[EL] ELB News and Commentary 2/28/14

Rick Hasen rhasen at law.uci.edu
Fri Feb 28 07:34:51 PST 2014
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    "Clintons Provide Firepower Behind DNC 'Voter Expansion Project'"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=59140>

Posted on February 28, 2014 7:33 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=59140>by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

NPR 
<http://www.npr.org/blogs/itsallpolitics/2014/02/27/283550311/clintons-provide-firepower-behind-dnc-voter-expansion-project>:

    Democrats believe they've discovered a way to play more offense
    against Republican efforts that have had the effect of making it
    harder for many voters --- especially young, senior and minority
    citizens --- to cast their ballots.

    Their answer: a new initiative, announced by the Democratic National
    Committee at its winter meeting in Washington, aimed at countering
    voter ID and other laws and practices that can dampen voting.

    The goals of the new effort aren't merely to protect voting rights
    but to expand the overall pool of voters, DNC officials told
    reporters at a briefing Thursday.

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Posted in The Voting Wars <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=60>


    "Identifying the Clandestine Videos of Supreme Court Oral Arguments
    Posted Online [UPDATED]" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=59137>

Posted on February 28, 2014 7:25 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=59137>by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Victoria Kwan sleuthing 
<http://jaypinho.com/2014/02/27/identifying-the-clandestine-videos-of-supreme-court-oral-arguments-posted-online/> 
on SCOTUS protester. More 
<http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/28/us/rare-supreme-court-outburst-caught-on-even-rarer-videos.html?ref=politics> 
from Adam Liptak.

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    "GOP fails in attempt to expel Sen. Roderick Wright from office"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=59135>

Posted on February 28, 2014 7:23 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=59135>by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

LA Times: "Senate Democrats on Thursday blocked an attempt by Republican 
lawmakers to expel Sen. 
<http://www.latimes.com/local/political/la-me-ln-california-senate-gop-roderick-wright-resolution-20140227,0,5838916.story#axzz2uZcIeKO3>Roderick 
Wright 
<http://www.latimes.com/topic/politics/government/roderick-wright-PEPLT007237.topic> 
(D-Inglewood), who last month was found guilty of eight felony charges 
including perjury and voter fraud. A resolution by three Republican 
Senators to expel Wright was referred by Democrats to committee, where 
it is expected to languish until a trial judge acts May 16 on a request 
by Wright to overturn the jury verdict."

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    "The FEC Offers a Hand---Or Two Hands---to the IRS"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=59133>

Posted on February 28, 2014 7:17 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=59133>by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Bauer blogs 
<http://www.moresoftmoneyhardlaw.com/2014/02/fec-offers-hand-two-hands-irs/>.

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    Mike Sacks About to Interview Kai Newkirk About SCOTUS McCutcheon
    Filiming/Protest <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=59131>

Posted on February 28, 2014 7:15 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=59131>by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Watch 
<http://live.huffingtonpost.com/r/segment/tops/5305f63678c90a6eb1000166>.

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    "Montana justices uphold rejection of redistricting lawsuit"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=59128>

Posted on February 27, 2014 6:38 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=59128>by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

The /Missoulian/ reports. 
<http://missoulian.com/news/state-and-regional/montana-justices-uphold-rejection-of-redistricting-lawsuit/article_4eddb646-a010-11e3-a2d2-0019bb2963f4.html>

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    Republican FEC Commissioners: IRS Should Defer to the FEC
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=59125>

Posted on February 27, 2014 4:45 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=59125>by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Comments 
<http://electionlawblog.org/wp-content/uploads/Goodman_Petersen_Hunter_IRS-Comment.pdf> 
from Commissioners Goodman, Hunter, and Petersen.

Who says the FEC is not still split 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=59119> along ideological/party lines?

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election commission <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=24>, tax law and 
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    "IRS plan to curb politically active nonprofits draws thousands of
    comments" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=59123>

Posted on February 27, 2014 3:49 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=59123>by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

WaPo 
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-politics/wp/2014/02/27/irs-plan-to-curb-politically-active-nonprofits-draws-thousands-of-comments/?clsrd>: 
"A controversial proposed IRS regulation that seeks to define political 
activity for nonprofit social welfare organizations 
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/new-irs-rules-add-both-clarity-and-confusion-about-the-role-of-advocacy-groups-in-politics/2013/11/28/19e76286-5784-11e3-835d-e7173847c7cc_story.html> 
drew more than 122,000 comments 
<http://www.regulations.gov/#%21docketBrowser;rpp=25;so=DESC;sb=postedDate;po=0;dct=PS;D=IRS-2013-0038;refD=IRS-2013-0038-0001> 
before Thursday night's deadline, a gargantuan sum that underscores 
difficult task now facing the Treasury Department."

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    "Dirty Ads And Political Vendettas Muddy A Judge's Race In Texas"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=59121>

Posted on February 27, 2014 2:51 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=59121>by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

HuffPo reports. 
<http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/02/27/dirty-politics-texas_n_4865737.html?utm_hp_ref=tw>

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    Dem. FEC Commissioners: "The IRS Need Not Defer to the FEC"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=59119>

Posted on February 27, 2014 2:44 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=59119>by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

FEC Commissioners Ravel and Weintraub have submitted comments 
<http://t.co/QGQNyd6xag> (for themselves, not for the FEC) to the IRS on 
its proposed 501(c)(4) rulemaking.

