[EL] ELB News and Commentary 7/14/14
Rick Hasen
rhasen at law.uci.edu
Mon Jul 14 07:54:29 PDT 2014
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Rick Hasen
Chancellor's Professor of Law and Political Science
UC Irvine School of Law
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"Kansas to Proceed with Two-Track Registration This Fall"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=63273>
Posted on July 14, 2014 7:53 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=63273>by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
A ChapinBlog.
<http://blog.lib.umn.edu/cspg/electionacademy/2014/07/kansas_to_proceed_with_two-tra.php>
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Posted in election administration <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18>,
The Voting Wars <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=60>, voter registration
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=37>
Now Shipping: Hasen, Legislation, Statutory Interpretation, and
Election Law: Examples and Explanations
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=62060>
Posted on July 14, 2014 7:45 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=62060>by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
[UPDATE: You can now order the book atAmazon
<http://www.amazon.com/Examples-Explanations-Legislation-Statutory-Interpretation/dp/1454845414/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1405348948&sr=8-1&keywords=hasen+legislation>,
or electronically as a Kindle Book
<http://www.amazon.com/Examples-Explanations-Legislation-Statutory-Interpretation-ebook/dp/B00LPRF6X8/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&sr=8-1&qid=1405348948>,
or directly from the publisher
<http://www.aspenlaw.com/examples-explanations/id-9781454845416/Examples__Explanations_Legislation_Statutory_Interpretation_and_Election_Law>.]
I am happy to annouHasen LSIE
<http://www.aspenlaw.com/examples-explanations/id-9781454845416/Examples__Explanations_Legislation_Statutory_Interpretation_and_Election_Law>nce
that you can now buy
<http://www.aspenlaw.com/examples-explanations/id-9781454845416/Examples__Explanations_Legislation_Statutory_Interpretation_and_Election_Law>my
new book, Legislation, Statutory Interpretation and Election Law:
Examples and Explanations
<http://www.aspenlaw.com/examples-explanations/id-9781454845416/Examples__Explanations_Legislation_Statutory_Interpretation_and_Election_Law>.
The book is appropriate as a supplement or study aid (with mini-essay
questions and answers) for courses in in Legislation, Leg/Reg, Statutory
Interpretation, Election Law, Voting Rights, and Campaign Finance. It is
also intended as a treatise for practitioners in the field and a
resource for lawyers, professors and judges, summing up my basic
approach to these subjects that I have been studying for many years. I
have prepared a Correlation Table
<http://electionlawblog.org/wp-content/uploads/EE-LSIE-Correlation-Table.pdf>
which shows how the book works with 11 different Legislation and
Election Law casebooks. You can also review the Table of Contents
<http://electionlawblog.org/wp-content/uploads/EE-LSIE-TOC.pdf> and the
Index <http://electionlawblog.org/wp-content/uploads/EE-LSIE-Index.pdf>.
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Posted in campaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>,
legislation and legislatures <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=27>,
pedagogy <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=23>, statutory interpretation
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=21>, Voting Rights Act
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=15>
"Democracy Alliance President: Campaign Finance Reform a Means to
Push Liberal Policy Goals" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=63267>
Posted on July 14, 2014 7:39 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=63267>by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Washington Free Beacon
<http://freebeacon.com/politics/democracy-alliance-president-campaign-finance-reform-a-means-to-push-liberal-policy-goals/>.
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Posted in campaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>
"The CEO and the Hydraulics of Campaign Finance Deregulation"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=63265>
Posted on July 14, 2014 7:37 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=63265>by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Sarah Haan has written this essay
<http://colloquy.law.northwestern.edu/main/2014/07/the-ceo-and-the-hydraulics-of-campaign-finance-deregulation.html>
for the Northwestern University Law Review Online. Here is the abstract:
In /The CEO and the Hydraulics of Campaign Finance Deregulation/,
Professor Sarah Haan assesses what the Supreme Court's evolving
campaign finance jurisprudence could mean both for business
executives--who continue to be among the most active campaign
contributors--and for politically-motivated consumers. Professor
Haan argues that voters increasingly view their consumer activities,
not their campaign contributions, as the most meaningful way to
participate in politics. Professor Haan points to the downfall of
Mozilla's Brendan Eich in April, and to a recent wave of
politically-motivated boycotts of companies, as evidence that this
practice will have a meaningful impact on campaign finance
disclosure and, more broadly, on democratic participation.
