[EL] ELB News and Commentary 2/7/14
Rick Hasen
rhasen at law.uci.edu
Thu Feb 6 19:42:11 PST 2014
100 Democratic Co-Sponsors, One Republican Co-Sponsor for H.R. 20,
the New Campaign Finance Bill <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=58600>
Posted on February 6, 2014 7:38 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=58600>by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
But I expect
<http://www.publicintegrity.org/2014/02/06/14216/dems-introduce-plan-public-financing-campaigns>the
Sarbanes bill will be called "bipartisan."
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Posted in campaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>
"Larry Lessig: Off the Grid" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=58598>
Posted on February 6, 2014 7:30 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=58598>by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
TNR <http://www.newrepublic.com/article/116431/larry-lessig-grid>:
In 2007, when Lessig formally announced
<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hzFEbm1C0yU> his new cause to a room
full of surprised tech acolytes at something called the iCommons
iSummit, he called it a ten-year project, just as his copyright
fight had been. As we approach our stopping point in Errol, New
Hampshire, I ask Lessig what he'll do if, by the end of that
timetable, he hasn't managed to change campaign finance at all.
"It's the most obvious, likely outcome," he says, after a few
seconds. "And I've literally never thought of that."
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Posted in campaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>
The Daily Show Goes after Koch Involvement in Local Elections/Super
PACs <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=58596>
Posted on February 6, 2014 12:17 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=58596>by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Hilarious
<http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/wed-february-5-2014/koch-blocked>.
And great Matthew Vadum moment in there too. (Here's a reminder
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=22531> if you've forgotten who he is.)
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Posted in campaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>,
election law "humor" <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=52>
The Voting Wars Come to Canada <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=58594>
Posted on February 6, 2014 12:13 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=58594>by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Oy.
<http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/ottawas-new-bill-forbids-electoral-officer-from-encouraging-voters-turnout/article16718186/>
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Posted in The Voting Wars <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=60>
Senate Rules Committee Schedules Hearing on Bauer-Ginsberg Report
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=58592>
Posted on February 6, 2014 12:12 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=58592>by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
For Feb. 12.
<http://www.rules.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?p=CommitteeHearings&ContentRecord_id=a34f1454-239d-4e55-8a87-6945e8841b37>
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Posted in election administration <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18>,
PCEA (Bauer-Ginsberg Commission) <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=79>
"New Analysis: Trends Shift Sharply to Expand Voting Access"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=58590>
Posted on February 6, 2014 12:11 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=58590>by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Brennan Center
<http://www.brennancenter.org/press-release/new-analysis-trends-shift-sharply-expand-voting-access>:
Hundreds of bills to improve access to the polls have been
introduced leading up to the 2014 election, in sharp contrast to the
spate of restrictive laws introduced before 2012, according to a new
analysis issued today
<http://www.brennancenter.org/analysis/voting-laws-roundup-2014> by
the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law.
*In 2014, 190 bills to expand voting access have been introduced in
31 states, compared to 49 restrictive measures in 19 states, the new
analysis found.* This builds on momentum from 2013
<http://www.brennancenter.org/analysis/election-2013-voting-laws-roundup>,
when 46 states introduced 237 bills to improve voting, compared to
33 states introducing 92 restrictive measures. Ten states ultimately
passed 13 bills to expand access, compared to eight states passing
nine restrictive laws.
The trend marks an abrupt reversal from before the 2012 election
<http://www.brennancenter.org/analysis/election-2012-voting-laws-roundup>,
when 41 states introduced 180 restrictive voting bills. Overall, 19
states passed 27 measures making it harder to vote.
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Posted in election administration <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18>,
The Voting Wars <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=60>
"Recount Principles and Best Practices"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=58588>
Posted on February 6, 2014 12:09 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=58588>by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Center for Election Integrity in Minnesota
<http://www.ceimn.org/recount-principles-and-best-practices>:
As the United States enters the critical mid-year election season
with close outcomes all but guaranteed, Citizens for Election
Integrity Minnesota (CEIMN) announces a new and concise resource,
/Recount Principles and Best Practices./
<http://ceimn.org/sites/default/files/recountprinciplesbestpractices2014.pdf>
This document addresses a wide range of recount topics, including
initiating mechanisms, funding, transparency, impartiality, counting
methods, targeted recounts, and rules for determining voter intent.
