[EL] legislation news 1/31/14
Rick Hasen
rhasen at law.uci.edu
Fri Jan 31 07:54:18 PST 2014
"Maher Wants His Show to Decide a House Race"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=58463>
Posted on January 31, 2014 7:48 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=58463>by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
NYT:
<http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/31/arts/television/maher-wants-his-show-to-decide-a-house-race.html?_r=1>
Bill Maher makes little effort to hide his own contempt for many
politicians, most of them Republicans. Now, he wants to take it to
the next level: finding one he might be able to help oust from office.
On his weekly HBO talk show, "Real Time With Bill Maher,"
<http://www.hbo.com/real-time-with-bill-maher> on Friday night, Mr.
Maher and his staff plan to ask viewers to make a case for their
individual representatives in the House to be selected as the worst
in the country.
After some culling and analysis, one member of Congress will be
selected, and the show will follow up through November with examples
of what it considers terrible work by that representative. Mr. Maher
will make occasional visits to that member's district to perform
stand-up and generally stir up hostile feelings toward the show's
target.
I plan to watch this very closely and comment on it.
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Posted in campaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>,
campaigns <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=59>
"Going on Offensive to Expand the Vote"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=58459>
Posted on January 31, 2014 7:45 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=58459>by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
WaPo <http://t.co/OIUQGyICub>: "Here's a very interesting development
that suggests Dems are beginning to take the war over voting far more
seriously than in the past --- and are gearing up for a protracted
struggle over voting access that could make a real difference in 2016. A
group of leading Democratic strategists is launching a new political
action committee that will raise money for a very specific purpose:
Getting Democratic secretaries of state who favor expanded voting
elected in four states --- Ohio, Colorado, Iowa, and Nevada."
In /The Voting Wars /
<http://www.amazon.com/Voting-Wars-Florida-Election-Meltdown/dp/0300182031/ref=sr_1_cc_2?s=aps&ie=UTF8&qid=1329286945&sr=1-2-catcorr>I
discuss an earlier Democratic effort, the Secretaries of State project.
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Posted in election administration <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18>,
The Voting Wars <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=60>
"Missouri likely to pass voter ID bill this year"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=58457>
Posted on January 31, 2014 7:41 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=58457>by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
WaPo reports.
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/govbeat/wp/2014/01/31/missouri-likely-to-pass-voter-id-bill-this-year/>
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Posted in election administration <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18>,
The Voting Wars <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=60>, voter id
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=9>
"Nevada will be key battleground on voter ID"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=58455>
Posted on January 30, 2014 4:03 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=58455>by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Ralston reports.
<http://www.ralstonreports.com/blog/nevada-will-be-key-battleground-voter-id#.Uurn6_vIZEN>
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Posted in election administration <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18>,
The Voting Wars <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=60>, voter id
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=9>
"Has California cured its political dysfunction? Not so fast."
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=58453>
Posted on January 30, 2014 3:27 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=58453>by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Eric McGhee and Paul Mitchell
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/monkey-cage/wp/2014/01/30/has-california-cured-its-political-dysfunction-not-so-fast/>
with an important corrective for stuff
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=56791>like this
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=56093>.
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Posted in political parties <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=25>,
political polarization <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=68>, primaries
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=32>, redistricting
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=6>
"The 2020 Reapportionment and the Voting Rights Act"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=58451>
Posted on January 30, 2014 2:07 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=58451>by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Must-read Sean Trende post.
