[EL] Law-election Digest, Vol 34, Issue 13

Justin Riemer jjustinriemer at gmail.com
Sat Feb 15 07:09:24 PST 2014 

You make a valid point about the absentee rejection rate including the
in-person ballots. I believe about 35-40% of absentee voting was done by
mail in 2012. That would raise the mail rejection rate to around 1.3 to
1.4%. (That's assuming no in-person absentees were rejected.) Still not out
of the norm nationally and certainly not the catastrophe you portray since
many were likely rejected for reasons other than the omissions regulation.
In addition to the late returning UOCAVA ballots, I would suspect USPS
problems from Sandy had some impact on the timely return of ballots.  We
should always try and do better though and I think Virginia is on the right
track. The rejections dropped from 2008 in spite of the "idiotic"
regulatory changes made between the '08 and '12, that, by the way, were
also precleared by DOJ.

It's unfortunate that your son had his ballot rejected although I would not
blame the regulation since it does not specifically state that the voter
must provide his residence address. Here is a link:
http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?000+reg+1VAC20-70-20. However,
the Code does require the residence address and anyone familiar with the
sworn affidavit on the envelope knows that it states in bold and capital
letters that the voter must provide his "LEGAL RESIDENCE IN VIRGINIA"
including house number, street name, etc, and that the ballot will not be
counted if the voter fails to complete the blanks per the statutory
requirement. Based on the stats I'd argue that north of 99% voters get the
form right although mistakes happens to the best of us. Finally, I'd like
to add that the State Board of Elections approved a redesign of the
Envelope pre-2012 General Election with the goal of making it easier to
complete. Perhaps those efforts helped cut down on some of the rejections?

Please feel free to have the last word as I'm done boring everyone with
this in the weeds tit for tat but felt compelled to respond given the tone
of your previous email. I can't imagine many non-Virginians are that
interested in this discussion.

Justin Riemer

On Fri, Feb 14, 2014 at 8:23 PM, Marc Greidinger <mpoweru4 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Dear Mr. Reimer:
>
> I am wondering whether the .5 percent statistic you site includes
> in-person absentee voters as well as mail in absentee voters. It looks like
> the Pew study lumps them all together, which means that the actual mail in
> rejections would be significantly higher.
>
> It is indeed unfortunate that many voters lose their vote because they do
> not follow the instructions on Virginia's mail in absentee ballot
> instruction sheet -- a document that at one point you bore some
> responsibility for. In 2012, these individuals included the executive
> director of the Fairfax County Republican Committee, and my son, who is an
> honors student in physics and engineering at the University of Virginia. I
> rather doubt that these individuals "cannot" follow instructions: rather
> they do not follow instructions because they are difficult to follow.
>
> In fact, many college students -- like my son -- make the same mistake,
> filling in their college address, rather than their parents home address on
> the blank that says "address." It is entirely unnecessary to collect this
> information from them on the absentee ballot "B" envelope, and yet the
> Virginia legislature is doing nothing to reverse this requirement, unlike
> the middle name/initial. Does this have to do with the fact that the votes
> of young people who attend college in Virginia skew democratic? You tell
> me.
>
> So this past year, when my son was on an exchange program at the Hong
> Kong, I had some difficulty talking him into voting an absentee ballot. He
> argued with me -- long distance -- that it was not worth the bother to vote
> because somebody would throw his vote out -- like they did the last time --
> for the kind of reasons inane you resorted to when you helped the Virginia
> State Board of Elections reinstate the idiot material omissions regulations
> that govern these matters.
>
> I sometimes wonder whether the people who make and enforce arbitrary
> voting rules like this care at all about the kind of damage that they do to
> young people who are just learning about what it means to participate in
> our democracy.
>
> Fortunately for my side of the argument, I was able to cite to my son the
> long litany of extraordinarily close elections in Virginia, the results of
> some of which could have changed by virtue of the kind of numbers we are
> talking about with these uncounted absentee ballots. Had this discussion
> taken place today, I would have also cited the Virginia AG race, and
> Lynwood Lewis's recent special election for the Virginia State Senate,
> which decided which party would control that body by what -- 10 or 11
> votes. After a long conversation -- he voted absentee -- and this time, I
> helped advise him about how to fill out the paperwork.
>
> Make no mistake -- I support the continuation of mail-in absentee voting.
> I think that it should be expanded to whoever wants to use it. But I do not
> recommend it to anyone who is concerned about having their vote counted who
> has the opportunity to vote in-person absentee. With in-person absentee,
> you have the opportunity to resolve these problems on the spot and get your
> vote counted. With mail-in absentee, you do not
>
> That will be my recommendation to whoever asks, Mr. Reimer, until your
> former employer, the Virginia State Board of Elections, fixes this. It is
> my fervent hope that they do so before the Circuit Court of Fairfax County
> orders them to.
