[EL] ELB News and Commentary 11/15/14

Fri Nov 14 21:25:41 PST 2014

    How Rand Paul Might Run for President and KYSEN Reelection
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=68397>

Posted onNovember 14, 2014 9:24 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=68397>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

TPM. 
<http://talkingpointsmemo.com/dc/rand-paul-run-president-and-re-election>

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

    "Republican lawmaker proposes splitting Michigan's electoral votes
    in presidential elections" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=68395>

Posted onNovember 14, 2014 9:20 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=68395>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

WaPo reports. 
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/govbeat/wp/2014/11/14/republican-lawmaker-proposes-splitting-michigans-electoral-votes-in-presidential-elections/>\

Time to dust off my2013 Slate piece 
<http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/politics/2013/01/republican_plans_for_electoral_college_reform_democrats_shouldn_t_worry.html>, 
/Democrats, Don't Freak Out! Why fears that Republicans will gerrymander 
the Electoral College are overblown./

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Posted inelectoral college <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=44>

    "Ben Suarez sentenced to 15 months in prison"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=68393>

Posted onNovember 14, 2014 3:10 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=68393>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

See here <http://www.cantonrep.com/article/20141114/NEWS/141119541>.

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    "Impact of Texas voter ID law unclear"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=68390>

Posted onNovember 14, 2014 1:59 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=68390>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

The Houston Chronicle reports. 
<http://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/Numbers-confirm-Election-Day-apathy-Voters-5888353.php>

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

    "Hispanic Voters File Lawsuit Against Pasadena And Its Voting
    Districts" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=68388>

Posted onNovember 14, 2014 1:38 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=68388>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Houston Public Media 
<http://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/news/hispanic-voters-file-lawsuit-against-pasadena-voting-districts/>on 
anew lawsuit. <http://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/files/4026/> MALDEF is 
seeking Pasadena [corrected] "bail in" under Section 3 of the Voting 
Rights Act.

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    "Fifth Circuit Reverses Lower Court and Restores Mississippi
    Disclosure Requirements" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=68384>

Posted onNovember 14, 2014 1:35 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=68384>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Release 
<http://www.campaignlegalcenter.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2697:november-14-2014-fifth-circuit-reverses-lower-court-and-restores-mississippi-disclosure-requirements&catid=63:legal-center-press-releases&Itemid=61>: 
"Today, in/Justice v. Hosemann/, the United States Court of Appeals for 
the Fifth Circuitreversed 
<http://www.campaignlegalcenter.org/images/Justice_v_Hosemann_Opinion_11-14-14.pdf>a 
trial court ruling that had struck down several Mississippi disclosure 
requirements as applied to certain individuals and groups engaged in 
ballot measure advocacy.  The Campaign Legal Center had filed 
an/amicus/brief and later a supplemental letter brief in the case urging 
this result."

Institute for Justice release:

    "In America, you shouldn't need lawyers and accountants in order to
    speak about politics, all you should need is an opinion," said IJ
    Attorney Paul Avelar. "But Mississippi insists on keeping laws on
    the books that don't benefit the public---they only impose onerous
    burdens on speech and scare ordinary Americans away from political
    engagement, resulting in less speech."

    The plaintiffs have until November 28 to seek rehearing by the full
    5th Circuit, or until February 12 to seek review by the U.S. Supreme
    Court.

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    "Texas Matters: Could Texas Be 'Bailed In' The VRA?"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=68382>

Posted onNovember 14, 2014 1:31 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=68382>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

TPR reports. <http://tpr.org/post/texas-matters-could-texas-be-bailed-vra>

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<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=15>

    AZ Supreme Court Issues Opinion Explaining Exclusion of Local
    Candidate from Ballot <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=68380>

Posted onNovember 14, 2014 11:55 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=68380>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

See here. 
<http://www.azcourts.gov/Portals/0/OpinionFiles/Supreme/2014/CV140240.pdf>

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Posted inballot access <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=46>,voting 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=31>

    Listen to Oral Argument Audio in SCOTUS Alabama Redistricting Case
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=68378>

Posted onNovember 14, 2014 11:16 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=68378>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

The Court has now posted ithere 
<http://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/audio/2014/13-895>.

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Posted inredistricting <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=6>,Supreme Court 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=29>,Voting Rights Act 
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    "Guest Blog: Janai Nelson, Race Reasoning in Alabama Redistricting:
    A View from the Supreme Court" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=68376>

Posted onNovember 14, 2014 9:57 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=68376>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Here 
<http://hamilton-griffin.com/guest-blog-janai-nelson-race-reasoning-in-alabama-redistricting-a-view-from-the-supreme-court/>:

    If ultimately forced to draw a new plan in the current
    post-/Shelby/ world, Alabama would no longer have Section 5 to rely
    on---for better or worse. Instead, it would have to take account of
    the Voting Rights Act's other anti-discrimination weapon, Section 2,
    which prohibits any voting law that results in vote dilution or
    denial on account of race---and, of course, the constitution. Near
    the close of the argument, Justice Alito alluded to this possibility
    by querying how Section 2 might factor in to the drawing of a new
    plan. Undoubtedly, we should expect any new plan that might arise
    from this case to find its way before the Court for a reprise of
    similar quandaries around race, partisanship, and power.  That plan,
    like this one, should be viewed in the context of Alabama's unending
    wily schemes to minimize minority voting power, including using
    false claims to protect it.

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