[EL] ELB News and Commentary 10/1/14

Wed Oct 1 07:33:09 PDT 2014

    "Observations on Wait Times for Voters on Election Day 2012?
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=66128>

Posted onOctober 1, 2014 7:21 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=66128>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

New GAO report: <http://www.gao.gov/assets/670/666252.pdf>

    Multiple factors affected voter wait times on Election Day 2012, and
    their impacts
    varied across jurisdictions. Specifically, GAO's survey of local
    election
    jurisdictions, review of wait time literature, and interviews with
    election officials
    and researchers identified nine common factors that affected wait times.

    The specific impact of these nine factors depended on the unique
    circumstances
    in each of the 5 local jurisdictions GAO selected for interviews,
    leading to
    targeted approaches for reducing wait times where needed. For example,
    according to election officials in 2 jurisdictions, lengthy ballots
    were the primary
    cause of long wait times. In 1 of these jurisdictions, state
    constitutional
    amendments accounted for five of its eight ballot pages on average,
    and since
    the 2012 election, a state law was enacted that established
    additional word limits
    to such amendments, which officials said could help reduce wait
    times. Another
    jurisdiction that had ballots of similar length did not report long
    wait times.

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Posted inelection administration 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18>,voting 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=31>

    "U.S. judge dismisses Republican challenge to SEC pay-to-play rule"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=66126>

Posted onOctober 1, 2014 7:16 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=66126>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Reuters reports. 
<http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/09/30/us-sec-paytoplay-lawsuit-idUSKCN0HP2MY20140930?feedType=RSS&feedName=politicsNews&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter&dlvrit=574655>

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Posted incampaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>

    "From shaming to semi-stalking, Democrats flood inboxes for
    last-minute campaign cash" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=66124>

Posted onSeptember 30, 2014 9:00 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=66124>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

WaPo 
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/from-shaming-to-semi-stalking-democrats-flood-inboxes-for-last-minute-campaign-cash/2014/09/30/d83f5ed2-481a-11e4-b72e-d60a9229cc10_story.html>:

    "Absolute meltdown."

    "Kiss any hope goodbye.

    "We're done. Go home. Give up."

    The lyrics to a moody ballad? A depressing Facebook page? No, these
    are subject lines from a series of frantic e-mail messages sent to
    Democratic donors in recent days.

    To be blunt about it --- as some of these fundraising pitches might
    say --- the number of e-mails sent in recent days is SCARY.

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Posted incampaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>,campaigns 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=59>

    "Judges hear arguments for lifting ban on contractors donating to
    federal elections" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=66122>

Posted onSeptember 30, 2014 8:59 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=66122>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

AP reports. 
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/judges-hear-arguments-for-lifting-ban-on-contractors-donating-to-federal-elections/2014/09/30/66118122-48f2-11e4-891d-713f052086a0_story.html>

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    "Elections board requests $460,000 for voter ID campaign"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=66120>

Posted onSeptember 30, 2014 8:57 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=66120>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

The 
latest<http://www.jsonline.com/news/statepolitics/elections-board-requests-for-460000-for-voter-id-campaign-b99362555z1-277669531.html>from 
Wisconsin.

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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>

    "What's the Irreparable Injury to Wisconsin?"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=66118>

Posted onSeptember 30, 2014 8:56 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=66118>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Interesting Will Baude post 
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/volokh-conspiracy/wp/2014/09/30/whats-the-irreparable-injury-to-wisconsin/>on 
today's opinions <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=66102>from the en banc 
7th Circuit in the voter id case:

    Hasen has many criticisms of the per curiam opinion --- including
    its assessment of the evidence challenging the law, and its reading
    of a Supreme Court case called Purcell v. Gonzales. It isn't
    self-evident to me who is right about those things. (You can read
    his post <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=66102> to decide for yourself.)

    But there is something else that troubles me about the per curiam
    opinion. The Supreme Court has said that the two "most critical"
    <http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/08-681.ZO.html> factors in
    deciding whether to grant a stay are the likelihood of success on
    the merits and whether the applicant will be irreparably injured
    absent a stay. The per curiam opinion discusses the state's
    likelihood of success on the merits. It doesn't discuss irreparable
    injury. So far as I can tell neither word ("irreparable" or
    "injury") appears in the opinion at all.

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    "Are Liberals Fundraising Hypoctrites?"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=66116>

Posted onSeptember 30, 2014 8:17 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=66116>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Tom 
Edsall<http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/01/opinion/are-liberals-fundraising-hypocrites.html?partner=socialflow&smid=tw-nytnational>on 
the Kochs and the Democracy Alliance:

    In the long run, the relatively modest (but growing) dependence of
    Democrats on dark money, mega-dollar contributors to "super PACs"
    and other funding mechanisms is corrupting, even as it comes
    alongside the party's parallel success in building a powerful small
    donor base. On issues of taxes, regulation, spending and campaign
    finance, the Republican Party has established itself as the advocate
    of the wealthiest Americans. Insofar as the Democratic Party moves
    in the same direction, it will be unable to act as a counterbalance
    to the right.

    While neither the left nor the right has clean hands, liberals have
    far more to lose, and much less to gain, from continued hypocrisy.

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    CA Gov Brown Rejects Expansion of California Voting Rights Act to
    Require, Among Other Things, Increase in Number of Districts
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=66114>

Posted onSeptember 30, 2014 4:57 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=66114>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Today Governor Brown vetoed CA Sen. Pedilla's SB 1365, which contained 
amendments to the California Voting Rights Act. His veto message ishere 
<http://gov.ca.gov/docs/SB_1365_Veto_Message.pdf>and the bill text 
ishere 
<http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1365>. 
The LA Times editorial urging a veto ishere 
<http://www.latimes.com/opinion/editorials/la-ed-voting-rights-california-sb-1365-20140828-story.html>.

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Posted inVoting Rights Act <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=15>

    "Michigan: New law strips Gaines Township officials of election
    powers during recall" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=66112>

Posted onSeptember 30, 2014 3:47 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=66112>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

This item appears at theRecall Elections Blog. 
<http://recallelections.blogspot.com/2014/09/michigan-new-law-strips-gaines-township.html>

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