[EL] ELB News and Commentary 5/31/13
Rick Hasen
rhasen at law.uci.edu
Fri May 31 07:38:21 PDT 2013
"Judge Scolds Alaska Redistricting Board"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=51150>
Posted on May 31, 2013 7:32 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=51150> by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
ADN
<http://www.adn.com/2013/05/30/2921276/judge-scolds-alaska-redistricting.html>:
A Fairbanks judge gave a stern rebuke to the Alaska Redistricting
Board, saying in a decision Thursday that it was not worthy of the
trust placed in it by the courts and accusing it of acting in a
"dilatory" and "disingenuous" manner.
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Politifact Rates as "True" Mark Pocan Statement that U.S.
Constitution Contains No Explicit Right to Vote
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=51147>
Posted on May 31, 2013 7:27 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=51147> by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
See here.
<http://www.politifact.com/wisconsin/statements/2013/may/30/mark-pocan/us-constitution-not-explicit-right-vote-wisconsin-/>
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"Top Dem: Husted decision could 'scare the hell' out of voters"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=51144>
Posted on May 31, 2013 7:24 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=51144> by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
The /Cincinnati Enquirer/ reports.
<http://news.cincinnati.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/201305301643/NEWS0106/305300084>
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"Retired Justice Warns Against 'Politicians in Robes'"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=51141>
Posted on May 31, 2013 7:11 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=51141> by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Chicago Tribune report
<http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/chi-retired-justice-warns-against-politicians-in-robes-20130530,0,141647.story>on
speech by Justice O'Connor.
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Posted in judicial elections <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=19> |
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"For Obama's ex-aides, it's time to cash in on experience"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=51137>
Posted on May 30, 2013 7:55 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=51137> by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
WaPo reports
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/for-obamas-ex-aides-its-time-to-cash-in-on-experience/2013/05/30/a649ccde-c867-11e2-9245-773c0123c027_story.html?hpid=z1>.
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"Opinion: Don't punish voters' confusion"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=51134>
Posted on May 30, 2013 7:50 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=51134> by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Mike Brickner oped
<http://news.cincinnati.com/article/20130529/EDIT02/305290221/Opinion-Don-t-punish-voters-confusion>
in /Cincinnati Enquirer./
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"IVP Initiative to Prohibit Taxpayer Funding of Partisan Elections"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=51131>
Posted on May 30, 2013 7:44 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=51131> by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Release
<http://ivn.us/ivp/2013/05/30/ivp-initiative-to-prohibit-taxpayer-funding-of-partisan-elections/>:
The Independent Voter Project, <http://independentvoterproject.org/>
authors of California's new nonpartisan "Top-Two Open Primary"
(Proposition 14), will be filing a new initiative with the
California Secretary of State that will cut right to the core of
partisan institutionalization.
The new initiative, which is undergoing preliminary drafting, would
prohibit the use of public tax dollars for the purpose of funding
partisan activities including, but not limited to, state political
party central committees, partisan state conventions, reimbursement
of travel or other expenses to party officials, and reimbursement
for travel and other expenses for state officials or government
employees for carrying out political party functions.
Additionally, IVP has begun the process of drafting a legal
complaint --- to be filed in federal court --- challenging the
constitutionality of using taxpayer funds to support such partisan
activities. The basis of the lawsuit rests on the precedent
established by political parties themselves
<http://ivn.us/2012/05/08/millions-of-voters-leaving-political-parties-the-silent-revolution/>,
whereby parties have shielded themselves from higher standards of
scrutiny based on their status as private organizations.
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"Online Voter Registration" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=51129>
Posted on May 30, 2013 7:42 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=51129> by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
New report
<http://projectvote.org/images/publications/Online%20Voter%20Registration/Policy-Paper-Online-Registration-May-2013.pdf>
from Project Vote.
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Posted in election administration <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18>,
voter registration <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=37>, voting
technology <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=40> | Comments Off
"Tobacco giant funded conservative nonprofits"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=51127>
Posted on May 30, 2013 7:40 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=51127> by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
CPI reports.
<http://www.publicintegrity.org/2013/05/30/12740/tobacco-giant-funded-conservative-nonprofits>
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Posted in campaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>, tax law
and election law <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=22> | Comments Off
"WI Appellate Judge Upholds WI Voter ID, But Indicates Another
Challenge Could be Successful" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=51124>
Posted on May 30, 2013 1:13 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=51124> by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
See here
<http://www.prwatch.org/news/2013/05/12129/wi-appellate-judge-upholds-wi-voter-id-indicates-another-challenge-could-be-succe>.
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The Voting Wars <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=60>, voter id
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"Watchdog Groups Warn House Committee Not to Prevent or Undermine
Proper Enforcement of Tax Laws Against 501(c)(4) Abusers"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=51122>
Posted on May 30, 2013 1:12 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=51122> by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
See this letter
<http://www.democracy21.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Letter-to-House-Approps-Subcom-re-IRS-FINAL.pdf>
from Democracy 21 and CLC.
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Posted in campaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>, tax law
and election law <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=22> | Comments Off
Wisconsin Appellate Court Rejects Challenge to Wisconsin Voter ID
Law <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=51119>
Posted on May 30, 2013 10:08 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=51119> by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Via the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
<http://www.jsonline.com/news/statepolitics/wisconsin-appeals-court-rules-state-voter-photo-id-law-constitutional-b9922473z1-209502451.html>
comes this ruling of the Wisconsin Court of Appeals
<http://www.wicourts.gov/ca/opinion/DisplayDocument.html?content=html&seqNo=97504>.
This is far from the end of the line. This case can be appealed to the
state Supreme Court; there is also a separate case (as the Court of
Appeals acknowledges) raising separate issues. Further, the Court of
Appeals leaves open the possibility of an additional challenge based
upon some factfinding of the burdens of the Wisconsin law in a new case.
Nonetheless, as I write in this forthcoming piece in the GW Law Review
2012 election law symposium,I expect
<http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2182857>that both
the Wisconsin and Pennsylvania voter id laws will likely be in place for
the 2014 and 2016 elections.
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"Connecticut Bill Drafted to Forbid Parties from being Named
'Independent Party'" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=51116>
Posted on May 30, 2013 9:57 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=51116> by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Ballot Access News reports
<http://www.ballot-access.org/connecticut-bill-drafted-to-forbid-parties-from-being-named-independent-party/>.
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"Tea Partying Strip Club Mogul: The IRS Targeted Me, Too"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=51113>
Posted on May 30, 2013 8:30 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=51113> by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Seems like everybody
<http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2013/05/sam_zherka_irs_lawsuit.php>
wants a piece of the IRS scandal.
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