[EL] ELB News and Commentary 8/6/14
Rick Hasen
rhasen at law.uci.edu
Wed Aug 6 08:22:09 PDT 2014
"A comprehensive investigation of voter impersonation finds 31
credible incidents out of one billion ballots cast"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=64062>
Posted on August 6, 2014 8:15 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=64062>by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Justin Levitt
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2014/08/06/a-comprehensive-investigation-of-voter-impersonation-finds-31-credible-incidents-out-of-one-billion-ballots-cast/>
for WonkBlog:
I've been tracking allegations of fraud
<https://web.archive.org/web/20070622014244/http:/truthaboutfraud.org/index.html>
for years now
<http://www.brennancenter.org/sites/default/files/analysis/The%20Truth%20About%20Voter%20Fraud.pdf>,
including the fraud ID laws are designed to stop. In 2008, when the
Supreme Court weighed in on voter ID, I looked at every single
allegation
<http://www.brennancenter.org/page/-/Democracy/Analysis%20of%20Crawford%20Allegations.pdf>
put before the Court. And since then, I've been following reports
wherever they crop up.
To be clear, I'm not just talking about prosecutions. I track any
specific, credible allegation that someone may have pretended to be
someone else at the polls, in any way that an ID law could fix.
So far, I've found about 31 different incidents (some of which
involve multiple ballots) since 2000, anywhere in the country. If
you want to check my work, you can read a comprehensive list of the
incidents below.
To put this in perspective, the 31 incidents below come in the
context of general, primary, special, and municipal elections from
2000 through 2014. In general and primary elections alone, more than
1 billion ballots <http://www.fec.gov/general/library.shtml> were
cast in that period.
Some of these 31 incidents have been thoroughly investigated
(including some prosecutions). But many have not. Based on how other
claims have turned out, I'd bet that some of the 31 will end up
debunked: a problem with matching people from one big computer list
to another, or a data entry error, or confusion between two
different people with the same name, or someone signing in on the
wrong line of a pollbook.
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Posted in election administration <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18>,
fraudulent fraud squad <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=8>, The Voting
Wars <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=60>, voter id
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=9>
"Florida Legislature: Don't talk to congressional members, political
consultants" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=64060>
Posted on August 6, 2014 7:55 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=64060>by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Re-redistricting time.
<http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/blogs/political-pulse/os-florida-legislatrure-bans-staff-from-talking-to-congressional-members-political-consultants-20140805,0,2275505.post>
See also
Senate orders redistricting records preserved after judge says GOP made
'mockery' of process.
<http://www.tampabay.com/blogs/the-buzz-florida-politics/senate-orders-redistricting-records-preserved-after-judge-says-gop-made/2191296>
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Posted in legislation and legislatures
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=27>, redistricting
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=6>
Torres-Spelliscy on Tokaji & Strause's "The New Soft Money"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=64058>
Posted on August 6, 2014 7:52 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=64058>by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Here.
<http://www.brennancenter.org/blog/quid-pro-whoa-new-soft-money#.U-FcDRCcsMc.twitter>
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Posted in campaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>
"Candidate left off the Peoria council ballot considers lawsuit"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=64056>
Posted on August 6, 2014 7:51 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=64056>by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
News from AZ
<http://www.myfoxphoenix.com/story/26205967/2014/08/05/candidate-left-off-the-peoria-council-ballot-considers-lawsuit>.
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Posted in ballot access <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=46>, election
administration <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18>
Wikipedia Features Article on Voting Rights Act of 1965 Today, Its
49th Anniversary <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=64054>
Posted on August 6, 2014 7:49 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=64054>by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Read the article here
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voting_Rights_Act_of_1965>.
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Posted in Voting Rights Act <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=15>
"McDaniel staffer drawn into Fielder controversy (UPDATE)"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=64052>
Posted on August 6, 2014 7:47 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=64052>by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Clarion Ledger
<http://www.clarionledger.com/story/dailyledes/2014/08/06/steven-fielder-noel-fritsch-interview/13657353/>:
Stephen Fielder, the self-proclaimed pastor from Meridian, says a
member of Chris McDaniel's campaign paid him $2,000 to give an
interview in which he accused a Thad Cochran campaign staffer of
asking him to pay people to vote for the GOP incumbent.
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Posted in chicanery <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=12>
"Election Tech Tuesday: Voting Information Project Offers Election
Information App for Apple Mobile Devices"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=64050>
Posted on August 6, 2014 7:45 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=64050>by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Pew.
<http://www.pewtrusts.org/en/about/news-room/news/2014/06/election-tech-tuesday-voting-information-project?utm_campaign=2014-08-06%20EIP.html&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Eloqua>
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Posted in election administration <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18>
"Prosecutors Must Prove Corrupt Intent in Trial of Former Virginia
First Family" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=64048>
Posted on August 5, 2014 7:19 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=64048>by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
NYT
<http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/06/us/prosecutors-must-prove-corrupt-intent-in-trial-of-virginia-first-family.html?ref=politics>
on why a McDonnell conviction is no slam dunk, Ferraris, Rolexes and all.
