[EL] ELB News and Commentary 10/6/14
Rick Hasen
rhasen at law.uci.edu
Mon Oct 6 08:36:47 PDT 2014
Read Challengers' SCOTUS Response in North Carolina Voting Case:
Analysis <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=66363>
Posted onOctober 6, 2014 8:30 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=66363>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
[Updated and bumped to the top.]
This
brief<http://electionlawblog.org/wp-content/uploads/FINAL-RESPONSE-BRIEF-Brief-Only.pdf>filed
by challengers to North Carolina's restrictive voting law was filed
yesterday. The Supreme Court could act at any time. We could well hear
something later today or tomorrow.
This earlier post<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=66256>explained what's
at stake in this case and the state's position as to why the Supreme
Court should issue a stay.
The challengers' response essentially makes two points. (1) The 4th
Circuit properly interpreted and applied the scope of section 2 of the
Voting Rights Act. and (2) Pointing to statements made to the press by
some election officials since the 4th Circuit's order restoring same day
voter registration and out of precinct voting, it will not be a big deal
to put these laws back into effect so close to the election.
What is most notable about the brief is what it does not say. The key
issue in this stay decision, I believe, rests on how to read the Supreme
Court's earlier decision in /Purcell v. Gonzalez/, which cautions courts
against changes in election law close to an election. Purcell gets a
brief mention in the introduction to the brief and then just a single
paragraph in the body of the brief:
Third, contrary to Defendants' vague and conclusory allegations
that enforcing the Fourth Circuit's injunction will cause "voter
confusion," a stay by this Court is more likely to cause the type of
confusion this Court sought to avoid in Purcell v. Gonzalez, 549
U.S. 1 (2006) (per curiam).5 Maintaining the status quo in November
will not confuse voters, who are accustomed to same day registration
and out-of-precinct balloting, which have been in effect since 2008
and 2006 ,respectively. The preservation of these practices will not
risk "that qualified voters might be turned away from the polls,"
id. at 4, but rather simply provide a "safety net" with "more
opportunity to register and vote" such that "voters who are confused
about whether they can, for example, still register and vote on the
same day will have their votes counted." Op. at 55 fn. 8. In other
words, the only ways that SDR and out-of-precinct voting will affect
the voters is to increase access among the voters who need them,
without affecting other voters at all. It is for this reason that
the Fourth Circuit rejected Defendants' complaints about possible
voter confusion: SDR and out-of-precinct voting simply provide
voters with more options to ensure that their votes are counted.
FN 5: In Purcell, the Ninth Circuit overturned the district court's
denial of a preliminary injunction before the district court even
issued its opinion. Id. at *3. This Court thus appropriately held
that the Ninth Circuit could not have paid the proper deference to
the district court's findings of fact, nor could have concluded that
the district court erred as a matter of law. Id. at *5 . This case
could not be more different. The district court issued a detailed
ruling on August 8, 2014. The Fourth Circuit deferred to all of the
district court's factual findings, most of which were undisputed.
And the Fourth Circuit articulated, based on the district
court's opinion, that at least eight different legal errors that the
district court made. Op. at 36-45.
Comparepages 17-18 of this
brief<http://electionlawblog.org/wp-content/uploads/14A352-Wisconsin-voting-application.pdf>in
which challengers the late introduction of Wisconsin's voter id law rely
much more heavily on Purcell <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=66196>.
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<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=29>,The Voting Wars
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"Preaching Politics, Pastors Defy Ban Pastors Can Endorse Candidates
if They Give Up Their Tax Exemption"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=66390>
Posted onOctober 6, 2014 8:06 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=66390>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
WSJ reports.
<http://online.wsj.com/articles/preaching-politics-pastors-defy-ban-1412558726?KEYWORDS=%22irs%22>
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"Another View: Expand free speech by expanding free speech"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=66388>
Posted onOctober 6, 2014 8:05 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=66388>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Luke Wachob
<http://www.sacbee.com/2014/10/05/6753389_another-view-expand-free-speech.html>:
"Is freedom of speech expanded by limiting the ability to raise and
spend money on speech? That's what Professor Jessica A. Levinson argues
in a recent commentary in The Sacramento Bee ("Expand free speech by
limiting political money"; Viewpoints, Sept. 21)....Not so fast."
