[EL] ELB News and Commentary 10/7/14

Tue Oct 7 07:34:40 PDT 2014

    Voting Cases on Today's #SCOTUS Agenda
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=66433>

Posted onOctober 7, 2014 7:33 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=66433>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

I expect an order from the Chief Justice (or more likely, the entire 
Supreme Court) today inNorth Carolina's attemp 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=66363>t to reverse a 4th Circuit ruling 
restoring same day voter registration and out-of-state voting in the 
state for this election. I think it is likely that the Court will stay 
the 4th Circuit's order.

The state of Wisconsin is expected to file by 5 pm today a response to 
amotion by challengers to WI voter id law 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=66198>to stop the 7th Circuit's surprise 
order requiring id to be used in this election while the challenge to 
the law remains pending. Justice Kagan 
<http://www.supremecourt.gov/Search.aspx?FileName=/docketfiles/14a352.htm>(or 
more likely, the entire Supreme Court) will act some time thereafter on 
the motion. Wisconsin's case got a boost from a 7th Circuit opinion on 
the merits issued yesterday (which I havesharply criticized 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=66413>). I think it is fairly likely that 
the Court will stay the 7th Circuit's order.

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<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18>,Supreme Court 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=29>,The Voting Wars 
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    "Black Voters May Carry Kay Hagan To Victory In November"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=66431>

Posted onOctober 7, 2014 7:24 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=66431>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

HuffPo reports 
<http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/10/06/kay-hagan-black-voters_n_5922468.html>.

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    "Worlds Apart: New NCSL Canvass Looks at Urban/Rural Divide in
    Election Administration" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=66429>

Posted onOctober 7, 2014 7:18 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=66429>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

A ChapinBlog 
<http://blog.lib.umn.edu/cspg/electionacademy/2014/10/new_ncsl_canvass_looks_at_urba.php>.

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

    "Supreme Court Could Decide Voter-Restriction Battle in NC"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=66427>

Posted onOctober 7, 2014 7:17 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=66427>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

The Root reports. 
<http://www.theroot.com/articles/politics/2014/10/scotus_could_decide_on_nc_voter_restrictions.html>

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    "Americans for Prosperity plows millions into building conservative
    ground force" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=66425>

Posted onOctober 6, 2014 9:11 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=66425>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Matea Gold reports 
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/americans-for-prosperity-plows-millions-into-building-conservative-ground-force/2014/10/06/692469b6-4b35-11e4-b72e-d60a9229cc10_story.html>for 
WaPo.

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    Howard Rounds Up the WI Voter ID 7th Circuit Stories
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=66423>

Posted onOctober 6, 2014 9:01 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=66423>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Here <http://howappealing.abovethelaw.com/100614.html#058292>.

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    Brad Blog Takes Apart, Bit by Bit, the Easterbrook "You Need an ID
    to Do X" Analogy <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=66421>

Posted onOctober 6, 2014 8:54 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=66421>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Here. <http://www.bradblog.com/?p=10850>

What really gets me is how Judge Easterbrook takes a difficult and 
complex issue and gives it the back of its hand---whether it is his 
rejection of the district court's finding that up to 9% of Wisconsin 
voters don't have the right kind of ID for voting or how to apply 
section 2 of the Voting Rights Act to vote denial claims.  It was the 
shortest and most superficial discussion I've seen. Compare it to the 
much more thoughtful (and equally conservative) district court opinion 
in the North Carolina voting case.

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    Another Error in Judge Easterbrook's WI Voter ID Opinion
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=66417>

Posted onOctober 6, 2014 6:48 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=66417>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Following up onthis pos <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=66413>t, a reader 
notes that Judge Easterbrook also writes in his opinion today:

    "The Justices observed that a commission chaired by former President
    Carter had recommended the use of photo ID to verify a person's
    entitlement to vote. Commission on Federal Election Reform,/Building
    Confidence in U.S. Elections/18 (2002)."

    First of all, he means the Carter-Baker Commission of 2005 I assume
    [and not the 2002 Carter-Ford report].  And as has been discussed by
    you and others, [it] is a complete mischaracterization [of the
    Carter-Baker report].

Too bad Judge Easterbrook's opinion isnot peer reviewed. 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=66409>Maybe that would have made it error 
free.

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