<http://www.centerforpolitics.org/crystalball/articles/the-2020-reapportionment-and-the-voting-rights-act/>
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Posted in redistricting <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=6>, Voting
Rights Act <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=15>
"New Obama politics shop faces old questions"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=58449>
Posted on January 30, 2014 1:56 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=58449>by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Josh Gerstein reports
<http://www.politico.com/story/2014/01/barack-obama-administration-white-house-office-of-political-affairs-102881.html>
for /Politico./
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Posted in conflict of interest laws <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=20>
Revised Schedule for Duke's Campaign Finance Symposium Next Week
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=58446>
Posted on January 30, 2014 8:17 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=58446>by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
*The Future of Campaign Finance Reform*
**
/Hosted by the Duke Journal of Constitutional Law and Public Policy and
the Center on Law, Race, and Politics/
*Friday, February 7, 2013*
9:00 a.m. *Introductory Remarks//--/Sanford 223/*
**
9:15 a.m. *Classifying Corruption* *--/Sanford 223/*
Authors: Yasmin Dawood, /Faculty of Law, University of Toronto/
Richard L. Hasen, /University of California, Irvine School of Law/
Moderator: Zephyr Teachout, /Fordham University School of Law/
Commentator: James A. Gardner, /SUNY Buffalo Law School/
10:25 a.m. Break
10:40 a.m. *Regulating Corruption --/Sanford 223/*
Authors: Eugene Mazo, /Wake Forest University School of Law/
Ciara Torres-Spelliscy, /Stetson University College of Law/
Moderator: Guy-Uriel Charles, /Duke University School of Law/
Commentator: Jason A. Abel, /Steptoe & Johnson LLP/
11:50 a.m. Break/Change of Venue
12:20 p.m. *Lunch and Keynote Address by Lawrence Lessig* *--/Law 3043/*
1:20 p.m. Break
1:30 p.m. *Big Money/Soft Money* *--/Law 4047/*
Authors: Ellen D. Katz, /University of Michigan Law School/
Raymond La Raja, /University of Massachusetts, Amherst/
Lynda W. Powell, /University of Rochester/
Moderator: Richard L. Hasen, /University of California, Irvine
School of Law/
Commentator: Michael D. Gilbert, /University of Virginia School of Law/
2:50 p.m. Break
3:00 p.m. *Next Steps --/Law 4047/*
Authors: Renata E. Strause, /The Ohio State University, Moritz
College of Law/
Zephyr Teachout, /Fordham University School of Law/
Moderator: James A. Gardner, /SUNY Buffalo Law School/
Commentator: Guy-Uriel Charles, /Duke University School of Law/
4:00 p.m. *Closing Remarks --/Law 4047/*
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Posted in campaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>
Sharron Angle Files Voter ID Initiative in Nevada
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=58442>
Posted on January 30, 2014 8:01 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=58442>by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
The essential Jon Ralston has the details.
<http://www.ralstonreports.com/blog/sharron-angle-files-voter-id-initiative#.Uup28PvIZEN>
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Posted in election administration <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18>,
The Voting Wars <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=60>, voter id
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=9>
Chapin (Rightly) Slams Kontorovich and McGinnis on Early Voting
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=58439>
Posted on January 30, 2014 7:30 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=58439>by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Doug
<http://blog.lib.umn.edu/cspg/electionacademy/2014/01/so_yesterday_the_rather_outdat.php>:
"The release of the PCEA report is an opportunity for new voices to join
the discussion about how to improve American elections. But this piece
<http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2014/01/early-voting-the-case-against-102748.html>
is so out of step with current research and realities on early voting
that it adds little, if anything, to the field."
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Posted in election administration <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18>
"Nebraska Debates Electoral College Changes"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=58437>
Posted on January 30, 2014 7:28 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=58437>by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Bloomberg reports.
<http://go.bloomberg.com/political-capital/2014-01-29/nebraska-legislators-debate-electoral-college-changes/>
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"Dershowitz, Law Enforcement Experts Slam D'Souza Targeting"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=58435>
Posted on January 30, 2014 7:27 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=58435>by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
NewsMax reports
<http://www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/DSouza-Dershowitz-targeting-selective/2014/01/29/id/549845>.
The article misquotes me slightly. I did not say that the Ted Stevens
and Tom DeLay cases were examples of political targeting by overzealous
prosecutors. I said that one could not discount that possibility.
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<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=59>
"How Democrats Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Citizens United"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=58433>
Posted on January 30, 2014 7:25 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=58433>by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Andy Kroll reports
<http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2014/01/how-dems-learned-love-super-pacs-citizens-united>
for /Mother Jones/.
