[EL] ELB News and Commentary 8/31/14
Rick Hasen
rhasen at law.uci.edu
Sun Aug 31 06:36:40 PDT 2014
#APSAonFire <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=64822>
Posted onAugust 31, 2014 6:33 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=64822>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
A littletoo much excitement
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/fire-forces-evacuation-of-marriott-wardman-park-hotel-during-apsa-conference/2014/08/30/3fc4fb1c-305a-11e4-994d-202962a9150c_story.html>at
APSA this year. Those of us in the central tower of the Marriott
Wardman Park hotel were evacuated from the hotel at 1 am thanks to
series of suspicious fires set in the stairwell at the hotel. As I was
leaving my room there was smoke coming in the hallway.
We were kept outside until after 3 am, when they moved us into the
lobby. Some slept on the floor. Eventually they gathered us in an
overcrowded ballroom until the swept the hotel thoroughly looking for
possible arsonists We were allowed to return to our rooms at about 8 am.
The DC Fire Department and DC Police Department did an excellent job
keeping us safe. Fortunately no one was hurt. I was much less impressed
with the management of the Marriott. The evacuation was difficult. We
had to evacuate in part through areas with no lighting. There was
virtually no communication from the hotel's management for hours as we
were kept outside. Then we were given contradictory information. They
were slow to react and did not seem to have a good disaster planning in
place. Unfortunately, having attended too many APSA and AALS meetings at
the hotel, this met my expectations of this hotel. Next time I'll stay
at the excellent Omni Shoreham.
It was certainly inconvenient to have stayed up all night and then had
to moderate the Bauer-Ginsberg election reform panel a few hours later.
But in the scheme of life it could have been a heck of a lot worse.
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"In state Capitol, intransigence gives way to bipartisan
deal-making" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=64820>
Posted onAugust 31, 2014 6:15 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=64820>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Important report
<http://electionlawblog.org/In%20state%20Capitol,%20intransigence%20gives%20way%20to%20bipartisan%20deal-making>from
Chris Megerian in the LAT. /
/
What's really interesting is that Chris does not mention either the
top-two primary or citizen redistricting as connected to this new
(perhaps temporary) period of bipartisan cooperation. I've been
skeptical of claims that either of these measures is producing
moderation. But I wonder if this is some evidence of the success of
these measures. I await more studies of the California case.
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"US Territory Bars Retired Air Force Major From Voting Because He's
White" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=64818>
Posted onAugust 31, 2014 6:09 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=64818>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
The /Daily Caller/reports.
<http://dailycaller.com/2014/08/27/us-territory-bars-retired-air-force-major-from-voting-because-hes-white/>
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Posted invoting <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=31>
"Kochs' Network Wrestles With Expectations for Presidential
Primaries" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=64816>
Posted onAugust 31, 2014 6:00 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=64816>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Nick Confessore reports
<http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/31/us/politics/kochs-network-wrestles-with-expectations-for-presidential-primaries.html?ref=politics>for
the NYT.
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"At Risk in Senate, Democrats Seek to Rally Blacks"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=64814>
Posted onAugust 31, 2014 5:56 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=64814>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
NYT reports.
<http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/31/us/politics/at-risk-in-senate-democrats-seek-to-rally-blacks.html?ref=politics&_r=0>
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"Raising bars to legitimate voters is election irregularity"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=64812>
Posted onAugust 30, 2014 2:16 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=64812>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Roger Chesley column
<http://hamptonroads.com/2014/08/raising-bars-legitimate-voters-election-irregularity>:
Fairfax County election officials have asked local, state and
federal authorities to investigate whether 17 people may have voted
twice in the 2012 general election -- once in the county, and again
in Maryland.
Such allegations are shocking. They also need to be considered in
context.
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"Governor's primary shatters spending records"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=64810>
Posted onAugust 30, 2014 2:14 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=64810>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
AZ Republic:
<http://www.azcentral.com/story/news/arizona/politics/2014/08/30/governors-primary-shatters-spending-records/14837279/>
"Spending in the gubernatorial primary has already made the 2014 race
for Arizona governor the most expensive contest ever for the state
government's top job, an /Arizona Republic /analysis shows."
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"Getting Ferguson Majority to Show Its Clout at Polls"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=64808>
Posted onAugust 30, 2014 2:12 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=64808>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Monica Davey
writes<http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/31/us/getting-ferguson-majority-to-show-its-clout-at-polls.html?_r=0>this
must-read NYT report on African-American voter turnout in Ferguson and
the larger voting wars in Missouri.
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Rick Hasen
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UC Irvine School of Law
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