[EL] ELB News and Commentary 10/24/13

[Rick Hasen]

    'The Future of the Voting Rights Act; How effective is Section 2,
    the part of the law the Supreme Court left alone?"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=56225>

Posted on October 23, 2013 8:25 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=56225>by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Nick Stephanopoulos writes 
<http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/jurisprudence/2013/10/section_2_of_the_voting_rights_act_is_more_effective_than_expected_new_research.html>for 
Slate.

I'm not as optimistic as Nick about the uses of Section 2 in voter id cases.

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    "The Conservative Who Hates Slush Funds"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=56222>

Posted on October 23, 2013 8:16 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=56222>by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

David Firestone 
<http://takingnote.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/10/23/the-conservative-who-hates-slush-funds/?_r=0> 
on Peter Schweitzer's "Extortion:"

    There's no reason why reducing the influence of money should be a
    conservative or a liberal project. These are fundamental questions
    of better government, and Tea Party activists who complain about the
    influence of insider elites should be just as angry as liberal
    do-gooders. A leadership PAC allows people to contribute six times
    the limits on standard campaign donations, and retiring lawmakers
    are even allowed to keep the cash if they choose. That turns a
    political slush fund into something even worse: A conduit for
    outright bribery.

    But, aside from Mr. Schweizer, the push to limit and disclose
    political donations has come almost entirely from the left.

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


    "Cuccinelli: No conflict for AG's office to preside over election"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=56220>

Posted on October 23, 2013 8:03 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=56220>by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

The latest 
<http://www.timesdispatch.com/news/latest-news/cuccinelli-no-conflict-for-ag-s-office-to-preside-over/article_0f3cde5c-3bf9-11e3-a2fc-0019bb30f31a.html> 
from Va.

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


    "Source: Settlement in $11 Million Arizona Donation Case"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=56218>

Posted on October 23, 2013 8:02 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=56218>by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

SacBee 
<http://blogs.sacbee.com/capitolalertlatest/2013/10/source-settlement-in-case-involving-11-million-donation.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter#mi_rss=Capitol%20Alert>: 
"The state's political ethics watchdog has reached a settlement 
following its probe into an $11 million donation that added last-minute 
drama to Gov.*Jerry Brown*'s tax increase initiative, a source close to 
the case told The Bee."

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

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