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"Court Questions Plans to Create Minority Voting District"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=58431>
Posted on January 29, 2014 9:52 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=58431>by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
NY Law Journal:
<http://www.newyorklawjournal.com/id=1202640575082/Court-Questions-Plans-to-Create-Minority-Voting-District?slreturn=20140030004947>"A
federal judge in Albany has ordered a trial on an issue that continues
to perplex the federal appellate courts: Are black and Hispanic voters
politically cohesive?"
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Posted in Voting Rights Act <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=15>
"Democrats may take action against Sen. Wright"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=58429>
Posted on January 29, 2014 9:34 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=58429>by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
The /LA Times/ reports.
<http://www.latimes.com/local/la-me-rod-wright-20140130,0,4649343.story#axzz2rrC1KCCH>
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Posted in residency <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=38>
"Kings arena subsidy foes sue city to get measure back on ballot"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=58427>
Posted on January 29, 2014 9:30 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=58427>by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
The /Sacramento Bee/ reports.
<http://www.sacbee.com/2014/01/29/6111814/arena-opponents-file-against-city.html>
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"Interesting City Lobbyist/County Election Board Member Conflict"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=58425>
Posted on January 29, 2014 2:48 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=58425>by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
City Ethics:
<http://www.cityethics.org/content/interesting-city-lobbyistcounty-election-board-member-conflict>
When a lawyer decides to represent a private client, she does not
give up her right to vote or petition governments on her own behalf.
But what about when a lawyer decides to represent a public client,
especially as a lobbyist? Does such a lawyer give up her right to
vote on issues relating to the city government (assuming she sits on
another government's board) or petition a government on behalf of
her own beliefs?
These questions arise from a case in Cincinnati, where a city
lobbyist also sat on the county elections board. According to an
article this week on cincinnati.com
<http://cincinnati.com/blogs/politics/2014/01/26/cranley-to-lobbyist-dont-vote-on-boe-move/>,
the city government strongly opposes moving an early-voting site out
of the city's downtown, but the lobbyist supports the move. The
mayor asked the lobbyist to withdraw by abstaining from the
elections board vote. Instead, the lobbyist withdrew from his
lobbying contract, which had paid him nearly $9,000 a month.
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"STOP files suit to challenge Sacramento city clerk's rejection of
arena-vote petitions" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=58423>
Posted on January 29, 2014 12:08 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=58423>by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
/Sacramento News and Review/:
<http://www.newsreview.com/sacramento/pageburner/blogs/post?oid=12633532>
Earlier this month, City Attorney James Sanchez sent a confidential
memo to select staff. The city won't release it, but multiple
sources told SN&R that its contents explored ways to successfully
quash the arena ballot initiative, which asks for voter approval of
the Sacramento Kings deal. Sanchez looked at 10 possible scenarios.
But his conclusion was, essentially, that even though the petitions
contained multiple errors and deficiencies, a judge would ultimately
find them compliant with election law.
This past Friday, however, City Clerk Shirley Concolino rejected the
arena-vote petitions anyway.
Now, Sacramento Taxpayers Opposed to Pork and Voters for a Fair
Arena Deal---the two groups vying to put the initiative on the June
ballot---submitted an application in Sacramento Superior Court this
week challenging the city's ruling. They argue that their
signature-gathering efforts amount to "substantial compliance" with
election requirements.
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petition signature gathering <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=39>
"The Anxiety of Influence: The Evolving Regulation of Lobbying"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=58420>
Posted on January 29, 2014 11:40 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=58420>by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Richard Briffault has postedthis draft
<http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2384645> on SSRN.