With some on the Court eager to expand campaign finance disclosure
exemptions for "economic reprisal," Professor Haan concludes that
the Court should treat money as speech not only when wealthy
individuals donate to political candidates, but also when consumers
spend money at the cash register. The politicization of retail
markets means that business leaders are unlikely to respond to
/McCutcheon v. FEC/ by embracing transparency with their campaign
donations, and also suggests that campaign finance deregulation is
causing hydraulic effects that the Court has failed to anticipate.
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"The Coordination of Issue Advocacy Part II: Progressive Conflicts
and a Hypothetical" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=63263>
Posted on July 14, 2014 7:35 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=63263>by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Bauer blogs
<http://www.moresoftmoneyhardlaw.com/2014/07/coordination-issue-advocacy-part-ii-progressive-conflicts-hypothetical/>.
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Posted in campaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>
"IRS to Rubber-Stamp Tax-Exempt Status for Most Charities After
Scandal" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=63261>
Posted on July 13, 2014 9:35 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=63261>by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
TIME reports.
<http://time.com/2979612/irs-scandal-tax-exempt-tea-party-political-groups-john-koskinen/>
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"Behind Harry Reid's War Against the Koch Bros."
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=63259>
Posted on July 13, 2014 3:58 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=63259>by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Vogel
<http://www.politico.com/story/2014/07/harry-reid-koch-brothers-108632.html>.
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Posted in campaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>
AG Holder Says DOJ Likely to File Voting Suits Against Ohio and
Wisconsin <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=63257>
Posted on July 13, 2014 3:39 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=63257>by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Kind of a surprise buried in this ABC News report
<http://abcnews.go.com/ThisWeek/eric-holder-palin-good-vp-candidate-worse-judge/story?id=24539828&singlePage=true>:
In addition, Holder took Republicans to task for efforts to, among
other things, enact voter ID laws in some states. He called such
moves "political efforts" aimed at making it "more difficult" for
"groups that are not supportive of those in power" to "have access
to the ballot."
"Who is disproportionately impacted by them? Young people, African
Americans, Hispanics, older people, people who, for whatever reason,
aren't necessarily supportive of the Republican Party," Holder said,
noting that "this notion that there is widespread in-person voter
fraud is simply belied by the facts."
Holder said the Justice Department is expected to soon file
challenges to restrictive voting laws in Ohio and Wisconsin, as the
department already did in Texas and North Carolina.
"I'm attorney general of the United States. I will not stand for ---
I will not allow people to take away that which people gave their
lives to give, and that is the ability for the American people to
vote," Holder said.
Not clear if this will be a new suit or DOJ joining some existing suits.
Interesting DOJ was not a party to the Frank v. Walker case
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=60972> in the district court striking
down Wisconsin's voter id law as both a Voting Rights Act violation and
a constitutional violation.
UPDATE: Stay tuned. This report may not be accurate.
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Posted in Department of Justice <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=26>,
Voting Rights Act <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=15>
"Union fights to strip reporting provision from campaign finance
reform bill" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=63255>
Posted on July 13, 2014 10:00 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=63255>by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Boston Globe
<http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2014/07/10/teacher-union-lobbying-strip-key-reporting-provision-from-campaign-finance-reform-bill/uHU02DNPItGJ6nb6OqhkCM/story.html>:
"The Massachusetts Teachers Association, the state's largest union, is
lobbying the state Senate's Democratic leadership to strip a provision
in a campaign finance reform bill that targets the influence of super
PACs. The union and its allies are in a behind-the-scenes struggle with
the bill's Senate supporters and campaign finance reform advocates, as
labor leaders try to remove language that would require political action
committees to disclose the top five donors in their television ads, say
two sources with knowledge of the negotiations."
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Posted in campaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>
"House Democrats Have Mixed Reaction to Florida Redistricting
Ruling" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=63253>
Posted on July 13, 2014 9:55 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=63253>by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Roll Call reports.
<http://atr.rollcall.com/florida-redistricting-ruling-house-democrats-reaction-2014/>
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Posted in redistricting <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=6>
More Tillman on Quorums <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=63251>
Posted on July 13, 2014 9:49 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=63251>by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Here <http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2465548>.
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Posted in legislation and legislatures <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=27>
"For better politics, it's time for some raging moderates"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=63249>
Posted on July 13, 2014 9:48 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=63249>by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Dan Schnur LAT oped
<http://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-schnur-independent-candidates-20140713-story.html>.
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Posted in Uncategorized <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=1>
"Palmdale continues lonely fight against Voting Rights Act"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=63247>
Posted on July 12, 2014 8:27 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=63247>by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
LA Times reports.
