[EL] ELB News and Commentary 11/7/14
Rick Hasen
rhasen at law.uci.edu
Thu Nov 6 20:59:12 PST 2014
"Meager Returns for the Democrats' Biggest Donor"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=68113>
Posted onNovember 6, 2014 8:53 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=68113>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
NYT on Tom Steyer.
<http://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/07/us/politics/-meager-returns-for-the-democrats-biggest-donor-tom-steyer.html?ref=politics>
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"Fourteen Independent Candidates Elected to State Legislatures"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=68111>
Posted onNovember 6, 2014 8:43 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=68111>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
BAN reports.
<http://www.ballot-access.org/2014/11/fourteen-independent-candidates-elected-to-state-legislatures/>
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Posted inballot access <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=46>,third
parties <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=47>
Two on the Possible Effects of Voting Restrictions on Midterms
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=68109>
Posted onNovember 6, 2014 12:27 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=68109>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Ari Berman
<http://www.thenation.com/blog/188697/how-new-voting-restrictions-impacted-2014-election> in
the Nation andNaomi Shavin
<http://www.newrepublic.com/article/120132/midterm-voter-suppression-election-protection-hotline-swamped>in
TNR.
I would be very cautious about saying voting restrictions had any
determinative effect on election outcomes---we have a hard enough time
figuring out how much they affect voter turnout.
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Posted inelection administration
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18>,The Voting Wars
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=60>
"Former Charlotte Mayor Patrick Cannon gets house arrest after
illegal vote" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=68107>
Posted onNovember 6, 2014 12:19 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=68107>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Charlotte Observer
<http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2014/11/06/5296293/illegal-vote-puts-former-charlotte.html#.VFvXEVPF89a>on
the convicted mayor who forgot felon voting was illegal. (CueSteve
Martin <http://snltranscripts.jt.org/77/77imono.phtml>)
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Posted inchicanery <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=12>,felon voting
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=66>
"Stumbling Blocks" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=68105>
Posted onNovember 6, 2014 10:17 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=68105>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
The
Economist<http://www.economist.com/blogs/democracyinamerica/2014/11/voter-laws>on
the latest in the voting wars.
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Posted inelection administration
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18>,The Voting Wars
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=60>
"Preliminary Turnout Numbers Are Way Down From 2010 And 2012?
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=68103>
Posted onNovember 6, 2014 10:16 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=68103>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
538
<http://fivethirtyeight.com/datalab/preliminary-turnout-numbers-are-way-down-from-2010-and-2012/>:
We don't know final turnout numbers for Tuesday's elections for the
same reason we don't have official winners in the Senate races in
Alaska and Virginia: Ballots remain uncounted.
Nonetheless, enough data is in for Michael P. McDonald, a political
scientist at the University of Florida, to make preliminary
estimates of turnout <http://www.electproject.org/2014g>. And what
they show is a steep decline from recent national elections.
McDonald estimates that just 36.6 percent of Americans eligible to
vote did so for the highest office on their ballot. That's down from
40.9 percent in the previous midterm elections, in 2010, and a steep
falloff from 58 percent in 2012.
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Posted invoting <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=31>
"A thousand little cuts, but nothing life threatening; The 2014
Midterm Election comes off with a few hitches"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=68101>
Posted onNovember 6, 2014 10:11 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=68101>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
That's the lead story in this week'sElectionline Weekly.
<http://www.electionline.org/index.php/electionline-weekly>
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Posted inelection administration <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18>
"Federal lawsuit is filed over new Texas Ethics Commission dark
money rule" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=68098>
Posted onNovember 6, 2014 10:09 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=68098>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
The article is behind the paywall at Quorum Report.
But you canread the complaint here
<http://electionlawblog.org/wp-content/uploads/lake-travis.pdf>.
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"Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals Partially Upholds Challenge to
Louisiana's Administration of National Voter Registration Act"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=68094>
Posted onNovember 6, 2014 9:53 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=68094>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Press release
<http://projectvote.org/newsreleases/1107-fifth-circuit-court-of-appeals-partially-upholds.html>:
The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in Scott, et al. v. Schedler, et
al., issued a ruling
<http://projectvote.org/images/publications/Litigation/Ferrand%20v.%20Schedler/Scott%20v.%20Schedler%205th%20Cir_2_1.pdf> partially
upholding a district court's ruling after trial that Louisiana
violated the National Voter Registration Act (NVRA) by failing to
properly provide voter registration services to its public
assistance clients.
