[EL] ELB News and Commentary 11/22/13
Rick Hasen
rhasen at law.uci.edu
Thu Nov 21 20:26:38 PST 2013
"IRS Has Cleared Most 501(c)(4) Applications Caught Up in Tea Party
Dispute, Official Says" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=56897>
Posted on November 21, 2013 8:24 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=56897>by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Bloomberg BNA
<http://news.bna.com/mpdm/MPDMWB/split_display.adp?fedfid=38320975&vname=mpebulallissues&jd=a0e3n8r1w3&split=0>:
While the Internal Revenue Service works on new guidelines for
determining which organizations are eligible for tax code Section
501(c)(4) exemptions, it has cleared 75 percent of the backlog of
applications caught up in the Tea Party controversy, an IRS official
said.
Speaking Nov. 21 at the annual Western Conference on Tax Exempt
Organizations, Judith Kindell, senior technical adviser in Exempt
Organizations, said that as of Oct. 18, the Service had resolved 99
of the cases---representing 75 percent of the backlog---of which 77
received favorable determination letters.
Of those 77 applicants, 38 participated in the "expedited"
determination process, under which they agree to limit political
activities to 40 percent of total activities, Kindell said.
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Posted in campaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>, tax law
and election law <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=22>
Some Smart Commentary on the Filibuster Today
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=56895>
Posted on November 21, 2013 8:22 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=56895>by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Sarah Binder
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/monkey-cage/wp/2013/11/21/boom-what-the-senate-will-be-like-when-the-nuclear-dust-settles/>
Jonathan Bernstein
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/wp/2013/11/21/the-senate-has-gone-nuclear-heres-whats-next/>
Larry Solum
<http://lsolum.typepad.com/legaltheory/2013/11/will-the-filibuster-for-the-supreme-court-and-legislation-survive.html>
Jonathan Adler
<http://www.volokh.com/2013/11/21/senate-goes-nuclear-expect-fallout/>
Will Baude <http://www.volokh.com/2013/11/21/new-filibuster-rule/>
David Weigel
<http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/politics/2013/11/harry_reid_and_filibuster_reform_the_nuclear_option_is_a_huge_victory_for.html>
Emily Bazelon
<http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/jurisprudence/2013/11/the_nuclear_option_and_the_filibuster_harry_reid_tries_to_stop_republican.html>
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Posted in legislation and legislatures
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=27>, political parties
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=25>, political polarization
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=68>
Meet the New FEC: Nicer, But Still Deadlocking
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=56893>
Posted on November 21, 2013 7:27 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=56893>by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Bloomberg BNA
<http://news.bna.com/mpdm/MPDMWB/split_display.adp?fedfid=38320976&vname=mpebulallissues&jd=a0e3n8v4y1&split=0>:
The Federal Election Commission stopped short of approving an
advisory opinion allowing use of the digital currency Bitcoin for
campaign contributions and disbursements in a deadlocked vote.
Also at the Nov. 21 meeting
<http://www.fec.gov/agenda/2013/agenda20131121.shtml>, the FEC
commissioners deadlocked on an advisory opinion ruling to exempt a
Tea Party group from campaign finance disclosure requirements.
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Posted in campaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>, federal
election commission <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=24>
"Brennan Center Challenges Kansas and Arizona Voter Registration
Restrictions" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=56891>
Posted on November 21, 2013 2:52 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=56891>by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Press release
<http://www.brennancenter.org/press-release/brennan-center-challenges-kansas-and-arizona-voter-registration-restrictions>:
"The League of Women Voters of the United States and the organization's
Kansas and Arizona affiliates today joined a lawsuit
<http://www.brennancenter.org/sites/default/files/legal-work/LWV_Motion_Intervene_112113.pdf>
arguing the new laws requiring proof of citizenship to register to vote
in these states violate federal law."
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Posted in election administration <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18>,
Elections Clause <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=70>, The Voting Wars
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=60>, voter registration
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=37>
"Virginia Rejects 134 Votes For Lack Of Voter ID"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=56889>
Posted on November 21, 2013 2:51 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=56889>by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Think Progress reports
<http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2013/11/21/2977581/virginia-rejects-voters/>.
Two points to note: (1) some of those people who were excluded for
lacking id may have id but for one reason or another have not gone back
to provide the information. (2) People who lack the right kind of id
would likely not bother to vote, so the 134 vote number tells us very
little about the actual deterrent effect of such laws.
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Posted in election administration <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18>,
The Voting Wars <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=60>, voter id
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=9>
"I'm Shocked, Just Shocked, That a Dark Money Group Is Under
Suspicion" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=56887>
Posted on November 21, 2013 2:20 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=56887>by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Ciara Torres-Spelliscy blogs
<http://www.brennancenter.org/blog/i%E2%80%99m-shocked-just-shocked-dark-money-group-under-suspicion>.