>
> Regards,
>
> Marc Greidinger
> (703) 323-4661
>
>
>
> On Fri, Feb 14, 2014 at 11:00 AM, Justin Riemer <jjustinriemer at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Virginia's rejection rate for absentee ballots is low and has been in
>> decline. In 2012, .5% of absentee ballots were rejected. In 2008, the
>> rejection rate was 1.3%. I would bet that many of those ballots were
>> rejected for reasons other than what Marc states. Here is a cite to a Pew
>> snapshot for Virginia:
>> http://www.pewstates.org/research/analysis/2012-election-snapshotvirginia-85899505867
>>
>>
>>
>> I'd like to note that Virginia's rejection rate is lower than vote by
>> mail states Washington (1%) and Oregon (.7%).  It is unfortunate for the
>> .5% of voters that cannot follow instructions on how to properly vote and
>> return an absentee ballot. I think we'd all like to see that number get to
>> zero but given the logistics involved in voting by mail that will be
>> impossible. There is no evidence that Virginia's requirements impose any
>> greater burden in getting your absentee ballot counted than exists in other
>> states. Sorry Marc, but I'll take my chances in Virginia.
>>
>>
>> As an FYI: there is currently legislation proceeding in the VA General
>> Assembly to amend statutory provisions that could lead to rejection of
>> ballots for omission of including a middle name in the sworn affidavit
>> completed by the voter. It has bipartisan support:
>> http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?141+sum+SB333
>>
>>
>> J Justin Riemer
>>
>> On Fri, Feb 14, 2014 at 10:04 AM, dasmith <dasmith at ufl.edu> wrote:
>>
>>>  andrew
>>> what evidence do you have that "Nearly all absentee ballots are
>>> accepted."?
>>> that is certainly not the case here in florida, where the rejection rate
>>> of absentee ballots cast by racial and ethnic minorities and younger voters
>>> is quite high.
>>> more here: http://electionsmith.wordpress.com/category/absentee-ballots/
>>> best,
>>> dan
>>>
>>> daniel a. smith, ph.d.
>>> professor & uf research foundation professor (2010-2012)
>>> associate chair (2014)
>>> coordinator, political science internship program
>>> department of political science
>>> 003 anderson hall              |  phone: 352-273-2346
>>> po box 117325                  |  fax: 352-392-8127
>>> university of florida          |  email: dasmith at ufl.edu
>>> gainesville, fl 32611-7325     |  www.clas.ufl.edu/users/dasmith/
>>>
>>> section chair, state politics and policy (APSA), 2013-2015https://twitter.com/electionsmith
>>>
>>> On 2/13/2014 5:42 PM, andrew at andrewstraw.com wrote:
>>>
>>>  These are not serious objections to vote by mail.  Nearly all absentee
>>> ballots are accepted.  I know that many people go to the polls and are
>>> given provisional ballots that are never counted.
>>>
>>>  How about a simple solution.  Every voter has a "voter account" with
>>> the state, and their vote by mail ballot is scanned in so they can see it
>>> (and only them) as an image.  This is no different from how banks scan
>>> checks.  Then, if the ballot was rejected, the state has the burden of
>>> pointing out why on that person's account.
>>>
>>>  That work for you?
>>>
>>>  Vote by mail costs so much less, and is so much more inclusive, and
>>> will increase turnout so much, the objection that some are rejected isn't
>>> nearly enough to oppose vote by mail.
>>>
>>>  People who show up at the polls are rejected too.  People stand
>>> outside and challenge voters.  Police park their cars strategically to
>>> scare people.
>>>
>>>  I am done with polling places.  The fights over them will all cease
>>> when voting happens by mail.
>>>
>>>  Andrew Straw
>>>
>>>
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>>>
>>>
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>>>
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>>>   -------- Original Message --------
>>> Subject: Re: [EL] Law-election Digest, Vol 34, Issue 13
>>> From: Marc Greidinger <mpoweru4 at gmail.com>
>>> Date: Thu, February 13, 2014 4:08 pm
>>> To: andrew at andrewstraw.com
>>> Cc: law-election at department-lists.uci.edu
>>>
>>> If you are going to encourage "vote by mail" you need to make sure the
>>> mailed in votes count just as much as in person votes.
