, 2013 7:23 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=48186> by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
CPI reports
<http://www.publicintegrity.org/2013/03/08/12279/obama-bundlers-closely-tied-influence-industry>.
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"Grassroots, Big Money" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=48183>
Posted on March 8, 2013 7:21 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=48183> by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Read David Firestone
<http://takingnote.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/03/07/grassroots-big-money/>
on OFA and improper influence over the executive branch.
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"Bad Facts, Sad Story: 86-Year-Old Woman Charged with Voter Fraud"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=48180>
Posted on March 8, 2013 7:18 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=48180> by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
A ChapinBlog
<http://blog.lib.umn.edu/cspg/electionacademy/2013/03/bad_facts_sad_story_86-year-ol.php>.
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"Looking for love online costs election worker Web access"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=48178>
Posted on March 8, 2013 7:17 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=48178> by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Cincinnati Enquirer
<http://news.cincinnati.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/201303040522/NEWS/303040176>:
"Ken Spruce was looking for love and it cost him his right to use the
Internet at work -- plus one day's pay. That's the outcome of
disciplinary action against the Hamilton County Board of Elections
employee who repeatedly looked at Match.com during work hours, despite
being warned not to."
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"Bronx Offers Case Study Over Future of Voting Act"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=48176>
Posted on March 8, 2013 7:15 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=48176> by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
NYT
<http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/08/nyregion/calls-to-end-voting-rights-act-stir-debate-in-the-bronx.html?pagewanted=all&_r=1&>:
"Emerging from the bloody protests in Selma, Ala., the Voting Rights Act
<http://topics.nytimes.com/topics/reference/timestopics/subjects/v/voting_rights_act_1965/index.html?inline=nyt-classifier>
was initially heralded as a declaration that the federal government
would no longer tolerate the open racism of the segregated South. But
this narrow mandate to monitor elections in six Southern states grew
quietly over the years, extending to unexpected corners of the country,
including the Bronx."
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