[EL] ELB News and Commentary 6/24/14
Rick Hasen
rhasen at law.uci.edu
Tue Jun 24 07:45:47 PDT 2014
"McDaniel supporter in Jones County files suit over election law
#MSSen" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=62694>
Posted on June 24, 2014 7:43 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=62694>by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
I suggested <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=62649>this might be coming
<http://yallpolitics.com/index.php/yp/post/38353/>, but I think the
joint Attorney General/SOS statement
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=62662> yesterday imposing clarity before
the election would make such a lawsuit a very tough road. (Further, I
expect McDaniel to beat Cochran, so I don't think this lawsuit will go
anywhere.)
Meanwhile, here's some coverage of what's happening at the polls today
on the issue of potential vote challenges:
NYT: Poll Workers Must Stay Outside, Mississippi Officials Say
<http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/25/us/politics/poll-watchers-must-stay-outside-mississippi-officials-say.html?_r=0&referrer=>
Clarion-Ledger: Hood, Hoseman Express Concern Over Poll Watchers
<http://www.clarionledger.com/story/dailyledes/2014/06/23/hood-hosemann-poll-watchers/11296831/>
TPM: Mississippi Officials Will Monitor Voting in GOP Senate Runoff
<http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/mississippi-senate-runoff-election-attorney-general-secretary-of-state>
Daily Beast: Mississippi GOP Plays Games with Black Votes
<http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/06/24/the-mississippi-republican-s-african-american-voter-intimidation-question.html>
(featuring surprisingly moderate comments from von Spakovsky)
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Posted in campaigns <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=59>, chicanery
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=12>
"Mississippi Runoff Takes Financial Toll on GOP"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=62692>
Posted on June 24, 2014 7:35 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=62692>by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Eliza
<http://blogs.rollcall.com/beltway-insiders/mississippi-runoff-senate-costs-2014/>:
Mississippi's bruising GOP Senate primary, which voters will decide
Tuesday in a runoff, has come at great cost --- more than $17
million --- to Republicans.
More than 30 Republican-friendly outside groups, from Club for
Growth Action to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, have lavished in
excess of $11.3 million
<https://www.opensecrets.org/races/indexp.php?cycle=2014&id=MSS1&spec=N>
on the race, according to the Center for Responsive Politics. That's
almost twice the $6.1 million spent by Sen. Thad Cochran and his tea
party challenger, state Sen. Chris McDaniel.
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Posted in campaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>
Georgia Secretary of State Opposes Bill That Could Put State Back
Under Federal Voting Rights Act Supervision
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=62690>
Posted on June 24, 2014 7:33 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=62690>by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
See here <http://zpolitics.com/voting-rights-and-georgia/>.
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Posted in Voting Rights Act <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=15>, VRAA
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=81>
"NCSL Releases Election Administration Research Database"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=62688>
Posted on June 24, 2014 7:31 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=62688>by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Great news
<http://blog.lib.umn.edu/cspg/electionacademy/2014/06/ncsl_releases_election_adminis.php>
for election law resources.
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Posted in election administration <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18>,
election law biz <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=51>
"The two big questions for Scott Walker's alleged 'criminal scheme'"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=62686>
Posted on June 24, 2014 7:29 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=62686>by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Jack Craver writes
<http://host.madison.com/ct/news/local/writers/jack_craver/the-two-big-questions-for-scott-walker-s-alleged-criminal/article_dc0e6980-fb09-11e3-a161-001a4bcf887a.html>
for /The Capital Times./
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Posted in campaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>
One Year After Shelby County <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=62684>
Posted on June 24, 2014 7:28 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=62684>by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Here was the lede of my /NY Times/ oped from the day after the decision,
/The Chief Justice's Long Game/
<http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/26/opinion/the-chief-justices-long-game.html>:
IN an opinion brimming with a self-confidence that he hides behind a
cloak of judicial minimalism, Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr.,
writing for a conservative Supreme Court majority in Shelby County
v. Holder
<http://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/12pdf/12-96_6k47.pdf>,
cripples Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act.
The court pretends it is not striking down the act but merely
sending the law back to Congress for tweaking; it imagines that
Congress forced its hand; and it fantasizes that voting
discrimination in the South is a thing of the past. None of this is
true.