>>>
>>>  In Virginia, mailed in absentee ballots are rejected because the
>>> inside envelope is missing the person's middle initial; because the date
>>> that they are signed is omitted; and because a student puts his/her college
>>> address instead of his/her family address on the inside envelope. There
>>> have been back and forth regulatory changes as to whether or not a ballot
>>> should be thrown away because the envelope has not been sealed or becomes
>>> unsealed.
>>>
>>>  In these cases, there is no question about the identity of the voter:
>>> that is pre-printed by the Office of Elections on the outside envelope. So
>>> these requirements are effectively a literacy test not imposed upon people
>>> who vote "in person absentee" at satellite voting locations or at regular
>>> polling places. Thousands of otherwise valid absentee ballots are not
>>> counted because voters do not comply with these pointless rules.
>>>
>>>  First, get rid of these rules. Then we'll talk.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thu, Feb 13, 2014 at 3:35 PM, <andrew at andrewstraw.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>>  Yet another reason for vote by mail.  Natural disasters make it even
>>>> more difficult for disabled people to vote in traditional polling places.
>>>>  My polling place here in Streamwood forces disabled people to cross into
>>>> the street behind two parked buses to get to the poll.  Many places pile
>>>> their snow into handicapped spots.  See attached.
>>>>
>>>>   If a state does not implement vote by mail, it deserves an ADA Title
>>>> II suit to inform it of the obligation of access.  I have already
>>>> complained to the Justice Department, in 2012.  Maybe we will have vote by
>>>> mail and compliance with the ADA before the next presidential election.
>>>>
>>>>  If Oregon and Washington are any guide, that will mean improved voter
>>>> turnout of over 50 million as well.
>>>>
>>>>  Andrew
>>>>
>>>>
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>>>>
>>>>
>>>>  ______________________
>>>> Andrew U. D. Straw
>>>> Attorney at Law
>>>> U.S. District Court
>>>> Northern District of Illinois
>>>> 241A Brittany Drive
>>>> Streamwood, IL 60107
>>>> (574) 971-0131 <%28574%29%20971-0131> (T)
>>>> (877) 310-9097 <%28877%29%20310-9097> (F)
>>>> andrew at andrewstraw.com
>>>> www.andrewstraw.com
>>>>
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>>>>
>>>> Message: 1
>>>> Date: Wed, 12 Feb 2014 21:07:01 -0800
>>>> From: Rick Hasen <rhasen at law.uci.edu>
>>>> To: "law-election at UCI.edu" <law-election at UCI.edu>
>>>> Subject: [EL] ELB News and Commentary 2/13/14
>>>> Message-ID: <52FC52F5.9010602 at law.uci.edu>
>>>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"; Format="flowed"
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> "Elections Report: Prepare for the Worst"
>>>> <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=58732>
>>>>
>>>> Posted on February 12, 2014 9:04 pm
>>>> <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=58732>by Rick Hasen
>>>> <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>>>>
>>>> Politico
>>>> <
>>>> http://www.politico.com/story/2014/02/elections-natural-disasters-preparation-103459.html
>>>> >:
>>>>
>>>> Are states prepared to deal with natural disasters during elections?
>>>> A new report out Wednesday says while progress has been made,
>>>> there's room for improvement.
>>>>
>>>> With much of the East Coast facing the threat of another serious
>>>> winter storm, the National Association of Secretaries of State is
>>>> unveiling a report
>>>> <
>>>> http://images.politico.com/global/2014/02/12/task-force-report-on-emergency-preparedness-for-elections-jan14.html
>>>> >
>>>> that looks at the current state of emergency preparedness of the
>>>> nation's elections rules, and makes recommendations for states to
>>>> better prepare for the unexpected.
>>>>
>>>> Share
>>>> <
>>>> http://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http%3A%2F%2Felectionlawblog.org%2F%3Fp%3D58732&title=%E2%80%9CElections%20Report%3A%20Prepare%20for%20the%20Worst%E2%80%9D&description=
>>>> >
>>>> Posted in election administration <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> "'Vote No, Hope Yes' Defines Dysfunction in Congress"
>>>> <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=58730>
>>>>
>>>> Posted on February 12, 2014 9:02 pm
>>>> <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=58730>by Rick Hasen
>>>> <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>>>>
>>>> NYT news analysis
>>>> <
>>>> http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/13/us/politics/vote-no-hope-yes-defines-dysfunction-in-congress.html?ref=politics>
>>>>
>>>> from Carl Hulse.
