[EL] ELB News and Commentary 7/9/14

Wed Jul 9 06:35:51 PDT 2014

    Shaun McCutcheon Launches New Group Opposing Campaign Finance
    Regulation <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=63120>

Posted on July 9, 2014 6:27 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=63120>by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Ron Collins 
<http://www.concurringopinions.com/archives/2014/07/fan-22-first-amendment-news-new-documentary-on-mr-first-amendment-nat-hentoff.html> 
has the details (scroll down).

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Posted in campaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>, federal 
election commission <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=24>

    "Letter from Seth Barrett Tillman to Professor Anonymous, The Quorum
    Clause (July 2, 2014)" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=63118>

Posted on July 9, 2014 6:26 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=63118>by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Tillman asks 
<http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2462012> if it is 
constitutional for a legislative body to move forward with a minority of 
its members if no one makes a quorum call.

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

    Cleta Mitchell Talks IRS Mess with WSJ Opinion Journal
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=63116>

Posted on July 9, 2014 6:25 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=63116>by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Video 
<http://live.wsj.com/video/opinion-the-irs-scandal-heads-to-court/7117ED52-46E6-4401-AEAF-D2A4C109F72D.html?KEYWORDS=%2522irs%2522#%217117ED52-46E6-4401-AEAF-D2A4C109F72D>.

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Posted in tax law and election law <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=22>

    "Conservative groups take the IRS to court"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=63114>

Posted on July 9, 2014 6:23 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=63114>by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

/The Hill /reports 
<http://thehill.com/policy/finance/domestic-taxes/211344-conservative-groups-take-the-irs-to-court#ixzz36uKg1kxL>.

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Posted in tax law and election law <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=22>

    "Why the GOP is Holding Its Convention Early"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=63112>

Posted on July 9, 2014 6:20 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=63112>by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Byron Tau reports 
<http://www.politico.com/story/2014/07/cleveland-republican-national-convention-2016-elections-108681.html> 
for Politico. (It's about the campaign $)

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Posted in campaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>, 
political parties <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=25>

    "The Legislator-Lobbyist Privilege?"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=63110>

Posted on July 8, 2014 8:51 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=63110>by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Very interesting post 
<http://www.pointoforder.com/2014/07/08/the-legislator-lobbyist-privilege/> 
at Point of Order.

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Posted in legislation and legislatures 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=27>, lobbying 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=28>, Speech or Debate Clause 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=36>

    "McDaniel Supporters Looking For Voter Fraud Evidence"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=63107>

Posted on July 8, 2014 7:41 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=63107>by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

WJTV reports. 
<http://www.wjtv.com/story/25970824/mcdaniel-supporters-looking-for-voter-fraud-evidence>

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Posted in campaigns <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=59>, recounts 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=50>

    "Greuel testifies Alarcon asked her to move council district
    boundary" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=63105>

Posted on July 8, 2014 7:39 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=63105>by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

The LA Times reports. 
<http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-greuel-alarcon-testimony-20140708-story.html>

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Posted in residency <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=38>

    Texas Largely Loses Motion to Dismiss Voter ID Claims
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=63103>

Posted on July 8, 2014 1:22 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=63103>by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Thanks to a reader for pointing outlast week's district court order 
<http://moritzlaw.osu.edu/electionlaw/litigation/documents/Veasey416.pdf>in 
the Texas voter id case. The court mostly denied Texas's motion to 
dismiss, even allowing claims to go forward at this point on voter id as 
a poll tax and as a First Amendment violation.  That's not to say these 
will be winning claims, but it is significant that plaintiffs will get 
to advance a number of federal theories against the id law.

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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>, Voting Rights Act 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=15>

    True the Vote Voluntarily Dismisses Its #MSSEN Lawsuit
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=63101>

Posted on July 8, 2014 10:30 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=63101>by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

See here <http://yallpolitics.com/index.php/yp/post/38566/>.

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Posted in election administration <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18>, 
recounts <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=50>

    "Cochran calls McDaniel out over county-by-county review"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=63099>

Posted on July 8, 2014 9:16 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=63099>by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Sam R. Hall 
<http://www.clarionledger.com/story/dailyledes/2014/07/08/cochran-mcdaniel-county-numbers/12359643/>: 
"All of this is to say that McDaniel's campaign needs to start making an 
actual fact-based campaign of accusations if he is going to move forward 
with his challenge. It's one thing to be upset that Cochran reached out 
to normally Democratic voters to help him win the primary runoff, but 
that's not illegal. It's another thing for an attorney and state 
legislator to accuse a sitting member of Congress of stealing an 
election without presenting facts to back it up."

