[EL] ELB News and Commentary 7/24/14

Wed Jul 23 20:46:48 PDT 2014

    "Absentee ballots in the mail, but change in who can collect them"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=63675>

Posted on July 23, 2014 7:50 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=63675>by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

A worthwhile attack 
<http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/broward/broward-politics-blog/sfl-absentee-ballot-chasers-20140723,0,4867618.story> 
on the sale of absentee ballots in FL.

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Posted in absentee ballots <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=53>, 
chicanery <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=12>

    "Democrats Make New Bid To Require Donor Transparency"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=63673>

Posted on July 23, 2014 7:44 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=63673>by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Peter Overby 
<http://www.npr.org/blogs/itsallpolitics/2014/07/23/334618391/democrats-make-new-bid-to-require-donor-transparency> 
on today's DISCLOSE III hearing.

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

    "IRS chief says agency no longer probing missing e-mails"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=63671>

Posted on July 23, 2014 7:42 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=63671>by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

WaPo: 
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/federal-eye/wp/2014/07/23/irs-chief-says-agency-no-longer-probing-missing-e-mails/>"The 
IRS has effectively halted its investigation of Lois Lerner's missing 
e-mails 
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/federal-eye/wp/2014/06/26/a-timeline-of-the-irs-targeting-and-missing-email-controversies/> 
to avoid interfering with an inspector general's investigation, Internal 
Revenue Service Commissioner John Koskinen told lawmakers Wednesday on 
Capitol Hill."

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

    "Groups ask to move Florida election, draw new map"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=63669>

Posted on July 23, 2014 7:41 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=63669>by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

AP 
<http://www.miamiherald.com/2014/07/23/4250861/groups-ask-judge-to-move-election.html>: 
"A Florida judge is being asked to move this year's election dates --- 
including postponing next month's primary --- in order to draw up new 
congressional districts for the state."

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

    "Alarcon jurors were split, argued for days over criminal charges"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=63667>

Posted on July 23, 2014 7:25 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=63667>by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

The LA Times reports. 
<http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-alarcon-juror-20140723-story.html>

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Posted in chicanery <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=12>, residency 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=38>

    FEC Commissioners Goodman and Hunter Issue Statement on the Media
    Exemption in Paul Ryan Leadership PAC AO
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=63665>

Posted on July 23, 2014 4:04 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=63665>by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Read it here. <http://saos.fec.gov/aodocs/1302171.pdf>

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

    Two from NYT's "Taking Note" Editorial Blog
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=63663>

Posted on July 23, 2014 3:49 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=63663>by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

If Judges Campaign Like Ordinary Politicians, Can We Have Impartial 
Courts? 
<http://takingnote.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/07/23/if-judges-campaign-like-ordinary-politicians-can-we-have-impartial-courts/> 
by Dorothy Samuels

and

President Obama's Fundraising Scandal 
<http://takingnote.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/07/23/president-obamas-fundraising-scandal/> 
by David Firestone.

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Posted in campaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>, 
campaigns <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=59>, judicial elections 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=19>

    Shorter Abbe Gluck: DC Circuit Halbig Majority Gives Textualism a
    Bad Name <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=63661>

Posted on July 23, 2014 3:04 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=63661>by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Here, 
<http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2014/07/dc-circuit-got-wrong-about-obamacare-109263.html#.U9AxVUjPaSY> 
at Politico.

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Posted in statutory interpretation <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=21>

    Dept. of Ewwww...Groping Petition Canvassers
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=63658>

Posted on July 23, 2014 12:56 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=63658>by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Water bond petition workers caught on home surveillance video: 
<https://www.claremont-courier.com/articles/news/t12399-couple>

    Canvassers working on behalf of the Let Claremont Vote Committee
    started making the rounds last week, circulating a petition for a
    separate measure calling for voter approval on the city's water bonds.

    At around 6:45 p.m. on Wednesday, July 16, two canvassers---an
    unidentified male and female---arrived to the Claremont home of Pat
    O'Malley. His wife, Shelley, had just finished giving their baby a
    bath when she passed by the family's home surveillance monitor and
    witnessed the couple at their front door.

    After watching the monitor for a moment, Ms. O'Malley couldn't
    believe her eyes. The man was groping the woman, right there on the
    O'Malley's front porch.

NSFW video <http://youtu.be/MKRyEg_zggI>.

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

    "What's wrong with Palmdale: an unfair election system"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=63656>

Posted on July 23, 2014 12:24 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=63656>by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

LAT editorial [corrected]. 
<http://www.latimes.com/opinion/editorials/la-ed-palmdale-voting-rights-act-20140722-story.html>

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