>>>>
>>>> Share
>>>> <
>>>> http://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http%3A%2F%2Felectionlawblog.org%2F%3Fp%3D58730&title=%E2%80%9C%E2%80%98Vote%20No%2C%20Hope%20Yes%E2%80%99%20Defines%20Dysfunction%20in%20Congress%E2%80%9D&description=
>>>> >
>>>> Posted in political parties <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=25>,
>>>> political polarization <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=68>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> "Senior tries and tries to get ID card so she can vote"
>>>> <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=58728>
>>>>
>>>> Posted on February 12, 2014 5:38 pm
>>>> <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=58728>by Rick Hasen
>>>> <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>>>>
>>>> Houston Chronicle column.
>>>> <
>>>> http://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/columnists/falkenberg/article/Senior-tries-and-tries-to-get-ID-card-so-she-can-5226268.php#src=fb
>>>> >
>>>>
>>>> Very informative on the bureaucratic burdens of voter id.
>>>>
>>>> Share
>>>> <
>>>> http://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http%3A%2F%2Felectionlawblog.org%2F%3Fp%3D58728&title=%E2%80%9CSenior%20tries%20and%20tries%20to%20get%20ID%20card%20so%20she%20can%20vote%E2%80%9D&description=
>>>> >
>>>> Posted in election administration <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18>,
>>>>
>>>> The Voting Wars <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=60>, voter id
>>>> <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=9>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> "Boxer, Nelson Introduce Legislation to Ensure Voters Wait No Longer
>>>> than Thirty Minutes to Vote" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=58726>
>>>>
>>>> Posted on February 12, 2014 2:54 pm
>>>> <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=58726>by Rick Hasen
>>>> <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>>>>
>>>> Press release via email:
>>>>
>>>> *BOXER, NELSON INTRODUCE LEGISLATION TO ENSURE VOTERS WAIT NO LONGER
>>>> THAN THIRTY MINUTES TO VOTE*
>>>>
>>>> /'LINE Act' Will Help Implement the Recommendation of the Bipartisan
>>>> Presidential Commission on Election Administration Led by Counsels
>>>> to the Romney and Obama Campaigns/
>>>>
>>>> **
>>>>
>>>> *Washington, D.C. *-- U.S. Senators Barbara Boxer (D-CA) and Bill
>>>> Nelson (D-FL) today introduced an updated version of their
>>>> legislation -- the Lines Interfere with National Elections (LINE)
>>>> Act -- that would help implement the recommendation
>>>> <
>>>> https://www.supportthevoter.gov/2014/01/22/presidential-commission-on-election-administration-presents-recommendations-to-president-obama/
>>>> >
>>>> of the Presidential Commission on Election Administration that no
>>>> voter should wait in line for more than 30 minutes to cast a ballot.
>>>> The measure would require states where voters experienced long lines
>>>> in the 2012 election to develop plans to minimize waits at the polls.
>>>>
>>>> *"We can never again allow Americans to stand in line for hours to
>>>> exercise their right to vote,"* Senator Boxer said. *"The bipartisan
>>>> Presidential Commission on Election Administration was right that no
>>>> voter should wait for longer than a half hour to cast a ballot, and
>>>> this legislation will help ensure that states are taking action to
>>>> meet this standard in future elections."*
>>>>
>>>> *"In a democracy, you're supposed to make it easier and less of
>>>> hardship for people to vote, and that's what we're trying to do
>>>> here,"* Senator Nelson said.
>>>>
>>>> Senator Boxer first introduced the LINE Act at the end of the 112^th
>>>> Congress in response to reports that voters in Florida
>>>> <http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/politics-july-dec12-election_11-08/>,
>>>> Virginia
>>>> <
>>>> http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/266281-virginia-voters-see-long-lines-as-pols-swoop-in
>>>> >,
>>>> Ohio
>>>> <
>>>> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/04/ohio-early-voting_n_2073287.html
>>>> >
>>>> and other states waited in line for up to seven hours to cast
>>>> ballots, and Senators Boxer and Nelson renewed the push for the
>>>> legislation
>>>> <http://www.boxer.senate.gov/en/press/releases/021213.cfm> at the
>>>> start of the 113^th Congress.
>>>>
>>>> The legislation has now been updated to include the recommendations
>>>> and findings released last month by the bipartisan Presidential
>>>> Commission on Election Administration, which is led by veteran
>>>> election attorneys, Democrat Bob Bauer and Republican Ben Ginsberg,
>>>> who served as the chief campaign lawyers for President Obama and
>>>> Republican Mitt Romney during the last election.
>>>>
>>>> The bill specifically cites the Commission's finding that more than
>>>> 5 million voters experienced wait times that exceeded an hour in the
>>>> 2012 election, and another 5 million waited between a half hour and
>>>> an hour. The measure also notes that the Commission found that these
>>>> excessive wait times are avoidable if election officials plan
>>>> properly and have systems in place to respond when problems occur at
>>>> the polls.
