[EL] ELB News and Commentary 2/17/14
Rick Hasen
rhasen at law.uci.edu
Sun Feb 16 20:43:08 PST 2014
<http://electionlawblog.org/>
"Tuesday primary marks 2 years since only use of controversial voter
ID law" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=58802>
Posted on February 16, 2014 8:34 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=58802>by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
The latest
<http://fox11online.com/2014/02/16/tuesday-primary-marks-2-years-since-only-use-of-controversial-voter-id-law/>from
Wisconsin.
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Posted in election administration <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18>,
voter id <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=9>, Voting Rights Act
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=15>
"Michael Mukasey: What Holder Isn't Saying About Letting Felons
Vote" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=58800>
Posted on February 16, 2014 8:32 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=58800>by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
WSJ oped
<http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304315004579383002400688612?mg=reno64-wsj&url=http%3A%2F%2Fonline.wsj.com%2Farticle%2FSB10001424052702304315004579383002400688612.html>:
The U.S. attorney general told us that statistics can be read to
show that felon disenfranchisement laws actually promote recidivism.
He said that such laws, which vary from state to state, are rooted
in outdated notions going back to colonial days (when no one did any
voting). He said that they were used during Reconstruction
intentionally, and have been used since (whether intentionally or
not is left hanging in the air) to deny the vote to blacks---who
make up a larger percentage of those convicted of felonies than they
do of the general population.
The statistical argument derives from a recent study in Florida that
showed a lower recidivism rate for felons whose right to vote had
been restored than for those whose right hadn't. However, there is
more going on here.
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Posted in felon voting <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=66>
"There are far worse crimes than Wright's"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=58798>
Posted on February 16, 2014 8:16 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=58798>by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
George Skelton
<http://www.latimes.com/local/la-me-cap-rod-wright-20140217,0,4289589.column#axzz2tY7pJuaE>
LAT column.
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Posted in residency <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=38>
"Unnamed parties sue in state Supreme Court over John Doe campaign
probe" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=58796>
Posted on February 16, 2014 8:10 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=58796>by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
The latest from Wisconsin
<http://www.jsonline.com/news/statepolitics/unnamed-parties-sue-in-state-supreme-court-over-john-doe-campaign-probe-b99205761z1-245560071.html>.
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Posted in campaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>,
chicanery <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=12>
"The Line at the 'Super PAC' Trough"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=58794>
Posted on February 16, 2014 1:36 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=58794>by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
NYT editorial.
<http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/16/opinion/sunday/the-line-at-the-super-pac-trough.html?ref=opinion&_r=0>
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Posted in campaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>
An Answer to Will Baude's "Naive" Question About Same Sex Marriage
and SCOTUS <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=58791>
Posted on February 15, 2014 4:29 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=58791>by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Will asks
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/volokh-conspiracy/wp/2014/02/15/a-naive-thought-about-the-supreme-court-and-same-sex-marriage/>
if there will really be a need for the Supreme Court to take another
same-sex marriage case if all the cases decide that there /is/ a right
to same sex marriage and hence no circuit split.
I've written about why the Court will still take such cases here
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=57627>and here
<http://blogs.reuters.com/great-debate/2013/07/15/court-due-to-make-second-trip-down-the-aisle/>.
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Posted in Supreme Court <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=29>
"Voting-Rights Bill's Backers Say There's No Doubt It Will Pass"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=58789>
Posted on February 15, 2014 4:24 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=58789>by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
National Journal reports.
<http://www.nationaljournal.com/politics/voting-rights-bill-s-backers-say-there-s-no-doubt-it-will-pass-20140214>
I would wager that it does not pass this year, despite the optimistic
statements from the bill's supporters.
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Posted in Voting Rights Act <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=15>, VRAA
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=81>
"In statewide debut, top-two primary blocks third parties from June
ballot" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=58787>
Posted on February 15, 2014 4:20 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=58787>by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
John Hrabe reports
<http://www.calnewsroom.com/2014/02/14/in-statewide-debut-top-two-primary-blocks-third-parties-from-june-ballot/>.
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Posted in ballot access <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=46>, political
parties <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=25>, political polarization
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=68>, third parties
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=47>
"A.G. Schneiderman Calls For Passage Of Voter Intimidation
Prevention Act To Combat Barriers To The Ballot Box"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=58785>
Posted on February 15, 2014 4:19 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=58785>by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
See this
<http://www.ag.ny.gov/press-release/ag-schneiderman-calls-passage-voter-intimidation-prevention-act-combat-barriers-ballot>
press release.
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Posted in election administration <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18>,
The Voting Wars <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=60>
"Top-two primary system is shaking up California elections"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=58781>
Posted on February 14, 2014 8:06 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=58781>by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
LA Times reports.