Here is the abstract:
Lobbying has long been a source of anxiety. As early as the
mid-nineteenth century courts expressed concern about the "designing
and corrupt men" who sought to wield "secret influence." Lobbying is
a multi-billion dollar business today, but the association of
"lobbying" with improper influence is so strong that the American
League of Lobbyists -- the lobbyists' trade association -- recently
renamed itself to drop the word "lobbyist." Yet, courts have also
long recognized that people have a legitimate interest in being able
to influence government action, and that they may need to be able to
hire agents to help them, and since the 1950s the Supreme Court has
recognized that lobbying consists of rights protected by the First
Amendment. The law of lobbying has been structured by these two
competing visions of lobbying, as it strives to hold together the
differing and conflicting goals of protecting constitutional rights
of speech and petition; controlling unfair and improper means of
influencing government action; and promoting transparency of
lobbying's role in the political process.
This article examines the legal framework for the regulation of
lobbying. It explores the values shaping lobbying regulation, the
regulatory techniques, and the evolving judicial treatment of
lobbying. It then addresses the principal issues on today's
regulatory agenda, particularly the interplay of lobbying with
campaign finance and the application of lobbying laws to grassroots
activities intended to influence government action.
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"K Street Wants Less Bashing of Lobbyists"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=58418>
Posted on January 29, 2014 11:38 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=58418>by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
/The Hill /reports.
<http://thehill.com/business-a-lobbying/business-a-lobbying/196652-k-street-wants-less-bashing-of-k-street#ixzz2ro8zU3s1>
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"Since When Did Lobbying and PR Become Extortion?"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=58416>
Posted on January 29, 2014 11:37 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=58416>by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Karen Hinton writes
<http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2014/01/karen-hinton-ecuador-chevron-102747.html?ml=m_pm#.UulYEfZRF7m>
for /Politico/ magazine.
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When Not to Ask a Member of Congress about a Campaign Finance
Controversy <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=58413>
Posted on January 29, 2014 8:07 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=58413>by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
When
<http://www.ny1.com/content/politics/political_news/202674/rep--grimm-threatens-ny1-reporter-following-state-of-the-union>
you don't want to be broken "in half, like a boy."
More:
"And just finally before we let you go, we haven't had a chance to
talk about some of the..." Scotto began before Grimm cut him off.
"I'm not speaking to you off-topic, this is only about the
president," said Grimm, before walking off camera.
"So Congressman Michael Grimm does not want to talk about some of
the allegations concerning his campaign finances," Scotto said
before tossing back to the station. But as the camera continued to
roll, Grimm walked back up to Scotto and began speaking to him in a
low voice.
"What?" Scotto responded. "I just wanted to ask you..."
Grimm: "Let me be clear to you, you ever do that to me again I'll
throw you off this f-----g balcony."
Scotto: "Why? I just wanted to ask you..."
[[cross talk]]
Grimm: "If you ever do that to me again..."
Scotto: "Why? Why? It's a valid question."
[[cross talk]]
Grimm: "No, no, you're not man enough, you're not man enough. I'll
break you in half. Like a boy."
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Dahlia on the Little Sisters Case <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=58411>
Posted on January 29, 2014 8:05 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=58411>by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Slate:
<http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/jurisprudence/2014/01/little_sisters_contraception_mandate_case_it_s_about_more_than_just_a_form.html>
"This isn't just a fight over what signing the form means, it's a fight
about who gets to decide what fighting over the form means: Barack Obama
or God? And who wants to be the judge of that?"
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"Prominent Defenders for Nominee to Head Civil Right Division"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=58409>
Posted on January 29, 2014 7:57 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=58409>by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
NLJ
<http://www.nationallawjournal.com/legaltimes/id=1202640408245?kw=Prominent%20Defenders%20for%20Nominee%20to%20Head%20Civil%20Right%20Division&et=editorial&bu=National%20Law%20Journal&cn=20140128&src=EMC-Email&pt=Legal%20Times%20Afternoon%20Update#>
on Debo Adegbile.
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"Obama Touts Voting Rights Bill, Patent Reform"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=58407>
Posted on January 29, 2014 7:56 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=58407>by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
NLJ
<http://www.nationallawjournal.com/id=1202640487525?kw=Obama%20Touts%20Voting%20Rights%20Bill%2C%20Patent%20Reform&et=editorial&bu=National%20Law%20Journal&cn=20140129&src=EMC-Email&pt=Daily%20Headlines>:
"Last year, part of the Voting Rights Act was weakened," Obama said
tonight. "But conservative Republicans and liberal Democrats are
working together to strengthen it."
