[EL] ELB News and Commentary 5/9/14
Rick Hasen
rhasen at law.uci.edu
Fri May 9 10:18:03 PDT 2014
"Court issues temporary stay over voter citizenship"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=61382>
Posted on May 9, 2014 10:16 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=61382>by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
AP
<http://dailyjournalonline.com/news/politics/court-issues-temporary-stay-over-voter-citizenship/article_bc920915-e2be-530a-a7f8-4fd99fb07b94.html>:
Kansas and Arizona residents can continue to register to vote for
now using a federal form without having to provide proof of
citizenship, a federal appeals court ruled Thursday.
The 10th Circuit Court of Appeals temporarily stayed a ruling from
U.S. District Judge Eric Melgren that orders the U.S. Election
Assistance Commission to modify its federal voter registration form
to add special instructions for Arizona and Kansas residents about
those states' proof-of-citizenship requirements.
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Posted in election administration <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18>,
Elections Clause <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=70>, NVRA (motor
voter) <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=33>
"Plaintiffs in election date lawsuit file response to city of
Augusta" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=61380>
Posted on May 9, 2014 10:13 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=61380>by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Augusta Chronicle
<http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/crime-courts/2014-05-07/plaintiffs-election-date-lawsuit-file-response-city-augusta>:
The plaintiffs seek an injunction against the election date change
from the November general election to the May 20 primary election.
They contend the move will result in discrimination against minority
voters, whose turnout is much lower in past primary elections
compared to white voter turnout. The plaintiffs also want a
three-judge panel to hear their case.
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Posted in The Voting Wars <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=60>, Voting
Rights Act <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=15>
"Iowa's Republican Secretary of State Just Proved That Voter ID Laws
Are Unnecessary" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=61378>
Posted on May 9, 2014 10:09 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=61378>by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Think Progress
<http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2014/05/09/3436160/iowa-matt-schultz-no-voter-id-fraud/>:
Iowa Secretary of State Matt Schultz (R), one of the nation's most
enthusiastic
<http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2012/11/07/1148751/meet-the-nations-five-worst-election-officials/>
voter suppressors, released a report
<http://sos.iowa.gov/news/pdf/DCI%20Voter%20Fraud%20Report%205-8-14.pdf>
on Thursday outlining the results a two-year investigation into
possible voter fraud, conducted by the Iowa Department of Public
Safety's Division of Criminal Investigation (DCI) at his request
<http://sos.iowa.gov/news/2014_05_08.html>. But while Schultz has
frequently scared Iowa voters with allegations of thousands of
possible non-citizens voting
<http://theiowarepublican.com/2012/schultz-statement-on-temporary-injunction-by-aclu/>
in the state and living people showing up at the polls to cast
ballots in the name of dead voters
<http://www.radioiowa.com/2012/01/26/secretary-of-state-introduces-new-voter-i-d-bill-audio/>,
the investigation revealed found an infinitesimal number of illegal
votes cast and zero cases of impersonation at the polls.
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Posted in election administration <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18>,
voter id <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=9>
"Voting Rights Institute in Washington Will Train New Generation of
Voting Rights Lawyers" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=61376>
Posted on May 9, 2014 10:06 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=61376>by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
See here.
<http://www.campaignlegalcenter.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2462:may-9-2014-voting-rights-institute-in-washington-will-train-new-generation-of-voting-rights-lawyers&catid=63:legal-center-press-releases&Itemid=61>
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Posted in Voting Rights Act <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=15>
"Koch brothers' Americans for Prosperity plans $125 million spending
spree" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=61374>
Posted on May 9, 2014 9:59 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=61374>by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Politico reports.
<http://www.politico.com/story/2014/05/koch-brothers-americans-for-prosperity-2014-elections-106520.html>
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Posted in campaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>
"17-year-olds voted at higher rate than parents in primary"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=61372>
Posted on May 9, 2014 9:58 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=61372>by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
The /Chicago Tribune /reports.
<http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/politics/clout/chi-17-year-olds-voted-at-higher-rate-than-parents-in-primary-election-20140507,0,3095388.story>
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Posted in voting <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=31>
Voter ID Battle in New Mexico Town
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=61369>
Posted on May 9, 2014 9:56 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=61369>by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
See here
<http://www.cnjonline.com/2014/05/07/clerk-group-at-odds-over-procedure/>.
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Posted in election administration <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18>,
The Voting Wars <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=60>
"Tobacco money fuels gay Republicans, business organizations"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=61367>
Posted on May 9, 2014 9:55 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=61367>by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
CPI reports.
<http://www.publicintegrity.org/2014/05/09/14746/tobacco-money-fuels-gay-republicans-business-organizations>
And seeLimited liability companies power West Virginia super PAC
<http://www.publicintegrity.org/2014/05/09/14743/limited-liability-companies-power-west-virginia-super-pac>
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Posted in campaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>
"The Play in the Joints of the Election Clauses"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=61365>
Posted on May 9, 2014 9:53 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=61365>by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Derek Muller has postedthis draft
<http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2426712>on SSRN
(forthcoming /Election Law Journal/). Here is the abstract:
The Constitution delegates election administration to both the
federal government and the state governments. But delineating the
boundary between these sovereigns has not been a particularly easy
task. The Supreme Court has not been inclined to offer precision
regarding the proper scope of authority. This essay examines risk of
overlapping roles in the Election Clauses among legislatures and
executive officials, as litigation over those proper roles looms. It
highlights the uncertainty in two recent Supreme Court opinions,
Arizona v. Inter Tribal Council of Arizona and Shelby County v.
Holder, and notes that the Court's jurisprudence has left
considerable "play in the joints," not necessarily because the
Election Clauses are in tension, but because of its unwillingness to
explain how matters like voter identification and registration
should probably be allocated. It identifies some initial solutions
for categorizing certain types of election laws, and emphasizes the
deep uncertainty in the existing jurisprudence.
A version of this essay was presented on a panel at the Section on
Legislation and the Law of the Political Process at the American
Association of Law Schools Annual Meeting in 2014.
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Posted in Elections Clause <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=70>, Supreme
Court <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=29>, Voting Rights Act
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=15>
"Report on Iowa voter fraud investigation released"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=61363>
Posted on May 8, 2014 5:20 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=61363>by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
AP
<http://wcfcourier.com/news/state-and-regional/iowa/report-on-iowa-voter-fraud-investigation-released/article_805c1101-e525-5bd6-ab2b-99abe40208ee.html>:
"A two-year investigation of voter fraud in Iowa turned up 117 cases of
illegal voting but only 27 people have been charged so far, Iowa
Secretary of State Matt Schultz said Thursday when releasing a final
report of the probe."
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Posted in election administration <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18>,
The Voting Wars <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=60>
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