[EL] ELB News and Commentary 4/30/14

Rick Hasen rhasen at law.uci.edu
Wed Apr 30 07:06:31 PDT 2014


    "Exorcising the Voter Fraud Ghost"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=61023>

Posted on April 30, 2014 7:05 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=61023>by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

I have written this oped 
<http://blogs.reuters.com/great-debate/2014/04/30/exorcising-the-voter-fraud-ghost/>for 
/Reuters Opinion. /It begins:

    When it comes to the fight about voter fraud and voter suppression,
    how do you prove a negative?

    One key question in the battle over the legality of voter
    identification laws is whether such laws are necessary to prevent
    voter fraud and whether they suppress a lot of votes from eligible
    voters.

    Though the answer to the second question remains in considerable
    dispute, after Tuesday's federal court decision
    <http://pdfserver.amlaw.com/nlj/wisconsin-voterID-ruling.pdf>
    striking down Wisconsin's voter ID law, it is time for voter ID
    supporters to throw in the towel and admit state voter ID laws don't
    prevent the kind of fraud they are supposedly targeted for.

The article also offers my promised response 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=60927>to the recent WSJ oped 
<http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702303380004579521603120225572?mg=reno64-wsj&url=http%3A%2F%2Fonline.wsj.com%2Farticle%2FSB10001424052702303380004579521603120225572.html> 
by Robert Popper:

    President Barack Obama recently gave a speech
    <http://www.thenation.com/blog/179325/democrats-support-voting-rights-republicans-should-too>
    saying  voter fraud is rare. He discussed a News21 study that  found
    only 10 reported prosecutions for impersonation fraud across the
    country from 2000 to 2012. Robert Popper, a Judicial Watch
    attorney,  argued this week in a /Wall Street Journal/ op-ed article
    <http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702303380004579521603120225572?mg=reno64-wsj&url=http%253A%252F%252Fonline.wsj.com%252Farticle%252FSB10001424052702303380004579521603120225572.html>
    that the News21 report was unreliable because, among other reasons,
    the data were incomplete.

    Popper misses the forest for the trees, however. No doubt, 10 cases
    of impersonation undercounts the total number of instances of such
    fraud. But what's crucial are the comparative statistics. In the
    same 2000 to 2012 period, the News21 study found 491 absentee ballot
    prosecutions. <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=48568> And though the
    10 cases of impersonation fraud all appeared unrelated and not part
    of any larger plot to steal an election, some of the absentee
    prosecutions indeed involved attempts to alter election outcomes.

    Relative to absentee ballot fraud, impersonation fraud is a blip on
    the radar. In the Supreme Court's case about Indiana's law, Justice
    John Paul Stevens had to reach back to Boss Tweed in 1868 New York
    and a one possible case of impersonation fraud in 2004 in Washington
    state to bolster the argument that there is still potential for such
    fraud that could justify state ID laws.

    At some point, honest observers just have to admit that
    impersonation fraud is not a serious problem in the United States.
    Many suspect (as do I) that these laws --- passed almost exclusively
    by Republican state legislatures --- are part of  an attempt to make
    it harder to cast a ballot for voters who skew Democratic.

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    Office of Special Counsel Release on Fired FEC Employee Engaged in
    Partisan Political Activity <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=61021>

Posted on April 30, 2014 7:02 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=61021>by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Read it here. <https://www.osc.gov/documents/press/2014/pr14_09.pdf>

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    Webcast of Senate Rules Committee on Campaign Finance, Featuring
    Justice Stevens <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=61019>

Posted on April 30, 2014 7:00 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=61019>by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Watch 
<http://www.rules.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?p=CommitteeHearings&ContentRecord_id=3fb0fbe5-f5f6-4366-80fa-ab84c40746ff>.

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    "How 2014 Is Shaping Up to be the Darkest Money Election to Date"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=61017>

Posted on April 30, 2014 6:59 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=61017>by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Robert Maguire writes 
<http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/04/30/how-2014-is-shaping-up-to-be-the-darkest-money-election-to-date.html> 
for /The Daily Beast./

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    "90 percent of all ads run in NC-Senate race have been funded by
    outside groups. 90 percent!" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=61015>

Posted on April 30, 2014 6:58 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=61015>by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Matea Gold reports 
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/wp/2014/04/29/why-it-feels-like-outside-groups-are-taking-over-the-airwaves-because-they-are/> 
for The Fix.

