[EL] ELB News and Commentary 9/9/13

Mon Sep 9 07:47:42 PDT 2013

    "Electronic voting machines becoming obsolete"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=55132>

Posted on September 9, 2013 7:44 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=55132>by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

The /Salt Lake Tribune/reports 
<http://www.sltrib.com/csp/cms/sites/sltrib/pages/printerfriendly.csp?id=56829982>

(viaDoug Chapin 
<http://blog.lib.umn.edu/cspg/electionacademy/2013/09/not_so_new_big_thing_electroni.php>).

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Posted in voting technology <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=40>

    "Greg Abbott on voter fraud: Al Franken, LBJ and Obamacare, oh my."
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=55129>

Posted on September 9, 2013 7:33 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=55129>by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Oh my, indeed 
<http://trailblazersblog.dallasnews.com/2013/09/greg-abbott-cites-al-franken-of-saturday-night-live-fame-lbj-and-obamacare-as-reasons-to-support-voter-id.html/>.

On continuing unsupported allegations that Al Franken "stole" the 2008 
U.S. Senate election in Minnesota, see this debunking by Steven 
Rosenfeld. 
<http://www.alternet.org/gop-voter-fraud-hucksters-latest-lie-felons-made-franken-us-senator>

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Posted in fraudulent fraud squad <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=8>, 
The Voting Wars <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=60>

    "Gov. Hickenlooper says gun recall vote protest illegal"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=55127>

Posted on September 9, 2013 7:29 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=55127>by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

AP reports. 
<http://www.fox21news.com/news/story.aspx?id=944081#.Ui3bHn8ix8E>

MORE 
<http://blogs.denverpost.com/thespot/2013/09/08/john-hickenlooper-jon-caldara-recall/100254/> 
at the Denver Post.

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Posted in chicanery <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=12>, recall 
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    "Political Contributions, Conflicts of Interest, and the Role of
    Ethical Standards" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=55125>

Posted on September 9, 2013 7:27 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=55125>by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Bob Bauer's latest. 
<http://www.moresoftmoneyhardlaw.com/2013/09/political-contributions-conflicts-of-interest-and-the-role-of-ethical-standards/>

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Posted in campaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>, 
conflict of interest laws <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=20>, ethics 
investigations <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=42>

    Federal District Court Strikes Down Albuquerque Corporate
    Contribution Ban Because City Council Did Not Establish Evidentiary
    Record of Its Necessity <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=55123>

Posted on September 8, 2013 8:14 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=55123>by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

I would be very surprised if this ruling 
<http://www.nmcourt.fed.us/Drs-Web/view-file?unique-identifier=0005525024-0000000000> 
stands.  Either the City will reenact with an adequate evidentiary 
record or the 10th Circuit will reverse, joining every other 
jurisdiction which has considered the corporate contribution ban in 
light of FEC v. Beaumont.

More here 
<http://www.bizjournals.com/albuquerque/blog/morning-edition/2013/09/judge-knocks-down-abq-contribution-ban.html> 
(via Political Activity Law 
<http://politicalactivitylaw.com/2013/09/06/aides-fly-ad-buys-and-more-political-law-links/>).

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    California Court Rejects Minor Party Challenge to Top Two Primary
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=55118>

Posted on September 8, 2013 5:21 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=55118>by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

This appears to be the full set of reasons for the court's ruling 
<http://www.scribd.com/doc/166575479/Prop14-Minor-party-ruling>:

prop14-excerpt 
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Posted in ballot access <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=46>, political 
parties <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=25>, primaries 
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    "Bradley Smith: The Supreme Court and Ed Corsi's Life of Political
    Crime" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=55116>

Posted on September 8, 2013 5:12 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=55116>by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

WSJ oped 
<http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324009304579040671355619380.html>. 
It begins

    In the winter of 2008, Ed Corsi decided that he was tired of stewing
    about the politics in his home of Geauga County, Ohio, and the
    country at large. He started a website, put Thomas Jefferson's
    quote, "The price of freedom . . . constant vigilance" at the top,
    dubbed the site "Geauga Constitutional Council," and set about
    blogging his thoughts on local and national politics. So began his
    life of political crime.

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