[EL] ELB News and Commentary 3/30/13

Sat Mar 30 14:11:41 PDT 2013

    "Civil rights groups sue to stop voter registration rule"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=48877>

Posted on March 30, 2013 2:08 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=48877> 
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Des Moines Register: 
<http://www.desmoinesregister.com/viewart/20130330/NEWS/130330006/Civil-rights-groups-sue-stop-voter-registration-rule>"Two 
civil rights groups have sued Iowa Secretary of State Matt Schultz to 
halt a new state rule allowing people to be removed from voter 
registration lists if their citizenship is questioned.

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    "The G.O.P.'s Diversity Deserts" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=48874>

Posted on March 30, 2013 2:02 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=48874> 
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Charles Blow: 
<http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/30/opinion/blow-the-republicans-diversity-deserts.html?ref=politics&_r=0> 
"Too many House Republican districts are isolated in naturally 
homogeneous areas or gerrymandered ghettos, so elected officials there 
rarely hear --- or see --- the great and growing diversity of this 
country and the infusion of energy and ideas and art with which it 
enriches us. These districts produce representatives unaccountable to 
the confluence. And this will likely be the case for the next decade.

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political polarization <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=68>, 
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    "Clerk's $4K recount charge includes staff prep time"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=48871>

Posted on March 30, 2013 1:59 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=48871> 
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

The Modesto Bee 
<http://www.modbee.com/2013/03/29/2645837/clerks-4000-recount-charge-disputed.html>:

    Former Mayor Virginia Madueño's supporters said the Stanislaus
    County election office shouldn't charge them for staff salaries for
    the week before ballots were recounted in the November mayoral race.

    Madueño is contesting an itemized bill showing that Registrar of
    Voters Lee Lundrigan charged almost $4,000 for her time spent on the
    December recount. A Madueño supporter who asked for the recount was
    billed $10,217 by Lundrigan's office for an effort that lasted 5½
    hours before it was called off.

    In addition to a required $2,400 deposit to start the Dec. 10
    recount, county elections sent a bill six weeks later seeking
    payment of an extra $7,817, based on staff time to prepare for the
    tally.

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    Quote of the Day: Colorado Edition
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=48867>

Posted on March 29, 2013 5:59 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=48867> 
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

"If I lose --- if [Democrats] win --- I think what's going to happen is 
that every state politician is going to be fearful to stand up for 
election integrity for the next few decades.... And this stuff matters. 
What's coming down the pike --- same-day voter registration, all-mail 
ballots --- what they're doing is trying to take a very radical agenda 
and shove it through, and then they're going to change the election laws 
and seal their victory so we can't undo it. That's what they're trying 
to do. That's what's at stake here."

---Colorado Secretary of State Scott Gessler, one of the most 
controversial chief election officers in the country, announcing 
<http://coloradostatesman.com/content/994076-gessler-announces-reelection-secretary-state> 
his reelection bid.

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    "The anatomy of a misleading fundraising email; Democrats' pitch
    rife with curious, questionable statements"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=48864>

Posted on March 29, 2013 1:46 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=48864> 
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

There may never be a time to read this story 
<http://www.publicintegrity.org/2013/03/29/12405/anatomy-misleading-fundraising-email> 
from CPI.  Act now before it's too late!

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    "Measuring Elections: Data, Not Anecdotes"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=48861>

Posted on March 29, 2013 1:33 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=48861> 
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

NCSL's "The Canvass" March 2013 issue is now available 
<http://www.ncsl.org/legislatures-elections/elections/the-canvass-March-2013.aspx>.

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    "High court poised to upend civil rights policies"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=48858>

Posted on March 29, 2013 12:41 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=48858> 
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Hope Yen has written this extensive report 
<http://www.thegatewaynews.com/ap%20washington/2013/03/29/high-court-poised-to-upend-civil-rights-policies> 
for AP, which begins:

    Has the nation lived down its history of racism and should the law
    become colorblind?

    Addressing two pivotal legal issues, one on affirmative action and a
    second on voting rights, a divided Supreme Court is poised to answer
    those questions.

    In one case, the issue is whether race preferences in university
    admissions undermine equal opportunity more than they promote the
    benefits of racial diversity. Just this past week, justices signaled
    their interest in scrutinizing affirmative action very intensely,
    expanding their review as well to a Michigan law passed by voters
    that bars "preferential treatment" to students based on race.
    Separately in a second case, the court must decide whether race
    relations --- in the South, particularly --- have improved to the
    point that federal laws protecting minority voting rights are no
    longer warranted.

    The questions are apt as the United States closes in on a
    demographic tipping point, when nonwhites will become a majority of
    the nation's population for the first time. That dramatic shift is
    expected to be reached within the next generation, and how the
    Supreme Court rules could go a long way in determining what civil
    rights and equality mean in an America long divided by race.

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    "Feds: Judge wrong to deny Indian election offices"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=48855>

Posted on March 29, 2013 12:11 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=48855> 
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

AP reports 
<http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_AMERICAN_INDIANS_ELECTIONS?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2013-03-28-17-21-27> 
from Montana.

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    Whose Fault is the Prop 8 Cert Grant? Ask Me in 2063
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=48852>

Posted on March 29, 2013 12:08 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=48852> 
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

At the end of my post <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=48806>on Prop 8 
yesterday, I asked: "So this raises the question: did the four most 
conservative Justices vote to hear Prop. 8 in the perhaps mistaken 
belief that Justice Kennedy would vote with them if he had to confront 
the issue?"

Today Adam Liptak delves in 
<http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/30/us/supreme-courts-glimpse-at-thinking-on-same-sex-marriage.html?hp&_r=0>, 
but says we'll have to wait 50 years for the answer.

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