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    "Wisconsin, Pennsylvania Decisions Mean Big News Day for Voter ID"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=61013>

Posted on April 30, 2014 6:56 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=61013>by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

A ChapinBlog. 
<http://blog.lib.umn.edu/cspg/electionacademy/2014/04/wisconsin_pennsylvania_decisio.php>

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    "Opponents of voter ID laws see time to fight running out"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=61011>

Posted on April 30, 2014 6:55 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=61011>by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

The Hill: 
<http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/204761-opponents-of-voter-id-laws-see-time-to-fight-running-out>"Critics 
of tough voter ID laws are running out of time and options in their 
efforts to knock down those barriers ahead of this year's midterm 
elections."

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    "Federal Court Strikes down WI's 'Discriminatory' Voter ID as
    Unconstitutional" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=61009>

Posted on April 30, 2014 6:53 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=61009>by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Brendan Fischer blogs 
<http://www.prwatch.org/news/2014/04/12461/federal-court-strikes-down-wi-voter-id-unconstitutional>.

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    "King to chair hearing investigating 'dark money' in politics"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=61007>

Posted on April 29, 2014 9:53 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=61007>by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

The view from Maine. 
<http://www.sunjournal.com/news/maine/2014/04/29/king-chair-hearing-investigating-dark-money-politics/1526427>

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    "Staffer In FEC Counsel's Office Resigns Over Tweets Supporting
    Obama Campaign" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=61005>

Posted on April 29, 2014 9:50 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=61005>by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

That's a provocative Bloomberg BNA headline that unfortunately I cannot 
get beyond the paywall to read at the moment.  More info when I can 
access the site.

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    "Republican group will focus on judicial races"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=61003>

Posted on April 29, 2014 9:41 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=61003>by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

WaPo reports 
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/govbeat/wp/2014/04/29/republican-group-will-focus-on-judicial-races/>.

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    "Voter ID is the Real Fraud" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=61001>

Posted on April 29, 2014 9:39 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=61001>by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

NYT editorial. 
<http://news.bna.com/mpdm/display/link_res.adp?lt=email&fname=A0E9R5B3M0&lf=eml&emc=mpdm:mpdm:109>

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    "Federal Judge Strikes Down Wisconsin Law Requiring Photo ID at
    Polls" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=60999>

Posted on April 29, 2014 7:22 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=60999>by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

New York Times 
<http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/30/us/federal-judge-strikes-down-wisconsin-law-requiring-photo-id-at-polls.html>: 
"A federal judge on Tuesday struck down Wisconsin's law requiring voters 
to produce state-approved photo identification cards at polling places, 
advancing a new legal basis --- the Voting Rights Act 
<http://topics.nytimes.com/topics/reference/timestopics/subjects/v/voting_rights_act_1965/index.html?inline=nyt-classifier> 
--- for similar challenges playing out around the nation."

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    Ari Berman's Take on Wisconsin Voter ID Ruling
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=60997>

Posted on April 29, 2014 7:13 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=60997>by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Here 
<http://www.thenation.com/blog/179581/federal-court-strikes-down-discriminatory-wisconsin-voter-id-law>, 
at /The Nation./

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    Wisconsin Will Appeal Voter ID Ruling to 7th Circuit. Will Judge
    Posner Recuse? <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=60995>

Posted on April 29, 2014 5:21 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=60995>by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

On the appeal 
<http://www.jsonline.com/news/statepolitics/federal-judge-strikes-down-wisconsins-voter-id-law-b99258822z1-257200321.html>.

On Judge Posner's comments 
<http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/10/23/why-judge-posner-is-right-on-voter-id-laws.html> 
on voter id decision from Indiana.

(I leave to judicial ethicists the question whether the judge needs to 
recuse.  But I expect that there will be some people who like voter id 
laws who will call on him to do so.)

My analysis <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=60972> from earlier today of 
the Wisconsin decision.

More to come from me later.

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    "In-Person Voter Fraud Is Virtually Nonexistent, Federal Judge
    Rules" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=60993>

Posted on April 29, 2014 5:09 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=60993>by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Ryan Reilly reports 
<http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/04/29/voter-fraud-wisconsin_n_5235466.html> 
for HuffPo.

