[EL] ELB News and Commentary 10/22/13

Mon Oct 21 21:05:07 PDT 2013

    "Politicians' Extortion Racket" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=56158>

Posted on October 21, 2013 8:37 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=56158>by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Peter Schweitzer NYT oped 
<http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/22/opinion/politicians-extortion-racket.html?ref=politics&_r=0>: 
"WE have long assumed that the infestation of special interest money in 
Washington is at the root of so much that ails our politics. But what if 
we've had it wrong? What if instead of being bribed by wealthy 
interests, politicians are engaged in a form of legal extortion designed 
to extract campaign contributions?"

See also this NYT article 
<http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/22/us/politics/questions-about-politicians-use-of-leadership-pacs.html?ref=politics> 
and a link to the book, "Extortion 
<http://www.amazon.com/Extortion-Peter-Schweizer/dp/0544103343>."

I'll be interested to see how, if at all, this differs from Fred 
McChesney's "rent extraction" theories.

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

    Charles Lane on Judge Posner on Voter ID
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=56156>

Posted on October 21, 2013 8:31 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=56156>by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Lane 
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/charles-lane-judge-richard-posners-mea-culpa-was-better-left-unsaid/2013/10/21/35e1dd3e-3a71-11e3-b7ba-503fb5822c3e_story.html>: 
"Some critics of voter ID laws may revel in Posner's confession. I wish 
he'd kept his mouth shut. Not because I'm a fan of voter ID laws --- I'm 
not --- but because Posner's casual mea culpa is improper behavior for a 
sitting federal judge."

MORE:

    It doesn't help matters that Posner's confession of error contained
    a gratuitous slap at the losing lawyers or that it hinged on a vague
    notion of how the Indiana law, and others like it, are now
    "regarded." As it happens, opinion
    <http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/poll-concerns-about-voter-fraud-spur-broad-support-for-voter-id-laws/2012/08/11/40db3aba-e2fb-11e1-ae7f-d2a13e249eb2_story.html>
    polls
    <http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2013/07/25/197687/marist-poll-for-mcclatchy-on-voting.html>
    consistently show that voter ID laws are popular among voters of
    both parties.

    When I presented this data to Posner, he replied by e-mail, "That's
    not my impression. I believe that all but one of the photo ID
    identification laws were passed by state legislatures that are
    Republican controlled."

    He and I could debate this forever. But that's just the point ---
    judges shouldn't engage in the hurly-burly of political argument. It
    fosters the impression, corrosive to the rule of law, that there is
    no difference between a judicial process and a legislative one.

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Posted in The Voting Wars <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=60>, voter id 
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    "Fla. congressman's ex-chief of staff jailed for voter fraud scheme"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=56154>

Posted on October 21, 2013 8:29 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=56154>by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

FOX News reports 
<http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/10/21/fla-congressman-ex-chief-staff-jailed-for-voter-fraud-scheme/>.

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Posted in absentee ballots <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=53>, 
chicanery <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=12>

    "Ex-Indiana elections chief questions lawyer's health at 2012 trial,
    wants convictions tossed" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=56152>

Posted on October 21, 2013 8:23 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=56152>by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

AP reports 
<http://www.tribtown.com/view/story/1d117f71d5b248dd96f2c66e10d2c824/IN--Elections-Chief-Charged>.

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Posted in SOS White <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=13>

    "NC officials ask court to dismiss elections law challenges"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=56150>

Posted on October 21, 2013 8:06 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=56150>by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

The News and Observer reports 
<http://www.newsobserver.com/2013/10/21/3301637/nc-officials-ask-court-to-dismiss.html>. 
If anyone has the motion to dismiss, please pass it along and I will 
post it.

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Posted in election administration <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18>, 
The Voting Wars <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=60>, voter id 
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    "We need ranked-choice voting at the national level"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=56148>

Posted on October 21, 2013 7:58 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=56148>by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Tim Penny and David Durenberger write 
<http://www.minnpost.com/community-voices/2013/10/we-need-ranked-choice-voting-national-level?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter>.

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Posted in alternative voting systems <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=63>

    Voter ID and the 19th Amendment <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=56146>

Posted on October 21, 2013 7:33 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=56146>by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Interesting 
<http://ballots.blogspot.com/2013/10/a-19th-amendment-issu-over-voter-id-in.html>.

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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>

    Jost on Posner on Voter ID <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=56144>

Posted on October 21, 2013 7:40 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=56144>by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Here 
<http://jostonjustice.blogspot.com/2013/10/making-evey-vote-count-for-real.html>.

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Posted in election administration <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18>, 
The Voting Wars <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=60>, voter id 
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    "Get Over It: Campaign Finance Limits Don't Work"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=56142>

Posted on October 21, 2013 7:38 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=56142>by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Jim Oliphant 
<http://www.nationaljournal.com/magazine/get-over-it-campaign-finance-limits-don-t-work-20131017> 
in National Journal.

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Court <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=29>

    Bauer on Whelan on Judge Posner on Voter ID
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=56140>

Posted on October 21, 2013 7:37 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=56140>by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Here. 
<http://www.moresoftmoneyhardlaw.com/2013/10/more-unhappiness-about-judge-posners-second-thoughts-from-another-direction/>

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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>

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