[EL] ELB News and Commentary 3/13/14

Thu Mar 13 08:07:37 PDT 2014

    "Wisconsin Senate narrowly passes elections bills"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=59415>

Posted on March 13, 2014 8:06 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=59415>by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Gannett 
<http://www.sheboyganpress.com/viewart/20140312/SHE0101/303120303/Wisconsin-Senate-narrowly-passes-elections-bills>: 
"With just one vote to spare, Republicans who control the state Senate 
on Wednesday passed a series of hotly contested election law changes, 
including disallowing casting early votes on the weekends or past 7 p.m. 
in the two weeks leading up to an election."

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Posted in election administration <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18>, 
The Voting Wars <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=60>

    "Poll Worker Convicted of Voter Fraud Released Early for Bipolar
    Disorder" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=59413>

Posted on March 13, 2014 8:05 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=59413>by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Breitbart 
<http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2014/03/12/Poll-Worker-Convicted-for-Voter-Fraud-Released-Early-for-Bipolar-Disorder> 
on Melowese Richardson case. Sad story.

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

    "FEC's Democrat Commissioners ask IRS to ignore Commission's own
    expertise" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=59411>

Posted on March 13, 2014 7:47 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=59411>by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Paul Jossey blogs. 
<http://thereplawyer.blogspot.com/2014/03/fecs-democrat-commissioners-ask-irs-to.html>

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

    "The FEC and the Making of Law 'Case-by-Case'"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=59409>

Posted on March 13, 2014 7:39 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=59409>by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Bob Bauer blogs 
<http://www.moresoftmoneyhardlaw.com/2014/03/fec-making-law-case-case/>.

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

    "Book excerpt: Before McCutcheon -- The ACLU position in the early
    years" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=59407>

Posted on March 12, 2014 3:48 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=59407>by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

SCOTUSBlog excerpts 
<http://www.scotusblog.com/2014/03/book-excerpt-before-mccutcheon-the-aclu-position-in-the-early-years/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+scotusblog/pFXs+%28SCOTUSblog%29> 
Collins and Skover.

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Posted in campaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>, Supreme 
Court <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=29>

    "Comcast's Biggest Lobbyist Dodges Lobbying Rules By Pretending He's
    Usually Not Lobbying" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=59405>

Posted on March 12, 2014 3:47 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=59405>by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

TechDirt reports 
<http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140303/10133526405/comcasts-biggest-lobbyist-dodges-lobbying-rules-pretending-hes-usually-not-lobbying.shtml>.

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Posted in lobbying <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=28>

    "Documents reveal GOP group's secret donors; Beer wholesalers,
    Pfizer among Alabama House Republican Conference bankrollers"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=59403>

Posted on March 12, 2014 3:47 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=59403>by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

CPI reports. 
<http://www.publicintegrity.org/2014/03/12/14413/documents-reveal-gop-groups-secret-donors>

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

    Roll Call on Whether Cantor Will Support New Voting Rights Act
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=59401>

Posted on March 12, 2014 12:43 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=59401>by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Here. 
<http://blogs.rollcall.com/218/can-cantor-deliver-on-voting-rights-act/>

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

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