[EL] Gov. Christie Attacks Same-Day Voter Registration in Illinois

[Rob Richie]

This attacks from Gov. Christie drips  with irony, given his team's
gloating over their tactics in scheduling the U.S. Senate special  election
so that Corey Booker was on the ballot a few weeks before the governor's
race and not at the same time, as we discussed here:
http://www.salon.com/2013/10/15/lets_not_give_chris_christie_a_pass_for_election_chicanery/

Of course both parties will try to pick and choose rules in a way that
helps their side. That approach is not unknown in other well-established
democracies, but much less common -- I get that reaction all the time when
I talk with groups of elected officials and civic leaders from other
countries.. I hope it can be a goal of all of us to demand of our leaders
that they agree on creating fair,accessible and secure elections and then
focus on learning how to win in that system rather than resort to gaming
the voting rules with such tactics.

Rob Richie

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Gov. Christie Attacks Same-Day Voter Registration in Illinois
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=64750>
Posted on August 27, 2014 3:30 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=64750> by Rick
Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

He also comments
<http://politics.suntimes.com/article/springfield/governor%E2%80%99s-race-becomes-biden-vs-christie-day/mon-08252014-733pm>on
some ballot access decisions:

“He will try every trick in the book,” Christie said of Quinn. “I see the
stuff that’s going on. Same-day registration all of a sudden this year
comes to Illinois. Shocking,” he added sarcastically. “I’m sure it was all
based upon public policy, good public policy to get same-day registration
here in Illinois just this year, when the governor is in the toilet and
needs as much help as he can get.”

Christie also questioned a recent decision allowing a Libertarian candidate
on the November ballot, but not a Green Party candidate. A Green Party
candidate could draw votes away from Quinn while a Libertarian candidate
could draw Rauner votes.

“Now I see that the court’s ruled that the Libertarian candidate can be on
the ticket but the Green Party can’t. Another interesting development. I
told some people this morning: ‘You people in Illinois make New Jersey
people blush, it’s unbelievable, right?’ Every obstacle that can be placed
in front of Bruce by the establishment in this state will be placed in
front of him. The great news is he’s strong enough to overcome those.”

(h/t IBT
<http://www.ibtimes.com/christie-slams-effort-boost-voter-turnout-2014-election-democratic-trick-1671334>
)







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