[EL] ELB News and Commentary 1/13/14

Sun Jan 12 20:21:22 PST 2014

    Must-Read Nick Confessore NYT A1 Piece on How Money Moves Across
    States to Influence State Elections
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=57895>

Posted on January 12, 2014 8:17 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=57895>by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

The most important piece 
<http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/12/us/politics/a-national-strategy-funds-state-political-monopolies.html> 
of campaign finance journalism in a while. And a great look at the 
connections between money and one party state legislatures and political 
polarization.

The only thing I think was left out of this piece is that Tom DeLay went 
to jail for this now very routine kind of money swapping/laundering (a 
conviction thrown out 
<http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/jurisprudence/2013/09/tom_delay_s_conviction_reversed_on_appeal.html> 
on appeal).

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Posted in campaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>, 
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polarization <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=68>

    "Lobbyists poised for more profit declines, but also finding ways to
    keep business flowing" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=57893>

Posted on January 12, 2014 8:10 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=57893>by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

WaPo reports 
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/lobbyists-poised-for-more-profit-declines-but-also-finding-ways-to-keep-business-flowing/2014/01/12/75ddcd8e-7a0a-11e3-b1c5-739e63e9c9a7_story.html>.

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

    "Texas Vote-Buying Case Casts Glare on Tradition of Election Day
    Goads" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=57891>

Posted on January 12, 2014 8:08 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=57891>by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

NYT 
<http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/13/us/politics/texas-vote-buying-case-casts-glare-on-tradition-of-election-day-goads.html> 
picks up the vote buying case we've been following.

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Posted in chicanery <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=12>, vote buying 
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    "Bills may make voting more difficult in Ohio"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=57889>

Posted on January 12, 2014 8:03 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=57889>by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

The Cincinnati Enquirer reports 
<http://news.cincinnati.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/201401120851/NEWS010801/301120052>.

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

    "GOP appeals election-law injunction"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=57887>

Posted on January 11, 2014 12:16 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=57887>by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Columbus Dispatch 
<http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2014/01/11/gop-appeals-election-law-injunction.html>: 
"Top Republican state officials are appealing a federal judge's 
preliminary injunction against a GOP-backed law that would have made it 
more difficult for minor parties to get on the 2014 ballot."

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    Robbin Stewart on New SCOTUS False Speech Caes
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=57885>

Posted on January 11, 2014 11:59 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=57885>by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Here 
<http://ballots.blogspot.com/2014/01/finally-after-years-of-controversy.html>.

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    Subpoenas Quashed in Wisconsin John Doe Recall Campaign Finance
    Investigation <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=57883>

Posted on January 11, 2014 10:09 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=57883>by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

WSJ Ed Board 
<http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702303393804579312670195586080?mod=WSJ_Opinion_LEADTop&mg=reno64-wsj&url=http%3A%2F%2Fonline.wsj.com%2Farticle%2FSB10001424052702303393804579312670195586080.html%3Fmod%3DWSJ_Opinion_LEADTop&fpid=2,7,121,122,201,401,641,1009>:

    Chalk up a big victory for the First Amendment. On Friday a
    Wisconsin judge struck a major blow for free political speech when
    he quashed subpoenas to conservative groups and ordered the return
    of property to the targets of a so-called John Doe campaign-finance
    probe.

    John Doe probes operate much like grand juries, allowing prosecutors
    to issue subpoenas and conduct searches while gag orders require the
    targets to keep quiet. We wrote about the kitchen-sink subpoenas and
    morning raids by special prosecutor Francis Schmitz that targeted
    dozens of conservative groups that participated in the battle to
    recall Republican Governor Scott Walker ("Wisconsin Political Speech
    Raid," Nov. 16, 2013).

    Now we learn that Judge Gregory A. Peterson ruled on Friday that at
    least some of those subpoenas were improper. They "do not show
    probable cause that the moving parties committed any violations of
    the campaign finance laws," he wrote. His opinion remains under seal
    but we obtained a copy.

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chicanery <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=12>, recall elections 
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