Obama also touted the report of the Presidential Commission on
Election Administration to address a range of electoral issues,
including voting accessibility and voting machine technology.
The president announced the commission during last year's State of
the Union, and chose his 2008 and 2012 campaign counsel, Robert
Bauer of Perkins Coie, and Mitt Romney's 2008 and 2012 campaign
counsel, Benjamin Ginsberg of Patton Boggs, to lead the 10-member group.
"The bipartisan commission I appointed last year has offered reforms
so that no one has to wait more than a half hour to vote. Let's
support these efforts," Obama said. "It should be the power of our
vote, not the size of our bank account, that drives our democracy."
Jess Bravin
<http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2014/01/28/obama-delivers-subtle-messages-to-justices/>
:
Chastened after his 2010 State of the Union address, when his
explicit criticism of a Supreme Court decision sparked a rebuke from
several justices, President Barack Obama
<http://topics.wsj.com/person/O/barack,-obama/4328> took a more
subtle approach Tuesday regarding a ruling he considers misguided.
The reference in Tuesday's address to Congress was so subtle, in
fact, that television camera operators apparently didn't realize
what he was referring to, and failed to cut to attending justices
for a reaction shot.
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"The Case Against Early Voting" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=58404>
Posted on January 29, 2014 7:48 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=58404>by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Eugene Kontorovich and John McGinnis:
<http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2014/01/early-voting-the-case-against-102748.html#ixzz2rnqOkgHS>
The commission rightly notes that early voting has its advantages
for individual voters --- not just avoiding long lines, but in many
cases also getting to vote on weekends without having to miss work
or school. But early voting run amok is bad for democracy. The costs
to collective self-governance --- which the report refers to only in
passing, in a single sentence --- substantially outweigh the
benefits. Instead of expanding the practice, we should use this
moment as an opportunity to establish clear limits on it before it
becomes the norm.
Why? For all its conveniences, early voting threatens the basic
nature of citizen choice in democratic, republican government. In
elections, candidates make competing appeals to the people and
provide them with the information necessary to be able to make a
choice. Citizens also engage with one another, debating and
deliberating about the best options for the country. Especially in
an age of so many nonpolitical distractions, it is important to
preserve the space of a general election campaign --- from the early
kickoff rallies to the last debates in October --- to allow voters
to think through, together, the serious issues that face the nation.
Oddly enough, they still endorse "old fashioned absentee ballots," which
seem to raise /exactly /the same issue.
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election administration <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18>
Bauer on Teachout on the Anti-Corruption Principle
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=58402>
Posted on January 29, 2014 7:42 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=58402>by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
He's not impressed
<http://www.moresoftmoneyhardlaw.com/2014/01/theory-practice-principles-purposes-uses-anti-corruption-principle/>.
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"McCutcheon and the Meaning of Corruption: Not All Quid Pro Quos are
Made of the Same Stuff" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=58400>
Posted on January 28, 2014 4:26 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=58400>by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Zephyr Teachout has postedthis draft
<http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2387041>on SSRN.
Here is the abstract:
This Article critiques the use of quid pro quo as a method of
defining corruption in campaign finance law cases.
I argue first that quid pro quo has no definite meaning. Therefore,
one doesn't avoid the problem of defining corruption by attaching
"quid pro quo" to it. In the case law, sometimes it means explicit
agreements, sometimes it means agreements about specific things,
sometimes it is redundant, and sometimes it encompasses gifts in
exchange for a promise to help out "as opportunities arise," a
definition that sounds very close to the "influence seeking" that a
majority of the Court has previously categorized as "not corruption."
Second, I show that quid pro quo language has shallow roots. It is
not a major part of traditional white collar criminal law doctrine:
it appears through Buckley, and gets ported over to bribery laws.
Relatedly, I show that quid pro quo is not a requirement in many
states for proving bribery.
