[EL] ELB News and Commentary 9/18/13

Tue Sep 17 21:07:06 PDT 2013

    "In Bethel and elsewhere, minority parties knocked off ballot"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=55362>

Posted on September 17, 2013 9:05 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=55362>by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Connecticut minor parties 
<http://www.newstimes.com/local/article/In-Bethel-and-elsewhere-minority-parties-knocked-4822352.php> 
shut out ask: incompetence or worse?

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Posted in ballot access <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=46>, third 
parties <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=47>

    "Many Election Law Cases are Pending in the U.S. Supreme Court"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=55360>

Posted on September 17, 2013 9:03 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=55360>by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Richard Winger rounds them up 
<http://www.ballot-access.org/many-election-law-cases-are-in-front-of-the-u-s-supreme-court/>.

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

    "The Money Behind the Shutdown Crisis"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=55358>

Posted on September 17, 2013 8:54 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=55358>by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

NYT editorial 
<http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/18/opinion/the-money-behind-the-shutdown-crisis.html?ref=politics>on 
the money behind the push to pressure Republican lawmakers to vote to 
defund Obamacare.

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Posted in campaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>, 
political parties <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=25>, political 
polarization <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=68>

    "Dexter Douglass, a Lawyer for Gore in 2000 Recount, Dies at 83?
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=55356>

Posted on September 17, 2013 8:52 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=55356>by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Sad news 
<http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/18/us/politics/dexter-douglass-a-lawyer-for-gore-in-2000-recount-dies-at-83.html?ref=politics>.

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Posted in election law biz <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=51>

    "It's Time To End Our Failed Affair With Campaign Finance Laws"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=55354>

Posted on September 17, 2013 7:32 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=55354>by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Paul Sherman writes 
<http://www.forbes.com/sites/realspin/2013/09/15/its-time-to-end-our-failed-affair-with-campaign-finance-laws/> 
for Forbes.

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

    "Campaign finance bills fare poorly in California Legislature"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=55352>

Posted on September 17, 2013 7:30 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=55352>by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

LA Times 
<http://www.latimes.com/local/la-me-money-20130917,0,1446023.story?track=rss>:

    After an anonymous $11-million donation from Arizona sent shock
    waves through California politics last year, the state Capitol
    seemed primed for new measures to tighten campaign finance rules.

    But several proposals fell by the wayside as lawmakers finished
    their work last week. Bills that would have increased the power of
    California's campaign finance watchdog, boosted fines for violations
    and forced greater disclosure of donors --- among other measures ---
    stalled in the Legislature.

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

    "The Recall is the New Normal" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=55350>

Posted on September 17, 2013 7:27 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=55350>by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Seth Masket writes 
<http://www.psmag.com/politics/recall-election-now-thing-permanent-campaign-election-66344/> 
at Pacific Standard.

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Posted in political parties <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=25>, 
political polarization <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=68>, recall 
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    "IRS list reveals concerns over Tea Party 'propaganda'"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=55348>

Posted on September 17, 2013 5:33 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=55348>by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

USA Today 
<http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2013/09/17/irs-tea-party-target-list-propaganda/2825003/>:

    Newly uncovered IRS documents show the agency flagged political
    groups based on the content of their literature, raising concerns
    specifically about "anti-Obama rhetoric," inflammatory language and
    "emotional" statements made by non-profits seeking tax-exempt status.

    The internal 2011 documents
    <http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2013/09/17/irs-tea-party-target-list-document/2827925/>,
    obtained by USA TODAY, list 162 groups by name, with comments by
    Internal Revenue Service lawyers in Washington raising issues about
    their political, lobbying and advocacy activities. In 21 cases,
    those activities were characterized as "propaganda."

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    "Gessler entering GOP gubernatorial field of Hickenlooper
    challengers" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=55346>

Posted on September 17, 2013 5:13 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=55346>by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

It's official 
<http://kdvr.com/2013/09/17/gessler-entering-gop-gubernatorial-field-of-hickenlooper-challengers/>.

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Posted in election law biz <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=51>

    "McCutcheon's Multiplying Effect: Why An Overall Limit Matters"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=55344>

Posted on September 17, 2013 5:12 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=55344>by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Bob Biersack writes 
<http://www.opensecrets.org/news/2013/09/mccutcheons-multiplying-effect-why.html> 
for Open Secrets.

I'll have more on this campaign finance case, to be heard by the Supreme 
Court in October, very soon.

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