Plaintiffs in the case, represented by the NAACP Legal Defense and
Educational Fund Inc., (LDF); Project Vote; Fried, Frank, Harris,
Shriver & Jacobson LLP; and Louisiana attorney Ron Wilson,
previously secured, after a vigorously contested trial, a ruling
that Louisiana failed, as required by Section 7 of the NVRA or the
"motor voter law," to offer mandatory voter registration services to
the state's poorest and most vulnerable citizens during benefits
transactions providing social services.
"While the Fifth Circuit was correct to recognize Louisiana's
failure to provide voter registration for clients who receive
benefits in person, it did not fully recognize the scope of
Louisiana's violation of the National Voter Registration Act," said
Natasha Korgaonkar, Assistant Counsel for NAACP Legal Defense Fund,
a separate organization from the NAACP.
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Posted inelection administration
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18>,NVRA (motor voter)
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=33>,The Voting Wars
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=60>
"Election Day Issues In Hartford Spark Renewed Conversation About
Role of Conn. Registrars" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=68092>
Posted onNovember 6, 2014 9:40 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=68092>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
A ChapinBlog.
<http://blog.lib.umn.edu/cspg/electionacademy/2014/11/election_day_issues_in_hartfor.php>
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Posted inUncategorized <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=1>
Arkansas Voters Approve Ban on Corporate and Labor Union
Contributions to Candidates <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=68090>
Posted onNovember 6, 2014 9:38 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=68090>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Governing
<http://www.governing.com/topics/elections/gov-arkansas-voters-term-limits-ballot.html>:
A ballot measure aimed at tightening ethics laws and changing term
limits in Arkansas bucked expectations and passed with 53 percent of
the vote. The measure, officially called Issue 3, bans lobbyist
gifts to state officials, prohibits direct corporate and union
contributions to candidates and lengthens the time period before
former lawmakers can become lobbyists (from one to two years).
Those anti-lobbying and campaign finance reforms appeared to be
headed for defeat because they were linked to an unpopular provision
that sought to extend term limits for state lawmakers. Polling by
Talk Business Research and Hendrix College showed that most likely
voters supported
<http://talkbusiness.net/2012/04/differing-results-for-three-major-ballot-issues/> the
ethics reforms, but opposed
<https://archive.today/tSyXU#selection-509.5-509.34> a package that
also included term-limit extensions.
As of now, the ban on direct corporate and labor union contributions
remains constitutional, though opponents have continued to try to get
the Supreme Court interested in revisiting the question. (/Citizens
United/involves corporate spending indepenedent of candidates.)
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"1,000 Votes: Maui GMO Farming Ban Squeaks By; Opponents of the
measure, including Monsanto and Dow AgroSciences, raised a historic
$7.9 million to defeat the bill, more than any campaign in Hawaii's
history" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=68088>
Posted onNovember 6, 2014 8:30 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=68088>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
News from Hawaii.
<http://www.civilbeat.com/2014/11/1000-votes-maui-gmo-farming-ban-squeaks-by/>
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"How to Waste 10 Million Dollars" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=68086>
Posted onNovember 6, 2014 8:28 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=68086>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Ken Vogel
<http://www.politico.com/story/2014/11/2014-elections-mayday-pac-larry-lessig-112617.html>:
Embracing the irony of setting up a super PAC that would spend big
money in order to fight super PACs and other groups that spend big
money, Harvard professor Larry Lessig and GOP strategist Mark
McKinnon went all-in on the idea voters would kick megadonors to the
curb.
Tuesday, voters shrugged and cast their ballots for business as
usual, leaving Mayday and Lessig --- who emerged as its public
personae --- facing questions about the disconnect between its bold
predictions and results....
Lessig did not respond to multiple phone calls from POLITICO in the
aftermath of Tuesday's election. That's a marked change from
earlier, when he and his allies assiduously courted media coverage
-- to great effect.
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