[EL] ELB News and Commentary 5/21/13
Rick Hasen
rhasen at law.uci.edu
Tue May 21 07:57:37 PDT 2013
TaxProf IRS Scandal Roundup, Day 12
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=50767>
Posted on May 21, 2013 7:54 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=50767> by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Here. <http://taxprof.typepad.com/taxprof_blog/2013/05/the.html>
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New Book Project <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=50764>
Posted on May 21, 2013 7:51 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=50764> by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
I'm delighted to announced that I've signed a deal with Aspen to write:
"Legislation, Statutory Interpretation, and Election Law: Examples and
Explanations." This will follow Aspen's well-received "Examples and
Explanations" format, essentially a student-oriented treatise with
mini-essay questions and answers after each portion of text. (I've
written an Examples and Explanations book on Remedies,
<http://www.aspenpublishers.com/Product.asp?catalog_name=Aspen&product_id=1454815507>
which is now in its third edition.) It will also be suitable for
practitioners as a basic treatise on issues of: Legislation and
Representation (including issues related to legislative enactments,
filibuster rules, etc.); Statutory Interpretation; Voting Rights and
Representation (including redistricting, the Voting Rights Act,
political parties); and Campaign Finance Law.
The book will be suitable for use in Legislation, Statutory
Interpretation, and Election Law courses as either a student study aid
or a supplemental text. It will be designed to work with all of the
major casebooks in these fields.
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Trevor Potter Emerges from "Mazda Scandal Booth" to Help Colbert
File Application for 501c4 Status with IRS
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=50762>
Posted on May 21, 2013 7:43 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=50762> by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Watch
<http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/426445/may-20-2013/mazda-scandal-booth---the-irs---trevor-potter?xrs=share_copy%22>:
[you will have to click on the link to watch if you are receiving this
in an email]
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election law "humor" <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=52>, tax law and
election law <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=22> | Comments Off
"Miller under attack as he pursues campaign finance reform"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=50759>
Posted on May 21, 2013 7:29 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=50759> by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
News
<http://electionlawblog.org/Miller%20under%20attack%20as%20he%20pursues%20campaign%20finance%20reform%20%20Read%20more:%20http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2013/may/19/miller-under-attack-he-pursues-campaign-finance-re/#ixzz2TwBiwrNX>
from Nevada.
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"Obama's Defense in IRS Case Is Pre-Election Ignorance"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=50757>
Posted on May 21, 2013 7:28 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=50757> by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Bloomberg reports
<http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-05-21/obama-s-defense-in-irs-case-is-pre-election-ignorance.html?alcmpid=politics>.
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"Some Small Stuff is TOO Small: Dutchess County, NY Order on Student
Voting" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=50755>
Posted on May 21, 2013 7:27 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=50755> by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
A ChapinBlog
<http://blog.lib.umn.edu/cspg/electionacademy/2013/05/some_small_stuff_is_too_small.php>.
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The Voting Wars <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=60>, voter registration
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"'True the Vote,' the Victim? Voter Vigilante Group Says IRS
Targeted Its 'Verify the Recall' Effort in Wisconsin"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=50752>
Posted on May 21, 2013 7:25 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=50752> by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
PR Watch reports
<http://www.prwatch.org/news/2013/05/12114/true-vote-victim-voter-vigilante-group-says-irs-targeted-its-verify-recall-effort>.
Note that TTV is a c3, and so the legal question about political
intervention is different from the one involving c4s' "primary purpose."
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and election law <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=22> | Comments Off
"Reid Mulls Nuclear-Style Filibuster Reform For Nominations"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=50750>
Posted on May 21, 2013 7:23 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=50750> by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
TPM reports
<http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2013/05/reid-nuclear-filibuster-reform-nominations.php?ref=fpb>.
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<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=27>, political parties
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"Virginia's Republican Slate Picked by Tiny Sliver"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=50748>
Posted on May 21, 2013 7:22 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=50748> by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
WaPo editorial:
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/virginias-republican-slate-picked-by-tiny-sliver/2013/05/20/254f1ffa-c18f-11e2-ab60-67bba7be7813_story.html>
MORE THAN a quarter of Virginia's electorate considers itself
Republican
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/page/2010-2019/WashingtonPost/2013/05/15/National-Politics/Polling/release_235.xml>,
which translates to almost 1 million voters. Of that number, about
8,000 --- less than 1 percent --- showed up at the party's
convention in Richmond over the weekend to choose the GOP candidates
in this November's races
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/va-politics/va-republicans-set-to-nominate-statewide-ticket-for-2013/2013/05/18/a616f92a-bf67-11e2-9b09-1638acc3942e_story.html>
for governor, lieutenant governor and attorney general.