>>>>
>>>> To help implement the Commission's goal of reducing wait times to
>>>> under a half hour, the bill would require states that experienced
>>>> long voter lines in the 2012 election to implement remedial plans to
>>>> fix the problems before the next federal election. Under the bill,
>>>> the Attorney General working with the Election Assistance Commission
>>>> would identify those states that had a substantial number of voters
>>>> who waited more than 30 minutes to vote. Those states would have to
>>>> develop and comply with a remedial plan to ensure that voters will
>>>> not face similar delays in the future.
>>>>
>>>> The Commission also offered a series of recommendations
>>>> <
>>>> https://www.supportthevoter.gov/files/2014/01/Amer-Voting-Exper-final-draft-01-09-14-508.pdf
>>>> >
>>>> for best practices that state and local elections officials can take
>>>> to reduce voter lines and improve the voting experience for all
>>>> Americans.
>>>>
>>>> I'd think the bill would have better chances if it was announced with a
>>>> Republican co-sponsor. I take it that the failure to have one means
>>>> something.
>>>>
>>>> Share
>>>> <
>>>> http://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http%3A%2F%2Felectionlawblog.org%2F%3Fp%3D58726&title=%E2%80%9CBoxer%2C%20Nelson%20Introduce%20Legislation%20to%20Ensure%20Voters%20Wait%20No%20Longer%20than%20Thirty%20Minutes%20to%20Vote%E2%80%9D&description=
>>>> >
>>>> Posted in election administration <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18>,
>>>>
>>>> PCEA (Bauer-Ginsberg Commission) <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=79>,
>>>> The Voting Wars <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=60>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> "Election Panel: Long Lines Were 'Management' Problem"
>>>> <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=58724>
>>>>
>>>> Posted on February 12, 2014 2:52 pm
>>>> <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=58724>by Rick Hasen
>>>> <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>>>>
>>>> Pam Fessler reports
>>>> <
>>>> http://www.npr.org/blogs/itsallpolitics/2014/02/12/275995111/election-panel-long-lines-were-management-problem?ft=1&f=1014&utm_campaign=nprpolitics&utm_source=politics&utm_medium=twitter>
>>>>
>>>> for NPR on Bauer and Ginsberg's testimony about the PCEA before the
>>>> Senate Rules Committee.
>>>>
>>>> She also notes the EAC nominations of Hicks and Perez were put off for
>>>> lack of a quorum.
>>>>
>>>> Share
>>>> <
>>>> http://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http%3A%2F%2Felectionlawblog.org%2F%3Fp%3D58724&title=%E2%80%9CElection%20Panel%3A%20Long%20Lines%20Were%20%E2%80%98Management%E2%80%99%20Problem%E2%80%9D&description=
>>>> >
>>>> Posted in election administration <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18>,
>>>>
>>>> Election Assistance Commission <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=34>,
>>>> PCEA (Bauer-Ginsberg Commission) <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=79>,
>>>> The Voting Wars <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=60>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> "IRS plan to curb politically active groups threatened by opposition
>>>> from both sides" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=58722>
>>>>
>>>> Posted on February 12, 2014 2:48 pm
>>>> <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=58722>by Rick Hasen
>>>> <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>>>>
>>>> WaPo reports.
>>>> <
>>>> http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/irs-plan-to-curb-politically-active-groups-threatened-by-opposition-from-both-sides/2014/02/12/99dcfd2a-932a-11e3-b46a-5a3d0d2130da_story.html
>>>> >
>>>>
>>>> Share
>>>> <
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>>>> >
>>>> Posted in campaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>, tax
>>>> law
>>>> and election law <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=22>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Kobach: EAC Would Have to Help Kansas Deny Vote to People of Swedish
>>>> Descent, If Kansas Wanted It <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=58720>
>>>>
>>>> Posted on February 12, 2014 2:34 pm
>>>> <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=58720>by Rick Hasen
>>>> <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>>>>
>>>> Case continue
>>>> <
>>>> http://www.kansas.com/2014/02/11/3281939/judge-questions-feds-role-in-kansas.html>s
>>>>
>>>> over EAC's authority under the NVRA against the states.
>>>>
>>>> While Kobach said the EAC did not have the authority to reject state
>>>> requested information for the federal form, he added that a court would
>>>> strike down the anti-Swedish voting law as unconstitutional.