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Posted in bribery <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=54>, campaign finance
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>, chicanery
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=12>
"The Value of Political Corruption"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=64046>
Posted on August 5, 2014 7:14 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=64046>by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Interesting Tom Edsall column
<http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/06/opinion/thomas-edsall-the-value-of-political-corruption.html>.
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Posted in campaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>,
legislation and legislatures <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=27>,
Supreme Court <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=29>
"Wayne County judge to hear request to block absentee ballots in
Dearborn Heights" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=64044>
Posted on August 5, 2014 4:23 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=64044>by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Detroit News:
<http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20140805/POLITICS01/308050051/0/auto04%20avto%20shof/Michigan-Senate-candidate-files-lawsuit-block-absentee-ballots-Dearborn-Heights>"A
Wayne County judge will hold a hearing Wednesday over a request to halt
counting of absentee ballots in Dearborn Heights suspected of potential
election fraud."
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Posted in absentee ballots <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=53>,
election administration <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18>
Only 15 House Candidates Take Mayday PAC Campaign Finance Pledge
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=64042>
Posted on August 5, 2014 3:35 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=64042>by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
According to DocDawg <http://t.co/xRmNwLVSKR>.
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Posted in campaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>
Top Recent Downloads in Election Law on SSRN
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=64037>
Posted on August 5, 2014 3:24 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=64037>by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
(my bimonthly listing)
Here
<http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/topten/topTenResults.cfm?groupingId=991929&netorjrnl=jrnl>:
*RECENT TOP PAPERS* for all papers first announced in the last 60 days
<http://papers.ssrn.com/publicRss/rssManagerInc.cfm?journalId=991929>
/6 Jun 2014 through 5 Aug 2014/
Rank Downloads Paper Title
1 54 *Voter Privacy in the Age of Big Data*
<http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/Papers.cfm?abstract_id=2447956>
Ira Rubinstein
<http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=88200>
New York University (NYU) -- Information Law Institut
/Date posted to database: /11 Jun 2014
/Last Revised: /25 Jul 2014
2 33 *'You've Got Your Crook, I've Got Mine': Why the Disqualification
Clause Doesn't (Always) Disqualify*
<http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/Papers.cfm?abstract_id=2447970>
Ben Cassady
<http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=2255926>
Yale University -- Law School
/Date posted to database: /11 Jun 2014
/Last Revised: /24 Jun 2014
3 26 *Constituting the Democratic Public: New Zealand's Extension of
National Voting Rights to Non-Citizens*
<http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/Papers.cfm?abstract_id=2446466>
Fiona Barker
<http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=1871585> and
Kate McMillan
<http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=2249482>
Victoria University of Wellington and Victoria University of Wellington
-- Political Science and International Relations Programme
/Date posted to database: /6 Jun 2014
/Last Revised: /18 Jun 2014
4 26 *The Crimean Vote of March 2014 as an Abuse of the Institution of
the Territorial Referendum*
<http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/Papers.cfm?abstract_id=2463536>
Anne Peters <http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=341858>
Max-Planck-Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law
/Date posted to database: /9 Jul 2014
/Last Revised: /9 Jul 2014
5 19 *Redistricting by Formula: An Ohio Reform Experiment*
<http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/Papers.cfm?abstract_id=2450645>
Micah Altman
<http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=836555> and
Michael P. McDonald
<http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=811078>
MIT Libraries and George Mason University -- Government and Politics
/Date posted to database: /15 Jun 2014
/Last Revised: /15 Jun 2014
6 18 *Savior Through Severance: A Litigation-Based Response to Shelby
County v. Holder*
<http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/Papers.cfm?abstract_id=2444450>
Cody Gray <http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=1688387>
Princeton University
/Date posted to database: /2 Jun 2014
/Last Revised: /2 Jun 2014
7 18 *Towards a Feminist Electoral Geography*
<http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/Papers.cfm?abstract_id=2457175>
Claire F. McGing
<http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=1887411>
National University of Ireland, Maynooth (NUI Maynooth)
/Date posted to database: /22 Jun 2014
/Last Revised: /1 Jul 2014
8 17 *Engineering an Election*
<http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/Papers.cfm?abstract_id=2457502>
Jonathan Zittrain
<http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=177769>
Harvard Law School and Kennedy School
/Date posted to database: /23 Jun 2014
/Last Revised: /8 Jul 2014
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Posted in pedagogy <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=23>
5th Circuit Affirms Denial of True the Vote Motion to Invervene in
TX Voter ID Case <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=64035>
Posted on August 5, 2014 3:18 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=64035>by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Unanimous order. <http://t.co/R1RxFgEYTu>
(CLC press release
<http://www.campaignlegalcenter.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2565:august-5-2014-fifth-circuit-denies-true-the-votes-attempted-late-entry-into-texas-voter-id-challenge&catid=63:legal-center-press-releases&Itemid=61>)
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Posted in The Voting Wars <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=60>
"Conservatives Target Tennessee Justices in Expensive Race"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=64033>
Posted on August 5, 2014 1:27 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=64033>by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Important NYT report.
<http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/06/us/conservatives-target-tennessee-justices-in-expensive-race.html?smid=tw-share&_r=0>
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Posted in campaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>,
judicial elections <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=19>
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