[EL] ELB News and Commentary 5/15/13

Tue May 14 21:14:18 PDT 2013

    "In IRS Scandal, Echoes of Watergate"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=50387>

Posted on May 14, 2013 9:11 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=50387> by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

George Will column 
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/george-will-irs-scandal-carries-echoes-of-watergate/2013/05/13/78f03660-bbf1-11e2-97d4-a479289a31f9_story.html> 
which ends with an endorsement, of sorts, for divided government.

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    "IRS Sent Same Letter to Democrats That Fed Tea Party Row: Taxes"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=50383>

Posted on May 14, 2013 9:03 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=50383> by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Bloomberg reports 
<http://www.businessweek.com/news/2013-05-14/irs-sent-same-letter-to-democrats-that-fed-tea-party-row-taxes> 
[corrected link].

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    "IRS approved liberal groups while Tea Party in limbo"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=50380>

Posted on May 14, 2013 8:51 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=50380> by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

USA Today <http://m.usatoday.com/article/news/2158831>:

    In February 2010, the Champaign Tea Party in Illinois received
    approval of its tax-exempt status from the IRS in 90 days, no
    questions asked.

    That was the month before the Internal Revenue Service started
    singling out Tea Party groups for special treatment. There wouldn't
    be another Tea Party application approved for 27 months.

    In that time, the IRS approved perhaps dozens of applications from
    similar liberal and progressive groups, a USA TODAY review of IRS
    data shows.

    As applications from conservative groups sat in limbo, groups with
    liberal-sounding names had their applications approved in as little
    as nine months. With names including words like "Progress" or
    "Progressive," the liberal groups applied for the same tax status
    and were engaged in the same kinds of activities as the conservative
    groups.

The hits just keep on coming.

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    "Elections B.C. warns candidates: don't tweet on election day"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=50377>

Posted on May 14, 2013 7:45 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=50377> by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Canadian election law 
<http://www.timescolonist.com/cmlink/gmg/canadian-press/news/bc/elections-b-c-warns-candidates-don-t-tweet-on-election-day-1.178225/> 
more draconian than ours but less than Iran's 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=50223>.

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    "Md. city lowers voting age for its elections to 16?
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=50374>

Posted on May 14, 2013 7:35 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=50374> by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

AP reports 
<http://bigstory.ap.org/article/md-city-lowers-voting-age-its-elections-16>.

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    How Not to Concede Graciously <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=50371>

Posted on May 14, 2013 6:55 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=50371> by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Wow 
<http://frontburner.dmagazine.com/2013/05/14/hear-richard-p-sheridans-vile-voicemail-tirade-after-losing-his-dallas-city-council-election-bid/> 
(NOT safe for work AT ALL).

h/t Michael Li <https://twitter.com/mcpli/status/334485506719092737>

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    "Management Flaws at I.R.S. Cited in Tea Party Scrutiny"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=50368>

Posted on May 14, 2013 6:47 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=50368> by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Must-read NYT 
<http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/15/us/politics/report-on-irs-audits-cites-ineffective-management.html?pagewanted=1&hp>:

    An inspector general's report issued Tuesday blamed ineffective
    Internal Revenue Service management in the failure to stop employees
    from singling out conservative groups for added scrutiny.
    Congressional aides, meanwhile, sought to determine whether the
    Obama administration's knowledge of the effort extended beyond the
    I.R.S.

    House and Senate aides said they were focusing on an Aug. 4, 2011,
    meeting in which the I.R.S.'s chief counsel appears to have
    conferred with agency officials to discuss the activities of a team
    in the Cincinnati field office that had been subjecting applications
    for tax-exempt status from Tea Party and other conservative groups
    to a greater degree of review than other organizations.

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    "Lerner's name on IRS letter to conservative group"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=50365>

Posted on May 14, 2013 6:34 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=50365> by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Politico 
<http://www.politico.com/story/2013/05/lerners-name-on-irs-letter-to-conservative-group-91373.html>: 
"The director of the Internal Revenue Service division under fire for 
singling out conservative groups sent a 2012 letter under her name 
<http://images.politico.com/global/2013/05/14/irs_march_12.html> to one 
such group, POLITICO has learned."

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    Mark Schmitt Responds to Ezra Klein on Small Donors and Campaign
    Reform <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=50363>

Posted on May 14, 2013 6:33 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=50363> by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Here 
<http://www.nextnewdeal.net/now-we-are-way-too-excited-about-campaign-finance-skepticism>.

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    Goldfeder and Perez on Two Pending SCOTUS Voting Cases
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=50361>

Posted on May 14, 2013 4:16 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=50361> by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Here 
<http://www.newyorklawjournal.com/PubArticleNY.jsp?id=1202600037421&US_Supreme_Court_Examines_Voting_Rights_in_Two_Cases&slreturn=20130414191521>.

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