>>>>
>>>> Share
>>>> <
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>>>> >
>>>> Posted in election administration <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18>,
>>>>
>>>> NVRA (motor voter) <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=33>, The Voting
>>>> Wars
>>>> <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=60>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> "North Carolina voting law targets black voters: Study"
>>>> <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=58718>
>>>>
>>>> Posted on February 12, 2014 2:28 pm
>>>> <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=58718>by Rick Hasen
>>>> <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>>>>
>>>> Adam Serwer reports
>>>> <http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/north-carolina-voting-law-black-voters>for
>>>> MSNBC.
>>>>
>>>> Share
>>>> <
>>>> http://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http%3A%2F%2Felectionlawblog.org%2F%3Fp%3D58718&title=%E2%80%9CNorth%20Carolina%20voting%20law%20targets%20black%20voters%3A%20Study%E2%80%9D&description=
>>>> >
>>>> Posted in election administration <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18>,
>>>>
>>>> The Voting Wars <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=60>, Voting Rights
>>>> Act
>>>> <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=15>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Israeli Supreme Court Orders New Elections in Beit Shemesh,
>>>> Nazareth: Voter Impersonation Fraud in Beit Shemesh case
>>>> <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=58716>
>>>>
>>>> Posted on February 12, 2014 2:23 pm
>>>> <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=58716>by Rick Hasen
>>>> <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>>>>
>>>> Jerusalem Post.
>>>> <
>>>> http://www.jpost.com/National-News/A-triple-revolution-Beit-Shemesh-Nazareth-and-Grunis-moves-to-background-341261
>>>> >
>>>>
>>>> The Beit Shemesh case has been fascinating to watch, as it seems to
>>>> involve a fair amount of real live impersonation fraud. Since I can't
>>>> find any modern U.S. cases where this has been a major problem, it is
>>>> useful to examine why it was a problem in Beit Shemesh (especially
>>>> given
>>>> that they use voter id to vote in Israel). And the answer seems to be
>>>> that those engaging in the fraud were doing so on order of their
>>>> rabbis.
>>>> That is, they were motivated by a religious desire. (Interestingly, the
>>>> same allegation figures into recent allegations ofvoter fraud in
>>>> Brooklyn <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=55279>.)
>>>>
>>>> For those wanting to keep up with the Beit Shemesh case, the Failed
>>>> Messiah
>>>> <
>>>> http://failedmessiah.typepad.com/failed_messiahcom/2013/12/court-overturns-beit-shemesh-election-due-to-haredi-voter-fraud-567.html>website
>>>>
>>>> is indispensable.
>>>>
>>>> Share
>>>> <
>>>> http://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http%3A%2F%2Felectionlawblog.org%2F%3Fp%3D58716&title=Israeli%20Supreme%20Court%20Orders%20New%20Elections%20in%20Beit%20Shemesh%2C%20Nazareth%3A%20Voter%20Impersonation%20Fraud%20in%20Beit%20Shemesh%20case&description=
>>>> >
>>>> Posted in chicanery <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=12>, election
>>>> administration <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> FEC Commissioners Ravel, Weintraub Write WSJ Letter to the Editor
>>>> Complaining of OpEd <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=58714>
>>>>
>>>> Posted on February 12, 2014 2:14 pm
>>>> <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=58714>by Rick Hasen
>>>> <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>>>>
>>>> Here
>>>> <
>>>> http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304680904579369191043834138?mg=reno64-wsj&url=http%3A%2F%2Fonline.wsj.com%2Farticle%2FSB10001424052702304680904579369191043834138.html
>>>> >.
>>>>
>>>> Share
>>>> <
>>>> http://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http%3A%2F%2Felectionlawblog.org%2F%3Fp%3D58714&title=FEC%20Commissioners%20Ravel%2C%20Weintraub%20Write%20WSJ%20Letter%20to%20the%20Editor%20Complaining%20of%20OpEd&description=
>>>> >
>>>> Posted in campaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>,
>>>> federal
>>>> election commission <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=24>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> "Both Sides Object to I.R.S. Plan to Restrict Nonprofits' Political
>>>> Activity" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=58712>
>>>>
>>>> Posted on February 12, 2014 1:49 pm
>>>> <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=58712>by Rick Hasen
>>>> <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>>>>
>>>> NYT reports.
>>>> <
>>>> http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/13/us/politics/both-sides-object-to-irs-plan-to-restrict-nonprofits-political-activity.html
>>>> >
>>>>
>>>> Share
>>>> <
>>>> http://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http%3A%2F%2Felectionlawblog.org%2F%3Fp%3D58712&title=%E2%80%9CBoth%20Sides%20Object%20to%20I.R.S.%20Plan%20to%20Restrict%20Nonprofits%E2%80%99%20Political%20Activity%E2%80%9D&description=
>>>> >
>>>> Posted in campaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>, tax
>>>> law
>>>> and election law <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=22>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> "Feds: Mexican Tycoon Exploited Super PACs to Influence U.S.
