[EL] ELB News and Commentary 7/12/14

Fri Jul 11 20:34:16 PDT 2014

    "Second federal judge wants info on lost IRS emails"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=63224>

Posted on July 11, 2014 8:07 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=63224>by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

AP 
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/courts_law/second-federal-judge-wants-info-on-lost-irs-emails/2014/07/11/402bf54a-0929-11e4-ba5b-b9d8a4daba13_story.html>: 
"A second federal judge has ordered the IRS to provide information about 
lost emails from a central figure in the agency's tea party controversy. 
U.S. District Judge Reggie B. Walton said Friday he wants to know 
whatever became of Lois Lerner's computer hard drive. IRS officials say 
Lerner's computer crashed in 2011, destroying an untold number of emails."

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

    "Ruling That Rejects 2 Florida Districts' Borders Casts Haze Over
    Coming Elections" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=63222>

Posted on July 11, 2014 8:04 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=63222>by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Lizette Alvarez reports 
<http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/12/us/12florida.html?ref=politics> for 
the NYT.

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Posted in redistricting <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=6>

    "Legal Woes Pose Hurdles for Arizona Attorney General Tom Horne in
    Campaign" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=63220>

Posted on July 11, 2014 8:02 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=63220>by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Fernanda Santos reports 
<http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/12/us/legal-woes-pose-hurdles-for-arizona-attorney-general-tom-horne-in-campaign-.html?ref=politics> 
for the NYT.

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

    #MSSEN--McDaniel Makes Clear He Has Not Identified Enough Cross-Over
    Votes to Make Up Difference in Election
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=63218>

Posted on July 11, 2014 7:37 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=63218>by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Watch this full video interview. 
<http://www.wlbt.com/video?clipId=10353658&autostart=true>

He's making broader claims about voter fraud and election 
irregularities. He will face a tough road getting relief on this basis, 
unless he comes up with large, pervasive problems.

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Posted in election administration <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18>, 
recounts <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=50>, The Voting Wars 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=60>

    Ruling on North Carolina Preliminary Injunction Request Likely
    Within a Month <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=63216>

Posted on July 11, 2014 7:12 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=63216>by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

So reports AP 
<http://www.thecharlottepost.com/news/2014/07/11/state-national/final-arguments-on-n.c.-voting-laws/>.

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

    "Prosecution rests in Alarcon voter fraud, perjury trial"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=63214>

Posted on July 11, 2014 7:09 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=63214>by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

The LA Daily News reports 
<http://www.dailynews.com/general-news/20140711/prosecution-rests-in-alarcon-voter-fraud-perjury-trial>.

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

    "Disentangling the direct and indirect effects of the initiative
    process" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=63212>

Posted on July 11, 2014 6:04 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=63212>by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

John Matsusaka has written this article 
<http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11127-013-0130-6?wt_mc=alerts.TOCjournals> 
for /Public Choice/.  Here is the abstract:

    Voter initiatives are important for policy making in many countries.
    While much research shows that the initiative process affects policy
    choices, almost no evidence explains /how/ the initiative process
    affects policy. Initiatives might change policy directly through
    voters approving laws that override the legislature; or the
    initiative process may change policy indirectly by providing a
    threat that induces the legislature to change policy. This article
    develops an empirical strategy to measure the direct and indirect
    effects of the initiative based on the idea that direct effects can
    be inferred from states that actually pass initiatives while
    indirect effects can be inferred from states where the initiative is
    available but not used. Evidence from 50 states on nine separate
    issues suggests that both direct and indirect effects are important,
    but the direct effect is several times larger than the threat effect.

I always learn from John's careful work!

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Posted in direct democracy <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=62>

    "Redistricting ruling could mean big change, or status quo"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=63210>

Posted on July 11, 2014 6:01 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=63210>by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Miami Herald 
<http://www.miamiherald.com/2014/07/11/4231586/redistricting-ruling-could-mean.html> 
on possible appeals and new lines in FL congressional redistricting.

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Posted in redistricting <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=6>

    The Judge Who Said STFU to #SCOTUS Will Keep Blogging
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=63208>

Posted on July 11, 2014 5:37 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=63208>by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Here' 
<http://herculesandtheumpire.com/2014/07/11/we-can-easily-forgive-a-child-who-is-afraid-of-the-dark-the-real-tragedy-of-life-is-when-men-are-afraid-of-the-light/>s 
his statement (via Nebraska Watchdog 
<http://watchdog.org/159112/mouthy-judge/>).

I earlier offered my thoughts 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?s=stfu&x=0&y=0> on the controversy.

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

    "What's the Matter with California Turnout?"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=63206>

Posted on July 11, 2014 3:31 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=63206>by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Duncan Hosie and Rob Richie write 
<http://www.fairvote.org/research-and-analysis/blog/whats-the-matter-with-california-turnout/> 
for FairVote.

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Posted in voting <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=31>

    "Controller recount highlights concern about California election
    law" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=63204>

Posted on July 11, 2014 3:06 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=63204>by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

LAT reports 
<http://www.latimes.com/local/politics/la-me-pol-controller-recount-20140711-story.html>.

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Posted in election administration <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18>, 
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    "UCI panel weighs in on Supreme Court decisions"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=63202>

Posted on July 11, 2014 2:58 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=63202>by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

The OC Register reports 
<http://www.law.uci.edu/news/in-the-news/2014/ocregister-scotusreview-071014.pdf> 
on the 4th annual UCI Supreme Court Term in Review event.

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

    "Chris McDaniel: We've Found 8,300 'Questionable Ballots'"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=63200>

Posted on July 11, 2014 2:49 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=63200>by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

TPM reports. 
<http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/chris-mcdaniel-8-300-questionable-ballots-thad-cochran-runoff>

As I understand it, we are still dealing with allegations, not evidence.

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Posted in election administration <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18>, 
recounts <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=50>, The Voting Wars 
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    "Is this super PAC subverting disclosure rules? Georgia's GOP Senate
    primary attracts cash from super PAC funded by two 'dark money'
    nonprofits" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=63196>

Posted on July 11, 2014 2:45 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=63196>by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

This 
<http://www.publicintegrity.org/2014/07/11/15061/super-pac-subverting-disclosure-rules> 
was exactly what I worried about when we first saw the emergence of 
these Crossroads GPS-type groups.

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Posted in campaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>, tax law 
and election law <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=22>

    "Perez picks heavily Latino precincts in recount fight"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=63194>

Posted on July 11, 2014 2:22 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=63194>by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

SacBee reports. 
<http://www.sacbee.com/2014/07/10/6548910/perez-picks-heavily-latino-precincts.html>

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

    "North Carolina Will Determine the Future of the Voting Rights Act "
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=63192>

Posted on July 11, 2014 10:30 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=63192>by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Ari Berman's dispatch and analysis 
<http://www.thenation.com/blog/180608/north-carolina-will-determine-future-voting-rights-act> 
from this week's preliminary injunction hearing.

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Posted in The Voting Wars <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=60>, Voting 
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    "California Election-Law Flaws Revealed In First Modern Recount For
    Statewide Office" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=63190>

Posted on July 11, 2014 10:01 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=63190>by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

CBS Sacramento reports. 
<http://sacramento.cbslocal.com/2014/07/10/california-election-law-flaws-revealed-in-first-modern-recount-for-statewide-office/>

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