Third, I argue that the use of quid pro quo as a limit in criminal
bribery law comes from Due Process and prosecutorial discretion, not
from the meaning of corruption itself. This kind of limit makes
sense when interpreting criminal laws: the same limits don't make
sense when interpreting the constitutional meaning of corruption.
Due Process-derived constraints should be understood for what they
are, not definitional constraints.
Fourth, I show how the importation of bribery law terms to
constitutional law deliberations reflects a positivism that is
uniquely poorly suited to corruption definitions.
What the Court has already done in Citizens United, and seems poised
to do in McCutcheon, is port over the definition of corruption from
a smattering of "intent" based white collar criminal statutes in
order to define the scope of corruption as a (quasi-)Constitutional
principle. The portage is done through the language of quid pro quo.
As I argue in this piece, this transference is not justified, is bad
history, and makes bad law.
It is an early draft, and comments are welcome!
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"Will McCutcheon Replay Citizens United? | Rules of the Game"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=58398>
Posted on January 28, 2014 11:58 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=58398>by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Eliza.
<http://blogs.rollcall.com/beltway-insiders/will-mccutcheon-replay-citizens-united-rules-of-the-game/>
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"California Sen. Rod Wright convicted of perjury, voter fraud"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=58396>
Posted on January 28, 2014 11:49 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=58396>by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
LA Times
<http://www.latimes.com/local/political/la-me-pc-rod-wright-verdict-20140127,0,2754903.story#axzz2rixrjeic>:
A Los Angeles jury on Tuesday convicted state Sen. Roderick D.
Wright on all eight counts in his perjury and voter fraud trial.
The Inglewood Democrat was indicted by a Los Angeles County grand
jury in September 2010. He had pleaded not guilty and said he
thought he had been following the law in 2007 when he took steps to
run for the seat he has held since late 2008.
In a trial that began Jan. 8, prosecutors accused Wright of faking a
move to a rental property he owned in Inglewood so he could run in
what was then the 25th Senate District.
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January Issue of NCSL's The Canvass Now Available
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=58394>
Posted on January 28, 2014 11:40 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=58394>by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Here.
<http://www.ncsl.org/research/elections-and-campaigns/the-canvass-january-2014.aspx?utm_source=Canvass&utm_campaign=71d3debd8e-Canvass_April_20134_25_2013&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c27fe8f428-71d3debd8e-111828865>
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"GOP wants to change Missouri constitution for voter ID"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=58392>
Posted on January 28, 2014 11:40 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=58392>by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
MSNBC reports <http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/gop-takes-another-swing-voter-id>.
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"Is Online Registration Reaching a Tipping Point?"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=58388>
Posted on January 28, 2014 7:53 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=58388>by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
A ChapinBlog.
<http://blog.lib.umn.edu/cspg/electionacademy/2014/01/is_online_registration_reachin.php?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+HHHElections+%28The+Election+Aacdemy%29>
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voter registration <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=37>, voting
technology <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=40>
"Secret Court Ruling Could Undermine Wisconsin Campaign Finance Law"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=58386>
Posted on January 28, 2014 7:51 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=58386>by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Brendan Fischer blogs
<http://www.prwatch.org/news/2014/01/12371/undermine-wisconsin-elections>.
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"Husted: Come up with compromise on election location"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=58384>
Posted on January 28, 2014 7:50 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=58384>by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
The latest
<http://news.cincinnati.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/201401220522/NEWS010602/301220167>
from Cincy.
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"Democrat wins Virginia Senate recount, giving Gov. Terry
McAuliffe's agenda a crucial boost"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=58382>
Posted on January 27, 2014 7:43 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=58382>by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
WaPo
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/virginia-politics/monday-recount-will-decide-control-of-the-va-senate--and-fate-of-mcauliffe-agenda/2014/01/27/e93a2846-8756-11e3-833c-33098f9e5267_story.html>:
"Democrats prepared to seize control of the Virginia Senate on Monday
after winning a recount by just 11 votes in a razor-thin special
election, giving Democratic Gov. Terry McAuliffe's first-year agenda a
crucial boost."
