[EL] ELB News and Commentary 8/1/14

Thu Jul 31 19:54:57 PDT 2014

    "GOP chairman: Party competing for black votes"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=63898>

Posted on July 31, 2014 7:53 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=63898>by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

AP 
<http://hosted2.ap.org/COGRA/e109e277e48c4e219e07a1d4710177b3/Article_2014-07-31-US--Republicans%20Chairman/id-362acf4c86c54541b078d64b31205392>:

    Priebus, in an interview with CNN's Michaela Pereira and Fox News'
    Kelly Wright following his prepared remarks, defended his party's
    push for state laws requiring voters produce identification before
    casting a ballot.

    Opponents charge the laws, which have been enacted in more than 30
    states, are aimed at discouraging minority and elderly voters.

    He pointed to Georgia, where he said turnout increased in 2012, even
    after the state imposed its voter ID law.

    Priebus added that voter fraud was "very real" in his home state of
    Wisconsin, where he served as state Republican Party chairman before
    becoming national party chairman.

    That comment drew immediate criticism from the Democratic National
    Committee, which said in a statement that Priebus was repeating an
    "old and offensive" claim that was recently dismissed by a federal
    judge.

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Posted in The Voting Wars <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=60>, voter id 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=9>

    "Star witness: 'It was wrong' to give Rolex to Va. governor"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=63896>

Posted on July 31, 2014 7:44 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=63896>by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

WaPo 
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/virginia-politics/star-witness-it-was-wrong-to-give-rolex-to-va-governor/2014/07/31/b3807a72-18bd-11e4-9e3b-7f2f110c6265_story.html?hpid=z4> 
on the McDonnell trial.

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Posted in bribery <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=54>, chicanery 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=12>

    "California State Court of Appeals Won't Remove Advisory Measure on
    Campaign Finance from California November 2014 Ballot"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=63894>

Posted on July 31, 2014 7:37 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=63894>by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Ballot Access News reports 
<http://www.ballot-access.org/2014/07/california-state-court-of-appeals-wont-remove-advisory-measure-on-campaign-finance-from-california-november-2014-ballot/>.

The Sacramento Bee 
<http://www.sacbee.com/2014/07/31/6597231/anti-tax-group-appeals-citizens.html>says 
the challengers are now petitioning the CA Supreme Court.

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Posted in campaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>, direct 
democracy <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=62>

    "Hypocrisy on Wisconsin Supreme Court: Why voter ID decision is
    wrong" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=63891>

Posted on July 31, 2014 7:34 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=63891>by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Josh Douglas oped 
<http://www.jsonline.com/news/opinion/hypocrisy-on-wisconsin-supreme-court-why-voter-id-decision-is-wrong-b99322149z1-269454021.html> 
in Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

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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>

    "Playing Chicken with the FEC" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=63889>

Posted on July 31, 2014 7:32 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=63889>by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Steve Klein blogs. 
<http://wyliberty.org/feature/playing-chicken-with-the-fec/#fA9Ie>

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

    "University of California, Irvine School of Law Welcomes Six New
    Full-Time Faculty Members" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=63887>

Posted on July 31, 2014 4:36 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=63887>by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Thrilled with the official announcement 
<http://www.law.uci.edu/news/press-releases/07-31-14.html>of our six new 
impressive (and nice!) colleagues.

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

    "Andrew Cuomo hires criminal lawyer to represent governor's office
    as scandal over Moreland anti-corruption commission grows: sources"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=63884>

Posted on July 31, 2014 4:23 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=63884>by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Cuomo 
<http://www.nydailynews.com/preet-bharara-threatens-cuomo-new-probe-article-1.1887193> 
giving Christie a run for his money in the tri-state area competition 
for being the subject of investigation by the U.S. Attorneys office.

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

    Molly Moran to Be Acting Head of DOJ Civil Rights Division
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=63882>

Posted on July 31, 2014 2:42 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=63882>by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

HuffPo 
<http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/31/huffpost-hill_n_5639329.html>:

    The staff of the DOJ's Civil Rights Division gathered this morning
    in their fifth floor conference room --- J. Edgar Hoover's former
    office --- for an "all hands" meeting with Attorney General Eric
    Holder, who announced that his current deputy chief of staff Molly
    Moran would be taking over as acting head of the Civil Rights
    Division. The Division has been without a permanent leader since Tom
    Perez became Labor Secretary last July. The Senate --- including
    seven Democrats --- blocked the nomination
    <http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/03/05/obama-civil-rights-nominee_n_4907455.html>
    of Debo Adegbile to head the office due to his representation of
    Mumia Abu-Jamal, convicted of murdering a Philadelphia police
    officer. Moran, an Indiana native who has been at DOJ since 2009, is
    "uniquely well positioned to advance the Civil Rights Division's
    agenda, from voting rights enforcement to reforming school
    discipline policies and beyond," Holder said Thursday. Adegbile's
    nomination is technically still pending.

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Posted in Department of Justice <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=26>, 
Voting Rights Act <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=15>

    "California doesn't allow write-in candidates in its general
    election, so a write-in candidate is suing"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=63876>

Posted on July 31, 2014 12:24 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=63876>by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

WaPo 
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/govbeat/wp/2014/07/31/california-doesnt-allow-write-in-candidates-in-its-general-election-so-a-write-in-candidate-is-suing/>: 
"An independent candidate who received a single vote for a U.S. House 
seat in California is suing the state over it's top-two primary system, 
which allows write-in candidates in the primary but not the general 
election."

UPDATE: Richard Winger 
<http://www.ballot-access.org/2014/07/independent-congressional-candidate-files-lawsuit-against-californias-ban-on-write-in-voting-in-general-election/> 
links to the complaint. 
<http://www.ballot-access.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Milonopoulos-complaint.pdf>

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parties <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=25>, primaries 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=32>

    "Reform Groups Urge Senators to Support Legislation to Curb Bundling
    by Lobbyists for Members of Congress"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=63874>

Posted on July 31, 2014 12:08 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=63874>by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Press release 
<http://www.democracy21.org/legislative-action/press-releases-legislative-action/reform-groups-urge-senators-to-support-legislation-introduced-today-by-senator-michael-bennet-to-curb-bundling-by-lobbyists-for-members-of-congress/>.

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Posted in campaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>, 
lobbying <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=28>

    In #MSSEN Challenge with Republican Party, McDaniel Apparently Cites
    No Evidence of Voter Fraud <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=63872>

Posted on July 31, 2014 11:20 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=63872>by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

This 
<http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/chris-mcdaniel-thad-cochran-mississippi-republican-party-recognize-votes>, 
instead of "8300 questionable ballots."

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Posted in campaigns <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=59>, chicanery 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=12>, fraudulent fraud squad 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=8>, political parties 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=25>, primaries 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=32>

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