[EL] ELB News and Commentary 6/5/14
Rick Hasen
rhasen at law.uci.edu
Wed Jun 4 20:39:06 PDT 2014
Sen. Cochran to Try to Turn Out the Democratic Vote
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=62094>
Posted on June 4, 2014 8:23 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=62094>by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
NYT.
<http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/05/us/politics/cochran-and-mcdaniel-mississippi-primary-runoff.html?ref=politics>
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Posted in campaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>,
political parties <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=25>
Florida's "Game of Thrones" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=62092>
Posted on June 4, 2014 6:07 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=62092>by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Redistricting trial coming to end.
<http://atr.rollcall.com/florida-redistricting-trial-concludes-wednesday/>
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Posted in redistricting <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=6>
"State, Local Parties Tell FEC They Are at Risk Due to Tough
Restrictions, Outside Spending" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=62090>
Posted on June 4, 2014 5:53 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=62090>by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Bloomberg BNA
<http://news.bna.com/mpdm/MPDMWB/split_display.adp?fedfid=47516643&vname=mpebulallissues&jd=a0f1e2j2e0&split=0>:
"The continued existence of traditional political party committees at
the state and local level is being threatened by the restrictions of
complex campaign finance rules amidst competition from independent
political organizations not subject to the same rules, state and local
party officials told the Federal Election Commission at a June 4 forum
hosted by the FEC."
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political parties <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=25>
"Candidate Arrested After Losing Primary"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=62088>
Posted on June 4, 2014 4:00 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=62088>by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Political Wire reports.
<http://politicalwire.com/archives/2014/06/04/candidate_arrested_after_losing_primary.html>
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Posted in campaigns <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=59>, chicanery
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=12>
"What's So Bad About a Super PAC?"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=62085>
Posted on June 4, 2014 3:21 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=62085>by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Extensive @Lessig piece
<https://medium.com/law-of-the-land/whats-so-bad-about-a-superpac-c7cbcf617b58?source=tw-7239b1d04c28-1401911603640&utm_source=TwitterAccount&utm_medium=Twitter&utm_campaign=TwitterAccount>at
Medium.
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Posted in campaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>
Ready for Preorder: Hasen, Legislation, Statutory Interpretation,
and Election Law: Examples and Explanations
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=62060>
Posted on June 4, 2014 3:10 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=62060>by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
[UPDATE: Amazon has now listed this book forpreorder at this link.
<http://www.amazon.com/Examples-Explanations-Legislation-Statutory-Interpretation/dp/1454845414/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1401919780&sr=8-1&keywords=hasen+legislation>]
I am happy to announce that Aspen has made available for pre-order
<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>.
The book should ship in July.
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legislation and legislatures <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=27>,
pedagogy <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=23>, statutory interpretation
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<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=15>
"Why Was Miss. Tea Partier In Locked Courthouse With Ballots On
Election Night?" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=62082>
Posted on June 4, 2014 2:45 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=62082>by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
TPM reports.
<http://talkingpointsmemo.com/dc/mississippi-tea-party-courthouse-locked-in>
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Posted in election administration <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18>
"After State Lawmaker Comes Out, Campaign Becomes Battle Of
Write-ins" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=62080>
Posted on June 4, 2014 2:35 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=62080>by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
NPR
<http://www.npr.org/2014/06/04/318888341/after-state-lawmaker-comes-out-campaign-becomes-battle-of-write-ins?utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=politics&utm_medium=social&utm_term=nprnews>:
"How much does sexual orientation matter to voters in rural
Pennsylvania? Incumbent Mike Fleck, who was re-elected three times
before he came out as gay in 2012, lost the Republican state house
primary to a write-in candidate. But he's not out of the race yet: He
won as a write-in on the Democratic ballot instead."
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Posted in campaigns <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=59>
DOJ Files Statement of Interest in Alaska VRA Section 203 Case
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=62077>
Posted on June 4, 2014 1:51 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=62077>by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
See here. <http://electionlawblog.org/wp-content/uploads/alaska-203.pdf>
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Posted in Voting Rights Act <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=15>
@SCOTUSBlog Covers Senate Hearing on Campaign Finance Amendment
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=62075>
Posted on June 4, 2014 11:49 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=62075>by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Here is Amy Howe's report
<http://www.scotusblog.com/2014/06/senate-judiciary-committee-holds-hearing-on-proposed-campaign-finance-amendment/#more-212277>.