That's a pretty thin razor.
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PA Still Not Decided on Appeal of Voter ID Ruling
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=58380>
Posted on January 27, 2014 7:30 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=58380>by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
But the state
<http://www.philly.com/philly/news/politics/20140128_Corbett_wants_judge_to_reconsider_voter_ID_ruling.html>
files motion for reconsideration in the trial court.
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Report on Justice Sotomayor's Talk @UCILaw with Dean Erwin
Chemerinsky <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=58376>
Posted on January 27, 2014 2:00 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=58376>by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
I live-tweeted the talk today, and I've reposted the relevant tweets
below the fold.
Continue reading ? <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=58376#more-58376>
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Onward! <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=58374>
Posted on January 27, 2014 1:53 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=58374>by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Bert Brandenberg <http://www.gavelgrab.org/?p=68227> on the passing of
the inimitable Roy Schotland.
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Posted in election law biz <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=51>
"Why New Jersey won't recall Chris Christie"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=58372>
Posted on January 27, 2014 1:50 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=58372>by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Josh Spivak writes
<http://theweek.com/article/index/255579/why-new-jersey-wont-recall-chris-christie?utm_source=links&utm_medium=website&utm_campaign=twitter>
for /The Week. /More here
<http://recallelections.blogspot.com/2014/01/op-ed-in-jersey-anythings-legal-as-long.html>.
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"The Voting Rights Act in Winter: The Death of a Superstatute"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=58370>
Posted on January 27, 2014 1:49 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=58370>by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Guy Charles and Luis Fuentes-Rohwer have posted this draft
<http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2377470>on SSRN.
Here is the abstract:
The Voting Rights Act, the most successful civil rights statute in
American history, is dying. In the recent Shelby County decision,
the U.S. Supreme Court signaled that the anti-discrimination model,
long understood as the basis for the VRA as originally enacted, is
no longer the best way to understand the voting rights questions of
today. Voting rights law and policy are at a critical moment of
transition. It is likely the case that the superstatute we once knew
as the VRA is no more and never to return. If so, we need to figure
out what, if anything, can, will, or should replace it. But before
figuring out where to go from here, we need to first understand how
we arrived at the moment of the VRA's disintegration so as not to
repeat the mistakes of the not too distant past. In this article we
argue that the VRA is dying because the consensus over the existence
and persistence of racial discrimination in voting has dissolved. We
outline three paths for the future of voting rights policy:
rebuilding a new consensus over the racial discrimination model;
forging a new consensus over what we call an autonomy model; or
reconceiving voting rights in universal terms.
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Very Sad News: Election Law Giant Roy Schotland Has Died
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=58367>
Posted on January 27, 2014 8:00 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=58367>by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Here
<http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/washingtonpost/obituary.aspx?n=roy-a-schotland&pid=169352214&fhid=10909>
is the funeral notice, and here is Doug Chapin's remembrance.
<http://blog.lib.umn.edu/cspg/electionacademy/2014/01/farewell_friend_roy_schotland.php>
I will deeply miss Roy's friendship and leadership.He was truly a giant
in the field of election law. He taught me more than anyone else about
the law related to judicial elections and he worked tirelessly to
improve judicial selection mechanisms.
Our country and our courts are much stronger because of Roy's work. And
I am a much better teacher and scholar thanks to him: Roy always
questioned assumptions, demanded evidence, and looked for logic and
common sense. He was a great, passionate and compassionate human
being. I so enjoyed our exchanges---in person and over email---over
these many years.
I will miss him very much.
Our condolences to his family and friends.
