[EL] ELB News and Commentary 2/6/14

Wed Feb 5 20:31:52 PST 2014

    Off to Duke, ASU <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=58572>

Posted on February 5, 2014 8:28 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=58572>by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Heading off to Duke's symposium on The Future of Campaign Finance Reform 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=58446> to present Super PAC 
Contributions, Corruption, and the Proxy War Over Coordination. 
<http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2383452>Looking 
forward to a great lineup of speakers.

On Monday, I'm presenting my Race or Party? work 
<http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2353068> to a 
faculty workshop at ASU.

Blogging may be sporadic until Tuesday.

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    "Tech Industry Flexes Muscle in California Race"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=58570>

Posted on February 5, 2014 8:13 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=58570>by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Very interesting congressional race i 
<http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/06/us/politics/tech-industry-flexes-muscle-in-california-race.html?ref=politics>n 
the 17th district.

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    "Party Predictions Differ in Texas on Impact of New Voter ID Law"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=58568>

Posted on February 5, 2014 8:09 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=58568>by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

NYT reports 
<http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/06/us/party-predictions-differ-in-texas-on-impact-of-new-voter-id-law.html?_r=2>.

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The Voting Wars <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=60>, voter id 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=9>

    "Scott Walker still mum on secret campaign investigation"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=58566>

Posted on February 5, 2014 8:05 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=58566>by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

The /Wisconsin State Journal/ reports. 
<http://lacrossetribune.com/news/state-and-regional/scott-walker-still-mum-on-secret-campaign-investigation/article_2a2baeb3-5012-5e13-a8d3-da8d25bb8cdc.html>

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    "Montana Supreme Court OKs voter registration referendum"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=58564>

Posted on February 5, 2014 8:03 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=58564>by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Missoulian 
<http://missoulian.com/news/state-and-regional/montana-supreme-court-oks-voter-registration-referendum/article_cf9e4bc8-8e9b-11e3-8803-001a4bcf887a.html>: 
"The Montana Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled that a legislative 
referendum to end Election Day voter registration can appear on the 
November ballot. However, the court ordered Attorney General Tim Fox to 
rewrite the ballot statement for the referendum to clarify that the 
proposed change is not required by the National Voter Registration Act. 
The original statement in the referendum incorrectly said the change was 
intended to ensure compliance with the federal law."

You can read the opinion here. 
<http://supremecourtdocket.mt.gov/search/getDocument?documentid=82087>

What does Tim Fox say 
<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jofNR_WkoCE&feature=kp>?

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NVRA (motor voter) <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=33>, voter 
registration <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=37>

    George Will Bemoans Early Voting <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=58562>

Posted on February 5, 2014 5:33 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=58562>by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

WaPo column 
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/george-will-the-stakes-of-floridas-special-election/2014/02/05/e6fa8b58-8dd6-11e3-98ab-fe5228217bd1_story.html>:

    Sink will benefit from the national trend allowing early voting to
    obliterate Election Day. Any Floridian who has ever requested an
    absentee ballot
    <http://www.longdistancevoter.org/florida#.UvFcC7S2wg8> henceforth
    gets one automatically. Seventy-seven percent of the Republican
    primary votes here were cast by mail in the Jan. 14 primary, and
    absentee ballots will be mailed <http://www.votepinellas.com/?id=13>
    Feb. 7. Furthermore, early voting at polling places begins March 1,
    so many --- perhaps most --- votes will be cast before Jolly has
    raised much of the money necessary to communicate his message.

    Instead of a community deliberation culminating in a shared day of
    decision, an election like the one here is diffuse and inferior. If
    Sink wins, Republicans nationally can shrug; if Jolly wins,
    Democrats should tremble. But no matter who wins, the district loses
    because it has lost Election Day.

I recently wrote <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=58505>about the 
ideological and partisan trends of increasing Republican opposition to 
early voting. At least Will is consistent in also opposing no excuse 
absentee balloting.

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    New Washington State Suit to Insure Ballot Secrecy
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=58559>

Posted on February 5, 2014 5:28 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=58559>by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Seethis pleading 
<http://electionlawblog.org/wp-content/uploads/18-White-Response-Brief_140130.pdf> 
in White v. Skagit County. There has been similar litigation in Colorado.

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Posted in election administration <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18>, 
voting technology <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=40>

    "The D'Souza Case and Big Data" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=58556>

Posted on February 5, 2014 4:57 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=58556>by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Rob Kelner 
<http://www.insidepoliticallaw.com/2014/02/05/the-dsouza-case-and-big-data/> 
on why a fourth-grade level algorithm and not selective prosecution may 
explain how D'Souza got indicted.

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    "Cause of Action Sues IRS Over Proposed Regulations Affecting
    Nonprofits" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=58554>

Posted on February 5, 2014 2:24 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=58554>by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

See here 
<http://causeofaction.org/cause-action-sues-irs-proposed-regulations-affecting-nonprofits/>.

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and election law <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=22>

    Google Thinks the NRCC is Phishing with Those Deceptive Campaign Ads
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=58550>

Posted on February 5, 2014 2:13 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=58550>by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Read. <https://twitter.com/jasonaabel/status/431188353002663936>

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    "ACLU contends California must let former prisoners vote"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=58548>

Posted on February 5, 2014 1:27 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=58548>by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

LA Times reports. 
<http://www.latimes.com/local/political/la-me-ff-aclu-contends-california-must-let-former-prisoners-vote-20140204,0,5116420.story#axzz2sU9Yz7zc>

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    "Rethinking The 17th Amendment: An Old Idea Gets Fresh Opposition"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=58546>

Posted on February 5, 2014 12:42 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=58546>by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

NPR reports 
<http://www.npr.org/blogs/itsallpolitics/2014/02/05/271937304/rethinking-the-17th-amendment-an-old-idea-gets-fresh-opposition?ft=1&f=1014&utm_campaign=nprpolitics&utm_source=politics&utm_medium=twitter>.

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    "Kansas and Arizona Lose on Procedure, in Case Over Federal Voter
    Registration Form" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=58544>

Posted on February 5, 2014 11:21 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=58544>by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Richard Winger reports. 
<http://www.ballot-access.org/2014/02/kansas-and-arizona-lose-on-procedure-in-case-over-federal-voter-registration-form/>

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Election Assistance Commission <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=34>, 
NVRA (motor voter) <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=33>, The Voting Wars 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=60>

    "The Koch Brothers Left a Confidential Document at Their Last Donor
    Conference---Read It Here" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=58542>

Posted on February 5, 2014 11:18 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=58542>by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Mother Jones scoop 
<http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2014/02/koch-brothers-palm-springs-donor-list>.

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and election law <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=22>

    "Landmark Citizenship Case to Have Full Hearing Before D.C. Circuit"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=58540>

Posted on February 5, 2014 11:09 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=58540>by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Press release: 
<http://www.equalrightsnow.org/landmark_citizenship_case_to_have_full_hearing_before_d_c_circuit> 
"Leneuoti Tuaua and five other plaintiffs who are challenging federal 
laws that deny U.S. citizenship to people born in American Samoa will 
have their day in court, now that the D.C. Circuit has denied the 
Government's request 
<http://www.scribd.com/doc/204627432/Order-Motion-for-Summary-Affirmance-Denied>to 
summarily affirm a district judge's earlier dismissal of the case."

New Judge Pillard is on the order.

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Rick Hasen
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UC Irvine School of Law
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