Geez, seems to speak to SCOTUSBlog's need for (and usefulneess to the
public of) a Senate press credential.
<http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/03/us/press-credentials-seem-to-hinge-on-the-governments-whims.html>
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"State of Delaware Appeals Decision Enjoining Application of State
Disclosure Law" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=62073>
Posted on June 4, 2014 11:19 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=62073>by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
CLC release.
<http://www.campaignlegalcenter.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2490:june-4-2014-state-of-delaware-appeals-decision-enjoining-application-of-state-disclosure-law&catid=63:legal-center-press-releases&Itemid=61>
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"Mississippi sails through voter ID test"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=62071>
Posted on June 4, 2014 11:14 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=62071>by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
The Clarion Ledger reports.
<http://www.clarionledger.com/story/news/2014/06/03/mississippi-sails-voter-test/9936711/>
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"93-year-old black man disenfranchised by Alabama voter ID law"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=62058>
Posted on June 4, 2014 9:43 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=62058>by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
MSNBC reports
<http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/voter-id-law-disenfranchises-93-year-old-black-man>.
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"Janai Nelson Named Associate Director-Counsel at NAACP Legal
Defense Fund" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=62056>
Posted on June 4, 2014 9:38 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=62056>by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Big news via emailed press release:
/T/he NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. today announced
that Janai Nelson, a law professor and expert on election law and
voting rights issues, has been named Associate Director-Counsel of
the organization.
Ms. Nelson's appointment marks a return to LDF, where she began as
an NAACP LDF/Fried Frank Fellow in 1998, joined the staff as an
assistant counsel in 2002, and served as director of LDF's Political
Participation Group from 2003 to 2005.
"We are thrilled to welcome Janai Nelson back to the LDF family in a
new role that will take full advantage not only of her deep
knowledge of voting rights and constitutional law but also her
skills as an advocate and leader," said Sherrilyn A. Ifill,
President and Director-Counsel of NAACP LDF."I know that Janai will
be a tremendous asset to LDF in continuing our precedent-setting
legal and legislative advocacy as well as in advancing new strategic
initiatives."
Ms. Nelson will come on board full-time on August 13 and will work
from the organization's headquarters in lower Manhattan.
"It is truly a privilege to return to LDF to build on its legacy of
excellence and help to advance its critical mission of racial
justice, equality, and human rights," said Ms. Nelson."For nearly 75
years, the NAACP Legal Defense Fund has been at the heart of the
struggle to transform society and reinforce our democratic ideals. I
look forward to working hand-in-hand with LDF's talented attorneys,
dedicated staff, and valued partners to continue that journey of
progress."
Ms. Nelson comes to NAACP LDF from St. John's University School of
Law, where for the past eight years she has been a law professor,
Associate Dean for Faculty Scholarship, and Associate Director of
the Ronald H. Brown Center for Civil Rights and Economic
Development.She is recipient of the 2013 Derrick A. Bell Award from
the American Association of Law Schools (AALS) Section on Minority
Groups and was recently named one ofLawyers of Color's 50 Under 50
<http://www.obabl.com/LawSchool/index.html>minority professors
making an impact in legal education.
In the year prior to joining St. John's faculty, Ms. Nelson was a
Fulbright Scholar at the Legal Resources Center in Accra, Ghana,
where she researched the political disfranchisement of persons with
criminal convictions and the advancement of democracy in Ghana.
In her previous role as Director of LDF's Political Participation
Group, Nelson oversaw all voting related litigation and matters,
litigated voting rights and redistricting cases, and worked on
criminal justice issues on behalf of African Americans and other
under-served communities.She served as lead counsel in/Hayden v.
Pataki/, a felon disfranchisement case that challenged New York
State laws that deny the right to vote to people who are
incarcerated and on parole for a felony conviction.She was also part
of the team of civil rights attorneys representing African- and
Haitian-American voters in/NAACP v. Hood/(a class action suit that
arose out of the 2000 general elections) and one of the counsel
representing a death row inmate whose sentence was commuted in 2003
by the U.S. Supreme Court in/Banks v. Dretke/.
She has been published on issues of domestic and comparative
election law, democracy, race, and criminal justice and is a
contributor to Thomson Reuters and Huffington Post
<http://www.huffingtonpost.com/janai-s-nelson/>.Ms. Nelson has also
appeared on CNN, InsideOut
<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zMqIPL-wyW8&feature=youtu.be>,
public radio
<http://mms.tveyes.com/Transcript.asp?StationID=6670&DateTime=8%2F31%2F2012+5%3A33%3A52+AM&Term=St+John%27s+University&PlayClip=TRUE>and
other media as an election law expert; she regularly speaks at
conferences and symposia nationwide.
