[EL] more #VAAG news, etc.

Mon Nov 11 15:07:18 PST 2013

    "Making a Federal Case Out of It: How Democrats may win the Virginia
    attorney general's race." <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=56659>

Posted on November 11, 2013 3:04 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=56659>by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

I have written this Jurisprudence essa 
<http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/jurisprudence/2013/11/virginia_attorney_general_s_race_how_democrats_could_win.html>y 
for /Slate/.  It begins:

    The race for Virginia's attorney general is about as close
    <http://www.fairvote.org/assets/FairVote-Recounts-2000-to-2012-Table.pdf>
    as it gets in a statewide race: At the moment, about 100 votes
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=56653> separate the two candidates
    out of 2.2 million votes cast. When I started writing this article,
    Republican Mark Obenshain was leading Democrat Mark Herring, but
    that's now reversed. County election boards are checking their math
    and deciding which provisional ballots to count. It is anyone's
    guess who will be ahead when certification comes Tuesday night. In
    the meantime, Democrats are up in arms over what they see as a new
    rule <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=56609> the Republican-dominated
    state elections board put in place last Friday to make it harder to
    count provisional ballots in Democrat-leaning Fairfax County.

    Unless Herring builds up a larger lead, Democrats' best hope for
    winning the attorney general's race probably lies in federal court,
    and the results there are uncertain and may take a very long time to
    work out.

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    "U.S. elections are still awful. We should fix that."
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=56657>

Posted on November 11, 2013 12:46 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=56657>by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Jonathan Bernstein blogs 
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/wp/2013/11/11/u-s-elections-are-still-awful-we-should-fix-that/>.

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Posted in election administration <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18>

    "Three Strategies (So Far) to Strike Down Strict Voter ID Laws Under
    Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=56655>

Posted on November 11, 2013 11:40 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=56655>by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Jon Sherman 
<http://www.fairelectionsnetwork.com/blog/three-strategies-so-far-strike-down-strict-voter-id-laws-under-section-2-voting-rights-act> 
lays out the strategies.

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    Herring Takes Lead in #VAAG Unofficial Count
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=56653>

Posted on November 11, 2013 11:04 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=56653>by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Follow @redistrict <https://twitter.com/Redistrict> and @electproject 
<https://twitter.com/ElectProject> for more.

Meanwhile, here is Adam Serwer 
<http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/provisional-votes-to-determine-virginia-attorney-general>on 
some of the legal issues, and I have a piece coming soon.

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    Quote of the Day <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=56651>

Posted on November 11, 2013 8:45 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=56651>by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

"The ideal Republican strategy is not terribly convoluted. Find and 
nominate the most acceptable conservative. Find the swing states where 
demographic composition of the electorate has been volatile and where 
there is room among those demographic groups to grow the GOP's share. 
Put the two together. (I would add: If I were Machiavellian, I would 
urge Republicans to do everything they can to suppress the Democratic 
vote. I am not Machiavellian, and plenty of Republicans are already 
doing this.)"

---Marc Ambinder 
<http://theweek.com/article/index/252536/how-republicans-cant-win-in-2016>, 
on how Republicans can win the presidency in 2016.

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    "How Republicans Rig the Game: Through gerrymandering, voter
    suppression and legislative tricks, the GOP has managed to hold on
    to power while more and more Americans reject their candidates and
    their ideas" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=56649>

Posted on November 11, 2013 8:42 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=56649>by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

I expect this Rolling Stone article 
<http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/how-republicans-rig-the-game-20131111>to 
engender some controversy.

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    "Bills left in limbo are often just part of the choreography in
    Congress" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=56647>

Posted on November 11, 2013 7:20 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=56647>by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

WaPo reports. 
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/bills-left-in-limbo-are-often-just-part-of-the-choreography-in-congress/2013/11/10/683e58f4-4893-11e3-a196-3544a03c2351_story.html>

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    "Virginia AG Race: Election Geeks Creating A New Environment for
    Close Races?" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=56645>

Posted on November 11, 2013 7:19 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=56645>by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Very important post 
<http://blog.lib.umn.edu/cspg/electionacademy/2013/11/post_1.php>from 
Doug Chapin.

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    "Low-Stress Voting" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=56643>

Posted on November 11, 2013 7:18 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=56643>by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

NYT editorial. 
<http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/11/opinion/low-stress-voting.html?_r=0>

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