That, in addition to the party's overall rightward tilt, helps
explain how, in one of the nation's most centrist states,
Republicans came to choose a slate of hard-right conservatives.
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"How Not to Handle a Scandal" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=50746>
Posted on May 21, 2013 7:20 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=50746> by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Politico reports
<http://dyn.politico.com/printstory.cfm?uuid=6D99097C-0D6B-40EA-A59F-D16372F60FB2>.
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"White House Says It Didn't Loop Obama In on I.R.S. Inquiry"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=50743>
Posted on May 20, 2013 4:30 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=50743> by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
NYT
<http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/21/us/politics/white-house-says-obama-was-kept-out-of-loop-on-irs-inquiry.html?hp>:
"White House officials were first notified on April 16 about an
investigation into Internal Revenue Service scrutiny of conservative
groups and discussed its potential findings with the Treasury Department
but never told President Obama, the White House said Monday."
Jonathan Weisman
<https://twitter.com/jonathanweisman/status/336563134103957504>:
"Knowing of an explosive investigation and hiding it during campaign =
scandal. Knowing a few wks before official release = press rollout."
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"What Are All These Ballots Doing On Some Guy's Bed?"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=50740>
Posted on May 20, 2013 4:27 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=50740> by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
A picture's worth
<http://blogs.laweekly.com/informer/2013/05/ballots_on_bed.php>....an
investigation?
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"IRS's Lerner Had History of Harassment, Inappropriate Religious
Inquiries at FEC" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=50737>
Posted on May 20, 2013 4:24 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=50737> by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
This item
<http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/irss-lerner-had-history-harassment-inappropriate-religious-inquiries-fec_725004.html?page=1>appears
at the blog of the /Weekly Standard./
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Texas Redistricting Court Sets Hearing to Consider Next Steps in
Case <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=50733>
Posted on May 20, 2013 3:40 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=50733> by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Read the order here
<http://electionlawblog.org/wp-content/uploads/Hearing-May-29-Perez-v.-Perry.pdf>.
Much depends upon whether Section 5 remains valid once the Supreme Court
decides the /Shelby County /case.
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"Elections officials debunk claims of voter fraud"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=50730>
Posted on May 20, 2013 3:15 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=50730> by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Follow-up
<http://www.bakersfieldcalifornian.com/politics/local/x480781700/Elections-officials-debunk-claims-of-voter-fraud>
from Bakersfield: "In Election Day-eve accusation by a Republican
political organization of massive, sweeping voter fraud in the 16th
Senate District race turned out to be unfounded Monday after Kern County
elections officials reviewed vote-by-mail ballots cast in the race. None
of the 26 vote-by-mail ballots that were alleged to have been hijacked
had actually been used to cast a vote. In fact, they had been returned
by the postal service to Kern County untouched."
That was quick!
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"Registering Millions: Celebrating the Success and Potential of the
National Voter Registration Act at 20?
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=50727>
Posted on May 20, 2013 3:13 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=50727> by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Demos reports
<http://www.demos.org/registering-millions-success-and-potential-national-voter-registration-act-20>.
Miles Rapoport
<http://www.huffingtonpost.com/miles-rapoport/motor-voter-at-20-success_b_3303857.html>:
It may seem unthinkable now, but as late as the 1980s, Americans in
many states had only one option if they wanted to register to vote:
Show up in person at a central registrar's office, which might be
open only during restricted business hours and located far from the
voter's home. Even in places where voter registration applications
could be distributed outside the registrar's office, strict limits
often applied --- such as in Indianapolis where groups like the
League of Women Voters were allowed to pick up only 25 voter
registration applications at a time. Overly complicated and
restrictive procedures meant that fewer and fewer eligible voters
were registering --- and without registering, they couldn't vote.
Voting rights advocates knew that America must fiercely protect the
freedom to vote for all citizens, regardless of race or privilege.
