[EL] ELB News and Commentary 10/17/13

Wed Oct 16 20:56:34 PDT 2013

    Get the Crosstabs on BPC/USA Today Survey on the Electoral Process
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=56038>

Posted on October 16, 2013 8:47 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=56038>by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Here. 
<http://bipartisanpolicy.org/library/research/bpcusa-today-national-survey-electoral-process>

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Posted in election administration <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18>, 
The Voting Wars <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=60>

    "The Fox and the Hedgehog: How Do We Achieve Political
    Accountability Given What Voters (Don't) Know?"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=56036>

Posted on October 16, 2013 8:44 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=56036>by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Heather Gerken blogs 
<http://www.cato-unbound.org/2013/10/14/heather-gerken/fox-hedgehog-how-do-we-achieve-political-accountability-given-what-voters>.

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Posted in voting <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=31>

    What Are Those Dark Money People Smoking?
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=56034>

Posted on October 16, 2013 8:42 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=56034>by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

ProPublica: 
<http://www.propublica.org/article/dark-money-operative-sees-hope-for-meth-house-documents-go-up-in-smoke>

    In a sharply worded ruling
    <http://www.propublica.org/documents/item/805334-2013-10-16-lefer-order-doc-no-61>,
    a federal judge in Montana said Tuesday that documents found inside
    a Colorado meth house pointing to possible election law violations
    will not be returned to the couple claiming the papers were stolen
    from one of their cars
    <http://www.propublica.org/documents/item/492767-christian-lefers-response-re-found-documents>.

    Instead, the thousands of pages will remain where they are --- with
    a federal grand jury in Montana, investigating the dark money group
    American Tradition Partnership <http://americantradition.org/>, once
    known as Western Tradition Partnership, or WTP.

MORE 
<http://www.greatfallstribune.com/article/20131016/NEWS01/310160020?nclick_check=1> 
from the /Great Falls Tribune./

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Posted in campaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>, 
campaigns <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=59>

    "Citizens United, McCain-Feingold Fueled Congress' Shutdown
    Politics" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=56032>

Posted on October 16, 2013 11:06 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=56032>by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Important HuffPo report 
<http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/10/16/citizens-united-shutdown_n_4108252.html?1381946517>, 
with some great graphs (which I plan to use in class).

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Posted in Uncategorized <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=1>

    "Lobbyists' Group to Take 'Lobbyists' Out of its Name"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=56030>

Posted on October 16, 2013 11:05 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=56030>by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

BLT reports. 
<http://legaltimes.typepad.com/blt/2013/10/lobbyists-group-to-take-lobbyists-out-of-its-name.html?kw=Lobbyists%27%20Group%20to%20Take%20%27Lobbyists%27%20Out%20of%20its%20Name&cn=20131015&pt=Legal%20Times%20Afternoon%20Update&src=EMC-Email&et=editorial&bu=National%20Law%20Journal>

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Posted in Uncategorized <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=1>

    "Arizona court blocks new campaign finance law"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=56028>

Posted on October 16, 2013 8:19 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=56028>by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Arizona Daily Star 
<http://azstarnet.com/news/state-and-regional/arizona-court-blocks-new-campaign-finance-law/article_8ae97a6a-35f5-11e3-bdda-0019bb2963f4.html>.

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Posted in campaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>

    Quote of the Day: Posner Edition <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=56026>

Posted on October 16, 2013 8:18 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=56026>by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Judge Posner seemed surprised that his comments had caused a stir, and 
said much had changed since Crawford. "There's always been strong 
competition between the parties, but it hadn't reached the peak of 
ferocity that it's since achieved," he said in the interview. "One 
wasn't alert to this kind of trickery, even though it's age old in the 
democratic process."

--NYT 
<http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/16/us/politics/judge-in-landmark-case-disavows-support-for-voter-id.html?_r=1&>

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The Voting Wars <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=60>

    "Political Parties And A Campaign Finance No-Man's Land"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=56024>

Posted on October 16, 2013 8:16 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=56024>by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Parties and campaign finance 
<http://www.kpbs.org/news/2013/oct/15/political-parties-and-campaign-finance-no-mans-lan/>in 
San Diego mayor's race.

I helped the City craft its newest campaign law.  It looks like the 
parties are doing just fine, and the threatened lawsuit over the $20,000 
campaign contribution limit to political parties has not materialized.

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Posted in campaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>

    "Milwaukee man pleads guilty to five counts of voter fraud"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=56022>

Posted on October 16, 2013 8:15 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=56022>by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: 
<http://www.jsonline.com/news/crime/milwaukee-man-pleads-guilty-to-five-counts-of-voter-fraud-b99119682z1-227686051.html>

    A Milwaukee man pleaded guilty Monday to illegally voting five times
    last year in West Milwaukee, when in fact he did not have residency
    there.

    Leonard K. Brown, 56, still faces a charge of voting twice in the
    November presidential election and making a false statement to an
    election official on election day. Those cases have been rescheduled
    for trial in January. His sentencing on the five convictions
    resulting from Monday's pleas will be scheduled sometime after that
    trial.

    Brown was among 10 people charged in March
    <http://www.jsonline.com/news/milwaukee/prosecutors-charge-10-with-voter-fraud-4t98ni8-199446341.html>with
    a variety of charges related to voter fraud. He is charged with
    voting twice in the Nov. 6 election --- in person in Milwaukee on
    that date and by absentee ballot in West Milwaukee four days earlier.

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UC Irvine School of Law
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