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October Issue of NCSL's "The Canvass" Now Available
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=66386>
Posted onOctober 6, 2014 8:04 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=66386>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Here
<http://ncsl.us6.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=1b1c84dfbc159315d1f70cdab&id=639c7403eb&e=a13a6fd548>.
The lead story: "World's Apart: Urban and Rural Voting."
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"Justices in Walker Criminal Probe Face Conflicts of Interest"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=66384>
Posted onOctober 6, 2014 8:00 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=66384>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Brendan Fischer
<http://www.prwatch.org/news/2014/10/12617/justices-walker-criminal-probe-face-conflict-interest>:
"The Wisconsin Supreme Court could decide the future of the criminal
investigation into Governor Scott Walker and independent electoral
groups, but some of the justices are faced with a significant conflict
of interest: two of the groups under investigation have been the
dominant spenders in Wisconsin Supreme Court elections in recent years,
spending over $10 million to elect the Court's Republican majority."
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<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=19>
"What Kind of Year Has It Been for Election Laws?"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=66382>
Posted onOctober 6, 2014 7:56 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=66382>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
New Project Vote report.
<http://projectvote.org/newsreleases/1103-what-kind-of-year-has-it-been-for-election-laws.html>
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"Rogue Donors Not Ready for Hillary?"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=66379>
Posted onOctober 6, 2014 7:54 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=66379>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Politico reports.
<http://www.politico.com/story/2014/10/hillary-clinton-donors-2016-elections-111622.html>
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"Embrace the Irony" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=66377>
Posted onOctober 6, 2014 7:53 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=66377>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Extensive New Yorker piece
<http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2014/10/13/embrace-irony>on Lessig
and his campaign finance crusade.
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Doug Chapin's "Dayenu" Moment <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=66375>
Posted onOctober 6, 2014 7:49 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=66375>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Doug Chapin
<http://blog.lib.umn.edu/cspg/electionacademy/2014/10/enough_is_enough_time_to_put_a.php>:
ENOUGH.
The frustrating thing is that courts understand this when it comes
to their own operations. For example, in the North Carolina case,
the federal trial court has been given the signal to hold off on
issuing any order until the Supreme Court has weighed in, since
being asked to issue two contradictory orders in a short span of
days could result in confusion.
I'd like to see that same theory apply to last-minute election
litigation generally. As Hasen and others have pointed out --
repeatedly but so far in vain -- there is precedent (Purcell v.
Gonzalez <https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/549/06-375/>)
suggesting that courts should tread carefully in the run-up to
Election Day lest the intended benefits of any order be dwarfed by
the chaos it produces. Courts should heed that advice and look very
skeptically upon any party or court that tries to force last-minute
changes to election rules.
And let's be clear -- both major parties each share the blame. In
Kansas alone, a last-minute candidate withdrawal by one side
resulted in a push by the other side to force a new candidate's name
on the ballot -- which left county election officials scrambling not
just to prepare, print and deliver ballots to overseas and military
voters but to be ready for everyone else. [At least they have
baseball to distract them.
<http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/gameday/index.jsp?gid=2014_10_05_anamlb_kcamlb_1&mode=recap_home&c_id=kc>]
And Courts of Appeals in Wisconsin and North Carolina have really
put election officials in a difficult position by ruling so close to
Election Day that the Supreme Court is being asked to intervene.
ENOUGH.
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"Republicans Are Playing Dirty Tricks to Worsen Democrats'
Midterm-Voter Problem" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=66373>
Posted onOctober 6, 2014 7:45 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=66373>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Brian Beutler writes
<http://www.newrepublic.com/article/119708/republican-voter-suppression-efforts-aim-stymie-democratic-plans?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_term=TNR%20Daily%20Newsletter&utm_campaign=TNR%20Daily%20Zephyr%20with%20LiveIntent%20-%20Oct%206>for
TNR.