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    "GOP leaders, donors mix during secretive forum"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=60991>

Posted on April 29, 2014 5:01 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=60991>by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

CPI reports 
<http://www.publicintegrity.org/2014/04/29/14689/gop-leaders-donors-mix-during-secretive-forum>. 
There's a sidebar 
<http://www.publicintegrity.org/2014/04/29/14690/toomey-discloses-trip-after-inquiry> 
about Sen. Toomey.

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    "Judge finds Wisconsin voter ID law unconstitutional"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=60989>

Posted on April 29, 2014 4:59 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=60989>by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

MSNBC reports 
<http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/yet-another-voter-id-law-struck-down>.

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    Credit Ellen Weintraub for "Max PAC" Moniker
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=60987>

Posted on April 29, 2014 4:57 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=60987>by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Eliza Newlin Carney, responding to this post 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=60963>, writes:

    "Max PAC" actually comes from FEC Commissioner Ellen Weintraub. She
    won the "Next Super PAC" contest organized by the Post's Matea Gold
    for The Fix. See here:
    http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/wp/2014/04/17/announcing-the-winner-of-the-fixs-nextsuperpac-contest/?wprss=rss_campaigns
    For what it's worth, I blogged about her contest here:
    http://blogs.rollcall.com/beltway-insiders/scotus-spawns-search-for-son-of-super-pac/
    ...
    In any case, this question of what to call "joint fundraising
    committees" has generated considerable back and forth among
    wordsmiths, hacks, political money geeks and the chattering classes
    in general.
    I personally have some reservations about "Max PACs" because PAC is
    a term of art denoting specific regulations at the FEC that do not
    apply to Joint Fundraising Committees.
    I use a number of terms in this story, including "super" campaign
    funds. I may end up using that more than any other. But I suspect
    the JFC terminology is going to continue to present challenges!

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    "New Analysis: Tea Party Outraised in High-Dollar Primaries"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=60985>

Posted on April 29, 2014 4:54 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=60985>by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Brennan Center 
<http://www.brennancenter.org/press-release/new-analysis-tea-party-outraised-high-dollar-primaries>: 
"In the 2014 election season's high-dollar competitive primaries, Tea 
Party candidates have been largely out-fundraised, according to a new 
analysis 
<http://www.brennancenter.org/analysis/high-dollar-2014-primary-elections> from 
the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law."

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    "The Vote: When Does Suffrage Become Universal? Events The Vote:
    When Does Suffrage Become Universal?"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=60983>

Posted on April 29, 2014 4:52 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=60983>by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Wilson Center 
<http://www.wilsoncenter.org/event/the-vote-when-does-suffrage-become-universal> 
event:

    This year's Law Day theme is "American Democracy and the Rule of
    Law: Why Every Vote Matters." The 2014 Leon Jaworski Public Program
    will focus on the ideal and practice of universal suffrage,
    emphasizing and exploring the "every" in the 2014 Law Day theme.
    Scholars have traced the history of universal suffrage to the
    democratic revolutions of the late eighteenth century and the
    subsequent development of the norms and institutions of electoral
    democracy, beginning in the nineteenth century. The use of the term
    "universal suffrage" also dates to this period. Considering the
    fundamental concept of universal suffrage can help illuminate and
    frame contentious contemporary issues related to citizenship,
    enfranchisement, and disenfranchisement.

    This event is co-sponsored with the American Bar Association.

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    Arkansas "Supreme Court stays portion of Voter ID ruling"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=60981>

Posted on April 29, 2014 4:36 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=60981>by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Arkansas Times 
<http://www.arktimes.com/ArkansasBlog/archives/2014/04/29/supreme-court-stays-portion-of-voter-id-ruling>: 
"he *Arkansas Supreme Court *today issued a split ruling on staying 
Circuit Judge Tim Fox's ruling last week 
<http://www.arktimes.com/ArkansasBlog/archives/2014/04/24/circuit-judge-tim-fox-strikes-down-voter-id-law> invalidating 
the state's new Voter ID law. The effect seems to mean that, barring an 
uncommonly fast ruling, early voting could begin next week with the 
Voter ID law in effect."

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Rick Hasen
Chancellor's Professor of Law and Political Science
UC Irvine School of Law
401 E. Peltason Dr., Suite 1000
Irvine, CA 92697-8000
949.824.3072 - office
949.824.0495 - fax
rhasen at law.uci.edu
http://www.law.uci.edu/faculty/full-time/hasen/
http://electionlawblog.org

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