>>>> Elections" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=58710>
>>>>
>>>> Posted on February 12, 2014 12:56 pm
>>>> <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=58710>by Rick Hasen
>>>> <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>>>>
>>>> FP's /The Cable/ reports.
>>>> <
>>>> http://thecable.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2014/02/11/feds_mexican_tycoon_used_super_pacs_to_influence_us_elections
>>>> >
>>>>
>>>> Share
>>>> <
>>>> http://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http%3A%2F%2Felectionlawblog.org%2F%3Fp%3D58710&title=%E2%80%9CFeds%3A%20Mexican%20Tycoon%20Exploited%20Super%20PACs%20to%20Influence%20U.S.%20Elections%E2%80%9D&description=
>>>> >
>>>> Posted in campaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> "Newport council candidate seeks bitcoin donations"
>>>> <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=58706>
>>>>
>>>> Posted on February 12, 2014 11:31 am
>>>> <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=58706>by Rick Hasen
>>>> <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>>>>
>>>> The /OC Register /reports.
>>>> <
>>>> http://www.ocregister.com/articles/bitcoin-601152-bitcoins-currency.html
>>>> >
>>>>
>>>> Also read it here
>>>> <
>>>> http://www.law.uci.edu/news/in-the-news/2014/ocr-current_hasen_021114.pdf
>>>> >.
>>>>
>>>> Share
>>>> <
>>>> http://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http%3A%2F%2Felectionlawblog.org%2F%3Fp%3D58706&title=%E2%80%9CNewport%20council%20candidate%20seeks%20bitcoin%20donations%E2%80%9D&description=
>>>> >
>>>> Posted in campaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> About to Be on HuffPostLive Talking Early Voting
>>>> <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=58704>
>>>>
>>>> Posted on February 12, 2014 10:44 am
>>>> <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=58704>by Rick Hasen
>>>> <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>>>>
>>>> with Mike Sacks <http://huff.lv/1iPldpb>, Jonathan Bernstein, and
>>>> David
>>>> Schaefer.
>>>>
>>>> Background:my recent
>>>> <
>>>> http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/politics/2014/02/the_new_conservative_assault_on_early_voting_more_republicans_fewer_voters.html>/Slate
>>>>
>>>> <
>>>> http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/politics/2014/02/the_new_conservative_assault_on_early_voting_more_republicans_fewer_voters.html>/piece
>>>>
>>>> <
>>>> http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/politics/2014/02/the_new_conservative_assault_on_early_voting_more_republicans_fewer_voters.html>
>>>> on
>>>> conservatives and early voting.
>>>>
>>>> Share
>>>> <
>>>> http://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http%3A%2F%2Felectionlawblog.org%2F%3Fp%3D58704&title=About%20to%20Be%20on%20HuffPostLive%20Talking%20Early%20Voting&description=
>>>> >
>>>> Posted in election administration <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18>,
>>>>
>>>> The Voting Wars <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=60>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Talked Early Voting with Pete Domnick Today
>>>> <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=58702>
>>>>
>>>> Posted on February 12, 2014 10:42 am
>>>> <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=58702>by Rick Hasen
>>>> <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>>>>
>>>> Listen here
>>>> <
>>>> https://soundcloud.com/siriusxm-news-issues/standup-w-petedominick-rick>
>>>> as
>>>> I talked about my recent
>>>> <
>>>> http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/politics/2014/02/the_new_conservative_assault_on_early_voting_more_republicans_fewer_voters.html>/Slate
>>>>
>>>> <
>>>> http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/politics/2014/02/the_new_conservative_assault_on_early_voting_more_republicans_fewer_voters.html>/piece
>>>>
>>>> <
>>>> http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/politics/2014/02/the_new_conservative_assault_on_early_voting_more_republicans_fewer_voters.html>
>>>> on
>>>> conservatives and early voting.
