[EL] ELB News and Commentary 1/2/14

Thu Jan 2 09:05:36 PST 2014

    "Why 2014 Will Be a Pivotal Year for Judicial Decisions About Voting
    Rights" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=57687>

Posted on January 2, 2014 9:04 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=57687>by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

I've written this two-page analysis 
<http://www.scholarsstrategynetwork.org/sites/default/files/ssn_basic_facts_hasen_on_why_2014_will_be_a_key_year_for_judicial_protection_of_voting_rights.pdf>for 
theScholars Strategy Network <http://www.scholarsstrategynetwork.org/>.

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Posted in election administration <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18>, 
The Voting Wars <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=60>

    "Florida Super-PAC Funded By $1 Million From Two Donors"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=57685>

Posted on January 2, 2014 8:48 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=57685>by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Bloomberg reports 
<http://go.bloomberg.com/political-capital/2013-12-31/florida-super-pac-funded-by-1-million-from-donors-to-radel-rival/?alcmpid=politics>.

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Posted in campaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>

    "Ready to Spend: New Political Groups Raised $30 Million in 2013?
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=57683>

Posted on January 2, 2014 8:47 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=57683>by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Bloomberg reports. 
<http://go.bloomberg.com/political-capital/2013-12-31/ready-to-spend-new-political-groups-raised-30-million-in-2013/?alcmpid=politics>

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Posted in campaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>

    "Social conservatives make big money plans"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=57681>

Posted on January 2, 2014 8:40 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=57681>by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Ken Vogel reports 
<http://www.politico.com/story/2014/01/social-conservatives-fundraising-101666.html> 
for Politico.

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Posted in campaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>

    "While the Blog Was Sleeping: Catching up on Stories for the New
    Year" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=57679>

Posted on January 2, 2014 8:39 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=57679>by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Doug Chapin 
<http://blog.lib.umn.edu/cspg/electionacademy/2014/01/while_the_blog_was_sleeping_ca.php>.

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

    "The Unlobbyists" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=57677>

Posted on January 2, 2014 8:35 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=57677>by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Tom Edsall 
<http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/01/opinion/edsall-the-unlobbyists.html?emc=edit_tnt_20131231&tntemail0=y&_r=0>:

    The changing nature of politics has reshaped lobbying, not
    necessarily for the worse. Top dogs in Washington's influence
    industry are losing ground to a new breed.

    The strategic adviser with clean hands, who stands aloof from the
    grunt work of cornering members of the House and Senate in Capitol
    hallways and the hassle of remembering committee secretaries by
    name, is now ascendant. Never mind those nightly fund-raisers.

    If you look at the numbers, it may seem that lobbying is in decline,
    but it isn't; it's just taking different forms. What was once
    straightforward lobbying has become, in effect, a full service
    PR-advertising-social media operation, very little of which is
    covered by federal regulation.

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Posted in legislation and legislatures 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=27>, lobbying 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=28>

    Professors of Color on Political Law
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=57659>

Posted on January 1, 2014 2:19 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=57659>by Spencer Overton 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=17>

Many scholars, conference organizers, and reporters who focus on our 
increasingly diverse democracy want to ensure their reading, citations, 
panels, and quotations reflect diverse perspectives. We've created a new 
tool to help.
*Professors of Color on Political Law 
<http://professorsofcolor.wordpress.com/> features abstracts and links 
to full articles by law professors of color.* You can also pull articles 
on a single topic (e.g., redistricting).  Initial participants include: 
  Steven Bender, Henry Chambers, Guy-Uriel Charles, Gabriel "Jack" Chin, 
Kareem Crayton, Gilda Daniels, Atiba Ellis, Luis Fuentes-Rohwer, Michael 
Kang, Janai Nelson, Spencer Overton, Bertrall Ross, Terry Smith, Daniel 
Tokaji, Franita Tolson, and Ciara Torres-Spelliscy.  Thanks!
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Posted in Uncategorized <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=1>

    Happy New Year! <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=57657>

Posted on December 31, 2013 5:03 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=57657>by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

I wish all ELB readers a happy, healthy, safe and prosperous 2014!

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Posted in Uncategorized <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=1>

    Fight Looms Over Debo Adegbile Nomination to DOJ Civil Rights
    Division <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=57655>

Posted on December 31, 2013 4:18 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=57655>by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

WaPo reports. 
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/justices-civil-rights-nominee-has-resume-that-includes-sesame-street-and-voting-rights/2013/12/31/7e321eee-7236-11e3-8def-a33011492df2_story.html>

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Posted in Department of Justice <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=26>, 
Voting Rights Act <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=15>

    Bill Maurer OpEd on Moreland Commission Anti-Corruption Proposals
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=57653>

Posted on December 31, 2013 2:30 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=57653>by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Here <http://nypost.com/2013/12/27/the-ny-governments-fix-is-in/>, in 
the NY Post.

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Posted in campaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>, 
campaigns <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=59>

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