Ms. Nelson received a B.A. from New York University and a J.D. from
UCLA School of Law.She is a native New Yorker who lives in Brooklyn
with her husband and two children, 8 and 10.
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"Don't get campaign finance? Experts recommend watching more Comedy
Central." <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=62054>
Posted on June 4, 2014 9:27 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=62054>by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
The Fix reports
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/wp/2014/06/03/dont-get-campaign-finance-experts-recommend-watching-more-comedy-central/>.
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Quote of the Day <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=62052>
Posted on June 4, 2014 9:26 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=62052>by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
"If Keith Olbermann were running a 'worst agency in the world' contest,
the EAC might even get more votes than its sister agency, the
ever-so-dysfunctional FEC (the Federal Election Commission)."
---Heather Gerken, 'Bad News Bears' of Elections
<http://thehill.com/blogs/congress-blog/politics/207960-bad-news-bears-of-elections>
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Election Assistance Commission <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=34>
"Amendment Would Allow Congress To Set Political Spending Limits"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=62050>
Posted on June 4, 2014 9:18 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=62050>by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Peter Overby reports
<http://www.npr.org/2014/06/04/318733319/amendment-would-allow-congress-to-set-political-spending-limits>
for NPR.
More from NYT.
<http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/04/us/politics/reid-and-mcconnell-offer-conflicting-views-on-campaign-spending.html?ref=politics>
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"Perkins Coie Political Law Group Statement to the Federal Election
Commission on the Occasion of the Forum on Political Parties"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=62048>
Posted on June 4, 2014 9:12 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=62048>by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Here.
<http://www.moresoftmoneyhardlaw.com/2014/06/perkins-coie-political-law-group-statement-federal-election-commission-occasion-forum-political-parties/>
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"What Does the McCutcheon Decision Say about Democracy?"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=62046>
Posted on June 4, 2014 9:11 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=62046>by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
William Hogeland
<http://www.bostonreview.net/us/william-hogeland-what-does-mccutcheon-decision-say-about-democracy>
writes for the /Boston Review./
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"Mississippi's super PAC-dominated Senate slugfest not over yet"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=62044>
Posted on June 4, 2014 8:13 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=62044>by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
CPI reports.
<http://www.publicintegrity.org/2014/06/04/14891/mississippis-super-pac-dominated-senate-slugfest-not-over-yet>
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"Don't Mess With the First Amendment"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=62041>
Posted on June 4, 2014 8:10 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=62041>by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Jonathan Bernstein
<http://www.bloombergview.com/articles/2014-06-04/don-t-mess-with-the-first-amendment>
at Bloomberg View.
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Two Great APSA Panels Offered by the Law and Political Process Study
Group <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=62039>
Posted on June 4, 2014 8:03 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=62039>by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Bruce Cain and I are happy to announce two programs for the law and
political process study group at APSA in Washington DC. Both are on
Saturday, August 30. Here are the details:
Law and Political Process Study Group
*Panel 1 Commissioners Meet Critics: The Presidential Commission on
Election Administration*
Date: Saturday, Aug 30, 2014, 11:30 AM-1:00 PM
Location: *Room assignments are pending. Check back soon for room
assignments.* Only those registered for the meeting can view room
assignments. *Subject to change.* Check the /Final Program/ at the
conference.
Chair(s): Richard L. Hasen
University of California-Irvine, rhasen at law.uci.edu
<mailto:rhasen at law.uci.edu>
John C. Fortier
Bipartisan Policy Center, johncfortier at gmail.com
<mailto:johncfortier at gmail.com>
Participant(s): Robert F. Bauer
Perkins Coie, bauer at perkinscoie.com <mailto:bauer at perkinscoie.com>
Benjamin L.. Ginsberg
Patton Boggs, bGinsberg at PattonBoggs.com <mailto:bGinsberg at PattonBoggs.com>
Nathaniel Persily
Stanford University, nate at persily.com <mailto:nate at persily.com>
Paul Gronke
Reed College, gronke at reed.edu <mailto:gronke at reed.edu>
Heather Gerken
Yale University, heather.gerken at yale.edu <mailto:heather.gerken at yale.edu>
David C. Kimball
University of Missouri, St. Louis, kimballd at msx.umsl.edu
<mailto:kimballd at msx.umsl.edu>
Daniel P. Tokaji
Ohio State University, tokaji.1 at osu.edu <mailto:tokaji.1 at osu.edu>
Law and Political Process Study Group
*Panel 2 Dark Money or Free Speech? Controversy over Campaign Finance
Disclosure*
Date: Saturday, Aug 30, 2014, 2:30 PM-4:00 PM
Location: *Room assignments are pending. Check back soon for room
assignments.* Only those registered for the meeting can view room
assignments. *Subject to change.* Check the /Final Program/ at the
conference.