>>>>
>>>> Share
>>>> <
>>>> http://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http%3A%2F%2Felectionlawblog.org%2F%3Fp%3D58702&title=Talked%20Early%20Voting%20with%20Pete%20Domnick%20Today&description=
>>>> >
>>>> Posted in election administration <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18>,
>>>>
>>>> The Voting Wars <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=60>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> "Taking Down D'Souza and Other Abuses of Power"
>>>> <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=58700>
>>>>
>>>> Posted on February 12, 2014 8:15 am
>>>> <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=58700>by Rick Hasen
>>>> <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>>>>
>>>> Brad Smith
>>>> <
>>>> http://www.libertylawsite.org/2014/02/11/taking-down-dsouza-and-other-abuses-of-power/
>>>> >:
>>>>
>>>> I have no idea if Dinesh D'Souza is guilty of the alleged campaign
>>>> finance law violations. One cannot make campaign contributions in
>>>> the name of another or exceed the legal limit---then $5000---to a
>>>> candidate in a campaign cycle. But most people are not aware of this
>>>> restriction, and violations of this provision are both relatively
>>>> common and usually inadvertent. Such violations are typically
>>>> handled as civil matters, subjected to small fines. This is
>>>> especially true when, as here, the race in which the violation
>>>> occurred was never even competitive. Long's Democratic opponent,
>>>> Kristin Gillibrand (D. N.Y.) won with over seventy percent of the
>>>> vote while outspending Long by over $13 million. Criminal
>>>> indictments and handcuffs for a first-time offender will strike many
>>>> as overkill.
>>>>
>>>> Share
>>>> <
>>>> http://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http%3A%2F%2Felectionlawblog.org%2F%3Fp%3D58700&title=%E2%80%9CTaking%20Down%20D%E2%80%99Souza%20and%20Other%20Abuses%20of%20Power%E2%80%9D&description=
>>>> >
>>>> Posted in campaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> "More voting rules poised to pass state House"
>>>> <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=58698>
>>>>
>>>> Posted on February 12, 2014 8:12 am
>>>> <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=58698>by Rick Hasen
>>>> <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>>>>
>>>> The latest
>>>> <
>>>> http://news.cincinnati.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/201402112238/NEWS010801/302110048>
>>>>
>>>> from Ohio.
>>>>
>>>> Share
>>>> <
>>>> http://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http%3A%2F%2Felectionlawblog.org%2F%3Fp%3D58698&title=%E2%80%9CMore%20voting%20rules%20poised%20to%20pass%20state%20House%E2%80%9D&description=
>>>> >
>>>> Posted in Uncategorized <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=1>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> "On Campaign Payment of Legal Fees, Contrasting Views From Christie"
>>>> <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=58696>
>>>>
>>>> Posted on February 12, 2014 8:11 am
>>>> <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=58696>by Rick Hasen
>>>> <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>>>>
>>>> Brian Svoboda
>>>> <
>>>> http://www.lawandpoliticsupdate.com/2014/02/on-campaign-payment-of-legal-fees-contrasting-views-from-christie/>
>>>>
>>>> dives in.
>>>>
>>>> Share
>>>> <
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>>>> >
>>>> Posted in campaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>,
>>>> campaigns <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=59>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> "Winter Reading: Rick Hasen's 'Lobbying, Rent-Seeking, and the
>>>> Constitution'" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=58694>
>>>>
>>>> Posted on February 12, 2014 8:08 am
>>>> <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=58694>by Rick Hasen
>>>> <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>>>>
>>>> This item
>>>> <
>>>> http://www.cityethics.org/content/winter-reading-rick-hasens-lobbying-rent-seeking-and-constitution>
>>>>
>>>> appears at the /City Ethics/ blog.
>>>>
>>>> Share
>>>> <
>>>> http://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http%3A%2F%2Felectionlawblog.org%2F%3Fp%3D58694&title=%E2%80%9CWinter%20Reading%3A%20Rick%20Hasen%E2%80%99s%20%E2%80%98Lobbying%2C%20Rent-Seeking%2C%20and%20the%20Constitution%E2%80%99%E2%80%9D&description=
>>>> >
>>>> Posted in campaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>,
>>>> lobbying <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=28>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Politico on the Partisan Fights over Secretary of State Races
>>>> <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=58692>
>>>>
>>>> Posted on February 12, 2014 8:07 am
>>>> <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=58692>by Rick Hasen
>>>> <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>>>>
>>>> Here
>>>> <
>>>> http://www.politico.com/story/2014/02/secretary-of-state-elections-2014-103425.html
>>>> >.
>>>>
>>>> Share
>>>> <
>>>> http://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http%3A%2F%2Felectionlawblog.org%2F%3Fp%3D58692&title=Politico%20on%20the%20Partisan%20Fights%20over%20Secretary%20of%20State%20Races&description=
>>>> >
>>>> Posted in election administration <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18>,
>>>>
>>>> The Voting Wars <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=60>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Rick Hasen
>>>> Chancellor's Professor of Law and Political Science
>>>> UC Irvine School of Law
>>>> 401 E. Peltason Dr., Suite 1000
>>>> Irvine, CA 92697-8000
>>>> 949.824.3072 - office
>>>> 949.824.0495 - fax
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