[EL] ELB & Leg News and Commentary 8/23/14

Sat Aug 23 07:52:34 PDT 2014

“Oregon Is the Best State in America” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=64583>
Posted on August 23, 2014 7:32 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=64583> by *Dan
Tokaji* <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=5>

At least in terms of public corruption, according to this WaPo story
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/govbeat/wp/2014/08/22/oregon-is-the-best-state-in-america/>
.
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interest laws <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=20> Edit
<http://electionlawblog.org/wp-admin/post.php?post=64583&action=edit>
“Rick Perry’s Super PAC is selling shirts with his mugshot on it”
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=64581>
Posted on August 23, 2014 7:26 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=64581> by *Dan
Tokaji* <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=5>

Get yours today
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/govbeat/wp/2014/08/22/rick-perrys-super-pac-is-selling-shirts-with-his-mugshot-on-it/>.
But is it really among the worst campaign swag ever
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/wp/2014/08/22/in-which-rick-perrys-mugshot-fundraising-t-shirt-inspires-a-contest/>
?
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Posted in Uncategorized <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=1>
“Mayday PAC Boosts Jim Rubens Against Scott Brown”
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=64579>
Posted on August 23, 2014 7:14 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=64579> by *Dan
Tokaji* <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=5>

Roll Call has this story
<http://hoh.rollcall.com/gil-fulbright-jim-rubens-mayday-pac-scott-brown-ads/?dcz=>
.
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Posted in campaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>
Tokaji Joins the Twitterverse <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=64577>
Posted on August 23, 2014 7:07 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=64577> by *Dan
Tokaji* <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=5>

The time has finally come <https://twitter.com/Title52law> for me to enter
the second decade of the 21st Century.
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Posted in election law biz <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=51>
KY GOP Files FEC Complaint over Grimes’ Bus
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=64575>
Posted on August 23, 2014 6:50 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=64575> by *Dan
Tokaji* <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=5>

Politico has this story
<http://www.politico.com/story/2014/08/alison-lundergan-grimes-kentucky-bus-110268.html?hp=l2>
on
the complaint, alleging that her use of the bus owned by her father’s
company is an illegal corporate gift.
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Posted in campaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>
Latest on the McDonnell Trial <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=64571>
Posted on August 23, 2014 6:17 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=64571> by *Dan
Tokaji* <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=5>

NYT
<http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/23/us/virginias-mcdonnell-tells-of-pursuing-loan-from-businessman.html?ref=politics>
, WSJ
<http://online.wsj.com/articles/ex-virginia-gov-blames-himself-for-events-that-crushed-family-1408746454>,
and
WaPo
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/virginia-politics/mcdonnell-maintains-he-did-nothing-illegal-but-acknowledges-negotiating-loans/2014/08/22/9ae999e6-2a0e-11e4-86ca-6f03cbd15c1a_story.html>
report
on former Gov. McDonnell’s testimony Friday. According to Politico
<http://www.politico.com/story/2014/08/bob-mcdonnell-trial-110271.html>:
“He’s trying to show that he was too busy — and too important — to have
been deeply involved in trading official government favors for at least
$165,000 in loans and gifts from local businessman Jonnie Williams, as
prosecutors allege.”  Eugene Robinson
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/eugene-robinson-robert-mcdonnell-throws-his-wife-under-the-bus-at-trial/2014/08/21/664c5ebe-2971-11e4-958c-268a320a60ce_story.html>
and Gail Collins
<http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/23/opinion/gail-collins-lessons-from-the-trial-of-bob-mcdonnell.html>
offer commentary.
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Posted in bribery <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=54>
More on Florida Congressional Redistricting Decision
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=64569>
Posted on August 23, 2014 5:52 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=64569> by *Dan
Tokaji* <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=5>

NYT
<http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/23/us/politics/florida-judge-deals-a-blow-to-democrats-on-districting.html?ref=politics>,
Bloomberg
<http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-08-22/florida-judge-approves-revised-congressional-district-map.html>,
and Politico
<http://www.politico.com/story/2014/08/judge-approves-new-fla-house-map-110275.html>
report on yesterday’s decision <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=64553>
allowing the 2012 map to be used this year and upholding the new map drawn
earlier this month. The Orlando Sentinel
<http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/politics/political-pulse/os-candidates-respond-to-redistricting-ruling-20140822,0,837230.post>
has reactions from candidates.
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Posted in redistricting <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=6>
Federal Court Orders Do-Over in Arizona City Council Election
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=64565>
Posted on August 23, 2014 5:38 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=64565> by *Dan
Tokaji* <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=5>

The TRO in *Krieger v. Peoria*
<http://electionlawblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2014-0822-39-Temporary-Restraining-Order.pdf>
arises from the inadvertent omission of one candidate’s name on the ballot
for the August 26 primary, for which early voting began July 31. The court
orders that any ballots cast in the August 26 primary not be counted and
that a new special election be conducted.  Enjoining an election that has
already started is very rare but, the court concludes, necessary in this
case to prevent fundamental unfairness.
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Posted in absentee ballots <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=53>, election
administration <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18>, voting
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=31>
“Scott Walker solicited money for conservative group, records show”
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=64561>
Posted on August 23, 2014 5:20 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=64561> by *Dan
Tokaji* <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=5>

Wisconsin State Journal reports
<http://m.host.madison.com/wsj/news/local/article_e17d6f2a-f423-5a1f-9b2e-464c4f18b174.html?mobile_touch=true>
on the documents released yesterday <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=64557>
by the Seventh Circuit, which reportedly show that Gov. Walker solicited
millions of dollars for Wisconsin Club for Growth AP
<http://www.politico.com/story/2014/08/scott-walker-recall-campaign-push-110283.html>
 reports:

Aides told Walker to tell donors that they could make unlimited donations
to Wisconsin Club for Growth without having the gifts publicly disclosed.
Wisconsin Club for Growth then funneled the money to other conservative
groups that advertised on Walker’s behalf.