<http://www.latimes.com/local/politics/la-me-pol-palmdale-voting-20140713-story.html?track=rss&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter&dlvrit=1115932>
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Posted in Voting Rights Act <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=15>
Read Sam Hall on the State of Play in the #MSSEN Post-Election
Challenge Arena <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=63245>
Posted on July 12, 2014 4:08 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=63245>by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Very helpful
<http://www.clarionledger.com/story/opinion/columnists/2014/07/12/hall-column-mississippi-senate-republican-runoff/12579183/>.
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Posted in campaigns <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=59>, recounts
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=50>
"Alabama Ruling Hobbles Ban on Guns in the Open at Polls"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=63243>
Posted on July 12, 2014 4:01 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=63243>by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
NYT reports.
<http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/13/us/alabama-ruling-hobbles-ban-on-guns-in-the-open-at-polls.html>
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Posted in voting <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=31>
Ari Melber on Maddow Discusses FL Redistricting Case
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=63241>
Posted on July 12, 2014 3:18 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=63241>by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Watch
<http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/watch/gop-redistricting-scheme-blocked-by-court-302629443770>.
See also this LWV press release
<http://lwv.org/press-releases/florida-decision-major-victory-against-partisan-gerrymandering>.
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Posted in redistricting <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=6>
"G.O.P. Replays 2010 Strategy at State Level"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=63239>
Posted on July 12, 2014 3:03 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=63239>by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
NYT
<http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/13/us/gop-replays-2010-strategy-at-state-level.html?_r=0>:
"Republican candidates for governor around the country have built an
unexpectedly strong position for election this fall, helped by an
improving economy, disaffection with President Obama and a national
fund-raising machine that is leagues ahead of the opposition."
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Posted in campaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>,
campaigns <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=59>
"Coming Soon: The FEC Complaint (and Election Challenge) in
Mississippi" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=63235>
Posted on July 12, 2014 11:33 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=63235>by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Weigel.
<http://www.slate.com/blogs/weigel/2014/07/11/coming_soon_the_fec_complaint_and_election_challenge_in_mississippi.html>
UPDATE: More
<http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/07/12/mcdaniel-supporters-allege-fundraising-violations-by-nrsc.html>
from Ben Jacobs.
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Posted in campaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>,
campaigns <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=59>, federal election
commission <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=24>, recounts
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=50>
"Theis backs Kobach over ACLU in voter ID challenge"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=63233>
Posted on July 12, 2014 11:10 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=63233>by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
AP
<http://m.cjonline.com/news/2014-07-11/theis-backs-kobach-over-aclu-voter-id-challenge>:
"A Shawnee County judge cleared the way Friday for Kansas to use a dual
voting system to help enforce its proof-of-citizenship rule for new
voters, suggesting that doing otherwise could taint the state's August
primary election."
Via Richard Winger.
<http://www.ballot-access.org/2014/07/kansas-state-court-says-secretary-of-state-has-authority-to-create-dual-list-of-registered-voters/>
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Posted in election administration <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18>,
Elections Clause <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=70>, The Voting Wars
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=60>, voter id
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=9>
"Louisiana's New Voter Pre-Registration Law Features Automatic
Registration" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=63231>
Posted on July 12, 2014 11:08 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=63231>by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
FairVote reports
<http://www.fairvote.org/research-and-analysis/blog/louisianas-new-voter-pre-registration-law-includes-opt-out-system/>.
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Posted in voter registration <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=37>
Congratulations to Mark Braden <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=63229>
Posted on July 12, 2014 11:06 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=63229>by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
E. Mark Braden <http://www.bakerlaw.com/EMarkBraden> was selected by the
Board of Governors of the Republican National Lawyers Association as the
2014 Republican Lawyer of the Year. This award recognizes a lawyer for
outstanding professional accomplishments and years of dedicated service
to the Republican Party and its ideals.
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Posted in election law biz <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=51>
"Fate Of The New N.C. Voter ID Law Now Rests In A Judge's Hands"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=63226>
Posted on July 12, 2014 11:01 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=63226>by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
This report
<http://www.npr.org/2014/07/11/330760916/fate-of-the-new-n-c-voter-id-law-now-rests-in-a-judges-hands>appeared
on NPR's All Things Considered.
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Posted in election administration <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18>,
The Voting Wars <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=60>
"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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"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>,
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#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>,
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<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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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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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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"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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"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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"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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"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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