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"Holder Faults Supreme Court on Early Voting Calls Ohio Decision
'Major Step Backward'" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=66371>
Posted onOctober 6, 2014 7:39 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=66371>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
WSJ reports
<http://online.wsj.com/articles/holder-faults-supreme-court-on-early-voting-1412605802?tesla=y&mod=djkeyword&mg=reno64-wsj&url=http://online.wsj.com/article/SB11235677476619194475904580198100375455756.html?mod=djkeyword>.
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"Court Rejects Appeal in SC Redistricting Case"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=66369>
Posted onOctober 6, 2014 7:24 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=66369>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
AP reports.
<http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_SUPREME_COURT_SOUTH_CAROLINA_REDISTRICTING?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT>
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The Very Good News in #SCOTUS Denial of Cert in #SSM Cases
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=66366>
Posted onOctober 6, 2014 7:00 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=66366>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Same sex marriage is about to be legal in the state of Utah. Utah!
Ponder that for a minute. If you were going to pick one of the very
last states that would legalize same sex marriage, it would have been
this conservative state.
The fact that the Supreme Court, without saying a peep, is letting
court-ordered same sex marriages go forward in Utah is a huge deal. Now
you may think that this could well be reversed once there is a circuit
split, perhaps in a case from the 5th or 6th Circuit. But remember,
there will now be all of these children from legal same sex marriages
performed until the Supreme Court could decide to take a case from
another circuit. The idea that Justice Kennedy would let that happen,
knowing there could well be a reversal down the line seems unlikely.
Instead, the conservatives on the Court probably see same sex marriage
as inevitable, and will wait for a circuit split to make their last stand.
In the end, Adam Liptak's initial instincts about this look like
theyhave been right and mine wrong
<http://blogs.reuters.com/great-debate/2013/07/15/court-due-to-make-second-trip-down-the-aisle/>.
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"Voting rights on docket as new Court term opens; gay marriage,
Obamacare fights possible" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=66361>
Posted onOctober 5, 2014 9:02 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=66361>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
The /Washington Times /reports.
<http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/oct/5/supreme-court-docket-incudes-voting-rights-gay-mar/>
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"GAB calm in middle of political storm"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=66359>
Posted onOctober 5, 2014 4:17 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=66359>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Wisconsin State Journal
<http://host.madison.com/news/opinion/editorial/gab-calm-in-middle-of-political-storm/article_e83afe05-6273-5b24-a876-993c1c628a20.html>editorial.
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"How a Bill Becomes an Ad" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=66357>
Posted onOctober 5, 2014 4:16 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=66357>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
The
latest<http://thedailyshow.cc.com/videos/38vsni/how-a-bill-becomes-an-ad?xrs=synd_facebook_100114_tds_23>"I'm
just a bill" parodies, courtesy of the Daily Show.
Here is my collection
<http://electionlawblog.org/?s=%22I%27m+just+a+bill%22&x=0&y=0>of
earlier parodies.
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"Sacramento County taxpayers on the hook for elections office
mistakes" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=66355>
Posted onOctober 4, 2014 11:06 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=66355>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
SacBee
<http://www.sacbee.com/2014/10/01/6753019/sacramento-county-taxpayers-on.html>:
A pair of blunders by the Sacramento County elections office that
omitted information from the sample ballot booklet sent to thousands
ofregistered voters <http://topics.sacbee.com/registered+voters/> is
costing taxpayers more than $68,000 and has the potential to affect
voting in the Nov. 4 election.
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"Americans for Prosperity's trail of voter misinformation goes far
beyond NC" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=66353>
Posted onOctober 4, 2014 11:03 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=66353>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
This item
<http://www.southernstudies.org/2014/10/americans-for-prosperitys-trail-of-voter-misinform.html>appears
at Facing South.