The NYT has this story
<http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/23/us/politics/emails-show-bigger-fund-raising-role-for-gov-scott-walker-of-wisconsin.html?_r=0>
along with a link
<http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2014/08/21/us/23wisconsin-doc.html> to
a previously sealed brief filed in federal district court summarizing the
evidence.
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Posted in campaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>, recall
elections <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=11>
District Court Rules for Latino Plaintiffs in Yakima Vote Dilution Case
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=64559>
Posted on August 22, 2014 5:01 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=64559> by *Dan
Tokaji* <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=5>

The summary judgment order
<https://aclu-wa.org/sites/default/files/attachments/2014-08-22--Dkt%20108--Ord.%20Granting%20Pls.%27%20Mot.%20for%20SJ%2C%20Denying%20Defs.%20SJ%2C%20Thernstom%20%26%20Morrison%20Mots..pdf>
from U.S. District Judge Thomas O. Rice concludes that the city’s council
districts violate Section 2 of the VRA and directs the parties to submit a
joint proposed districting plan by October 3.
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Posted in Voting Rights Act <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=15>
“Federal court releases more documents in probe into Wisconsin governor’s
campaign” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=64557>
Posted on August 22, 2014 4:54 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=64557> by *Dan
Tokaji* <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=5>

AP reports <http://www.startribune.com/politics/national/272355291.html>
that the Seventh Circuit “released more than 1,300 pages linked to a secret
investigation into whether Gov. Scott Walker’s recall campaign illegally
coordinated with conservative groups.”
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Posted in campaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>
Breaking: “Judge OKs New Florida Congressional Map for 2016″
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=64553>
Posted on August 22, 2014 2:37 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=64553> by *Dan
Tokaji* <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=5>

Roll Call reports
<http://atr.rollcall.com/florida-trial-redistricting-map-judge-rules-2016/?dcz=>
:

A state judge upheld the Florida legislature’s newly revised congressional
map
<http://atr.rollcall.com/florida-redistricting-legislature-passes-map-2014/>
Friday, ruling the redrawn House districts should apply to the 2016
elections.

“The 2014 elections will have to be held under the map as enacted in 2012,”
Circuit Court Judge Terry Lewis wrote in his ruling, siding with Florida
lawmakers who argued that applying new district lines to this election
cycle would create chaos.

Miami Herald has this story
<http://www.miamiherald.com/2014/08/22/4303663/judge-approves-legislatures-fix.html>
and
Reuters this one
<http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/08/22/us-usa-florida-redistricting-idUSKBN0GM1ZQ20140822>.
The order in *Romo v. Detzner *is here
<http://judicial.clerk.leon.fl.us/image_orders.asp?caseid=444437&jiscaseid=&defseq=&chargeseq=&dktid=102357632&dktsource=CRTV>
(h/t Steve Kolbert).
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Posted in redistricting <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=6>
U.S. District Court Enjoins Maine Campaign Contribution Law
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=64551>
Posted on August 22, 2014 1:26 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=64551> by *Dan
Tokaji* <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=5>

>From BAN
<http://www.ballot-access.org/2014/08/u-s-district-court-enjoins-discriminatory-campaign-contribution-limits/>.
AP has this story
<http://www.greenfieldreporter.com/view/story/f54ecdc4ab2541e8812e833df8ae8723/ME--Governor-Maine-Lawsuit>
on
the preliminary injunction against the law, which restricts donations to
independent gubernatorial candidates to $1500, half what can be given to
candidates who run in party primaries and general elections.
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Posted in campaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>
ACLU Challenge to Hawaii County Election
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=64549>
Posted on August 22, 2014 1:03 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=64549> by *Dan
Tokaji* <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=5>

>From the press release
<http://acluhi.org/2014/08/21/hawaii-county-election-challenged-in-hawaii-supreme-court/>
announcing the complaint
<https://acluhawaii.files.wordpress.com/2014/08/1-complaint.pdf> in *Lathers
v. Abercrombie*: “A lawsuit filed Thursday, August 21 by Pahoa residents
and the American Civil Liberties Union of Hawai‘i Foundation (“ACLU”) asks
the State Supreme Court to allow any registered voter affected by Tropical
Storm Iselle to cast a vote that will be included in the August 2014
primary results.”
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Posted in election administration <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18>,
voting <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=31>
Reminder: AALS Election Law Section Call for Papers Deadline Is Two Weeks
Away <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=64547>
Posted on August 22, 2014 11:02 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=64547> by *Dan
Tokaji* <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=5>

The topic is the Voting Rights Act at 50.  Here
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=62303> is the original announcement of the
Call for Papers, which are due September 5.  This will be the inaugural
event of the Election Law Section, which you won’t wanna miss!
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Posted in election law biz <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=51>, Voting
Rights Act <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=15>

Daniel Tokaji
Robert M. Duncan/Jones Day Designated Professor of Law
The Ohio State University | Moritz College of Law
55 W. 12th Ave. | Columbus, OH 43210
614.292.6566 | tokaji.1 at osu.edu
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