I've gotten tons of press releases and links to various comments 
submitted to the IRS on this rulemaking. I'm going to let someone else 
do a more comprehensive roundup of these---I've just flagged a few.

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    "Brewer Signs Bill To Repeal Controversial Election Law"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=59117>

Posted on February 27, 2014 2:38 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=59117>by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

More controversy 
<http://kjzz.org/content/21059/brewer-signs-bill-repeal-controversial-election-law> 
in AZ.

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Posted in The Voting Wars <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=60>


    "New Report on Voter Registration at Public Assistance Agencies"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=59115>

Posted on February 27, 2014 2:35 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=59115>by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Project Vote 
<http://projectvote.org/component/content/article/1060-new-report-on-voter-registration-at-public-assistance-agencies.html>: 
"This new policy paper 
<http://projectvote.org/images/publications/Public%20Agency%20Registration/POLICY-PAPER-PUBLIC-AGENCY-REGISTRATION-FEB-2014.pdf> 
explores what went wrong with implementation of the NVRA, and what can 
be done to fix it. It explains the requirements of Section 7, summarizes 
the history of noncompliance, and covers the legal battles to enforce 
the potential and promise of this landmark law. The paper also provides 
recommendations for best practices to ensure compliant, successful NVRA 
procedures at state agencies."

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    Is Arizona's "Weirdness"/Extremism the Result of Its Public
    Financing Law? <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=59113>

Posted on February 27, 2014 2:32 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=59113>by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Gail Collins 
<http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/27/opinion/collins-the-state-of-arizona.html?ref=opinion&_r=1>, 
Aaron Blake 
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/wp/2014/02/26/whats-the-deal-with-arizona/>, 
and David Donnelly 
<http://campaignmoney.org/blog/2014/02/27/theres-no-relationship-between-clean-elections-and-extreme-policies>

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    "States' Wrongs: Conservatives' illogical, inconsistent effort to
    repeal the 17th Amendment" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=59111>

Posted on February 27, 2014 2:29 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=59111>by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

David Schleicher 
<http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/jurisprudence/2014/02/conservatives_17th_amendment_repeal_effort_why_their_plan_will_backfire.html>writes 
for /Slate./

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    "Is America Selling its Soul to the Highest Bidder?"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=59109>

Posted on February 27, 2014 2:17 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=59109>by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Press release 
<http://www.auburnseminary.org/auburnnews/rethink-america-selling-its-soul-highest-bidder>: 
"Is the spirit of our democracy undermined by the billions of dollars 
flooding our political system, spent on lobbying to curry favor with 
policy makers, or spent on anonymous negative advertising? Ten Catholic, 
Protestant, Evangelical and Jewish theologians and student-theologians 
offer their perspective on these thorny political issues in /Faith, 
Money, and Politics/ <http://unbouncepages.com/money-in-politics/>, 
released by Auburn Seminary."

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    "99Rise" Protest Group Posts Snippet of Oral Argument Video from
    McCutcheon and From Yesterday's Citizens United Protester
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=59107>

Posted on February 27, 2014 1:52 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=59107>by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Here is the group's press release 
<http://www.99rise.org/activists_disrupt_proceedings_at_scotus_demand_free_and_fair_elections_end_to_corruption>.  
Here is the compilation i 
<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2K-8FJ114kU&feature=youtu.be&noredirect=1>n 
the two videos. (via WSJ article 
<http://blogs.wsj.com/law/2014/02/27/unprecedented-video-captures-high-court-chamber-protest-footage/>)

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    "The Case for Corruption: Why Washington needs more honest graft"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=59105>

Posted on February 27, 2014 10:08 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=59105>by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Jonathan Rauch writes 
<http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2014/03/the-case-for-corruption/357568/>for 
The Atlantic.

See also my WaPo oped from last week, //More Corruption, Less Gridlock. 
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/how-the-next-citizens-united-could-bring-more-corruption--but-less-gridlock/2014/02/21/a190d1c6-95ab-11e3-afce-3e7c922ef31e_story.html>

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    "How to fight the war on voting rights: truth, justice and not the
    Biden way" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=59103>

Posted on February 27, 2014 9:57 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=59103>by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Ana Marie Cox column 
<http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/feb/27/war-on-voting-rights-joe-biden> 
with the subhead: "Don't tell the conservative believers of the 'voter 
fraud' myth they're racist or full of hate. Tell 'em they're afraid -- 
and wrong."

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    "Live Wire: 631 cases of voter fraud in 12 years"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=59101>

Posted on February 27, 2014 9:44 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=59101>by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

This 
<http://www.fayobserver.com/news/local/article_87dea899-67d7-54a8-80f4-e153497d63b7.html> 
is in North Carolina.  How many suspected cases do you think of 
impersonation fraud---the kind of fraud a voter id law targets?

2.

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    "Off to the races: Twenty-four top elections jobs up for grabs"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=59099>

Posted on February 27, 2014 9:23 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=59099>by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

That's the lead story in this week's Electionline Weekly 
<http://www.electionline.org/index.php/electionline-weekly>.

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    "The Supreme Court could soon open a floodgate of cash into American
    elections" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=59097>

Posted on February 27, 2014 9:14 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=59097>by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

The Week reports 
<http://theweek.com/article/index/257105/the-supreme-court-could-soon-open-a-floodgate-of-cash-into-american-elections>.

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