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Posted in campaigns <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=59>, recounts 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=50>

    "The Logic of the Instant Runoff" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=63096>

Posted on July 8, 2014 7:19 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=63096>by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Paul Jacob 
<http://thisiscommonsense.com/2014/07/08/the-logic-of-the-instant-runoff/>:

    Reid Wilson, at the /Washington Post/, regales us with seven U.S.
    senatorial races
    <http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/govbeat/wp/2014/07/07/the-7-states-where-libertarians-could-swing-control-of-the-senate/>
    where Libertarian Party candidates could swing elections, and thus
    control of the Senate. Last weekend at Townhall
    <http://thisiscommonsense.com/?p=18280>, I exhorted readers to work
    for /trans/partisan reforms "like term limits . . . and other
    measures aimed at greater representation, [such as] establishing
    ranked choice voting."

    The two articles are not unrelated.

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Posted in alternative voting systems <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=63>

    "Hybrids" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=63094>

Posted on July 8, 2014 7:18 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=63094>by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Bauer <http://www.moresoftmoneyhardlaw.com/2014/07/hybrids/>on the new 
Second Circuit campaign finance case.

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Posted in campaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>, Supreme 
Court <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=29>

    "Redistricting panel urges US Supreme Court to reject challenge from
    state lawmakers" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=63092>

Posted on July 7, 2014 10:41 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=63092>by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

AZ Capitol Times reports 
<http://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2014/07/07/az-independent-redistricting-commission-urges-us-supreme-court-to-reject-challenge-from-state-lawmakers/>.

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    "Ted Cruz slams 'D.C. machine' over Mississippi runoff, wants
    voter-fraud investigation" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=63090>

Posted on July 7, 2014 10:40 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=63090>by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

The Fix reports. 
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-politics/wp/2014/07/07/ted-cruz-slams-d-c-machine-over-mississippi-runoff-wants-voter-fraud-investigation/>

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<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=12>, fraudulent fraud squad 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=8>

    "Opinion: Ruling on false speech lets voters decide"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=63088>

Posted on July 7, 2014 10:38 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=63088>by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Mark Weaver oped. 
<http://www.cincinnati.com/story/opinion/contributors/2014/07/07/opinion-ruling-false-speech-voters-decide/12280243/>

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    "Tom Horne sues to stop Clean Elections investigation"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=63086>

Posted on July 7, 2014 10:35 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=63086>by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

/Arizona Republic/ 
<http://www.azcentral.com/story/laurieroberts/2014/07/07/tom-horne-sues-to-stop-clean-elections-investigation/12317735/>: 
"Attorney General Tom Horne has filed a lawsuit, challenging the right 
of the Citizens Clean Elections Commission to investigate ... Attorney 
General Tom Horne."

See also Thomas Collins, Why Clean Elections must investigate Tom Horne. 
<http://www.azcentral.com/story/opinion/op-ed/2014/07/01/clean-elections-tom-horne/11933225/>

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

    "McDaniel attorney says fraud reports pouring in"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=63084>

Posted on July 7, 2014 9:38 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=63084>by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Clarion Ledger 
<http://www.clarionledger.com/story/politicalledger/2014/07/07/mcdaniel-fraud-vote-cochran-election-tyner/12313111/>:

    Cochran spokesman Jordan Russell on Monday refuted the McDaniel
    campaign's claim there are thousands of illegal votes and says the
    number appears to be within normal margins of election errors.

    "We have representatives at all 82 courthouses today to monitor the
    review of ballot boxes and have been pleased with the results,"
    Russell said. "The county by county results reported thus far are
    revealing an extremely low number of crossover votes from the June
    24th election. As the process moves forward, the conversation is
    shifting from wild, baseless accusations to hard facts. As we have
    said from the beginning, the run-off results are clear: the majority
    of Mississippians voted for Senator Thad Cochran."

    Russell said he didn't have totals, but listed the number of
    potential crossover votes found in four counties: Perry, 1;
    Lauderdale, 7; Pontotoc, 3; Leake, 5.

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