[EL] ELB News and Commentary 3/12/14

Wed Mar 12 08:09:04 PDT 2014

    Cantor Non-Committal, Hoyer Optimistic, on VRAA Bill
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=59399>

Posted on March 12, 2014 7:57 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=59399>by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Cantor i 
<http://thehill.com/homenews/house/200478-hoyer-optimistic-on-voting-rights-bill?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter>s 
the key player in the House on whether we will see a legislative 
response to fix the Voting Rights Act after the Supreme Court hobbled a 
key provision last June in the /Shelby County/ case.

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Posted in Supreme Court <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=29>, Voting 
Rights Act <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=15>, VRAA 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=81>

    "Scott Walker Threatens Special Session To Restore Voter Suppression
    Law If It Is Struck By Courts" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=59397>

Posted on March 12, 2014 7:53 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=59397>by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

This item 
<http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2014/03/12/3395011/scott-walker-threatens-special-session-to-restore-voter-suppression-law-if-it-is-struck-by-courts/>appears 
at Think Progress.

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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>

    "Santa Clarita Votes To Settle California Voting Rights Act Lawsuit"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=59395>

Posted on March 12, 2014 7:43 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=59395>by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

And cumulative voting 
<http://hometownstation.com/santa-clarita-news/santa-clarita-votes-settle-california-voting-rights-act-lawsuit-40805> 
is in the mix.

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Posted in Voting Rights Act <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=15>

    "Election Administration: Innovation, Administrative Improvements
    and Cost Savings" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=59393>

Posted on March 12, 2014 7:37 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=59393>by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Senate Rules Committee hearing 
<http://www.rules.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?p=CommitteeHearings&ContentRecord_id=66b1be3d-d5f8-4bc4-9abe-be2b773a1621> 
taking place now.

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Posted in election administration <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18>

    "Put the Right to Vote in the Constitution"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=59391>

Posted on March 12, 2014 7:35 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=59391>by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Jesse Jackson column 
<http://www.suntimes.com/news/jackson/26118094-452/put-the-right-to-vote-into-the-constitution.html>.

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Posted in voting <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=31>

    "Congressional investigations of FEC stalled"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=59389>

Posted on March 12, 2014 7:35 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=59389>by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

CPI reports. 
<http://www.publicintegrity.org/2014/03/11/14390/congressional-investigations-fec-stalled>

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

    "AAUGH! No More? South Carolina Advances Bill to Fund Presidential
    Primary" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=59386>

Posted on March 12, 2014 7:25 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=59386>by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

A ChapinBlog. 
<http://blog.lib.umn.edu/cspg/electionacademy/2014/03/aaugh_no_more_south_carolina_a_1.php?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+HHHElections+%28The+Election+Aacdemy%29>

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Posted in primaries <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=32>

    "Hillary Clinton adviser Minyon Moore sought funds for illegal
    campaign, court papers allege" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=59384>

Posted on March 12, 2014 7:20 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=59384>by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

WaPo 
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/hillary-clinton-adviser-minyon-moore-sought-funds-for-illegal-campaign-court-papers-say/2014/03/11/753dcfc2-a931-11e3-8d62-419db477a0e6_story.html>: 
"A longtime adviser to Hillary Rodham Clinton personally sought and 
secured the funding for what prosecutors say was an illegal shadow 
operation to boost Clinton's 2008 presidential bid, according to court 
papers released 
<http://apps.washingtonpost.com/g/documents/local/jeffrey-e-thompson-statement-of-offense/867/#document/p22/a148333> 
as part of a wide-ranging campaign finance investigation."

Big role for LULAC in this story.

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Posted in campaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>, 
chicanery <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=12>

    "Democracy 21 Calls on President Obama to Either Shut Down
    Organizing for Action or to End Any Relationship with OFA"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=59382>

Posted on March 12, 2014 7:15 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=59382>by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

See here 
<http://www.democracy21.org/money-in-politics/press-releases-money-in-politics/democracy-21-calls-on-president-obama-to-either-shut-down-organizing-for-action-or-to-end-any-relationship-with-ofa/>.

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Posted in campaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>, tax law 
and election law <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=22>

    "In rare bipartisan effort, Congress votes to shift convention money
    to health research" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=59380>

Posted on March 12, 2014 7:15 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=59380>by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

WaPo reports 
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/in-rare-bipartisan-effort-congress-votes-to-shift-convention-money-to-health-research/2014/03/11/823d647e-a951-11e3-8d62-419db477a0e6_story.html>; 
Wertheimer laments. 
<http://www.democracy21.org/legislative-action/press-releases-legislative-action/senate-democrats-quietly-fold-to-allow-senator-mcconnell-to-repeal-portion-of-presidential-financing-system/>

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

    "How Republican groups found their mojo in Florida's special
    election" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=59378>

Posted on March 12, 2014 7:13 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=59378>by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

WaPo 
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/wp/2014/03/12/how-republican-groups-found-their-mojo-in-floridas-special-election/> 
on coordinated outside spending in the FL-13 race.

MORE 
<https://www.publicintegrity.org/2014/03/11/14411/outside-groups-help-boost-david-jolly-victory> 
from CPI.

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Posted in campaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>, 
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    "Wanted by Ecuador, 2 Brothers Make Mark in U.S. Campaigns"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=59376>

Posted on March 12, 2014 7:11 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=59376>by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

NYT reports. 
<http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/12/world/americas/wanted-by-ecuador-2-brothers-make-mark-in-us-campaigns.html?hp&_r=0>

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campaigns <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=59>, chicanery 
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    "Truthiness in High Court" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=59374>

Posted on March 12, 2014 7:10 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=59374>by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Tony Mauro 
<http://www.nationallawjournal.com/id=1202646305908/Truthiness+in+the+High+Court%3Fmcode=0&curindex=0&curpage=ALL> 
on the Cato brief in the Susan B. Anthony case.

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Posted in campaigns <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=59>, Supreme Court 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=29>

    "Issa Issues Report Ripping Lois Lerner"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=59372>

Posted on March 11, 2014 11:43 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=59372>by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Roll Call <http://blogs.rollcall.com/218/issa-targets-lois-lerner/>: 
"Darrell Issa has apologized to Oversight and Government Reform 
Committee ranking Democrat Elijah E. Cummings for cutting off his mic, 
but the chairman isn't changing the course of his committee. The 
California Republican issued a 141-page report 
<http://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/Lerner-Report1.pdf> 
Tuesday on the involvement of Lois Lerner, the former director of IRS 
exempt organizations, in the targeting of prospective tax-exempt 
organizations."

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

    "Congress bans taxpayer funding for political convention"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=59370>

Posted on March 11, 2014 9:22 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=59370>by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Washington Times 
<http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/mar/11/congress-bans-taxpayer-funding-political-conventio/>: 
"Congress <http://www.washingtontimes.com/topics/congress/> on 
Tuesday agreed to cancel its giveaway of taxpayer money to its own 
political conventions every four years, as the Senate 
<http://www.washingtontimes.com/topics/senate/> cleared a bill to cut 
off funds. Senators approved the bill by unanimous consent 
early Tuesday, sending it straight to President Obama for his signature."

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