[EL] ELB News and Commentary 3/21/14

Rick Hasen rhasen at law.uci.edu
Thu Mar 20 22:21:48 PDT 2014 

    Off the Grid for a Few Days <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=59606>

Posted on March 20, 2014 10:18 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=59606>by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Back with you Tuesday (a possible /McCutcheon/ day). See you then.

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    "Eric Holder declines Ted Cruz's request for special prosecutor in
    IRS case" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=59604>

Posted on March 20, 2014 10:15 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=59604>by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

WaPo reports 
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/federal-eye/wp/2014/03/20/eric-holder-declines-ted-cruzs-request-for-special-prosecutor-in-irs-case/>.

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Posted in Department of Justice <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=26>, 
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    "Suppressing the Vote" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=59601>

Posted on March 20, 2014 10:10 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=59601>by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

NYT editorial 
<http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/21/opinion/suppressing-the-vote.html?ref=politics&_r=0>: 
"If a federal judge's disappointing ruling 
<http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/20/us/judge-says-us-must-help-states-enforce-voter-id-laws.html?ref=us> 
this week on a voter registration case is allowed to stand, state 
lawmakers around the country could well make it harder 
<http://takingnote.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/03/19/want-to-vote-show-us-your-papers/?module=BlogPost-Title&version=Blog&> 
for eligible citizens to register to vote in federal as well as state 
elections."

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Posted in election administration <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18>, 
Elections Clause <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=70>, NVRA (motor 
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    "Sensenbrenner: Protect our right to vote"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=59599>

Posted on March 20, 2014 10:06 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=59599>by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

/USA Today / 
<http://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2014/03/20/sensenbrenner-voting-rights-government-column/6490847/>oped 
<http://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2014/03/20/sensenbrenner-voting-rights-government-column/6490847/> 
by Rep. Sensenbrenner: "I bristle when people on the right or left 
suggest there is a conflict between my support for the Voting Rights Act 
<http://www.justice.gov/crt/about/vot/intro/intro_b.php> and voter ID 
laws. The former is possibly the most important civil rights legislation 
ever passed, and the latter is a useful tool to prevent fraud."

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    "Mitigating Extreme Partisanship in an Era of Networked Parties: An
    Examination of Various Reform Strategies"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=59597>

Posted on March 20, 2014 2:52 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=59597>by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Seth Masket 
<http://www.brookings.edu/research/papers/2014/03/20-extreme-partisanship-in-era-of-networked-political-parties-masket> 
posts new paper at Brookings.

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political polarization <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=68>


    "If you provide it, they still might not come; Marin County, Calif.
    surveys disabled voters about voting preferences"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=59595>

Posted on March 20, 2014 2:48 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=59595>by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

That's the lead story in this week's Electionline Weekly. 
<http://www.electionline.org/index.php/electionline-weekly>

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


    Huge Jump in Outside Spending, Much Undisclosed, in New Jersey State
    Elections, According to New ELEC Analysis
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=59593>

Posted on March 20, 2014 8:24 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=59593>by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

See the press release 
<http://www.elec.state.nj.us/pdffiles/press_releases/pr_2014/pr_03202014.pdf> 
and extensive report. 
<http://www.elec.state.nj.us/pdffiles/whitepapers/white24.pdf>

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    "Supreme Court faces wave of free-speech cases from conservatives"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=59590>

Posted on March 20, 2014 8:10 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=59590>by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

David Savage 
<http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-court-free-speech-20140320,0,6923802.story#axzz2wW2qgdIv>for 
the LA Times:

    This year's Supreme Court term features an unusual array of
    potentially powerful 1st Amendment claims, all of them coming from
    groups on the right.

    And in nearly every case, liberal groups --- often in alliance with
    the Obama
    <http://www.latimes.com/topic/politics/government/barack-obama-PEPLT007408.topic>
    administration --- are taking the opposing side, supporting state
    and federal laws that have come under attack for infringing upon the
    rights of conservatives.

    The free-speech challenges include cases on campaign contribution
    limits, no-protest zones in front of abortion clinics and mandatory
    union dues for public employees.

    At the same time, devout Christian employers are claiming their
    religious liberty should entitle them to an exemption from a
    provision in President Obama's healthcare law
    <http://www.latimes.com/topic/health/healthcare-laws/affordable-care-act-%28obamacare%29-EVGAP00039.topic>
    requiring that full contraceptive coverage be offered to female
    employees.

    And waiting on deck is a free-speech appeal from a Christian
    photography company challenging a New Mexico state law that bars
    businesses from discriminating against gays and lesbians.

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    Chapin Analysis of Kobach v. EAC Decision
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=59588>

Posted on March 20, 2014 8:02 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=59588>by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Doug: 
<http://blog.lib.umn.edu/cspg/electionacademy/2014/03/kansas_arizona_win_proof_of_ci.php>

    As usual, what's most interesting (at least to me) is what's next.
    Here's a short list:

     1. Does the EAC appeal in an effort to revive its authority to
        control the federal form and the accompanying instructions --
        and if so, do they prevail?
     2. Does the appeal make its way back to the Supreme Court and give
        Justices another opportunity to delineate federal and state
        election law responsibilities as they did in last summer's
        opinion in Arizona v. Inter Tribal Council
        <http://blog.lib.umn.edu/cspg/electionacademy/2013/06/arizona_v_inter_tribal_council.php>?
     3. Do more states enact proof-of-citizenship requirments as a result?
     4. Does the case give more incentive for states to consider online
        voter registration, which usually includes an
        eligibility/citizenship check
        <http://blog.lib.umn.edu/cspg/electionacademy/2013/12/switcheroo_ohio_sos_says_onlin.php>
        as part of the process?
     5. What happens to the thousands of voters in who applied using the
        federal form before the lawsuit was decided? Can the states (and
        if so how) enforce the proof-of-citizenship law in time for
        those voters to cast ballots in this year's election?

    This is a big deal and is likely the starting gun for another round
    of disputes across the nation. Stay tuned!

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    "Court requires citizenship proof for new voters"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=59586>

Posted on March 20, 2014 8:00 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=59586>by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Howard Fischer writes 
<http://azdailysun.com/news/local/state-and-regional/court-requires-citizenship-proof-for-new-voters/article_b9016f9a-aff1-11e3-a18e-001a4bcf887a.html> 
for /AZ Daily Sun./

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    "Is Organizing For Action Too Close To The White House?"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=59584>

Posted on March 20, 2014 7:55 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=59584>by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Peter Overby reports 
<http://www.npr.org/2014/03/19/291312006/is-organizing-for-action-too-close-to-the-white-house> 
for NPR.

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    Eric Zorn on Instant Runoff Voting in Illinois
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=59582>

Posted on March 20, 2014 7:54 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=59582>by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Here 
<http://blogs.chicagotribune.com/news_columnists_ezorn/2014/03/instant-democracy-just-add-choices-and-count.html>.

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    "Judge rules Libertarians will stay off ballot"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=59580>

Posted on March 20, 2014 7:48 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=59580>by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

The latest 
<http://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/politics/elections/2014/03/19/judge-rules-libertarians-will-stay-ballot/6631969/>from 
Ohio.

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