So, they began a multi-year campaign to make voter registration more
accessible. Their efforts paid off in 1992 when Congress first
passed the National Voter Registration Act (NVRA), only to see
President George H.W. Bush veto the bill. Not to be discouraged, the
movement kept fighting, and 20 years ago this week, Congress passed
the NVRA and President Clinton signed it into law
<http://www.demos.org/registering-millions-success-and-potential-national-voter-registration-act-20>.
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"How Bad Would the Nuclear Option Fallout Be?"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=50723>
Posted on May 20, 2013 3:01 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=50723> by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
More Sarah Binder
<http://themonkeycage.org/2013/05/20/how-bad-would-the-nuclear-option-fallout-be/>
on potential changes to the filibuster rules.
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"Foggy Tax Law Breakdown" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=50720>
Posted on May 20, 2013 1:03 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=50720> by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Eliza <http://www.cq.com/doc/weeklyreport-4279040> ($): "The IRS scandal
triggered by its targeting of conservative groups has pulled back the
curtain on an agency profoundly ill-equipped to respond to modern tax
and campaign finance challenges, and Congress is at least partly to blame."
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"Senior W.H. staff knew of IRS investigation, did not tell Obama"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=50717>
Posted on May 20, 2013 12:03 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=50717> by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Politico reports
<http://www.politico.com/politico44/2013/05/senior-wh-staff-knew-of-irs-investigation-did-not-164378.html>.
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Ellen Aprill PowerPoint Slides on Political Activities and Tax
Status <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=50714>
Posted on May 20, 2013 11:42 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=50714> by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
* Primer on Political Activity by 501(c) and 527 Organizations
<http://taxprof.typepad.com/files/primer-on-political-activity-by-501c-and-527-organizations.pptx>
* Section 501(c)(4) and Private Benefit
<http://taxprof.typepad.com/files/section-501c4-and-private-benefit.pptx>
(Via TaxProf.
<http://taxprof.typepad.com/taxprof_blog/2013/05/aprill-powerpoint.html>)
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Sens. Hatch and Baucus Send Letter to Get IRS Mess Docs for Finance
Committee <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=50710>
Posted on May 20, 2013 11:03 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=50710> by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Bloomberg BNA posts
<http://op.bna.com/dt.nsf/id/sdoe-97vmch/$File/IRS_Tax_Exempt_May_20_2013%20pdf%20-%20Adobe%20Acrobat%20Pro.pdf>
the letter.
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"Crossroads GPS believes it is under IRS scrutiny"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=50707>
Posted on May 20, 2013 10:44 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=50707> by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
LAT
<http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-pn-crossroads-gps-irs-scrutiny-20130520,0,7421747.story>:
Crossroads GPS, the behemoth conservative advocacy group behind some
of the most robust attacks against President Obama's administration,
said Monday that it believes it is among those organizations
subjected to special scrutiny by the Internal Revenue Service.
The statement by the group comes as campaign finance reform
advocates and congressional Democrats have claimed that the IRS
failed to examine the activities of Crossroads and other major
political players
<http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_IRS_OUTSIDE_GROUPS?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT>,
even as agents in Cincinnati were inappropriately flagging
conservative groups
<link:%20http:/www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-irs-conservatives-20130519,0,4833667.story>
based on terms such as "tea party" and "patriot."
But on Monday, a spokesman for Crossroads said the group's
experience with the IRS indicates that it was also caught in the
dragnet.
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"Democrats strike back at GOP voting measures"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=50704>
Posted on May 20, 2013 10:36 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=50704> by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
AP
<http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_DEMOCRATS_VOTING?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT>:
In a bitter fight, Colorado Democrats recently muscled through the
Statehouse a massive elections reform bill that allows voters to
register up until Election Day and still cast their ballots.
It's the latest -- and most substantial -- development in a
nationwide Democratic Party effort to strike back at two years of
Republican success in passing measures to require identification at
polling places and purge rolls of suspect voters.
Democratic-controlled states like California, Connecticut and
Maryland also all have sought to make it easier to cast a ballot as
late as possible. They recently passed versions of same-day voter
registration measures, which traditionally help younger and poorer
voters -- the sort who lean Democratic.
Undaunted, the GOP is aggressively fighting the efforts.
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