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"Coordinating with a Super PAC, Raising Money for It, and the
Difference Between the Two" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=58365>
Posted on January 27, 2014 7:53 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=58365>by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Bauer
<http://www.moresoftmoneyhardlaw.com/2014/01/coordinating-super-pac-raising-money-difference-two/>:
How much can a candidate do for a Super PAC without illegally
"coordinating" with it? Recent proposals would answer that she has
to keep her distance---no publicly (or privately) stated support and
no fundraising for the independent committee. A bit of a surprise
has developed in the debate. While questioning how far these
restrictions can go, Rick Hasen concludes that as a matter of
constitutional law, Congress may prohibit the fundraising, and on
this point, he sides in theory with Brad Smith of the Center for
Competitive Politics. Richard L. Hasen, /Super PAC Contributions,
Corruption, and the Proxy War Over Coordination/, Duke Journal of
Constitutional Law & Public Policy (forthcoming), 16-17, /available
at /http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2383452 ;
Bradley A. Smith, /Super PACs and the Role of "Coordination" in
Campaign Finance Law/, 49 Willamette L. Rev. 603, 635 (2013).
Rick Hasen and Brad Smith are not often found in the same
jurisprudential company. So it is interesting to consider how they
may have arrived there and why, in their judgments about the
regulation /Buckley/ would allow, they appear to have erred.
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"Early vote issue throws political damper on crime lab upgrade"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=58363>
Posted on January 27, 2014 7:50 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=58363>by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
The latest
<http://news.cincinnati.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/201401270522/NEWS/301270017>
from Cincy.
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"IRS Wants To Tighten Its Rule On Social Welfare Groups"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=58361>
Posted on January 27, 2014 7:48 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=58361>by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Peter Overby reports
<http://www.npr.org/2014/01/27/266941639/irs-wants-to-tighten-its-rule-on-social-welfare-groups>
for NPR.
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"Labor Unions Financing Republican Rift With Tea Party"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=58359>
Posted on January 27, 2014 7:46 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=58359>by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Bloomberg reports.
<http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-01-27/labor-unions-financing-republican-rift-with-tea-party.html?alcmpid=politics>
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Posted in campaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>,
campaigns <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=59>
"Political Corruption in the United States: A Design Draft"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=58357>
Posted on January 27, 2014 7:45 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=58357>by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Amitai Etzioni has postedthis draft
<http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2378486> on SSRN
(PS: Political Science and Politics). Here is the abstract:
To establish the scope and level of corruption in the contemporary
United States, a collaborative project of political scientists is
called for. Such a study best start with explicating the definition
of corruption various scholars employ. Three are here employed:
using public goods for personal gains, deflecting public goods to
private groups, and making such moves when they are legal but
illicit. To assess corruption on all these levels, we must take into
account that various forms --- outlined below --- that 'capture'
takes beyond the corruption of the laws themselves. A study of the
major differences in the level of corruption among the three
branches of government may help deepen our understanding of the
prevalence and causes of corruption. A study of 'rent' may help
predict that future course of corruption. Other facets to be studied
are merely listed as topics whose study warrants collaborative
investigation.
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"Campaign Legal Center misunderstands Citizens United, First
Amendment" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=58355>
Posted on January 27, 2014 7:43 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=58355>by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Paul Jossey blogs.
<http://thereplawyer.blogspot.com/2014/01/campaign-legal-center-misunderstands.html>
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"Clerk rejects petitions for arena vote"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=58353>
Posted on January 26, 2014 9:36 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=58353>by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
SacBee
<http://www.sacbee.com/2014/01/24/6098755/sacramento-city-clerk-rejects.html>:
"The campaign to force a public vote on Sacramento's downtown arena plan
was dealt a considerable blow Friday, when the city's top elections
official rejected the measure for "major" legal flaws and ruled it
should not appear on the June ballot."
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petition signature gathering <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=39>
"Improving our Voting Systems: A presidential report suggests good
reforms, but its support for no-excuse absentee ballots is wrong."
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=58351>
Posted on January 26, 2014 9:20 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=58351>by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
John Fund
<http://www.nationalreview.com/article/369337/improving-our-voting-systems-john-fund>on
Bauer-Ginsberg.
I've long said that those genuinely concerned with fraud need to start
with controls on absentee ballots. As the PCEA report itself noted,
"Fraud is rare, but when it does occur, absentee ballots are often the
method of choice." (Page 56.)
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<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18>, The Voting Wars
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=60>
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