[EL] ELB election law update # 2

Tue Nov 4 16:20:04 PST 2014

    "With new voter laws, fears persist of fraud"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=67985>

Posted onNovember 4, 2014 4:18 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=67985>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

McClatchy 
<http://www.bellinghamherald.com/2014/11/04/3953307_with-new-voter-laws-fears-persist.html?sp=/99/101/235/&rh=1>:

    With several key elections potentially hinging on razor-thin
    margins, Americans went to the polls Tuesday in 34 states with new
    voting laws that critics fear will adversely impact minority turnout
    and proponents say are needed to protect against voter fraud.

    The new laws -- ranging from photo identification requirements to
    restrictions on same-day registration -- brought increased scrutiny
    Tuesday from the two major political parties, civic groups, voting
    rights advocates and the Justice Department, almost all deploying
    monitors and lawyers to polling stations to look out for voting
    problems.

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

    "The Power of Attack Ads in Judicial Elections"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=67982>

Posted onNovember 4, 2014 3:53 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=67982>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

My interview 
<http://www.kcrw.com/news-culture/shows/press-play-with-madeleine-brand/california2019s-most-expensive-political-race-and-out-of-control-border-control>on 
KCRW Press Play with Madeline Brand (scroll to second segment).  Talking 
aboutthis piece on judicial elections for Slate 
<http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/jurisprudence/2014/10/judicial_election_outrageous_ads_campaign_contributions_break_records.html?wpsrc=sh_all_dt_tw_top>co-authored 
with Dahlia Lithwick.

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Posted incampaigns <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=59>,judicial 
elections <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=19>

    "Voting monitors report complaints in states with new voter ID laws"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=67980>

Posted onNovember 4, 2014 3:50 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=67980>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

LAT 
<http://www.latimes.com/nation/politics/politicsnow/la-pn-voting-monitors-concerns-20141104-story.html>: "Poll 
monitors and voting rights groups reported thousands of questions and 
complaints during the early hours of voting in the first major national 
election since the Supreme Court overturned key aspects of the Voting 
Rights Act."

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Posted inelection administration 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18>,The Voting Wars 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=60>,voter id 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=9>

    Florida Democrats File Motion to Extend Broward Voting to 9 PM
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=67978>

Posted onNovember 4, 2014 3:44 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=67978>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

According to 
this<http://action.charliecrist.com/page/-/PDFs/Case1-PollsOpenLateMotion.pdf>on 
Twitter.

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Posted inUncategorized <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=1>

    "Gumbo With a Side of The Law: How a Lexington Cajun Restaurant
    Could be Breaking Election Rules by Encouraging People to Vote"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=67976>

Posted onNovember 4, 2014 3:38 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=67976>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

The new UK elections blog. 
<http://www.uky.edu/electionlaw/analysis/gumbo-side-law-how-lexington-cajun-restaurant-could-be-breaking-election-rules-encouraging>

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Posted invote buying <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=43>

    So Is the Bexar County Voting Machine Omission of Abbott Legit After
    All? <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=67974>

Posted onNovember 4, 2014 3:34 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=67974>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Looks like 
<http://www.kens5.com/story/news/politics/elections/2014/11/04/election-officials-looking-at-machine-after-abbotts-name-allegedly-omitted/18472111/>the 
jury is still out.

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

    Oops, Local Candidate Stops Free Sandwich Promotion for Voting
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=67972>

Posted onNovember 4, 2014 3:33 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=67972>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

UT San Diego 
<http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2014/nov/04/candidate-sandwich-offer-ends/>:

    A Sweetwater school board candidate is withdrawing her offer to give
    a free Subway sandwich to voters today after U-T Watchdog informed
    her that the offer likely violates federal election law.

    Dana Toogood --- who is running for seat 2 in South County's high
    school district --- owns four Chula Vista Subway franchises and
    offered a free in-store sandwich to those who show an ad from her
    campaign and proof that they voted....

    Lots of businesses do it, but in fact it's illegal," said election
    law expert Richard Hasen, a professor at the University of
    California Irvine School of Law....

    "I think it's probably motivated by a good reason, a civic-minded
    reason to try and get people to vote, but federal law does not allow
    payments for turnout in part because if they were allowed, people
    could direct the offers to different areas where they are likely to
    side with one candidate or party," Hasen said....Notified of the
    law, Toogood said, "Holy cow, thanks for telling me," adding that
    employees would be told to halt the promotion.

Reminds me of the timeI got Ben and Jerry's to give free ice cream to 
kids 
<http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/election_law_blogger_responsible_for_free_ben_jerrys/>to 
avoid the vote buying problem.

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Posted invote buying <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=43>

    "Turn Out for What" Easier Said Than Done
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=67970>

Posted onNovember 4, 2014 1:48 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=67970>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

WaPo 
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/reliable-source/wp/2014/11/04/how-rapper-lil-jon-became-the-poster-boy-for-voter-suppression/>: 
"Rapper Lil Jon had a longer commute than most voters to his polling 
place: a cross-country flight from Los Angeles to Georgia."

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Posted inabsentee ballots <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=53>,campaigns 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=59>,election administration 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18>

    "New NC voting law already stopping would-be voters"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=67968>

Posted onNovember 4, 2014 1:44 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=67968>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

This item 
<http://news.southernstudies.org/2014/11/new-nc-voting-law-already-stopping-would-be-voters.html>appears 
at Facing South.

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

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UC Irvine School of Law
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