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"A New Ear of Political Exclusion; Should wealth be permitted to
amplify individuals' democratic participation?"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=66351>
Posted onOctober 4, 2014 11:01 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=66351>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Tim Kuhner
<http://stanfordpress.typepad.com/blog/2014/10/a-new-era-of-political-exclusion.html>blog
post.
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"A shareholder solution to 'Citizens United'"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=66349>
Posted onOctober 4, 2014 10:57 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=66349>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Jamie Raskin
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/a-shareholder-solution-to-citizens-united/2014/10/03/5e07c3ee-48be-11e4-b72e-d60a9229cc10_story.html>WaPo
oped.
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"Voter-ID Rules' Impact on Turnout Is Hard to Determine"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=66347>
Posted onOctober 4, 2014 10:56 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=66347>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
WSJ
<http://online.wsj.com/articles/voter-id-rules-impact-on-turnout-is-hard-to-determine-1412359917>:
In the last decade, 34 states---including nearly a dozen since
2011---have enacted new or stricter voter-identification laws.
Critics say the requirements have prevented a significant number of
people from voting, but research indicates turnout in recent years
has been strong.
It's possible both claims are true.
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<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=60>,voter id
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=9>
"Democrats Lean Heavily on PACs in Coordinated Push to Counter
G.O.P." <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=66345>
Posted onOctober 4, 2014 10:53 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=66345>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
NYT
<http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/05/us/politics/democrats-lean-heavily-on-pacs.html?ref=politics>:
"With the battle for the Senate tilting toward Republicans and President
Obama's approval ratings hovering near his all-time low, Democrats are
more reliant than they have ever been on the very kind of big-money
groups they have spent years trying to outlaw. They are countering the
Republican Party's expansive and formidable outside spending network
this fall with a smaller but more tightly knit alliance of groups that
share donors, closely coordinate their advertising and hit harder than
their conservative counterparts."
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Voter registration, domicile, and the location of your pillow
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=66338>
Posted onOctober 3, 2014 5:32 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=66338>byJustin Levitt
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=4>
As we get into the "silly season" of election administration frenzy,
it's worth connecting two stories hours apart --- the piece onRomney's
mistaken registration address <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=66322>to
the story about GOP scouring of voter rolls in Illinois
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=66314>.
The Romney article in the Salt Lake Tribune claims that Romney had filed
a registration paper "using a home address he couldn't legally claim
since 2009." The sole reference in the story to the reason he couldn't
claim that address is that he sold the house in 2009. This is the second
time
<http://www.leadertelegram.com/blogs/tom_giffey/article_1ebe1470-eeea-11e1-8db6-001a4bcf887a.html>Romney
has filed registration paperwork for an address where he wasn't
apparently actually sleeping.
But there is often an unappreciated difference between someone's legal
voting address and where they currently sleep
<http://summaryjudgments.lls.edu/2012/11/with-voting-there-no-place-like-home_525.html>.
The easiest examples concern deployed military servicemembers. Voting
usually depends on domicile --- often, the last place someone lived with
an intent to remain indefinitely. Someone on temporary sojourn(s)
elsewhere may belawfully and appropriately registered at an address they
left decades ago
<http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2012/02/24/lugar-beats-back-residency-challenge/>.
Romney's selling the house in 2009doesn't give enough information to
knowwhether he could legally claim the address for voting purposes.
Which brings me to theIllinois article
<http://hosted2.ap.org/FLAUG/2727e93478d341d9ba707ccbda29acf8/Article_2014-10-03-US--Illinois%20Election-Voters/id-b0321ead40094abcbf13d36148fca37a>.
It states that operatives are "looking for addresses where utility
service has been cut off to determine if registered voters have moved."
That's an indication that registered voters may not be home. But it
does nottell you where their legal home is. And confusing the two gets
eligible citizens tossed off the rolls.
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Challengers to NC Voting Law File Opposition to SCOTUS Request for
Interim Stay <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=66335>
Posted onOctober 3, 2014 2:25 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=66335>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Following up onthis post <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=66316>,
challengers to the North Carolina voting rules have filedthis response
<http://electionlawblog.org/wp-content/uploads/14A358-10-3-Letter-from-Respondents.pdf>opposing
an interim stay.