<http://www.latimes.com/local/la-me-gary-miller-20140215,0,6870707.story#axzz2tMO06jkU>
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Posted in political parties <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=25>,
primaries <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=32>
"Voter ID cases could let John Roberts destroy Voting Rights Act"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=58779>
Posted on February 14, 2014 4:07 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=58779>by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
MSNBC reports
<http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/could-voter-id-challenges-backfire>.
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Posted in The Voting Wars <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=60>, voter id
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=9>, Voting Rights Act
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=15>
"Our political parties are networked, not fragmented"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=58777>
Posted on February 14, 2014 2:32 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=58777>by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Interesting observations from Seth Maske
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/monkey-cage/wp/2014/02/14/our-political-parties-are-networked-not-fragmented/>t,
though I'm not sure I agree with him on the campaign finance aspects of
things.
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Posted in campaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>,
political parties <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=25>, political
polarization <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=68>
Are the Political Parties "Fragmented" or "Networked" and Why It
Matters <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=58774>
Posted on February 14, 2014 2:27 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=58774>by Richard Pildes
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=7>
In a good piece
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/monkey-cage/wp/2014/02/14/our-political-parties-are-networked-not-fragmented/>,
Professor Seth Masket takes issue with my argument
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/monkey-cage/wp/2014/02/06/how-to-fix-our-polarized-politics-strengthen-political-parties/>
that political power and the political parties today are highly
fragmented. Instead, he suggests we ought to see the parties more as
"networked:"
The modern American party is a network in this sense: It is a
collection of different sorts of political actors --- candidates,
officeholders, activists, major donors, media figures, and others
--- working together to determine who gets nominated for office and
thus what direction the government moves. These different actors are
connected to each other in a variety of ways, including the exchange
of information and the transfer of campaign money, all of which
involve picking candidates and backing them at the
presidential, congressional, or local
<http://www.amazon.com/Middle-Ground-Organizations-Nominations-Legislatures/dp/0472116894> level.
The network structure makes it difficult to know just who is in
charge of the party at any given point, or even who is a member of
it. . . determining the chain of command can be very challenging,
especially when they battle each other for influence.
Whether we describe the parties as fragmented or networked, Seth agrees
that this structure makes it far more difficult to have effective,
unified party leadership:
Now, it is entirely possible that a party network may be more prone
to extremism than a party hierarchy. Ideological activists play a
much larger role in the modern party system, and many candidates now
come from their ranks.
I take Seth's point to be that, if we understand the parties as
networked, it is all the more difficult to imagine ways of re-empowering
party leadership to exercise more effective unifying control. His piece
is well worth a read.
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Posted in Uncategorized <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=1>
"Rethinking DC Representation in Congress"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=58771>
Posted on February 14, 2014 10:42 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=58771>by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Great event and lineup for Feb. 21 program
<http://electionlawblog.org/wp-content/uploads/FEB-21-DC-REPRESENTATION-INVITE.pdf>of
the William & Mary election law program.
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Posted in voting <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=31>
Time for a Congressional Clerkship Program
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=58769>
Posted on February 14, 2014 10:40 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=58769>by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Dakota Rudesill makes the convincing case.
<http://thehill.com/blogs/congress-blog/judicial/198235-judges-could-use-legislative-experience>
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Posted in legislation and legislatures
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=27>, pedagogy
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=23>
"The Dark Money Man: How Sean Noble Moved the Kochs' Cash into
Politics and Made Millions" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=58767>
Posted on February 14, 2014 10:37 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=58767>by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
ProPublica
<http://www.propublica.org/article/the-dark-money-man-how-sean-noble-moved-the-kochs-cash-into-politics-and-ma>:
Plucked from obscurity by libertarian billionaire brothers Charles
and David Koch, Noble was tasked with distributing a torrent of
political money raised by the Koch network, a complex web of
nonprofits nicknamed the Kochtopus, into conservative causes in the
2010 and 2012 elections.
Noble handed out almost $137 million in 2012 alone --- all of it
so-called dark money from unnamed donors --- from his perch atop the
Center to Protect Patient Rights, a group run out of an Arizona post
office box.
Don't miss the interactive graphic
<http://projects.propublica.org/graphics/koch>, which looks like a chart
of the human circulatory system.
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Posted in campaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>
"Political Reform and Varieties of Libertarianism"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=58762>
Posted on February 14, 2014 7:39 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=58762>by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Bob Bauer blogs
<http://www.moresoftmoneyhardlaw.com/2014/02/political-reform-varieties-libertarianism/>.
In my Stanford Lobbying piece
<http://www.stanfordlawreview.org/print/article/lobbying-rent-seeking-and-constitution>,
I talk about how Rand Paul and Sarah Palin's ideas about lobbying
regulation are pretty similar to (candidate) Obama's ideas.
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Posted in campaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>,
lobbying <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=28>
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