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Posted in Supreme Court <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=29>, Voting
Rights Act <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=15>
"Cantor loss clouds prospects for new voting rights bill"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=62682>
Posted on June 23, 2014 9:19 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=62682>by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
WaPo reports
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/cantor-loss-clouds-prospects-for-new-voting-rights-bill/2014/06/23/97dcb6ec-fb07-11e3-b1f4-8e77c632c07b_story.html>.
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Posted in Voting Rights Act <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=15>, VRAA
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=81>
"Testy Exchange Erupts as I.R.S. Chief Is Questioned on Messages"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=62680>
Posted on June 23, 2014 9:17 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=62680>by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
NYT
<http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/24/us/testy-exchange-erupts-as-irs-chief-is-questioned-on-messages.html?ref=politics&_r=0>:
"Representative Darrell Issa
<http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/i/darrell_issa/index.html?inline=nyt-per>
of California, the Republican who is leading one of the investigations
into the Internal Revenue Service
<http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/organizations/i/internal_revenue_service/index.html?inline=nyt-org>'s
scrutiny of Tea Party
<http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/subjects/t/tea_party_movement/index.html?inline=nyt-classifier>
groups, accused the I.R.S. commissioner on Monday of lying, an
allegation that only deepened the partisan mistrust about the
motivations behind the numerous congressional inquiries into the matter."
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Posted in tax law and election law <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=22>
"Do people know what Voter ID means?"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=62676>
Posted on June 23, 2014 7:48 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=62676>by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Charles Ellison writes
<https://phillytrib.com/news/do-people-know-what-voter-id-means.html>
for the /Philadelphia Tribune./
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Posted in election administration <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18>,
The Voting Wars <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=60>
"Scaring Away Black Voters in Mississippi"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=62674>
Posted on June 23, 2014 7:42 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=62674>by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
NYT's Taking Note editorial blog hasthis item
<http://takingnote.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/06/23/scaring-away-voters-in-mississippi/?_php=true&_type=blogs&_php=true&_type=blogs&ref=politics&_r=1&>.
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Posted in fraudulent fraud squad <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=8>
"Rand Paul, Criminal Justice Hero: The senator from Kentucky wants
to give ex-felons the vote even though they won't vote Republican."
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=62672>
Posted on June 23, 2014 4:35 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=62672>by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Emily Bazelon writes
<http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/jurisprudence/2014/06/rand_paul_wants_to_give_ex_felons_the_vote_they_sure_won_t_vote_republican.html>
for Slate.
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Posted in felon voting <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=66>
"Scott Walker case shows growing closeness between politicians and
wealthy allies" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=62670>
Posted on June 23, 2014 4:27 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=62670>by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
WaPo reports.
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/scott-walker-case-shows-growing-closeness-between-politicians-and-wealthy-allies/2014/06/23/e8b9304e-f955-11e3-a606-946fd632f9f1_story.html>
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Posted in campaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>
"McNally: Attorneys' opinion shows Supremes 'bitten by their own
dog' on no-politicking rule" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=62668>
Posted on June 23, 2014 4:17 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=62668>by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
News
<http://knoxblogs.com/humphreyhill/2014/06/23/mcnally-attorneys-opinion-shows-supremes-bitten-dog-politicking-rule/>
from Tennessee:
By adopting a stricter rule against judicial politicking than a
national model, Tennessee Supreme Court justices may have set a
standard that three are now violating as they seek re-election to
new terms, according to attorneys for the state Legislature.
A spokeswoman for the justices disputes the opinion and says it is
"being used as additional fodder for a wholesale attack against the
independence of our Tennessee Supreme Court."
In a legal memorandum written at the request of Senate Finance
Committee Chairman Randy McNally, R-Oak Ridge, legislative staff
attorneys suggest that even joint appearances at fundraising events,
joint pictures appearing on campaign websites and joint travel to
events as they seek re-election can be construed as the judges
endorsing one another. (Note: A pdf of the opinion is available by
clicking on this link: mcnallymemo
<http://cdn.knoxblogs.com/humphreyhill/wp-content/uploads/sites/14/2014/06/mcnallymemo.pdf>
)
via InstaPundit. <http://pjmedia.com/instapundit/190728/>
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