[EL] ELB News and Commentary 5/6/13

Mon May 6 07:48:19 PDT 2013

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    "Lobbyists Keep Freshmen Coming Back for More Checks"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=49922>

Posted on May 6, 2013 7:38 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=49922> by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Political MoneyLine reports 
<http://blogs.rollcall.com/moneyline/lobbyists-start-build-ongoing-member-relationships-with-small-checks/>.

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    "On Bush v. Gore, O'Connor Belatedly Regrets"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=49920>

Posted on May 6, 2013 7:38 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=49920> by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Jost on Justice 
<http://jostonjustice.blogspot.com/2013/05/on-bush-v-gore-oconnor-belatedly-regrets.html>.

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    "Battling Across the Finish Line: Florida and Colorado Move Toward
    Approval of Reform Bills" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=49917>

Posted on May 6, 2013 7:21 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=49917> by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

A ChapinBlog 
<http://blog.lib.umn.edu/cspg/electionacademy/2013/05/battling_across_the_finish_lin.php>.

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    "Getting Beyond the Fraud" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=49915>

Posted on May 6, 2013 7:20 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=49915> by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Fort Wayne Journal Gazette editorial 
<http://www.journalgazette.net/article/20130506/EDIT07/305069998/1147>: 
"Before Indiana GOP officials bluster on too long about how dirty the 
Indiana Democratic Party's kettle is when it comes to election fraud, 
they should keep in mind their own record."

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    "Husted suddenly losses interest in election uniformity"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=49911>

Posted on May 5, 2013 2:09 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=49911> by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Plunderbund blogs. 
<http://www.plunderbund.com/2013/05/04/husted-suddenly-losses-interest-in-election-uniformity/>

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    "Stem dark money flow into elections"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=49908>

Posted on May 5, 2013 2:04 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=49908> by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Raph Graybill oped 
<http://mtstandard.com/news/opinion/stem-dark-money-flow-into-elections/article_c87e0168-b515-11e2-b0fb-0019bb2963f4.html> 
in the /Montana Standard./

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    "L.A. County rejects school districts' bid to avoid voting rights
    suits" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=49905>

Posted on May 5, 2013 12:22 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=49905> by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

LAT 
<http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-school-voting-rights-20130430,0,6079999.story>: 
"Los Angeles County officials rejected a bid Tuesday from several Santa 
Clarita Valley school districts and a water district hoping to 
consolidate elections and avoid the kind of voting rights lawsuits that 
other local governments have been hit with....The districts commissioned 
a joint demographic study that found moving to by-district elections 
would not necessarily increase minority voting power or protect them 
against voting rights lawsuits. So instead they requested that the 
county allow them to consolidate their elections with the statewide 
general election in a bid to increase voter participation in their 
elections....But officials with the county registrar-recorder said 
allowing the districts to move their elections might overload the 
county's voting system, which has limited room on each ballot. According 
to the office, large portions of the county are already at 75% capacity 
in even-year November elections."

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    "The House Prefers Chaos to Order'
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=49902>

Posted on May 4, 2013 6:13 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=49902> by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

NYT Editorial 
<http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/05/opinion/sunday/the-house-prefers-chaos-to-order.html?ref=opinion>:

    "Regular order!" That has been the demand of House Republicans for
    three years, insisting on a return to the distant days when Congress
    actually passed budget resolutions and spending bills, instead of
    paying for the government through shortsighted stopgap measures.

    "Senate Democrats have done nothing," Speaker John Boehner said on
    "Meet the Press" on March 3
    <http://www.nbcnews.com/id/51006727/ns/meet_the_press-transcripts/t/march-john-boehner-gene-sperling-raul-labrador-kathleen-parker-joy-reid-chuck-todd-tom-brokaw/>,
    referring to the Senate's failure to pass a budget since 2009. "It's
    time for them to vote. It's time for us to get back to regular order
    here in Congress." The two chambers could try to resolve their
    differences in a conference committee, he said, "and maybe come to
    some agreement."

    But a funny thing happened a few days after those comments were
    made: the Senate agreed to that demand and actually passed a budget
    <http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/16/opinion/senate-democrats-finally-take-a-stand.html>.
    Suddenly all those Republican cries for regular order stopped.
    Suddenly the House has no interest in a conference with the Senate.
    Instead, Congress is preparing for yet another budget crisis.

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    "The 'Transparency' Agenda; It's a murky business."
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=49899>

Posted on May 4, 2013 5:29 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=49899> by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

This article 
<http://www.weeklystandard.com/articles/transparency-agenda_720569.html> 
appears in the /Weekly Standard./

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