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[Justin Levitt]

    Fifth Circuit documents <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=66762>

Posted onOctober 12, 2014 12:28 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=66762>byJustin Levitt 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=4>

The 5th Circuit still hasn't recognized the Texas voter ID appeal on its 
own case management system, in part because the state's initial petition 
for a 5th Circuit order slowing the whole business down was apparently 
filed under seal.  But SCOTUSbloghas some of the initial documents 
<http://www.scotusblog.com/2014/10/texas-voter-id-dispute-heats-up/>--- 
seehere for a redacted version of the first appellate filing 
<http://sblog.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Veaseyv.PerryEmergencyStayApplicationFINAL_Redacted.pdf>(the 
redactions are on p.19, and I assume (but don't know) that they pertain 
to an individual voter's circumstances), and for anadvisory by the state 
<http://sblog.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Texas-voter-ID-state-advisory-to-CA.pdf>late 
last night.

(The advisory mentions a "'preclearance' requirement that the district 
court purports to impose on page 143of its opinion 
<http://electionlawblog.org/wp-content/uploads/20141009-TXID-Opinion.pdf>." 
As I mentioned <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=66595>, I read the opinion 
differently: I think the district court found the predicate facts 
necessary to a "bail-in" preclearance order, but expressly (and 
correctly) set the preclearance issue --- whether it's appropriate to 
issue a bail-in order or not, and if so, under what conditions --- for 
later hearing and deliberation.)

[UPDATE: Here's theDOJ's opposition 
<http://images.politico.com/global/2014/10/12/txvoteridca5stayoppn.pdf>to Texas's 
emergency filing.  It addresses some of the /Purcell/issues thatRick 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=66643>andI 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=66613>had been discussing earlier.]

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    "Jackson County Being Pressured to Open Satellite Office for voters"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=66758>

Posted onOctober 12, 2014 11:58 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=66758>byJustin Levitt 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=4>

This story has the update 
<http://rapidcityjournal.com/news/local/jackson-county-being-pressured-to-open-satellite-office-for-voters/article_ece0f9e1-a113-5d7b-9c7c-659ec95208fd.html>on 
a suit to force the opening of a satellite registration office on a 
reservation in South Dakota.

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    "Midterm Voters Drown in Dark Money"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=66756>

Posted onOctober 12, 2014 11:50 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=66756>byJustin Levitt 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=4>

Al Hunt atBloombergView 
<http://www.bloombergview.com/articles/2014-10-12/midterm-voters-drown-in-dark-money>.

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