Given that it is past 5 pm Friday on the East Coast, election officials
in NC likely will not do too much over the weekend, and a response is
already due from the challengers on Sunday, we may not hear anything at
all until the Chief Justice or the Court rules on the overall stay
request---perhaps as soon as Monday.
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<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18>,Supreme Court
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<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=60>,voting
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"Thoughts on the GAO Report on Wait Times"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=66333>
Posted onOctober 3, 2014 2:07 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=66333>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Charles Stewart
<http://electionupdates.caltech.edu/2014/10/03/thoughts-gao-report-long-lines/> blogs.
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Posted inelection administration <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18>
"Kar on the Supreme Court's 5-4 Decision to Block Early Voting in
Ohio" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=66331>
Posted onOctober 3, 2014 2:05 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=66331>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Rob Kar blogs.
<http://uiuclawfaculty.typepad.com/facultyblog/2014/10/kar-on-t.html>
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WI AG Won't Defend State Coordination Rules: GAB Wants a Special AG
Appointed to Defend Laws <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=66329>
Posted onOctober 3, 2014 2:02 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=66329>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
The fun never ends
<http://www.jsonline.com/news/statepolitics/van-hollen-wont-defend-state-in-latest-doe-related-suit-b99364249z1-278053971.html>in
Wisconsin.
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"Secretary of State Kris Kobach in tight race following Senate
ballot dispute" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=66326>
Posted onOctober 3, 2014 1:55 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=66326>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
The /KC Star/reports.
<http://www.kansascity.com/news/government-politics/article2493489.html>
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administration <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18>,The Voting Wars
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"Voter ID Laws are Costing Taxpayers Millions"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=66324>
Posted onOctober 3, 2014 12:35 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=66324>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
TNR reports.
<http://www.newrepublic.com/article/119677/voter-id-laws-research-shows-they-impose-costs-discourage-voting>
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Even Mitt Romney Has Voter Registration Issues
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=66322>
Posted onOctober 3, 2014 12:08 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=66322>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Salt Lake Tribune:
<http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/politics/58481404-90/address-driver-lake-license.html.csp> "Mitt
Romney, whose name keeps popping up as a possible three-time
presidential candidate, would be wise to read legally binding documents
before signing them, as demonstrated by a Utah voter-registration gaffe
that appeared to have him shunning his Republican Party for independent
status and using a home address he couldn't legally claim since 2009."
If this happened to a Democrat some would call it voter fraud. It is of
course nothing of the sort.
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<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18>,The Voting Wars
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=60>
"A month from Election Day, election rules still in flux"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=66320>
Posted onOctober 3, 2014 10:38 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=66320>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Reid Wilson reports
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/govbeat/wp/2014/10/03/a-month-from-election-day-election-rules-still-in-flux/>for
WaPo.
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<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=29>,The Voting Wars
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=60>
North Carolina Asks Chief Justice Roberts for Interim Immediate Stay
in Voting Case <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=66316>
Posted onOctober 3, 2014 10:34 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=66316>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
This morning I reported onan injunction
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=66308>just issued by the federal district
court in the North Carolina voting case. The injunction was issued while
the Supreme Court considers a stay of the 4th Circuit's order.
Well the state of North Carolina is not happy that the plaintiffs asked
for this immediate injunction.They have filed this letter
<http://electionlawblog.org/wp-content/uploads/nc-letter.pdf>, asking
the Chief Justice to impose an immediate stay while the Court considers
what to do with the stay request (response due Sunday at 5). They now
want the stay to apply not just to the 4th Circuit's order but to the
new district court injunction.
You can readmy earlier analysis<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=66256>of
NC's stay request, which I think has a pretty good chance of being
granted. An interim order from the Chief Justice could come today,
although with it already being Friday afternoon on the East Coast
perhaps this is not really necessary, especially because the district
court has put implementation of the new injunction on the slow track.
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