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The (Partial) End of the Filibuster as a Natural Consequence of
Increased Polarization in the Senate
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=56884>
Posted on November 21, 2013 1:37 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=56884>by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
It's a subject I addressed in *Political Dysfunction and Constitutional
Change <http://ssrn.com/abstract=2243798>, 86 /Drake Law Review/ (2013)
(symposium).*
Shorter version: pretty clear this was coming. Big question was who
would pull the trigger.
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<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=27>, political parties
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=25>, political polarization
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=68>
"Montco declares tie vote in Ward 4 Abington commissioner race"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=56882>
Posted on November 21, 2013 10:17 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=56882>by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
See here
<http://www.theintell.com/news/communities/willow-grove/montco-declares-tie-vote-in-ward-abington-commissioner-race/article_bd752083-c714-5063-be5e-2216cf6fba73.html>.
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Posted in Uncategorized <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=1>
Norm Ornstein: Sen. McConnell Secretly Wanted Reid to Break
Filibuster <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=56880>
Posted on November 21, 2013 10:10 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=56880>by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Interesting speculation.
<http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/norm-ornstein-republicans-forced-reid-s-hand-on-the-nuclear-option>
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<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=27>, political parties
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=25>, political polarization
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=68>
"FEC Deadlock Means No Disclosure Exemption for Tea Party Group"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=56878>
Posted on November 21, 2013 10:10 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=56878>by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Press release
<http://www.campaignlegalcenter.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2295:november-21-2013-fec-deadlock-means-no-disclosure-exemption-for-tea-party-group&catid=63:legal-center-press-releases&Itemid=61>:
"Today, the Tea Party Leadership Fund (TPLF) failed to gain the
disclosure exemption it sought from the Federal Election Commission
(FEC) when the group's request garnered the votes of only two Republican
Commissioners. The votes on two draft advisory opinions ended in 3-2
deadlocks along party lines with newly sworn-in Republican Vice-Chairman
Lee E. Goodman recusing himself."
This was being teed up for a lawsuit in any case.
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Posted in campaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>, federal
election commission <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=24>
Three Democrats Voting Against Going Nuclear on Judicial/Executive
Nominations <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=56876>
Posted on November 21, 2013 9:57 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=56876>by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Political Wire reports
<http://politicalwire.com/archives/2013/11/21/democrats_invoke_nuclear_option_to_curtail_filibuster.html>.
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<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=27>, political parties
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"ACLU Challenges Kansas' Two-Tiered Voter Registration System"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=56874>
Posted on November 21, 2013 9:54 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=56874>by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Figuredthis
<https://www.aclu.org/voting-rights/aclu-challenges-kansas-two-tiered-voter-registration-system>would
be coming, but interesting choice of state court:
The American Civil Liberties Union today filed a lawsuit
<https://www.aclu.org/voting-rights/belenky-v-kobach>challenging
Kansas' two-tiered voter registration system. The petition
<https://www.aclu.org/sites/default/files/assets/dual_reg_petition_final.pdf>
charges that eligible voters are being divided into separate and
unequal classes, in violation of the Kansas Constitution's equal
protection guarantees.
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Posted in Elections Clause <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=70>, The
Voting Wars <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=60>, voter registration
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=37>
Election Law in the New Issue of Harvard Law Review
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=56872>
Posted on November 21, 2013 7:30 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=56872>by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
The November issue includes three items discussing Shelby, Inter-Tribal,
or both:
*FOREWORD*
Equality Divided
<http://www.harvardlawreview.org/issues/127/november13/Foreword_9505.php>
/Reva B. Siegel/
*COMMENTS*
Beyond the Discrimination Model On Voting
<http://www.harvardlawreview.org/issues/127/november13/Comment_9506.php>
/Samuel Issacharoff/
*LEADING CASES*
CONSTITUTIONAL LAW
Elections Clause --- Federal Preemption of State Law --- Federal Voter
Registration --- /Arizona v. Inter Tribal Council of Arizona, Inc/.
<http://www.harvardlawreview.org/issues/127/november13/Leading_Case_9509.php>
In addition, at the online /Harvard Law Review Forum/, you will find,
responding to Samuel Issacharoff:
Voting Rights Disclosure
<http://www.harvardlawreview.org/issues/127/november13/forum_1016.php>
Spencer Overton
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Posted in election administration <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18>,
Elections Clause <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=70>, The Voting Wars
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<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=15>
"Voter ID Litigation Update: Cases Move Forward in Texas, Wisconsin"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=56870>
Posted on November 21, 2013 7:26 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=56870>by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
A ChapinBlog.
<http://blog.lib.umn.edu/cspg/electionacademy/2013/11/voter_id_litigation_update_cas.php>
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