[EL] ELB News and Commentary 1/22/14
Rick Hasen
rhasen at law.uci.edu
Tue Jan 21 20:49:44 PST 2014
"Fraud, voter ID part of GOP candidate's focus"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=58181>
Posted on January 21, 2014 8:41 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=58181>by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Quad City Times
<http://qctimes.com/news/local/government-and-politics/elections/fraud-voter-id-part-of-gop-candidate-s-focus/article_028f7cc4-e385-58d1-b865-2a885ffe88dc.html>:
"Paul Pate, a Republican candidate for Iowa secretary of state, said
Tuesday he plans to keep the focus on combating voter fraud and working
for a bipartisan solution for beefing up voter ID efforts at the polls."
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Posted in election administration <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18>,
The Voting Wars <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=60>
"Citizens United, 4 Years Later" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=58179>
Posted on January 21, 2014 8:39 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=58179>by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Byron Tau writes
<http://www.politico.com/story/2014/01/citizens-united-four-years-later-102449.html>
for Politico.
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Posted in campaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>
"The Unfulflled Promise of Citizens United"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=58177>
Posted on January 21, 2014 8:37 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=58177>by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Bruce Freed blogs.
<http://www.huffingtonpost.com/bruce-freed/the-unfulflled-promise-of_b_4619365.html>
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Posted in campaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>
"Small-dollar donors boost pro-Obama Organizing for Action"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=58175>
Posted on January 21, 2014 8:31 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=58175>by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
CPI reports.
<http://www.publicintegrity.org/2014/01/21/14146/small-dollar-donors-boost-pro-obama-organizing-action>
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Posted in campaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>, tax law
and election law <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=22>
"The Winner-Take-All Problem in Fort Lee, New Jersey"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=58173>
Posted on January 21, 2014 8:18 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=58173>by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
FairVote reports.
<http://www.fairvote.org/the-winner-take-all-problem-in-fort-lee-new-jersey#.Ut9GM_aIaS4>
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Posted in alternative voting systems <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=63>
Scheduled to Be on WHYY Radio Times
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=58171>
Posted on January 21, 2014 8:16 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=58171>by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Wed. at 10:40 am eastern, talking PA voter id and Voting Rights
Amendments Act.
As always media appearances subject to last minute change.
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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>
"Filibuster Challenge Meets Resistance in D.C. Circuit"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=58169>
Posted on January 21, 2014 8:09 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=58169>by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
NLJ:
<http://www.nationallawjournal.com/id=1202639292568?kw=Filibuster%20Challenge%20Meets%20Resistance%20in%20D.C.%20Circuit&et=editorial&bu=National%20Law%20Journal&cn=20140121&src=EMC-Email&pt=Legal%20Times%20Afternoon%20Update>
Washington's federal appellate court appeared unlikely Tuesday to
revive a nonprofit group's lawsuit seeking to strike down the
Senate's filibuster rule.
At oral arguments
<http://www.cadc.uscourts.gov/recordings/recordings.nsf/>, a
three-judge panel questioned Common Cause's lawyer over whether the
group has legal standing to challenge the way the Senate conducts
business. The nonprofit group, along with four House Democrats, lost
on the issue at the district court level in December 2012.
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Posted in Uncategorized <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=1>
"The Right to Vote: A State Right"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=58166>
Posted on January 21, 2014 1:23 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=58166>by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Josh Douglas writes
<http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/jurisprudence/2014/01/voting_rights_state_courts_should_be_fighting_strict_voter_id_laws.html>
for /Slate./
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Posted in The Voting Wars <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=60>, voting
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=31>, Voting Rights Act
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=15>
Feeling Bad for Sen. Ayotte Having to Do Luxury Utah Fundraiser Over
Christmas Break <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=58163>
Posted on January 21, 2014 1:00 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=58163>by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Union Leader
<http://www.unionleader.com/article/20140120/NEWS06/140129940&>:
"Grappone said Ayotte would have 'preferred to stay home in New
Hampshire with her family rather than travel of Utah for a
day-and-a-half over the Christmas break, but the reality is she has to
raise funds in-state and out-of-state for her campaign.'"
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Posted in campaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>,
lobbying <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=28>
"Former Va. Gov. McDonnell and wife charged in gifts case"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=58161>
Posted on January 21, 2014 12:55 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=58161>by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
WaPo
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/virginia-politics/former-va-gov-mcdonnell-and-wife-charged-in-gifts-case/2014/01/21/1ed704d2-82cb-11e3-9dd4-e7278db80d86_story.html?hpid=z1>:
Former Virginia governor Robert F. McDonnell and his wife Maureen
were charged Tuesday with illegally accepting gifts, luxury
vacations and large loans from a wealthy Richmond-area businessman
who sought special treatment from state government.
Authorities alleged that McDonnell and his wife received gifts from
executive Jonnie R. Williams again and again, lodging near constant
requests for money, clothes, trips, golf accessories and private
plane rides.
In exchange, authorities alleged that the McDonnells worked in
concert to lend the prestige of the governorship to Williams's
struggling company, a small former cigarette manufacturer that now
sells dietary supplements.
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Posted in bribery <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=54>, chicanery
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=12>
"How Citizens United changed politics, in 6 charts"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=58159>
Posted on January 21, 2014 12:53 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=58159>by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
The Fix reports
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/wp/2014/01/21/how-citizens-united-changed-politics-in-6-charts/>.
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Posted in campaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>
"Hillary Clinton: the 'Citizens United' candidate"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=58154>
Posted on January 21, 2014 10:43 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=58154>by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
CPI reports.
<http://www.publicintegrity.org/2014/01/21/14140/hillary-clinton-citizens-united-candidate>
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Posted in campaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>
"Voting plan could put state 'on thin ice'; One statewide violation
would mean pre-clearance kicks in under proposal"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=58150>
Posted on January 21, 2014 8:52 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=58150>by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Mary Orndorff Toryan
<http://www.greenvilleonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2014301190017&nclick_check=1>
for Gannett: "South Carolina will be one misstep away from renewed
federal supervision of its elections if legislation to restore part of
the Voting Rights Act becomes law.The bill introduced Thursday would
rewrite the rules that would determine which states need strict
oversight based on the chance their election-related changes could harm
minority voters."
More:
Edward Blum of the Project on Fair Representation, who engineered
the Supreme Court case that led to the old formula being declared
unconstitutional, said Friday the 15-year time frame is too long. He
said it's one reason the bill, if it becomes law, would be
challenged in court.
While a record of discrimination within the most recent 15 years is
more current than voter turnout data from the 1970s, Blum said a
term of two presidential elections would be better.
"Fifteen years is a very long time in American political history,
and it may indeed be something this court will not tolerate," Blum said.
Blum also questioned whether it's fair to hold a large state like
Texas, with thousands of small, local jurisdictions, accountable for
the actions of any five of them.
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Posted in Voting Rights Act <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=15>, VRAA
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=81>
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UC Irvine School of Law
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