Chair(s): Bruce E. Cain
Stanford University, be.cain48 at gmail.com <mailto:be.cain48 at gmail.com>
Author(s):
The Latest Installment of the Section 501(c)(4) Saga
Ellen P. Aprill
Loyola Law School, Loyola Marymount University, ellen.aprill at lls.edu
<mailto:ellen.aprill at lls.edu>
Taxing Politics
Lloyd Hitoshi Mayer
University of Notre Dame, lmayer at nd.edu <mailto:lmayer at nd.edu>
Risky Business? Corporate Political Spending, Shareholder Approval, and
Stock Volatility
David M. Primo
University of Rochester, david.primo at rochester.edu
<mailto:david.primo at rochester.edu>
Saumya Prabhat
Indian School of Business, saumya_prabhat at isb.edu
<mailto:saumya_prabhat at isb.edu>
The Effects of Increased Campaign Finance Disclosure: Evaluating Reform
Proposals.
Amber Wichowsky
Marquette University, amber.wichowsky at marquette.edu
<mailto:amber.wichowsky at marquette.edu>
Conor M. Dowling
University of Mississippi, cdowling at olemiss.edu
<mailto:cdowling at olemiss.edu>
Discussant(s): Raymond J. La Raja
University of Massachusetts, Amherst, laraja at polsci.umass.edu
<mailto:laraja at polsci.umass.edu>
Marcus Owens
, mowens at capdale.com <mailto:mowens at capdale.com>
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Did Democrats Put Kashkari Over Donnelly in CA?
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=62037>
Posted on June 4, 2014 7:51 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=62037>by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Mark Barabak reports
<http://www.latimes.com/nation/politics/politicsnow/la-me-pc-california-governors-race-analysis-20140604-story.html>
for the LA Times that Republicans are breathing a sigh of relief over
the choice of the more moderate candidate over the tea party candidate
in the CA governor's race, to face incumbent Democratic governor Jerry
Brown in the fall.
I will be very interested to see exit polling if available on this
race. One of the reasons moderate Republicans wanted top two in
California was precisely to get results like this, and avoid hard line
Republicans winning the party primary and then getting crushed in CA.
Many Democrats, knowing that Brown would easily make it to the second
round of voting, could have voted for the more moderate Kashkari to
insure that there would be at least a moderate in the governor's office
in the fall. Or strategic Democrats could have voted for Donnelly,
which not only would ensure a Democratic victory in the fall in the
governor's race: it could have motivated more Democrats to turn out and
vote against Donnelly and for other races and measures in the general
election.
What did Democrats do? And were they strategically voting?
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Posted in political parties <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=25>,
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Ron Collins on Proposals to Amend Constitution to Deal with CU
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=62035>
Posted on June 4, 2014 7:31 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=62035>by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Here
<http://www.concurringopinions.com/archives/2014/06/fan-18-first-amendment-news-what-to-do-with-the-first-amendment-election-law-free-speech.html>.
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"Top-Two System Again Excludes All Minor Parties from General
Election Campaign if At Least Two Major Party Members Ran"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=62032>
Posted on June 4, 2014 7:02 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=62032>by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
BAN reports
<http://www.ballot-access.org/2014/06/top-two-system-again-excludes-all-minor-parties-from-general-election-campaign-if-at-least-two-major-party-members-ran/>.
Note how poorly the Green party candidate and Dan Schnur, running as a
No Party Preference candidate in the Secretary of State race fared (via
the LA Times
<http://graphics.latimes.com/calif-primary-election-results-2014/>):
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New Suit Challenging New Mexico's Closed Primaries
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=62030>
Posted on June 4, 2014 6:51 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=62030>by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Details.
<http://roundhouseroundup.blogspot.com/2014/06/will-independents-be-allowed-to-vote-in.html>
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