CEIMN convened four nationally recognized, bipartisan authors and a
blue-ribbon panel of advisors to distill their extensive recount
experience into key principles and best practices. The authors
of/ Recount Principles and Best Practices /are:
* Mark Ritchie, Minnesota Secretary of State, who chaired
the five-person State Canvassing Board that oversaw the 2008
U.S. Senate recount
* Sam Reed, former Washington Secretary of State, who
oversaw the 2004 Washington gubernatorial recount
* Jane Platten, former director of Cuyahoga County Ohio
Board of Elections
* Mark Halvorson, founder of Citizens for Election Integrity
Minnesota and creator of the CEIMN searchable database of state
recount laws.
The report was reviewed by a blue-ribbon panel of advisors,
including election officials, election integrity advocates,
journalists, and academics.
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Posted in election administration <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18>,
recounts <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=50>
"Minnesota on Candidate Fundraising for Independent Committees:
Round Two and Still Struggling" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=58586>
Posted on February 6, 2014 12:07 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=58586>by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Bauer blogs.
<http://www.moresoftmoneyhardlaw.com/2014/02/minnesota-candidate-fundraising-independent-committees-round-two-still-struggling/>
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Posted in campaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>
"The Newest Trend In Campaign Trolling: Fake Websites"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=58584>
Posted on February 6, 2014 12:06 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=58584>by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
TPM reports. <http://talkingpointsmemo.com/dc/nrcc-fake-campaign-websites>
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Posted in Uncategorized <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=1>
"Eight reasons for halting early voting"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=58582>
Posted on February 6, 2014 12:04 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=58582>by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
J. Christian Adams /Wash. Times/ oped.
<http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/feb/5/adams-eight-reasons-for-halting-early-voting/>
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Posted in election administration <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18>,
The Voting Wars <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=60>
"From 'American Hustle' to the Super PAC Hustle"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=58580>
Posted on February 6, 2014 12:02 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=58580>by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Ciara Torres-Spelliscy blogs
<http://www.brennancenter.org/blog/%E2%80%9Camerican-hustle%E2%80%9D-super-pac-hustle>.
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Posted in campaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>
Focus on Political Fragmentation, Not Polarization, To Fix Our
Politics <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=58574>
Posted on February 6, 2014 10:36 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=58574>by Richard Pildes
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=7>
As the final piece in its terrificseries
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/monkey-cage/wp/2014/01/07/want-to-know-more-about-political-polarization-the-monkey-cage-has-answers-and-questions/>
on political polarization, the Washington Post/Monkey Cage has published
an essay of mine, which can be found here.
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/monkey-cage/wp/2014/02/06/how-to-fix-our-polarized-politics-strengthen-political-parties/>
My launching off point is the view that the extreme polarization of the
political parties is a product of long-term historical transformations;
thus, there is not a lot of room for optimism that this polarization can
be meaningful changed by various institutional reforms that have been
proposed (including by me, eg, here
<http://bigthink.com/users/richardpildes>). Empirical studies cast
increasing doubt on whether the conventional reforms proposed would make
a dent in the polarization of our parties. Thus, I suggest considering
a different tack.
Here is an excerpt: //
My suggestion is that, if we are looking for solutions, we should
re-define the problem of effective governance in our era as one of
/political fragmentation /rather than one of /political
polarization. /By fragmentation, I mean the external diffusion of
political power away from the political parties as a whole and the
internal diffusion of power away from the party leadership to
individual party members and officeholders. It is political
fragmentation that makes it that much more difficult, in a political
world that rests on polarized parties, for party leaders nonetheless
to engage in the kinds of negotiations, compromises, and pragmatic
deal-making that enable government to function effectively, at least
in areas of broad consensus that government must act in /some/ way
(budgets, debt-ceiling increases). And because of political
fragmentation, party leaders in all our political institutions have
less capacity to play this kind of leadership role than in many
previous eras. When political fragmentation that makes it that much
harder for party leaders to command their parties is added to highly
polarized parties, the mix is highly toxic to the capacity of our
political institutions to function effectively.
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Rick Hasen
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UC Irvine School of Law
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