[EL] ELB News and Commentary 10/15/14
Justin Levitt
levittj at lls.edu
Wed Oct 15 11:29:03 PDT 2014
Read Texas Voter ID Challengers' Emergency #SCOTUS Application
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=66916>
Posted onOctober 15, 2014 7:48 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=66916>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Here
<http://electionlawblog.org/wp-content/uploads/Texas-voting-ID-stay-application-10-15-14.pdf>.
[Bumped to the top.]
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Posted inelection administration
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18>,Supreme Court
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=29>,The Voting Wars
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=60>,voter id
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=9>,Voting Rights Act
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=15>
CT "Elections Commission Slams Democrats over Campaign Finance Plan"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=66943>
Posted onOctober 15, 2014 11:26 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=66943>byJustin Levitt
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=4>
TheConnecticut Mirror
<http://ctmirror.org/seec-slams-democrats-over-campaign-finance-plan/>andHartford
Courant
<http://www.courant.com/politics/capitol-watch/hc-election-agency-strongly-objects-to-dems-plan-to-cynically-circumvent-state-financing-laws-for-mallo-20141014-story.html#page=1>cover
the Connecticut regulatory agency'ssharply worded comment
<http://saos.fec.gov/aodocs/1305652.pdf>asking the FEC to deny
theDemocratic party's request
<http://saos.fec.gov/saos/aodetails.jsp?AO=3790>to pay for mailings on
behalf of Governor Malloy with funds meeting federal regulations rather
than funds (in this case, subject to stricter limits) meeting state
regulations.
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"McCutcheon v. FEC and Roberts v. Breyer: They're Both Right and
They're Both Wrong" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=66941>
Posted onOctober 15, 2014 11:26 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=66941>byJustin Levitt
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=4>
AnACS issue brief
<https://www.acslaw.org/publications/issue-briefs/mccutcheon-v-fec-and-roberts-v-breyer-they%E2%80%99re-both-right-and-they%E2%80%99re-bot-2?mgs1=3c19hJsjmr>on/McCutcheon/and
campaign finance from Alan Morrison. I look forward to reading this.
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Money-in-Politics Campaign Ads <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=66939>
Posted onOctober 15, 2014 11:26 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=66939>byJustin Levitt
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=4>
Apparently, Larry Lessig's MAYDAY PAC and MoveOn.org arerunning a
contest <https://mayday.us/campaigns/maydayin30/>for the best campaign
ad "that makes compelling the importance of money in politics." The
Washington Free Beacon flags the5 most ridiculous
<http://freebeacon.com/blog/watch-the-5-most-ridiculous-entries-in-moveon-orgs-video-contest/>so
far. (h/tEric Brown <http://politicalactivitylaw.com/>)
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"'Let's be Real Here'? A Retort" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=66937>
Posted onOctober 15, 2014 11:25 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=66937>byJustin Levitt
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=4>
Steve Klein, of the Wyoming Liberty Group,responds
<http://wyliberty.org/feature/lets-be-real-here-a-retort/#reLCg>to FEC
Commissioner Weintraub'sstatement of reasons
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=66578>for dissenting on the/Citizens
United/rulemaking.
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Printing Two Versions of Early Voting Ballot
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=66935>
Posted onOctober 15, 2014 11:25 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=66935>byJustin Levitt
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=4>
That's one way to deal with late-cycle chaos. Elections officials have
stepped up and (at not insignificant cost)agreed to print two versions
of a ballot
<http://www.4029tv.com/news/election-commissioners-print-two-early-voting-ballot-versions-of-civil-rights-ordinance-set-for-special-election/29129048>,
to address a lawsuit still unresolved.
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"Texas Stopped Issuing Voter IDs While Pushing to Reinstate Law"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=66933>
Posted onOctober 15, 2014 11:25 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=66933>byJustin Levitt
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=4>
MSNBCfollows up
<http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/texas-stopped-issuing-voter-ids-while-pushing-reinstate-law>onthis
news <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=66843>, finding that the decision to
(temporarily) stop issuing IDs was statewide. It now looks like Texas
has restarted the machine.
Andmore from MSNBC
<http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/texas-voter-id-case-test-supreme-courts-priorities>,
now that the stay application is up at SCOTUS.
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Posted inSupreme Court <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=29>,The Voting
Wars <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=60>,voter id
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=9>
Kentucky Politics and the Secret Ballot
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=66931>
Posted onOctober 15, 2014 11:24 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=66931>byJustin Levitt
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=4>
Josh Douglas <http://www.law.uky.edu/index.php?hid=93>notes the legal
history
<http://www.courier-journal.com/story/opinion/contributors/2014/10/15/constitutional-right-secret-ballot/17297235/>behind
Alison Grimes' punt on questions about her vote in 2012.
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Making the Most of Intellectual Capital
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=66929>
Posted onOctober 15, 2014 11:24 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=66929>byJustin Levitt
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=4>
There were treatises, then law reviews, then online law reviews ... and
now,podcasts
<http://colloquy.law.northwestern.edu/main/2014/10/conversation-with-professor-sarah-haan.html>.
Sarah Haan takesher piece on/The CEO and the Hydraulics of Campaign
Finance Deregulation/ <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=65581>to iTunes.
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"Congressional Candidates: No-Shows at Forum May Reflect
Redistricting" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=66927>
Posted onOctober 15, 2014 11:23 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=66927>byJustin Levitt
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=4>
When a county groupruns a forum
<http://www.theledger.com/article/20141014/NEWS/141019559>for candidates
whose districts split the county:
In 2012, when the Florida Legislature redrew boundaries for the
state's 27 congressional districts, Polk County was split among four
districts. Some members of the Polk delegation had inquired as to
why, citing that the county might be ignored.
Tuesday night's turnout might seem to give them proof.
Another column
<http://tbo.com/list/columns-jbrown/competitive-races-missing-in-florida-20141015/>notes
the lack of competition in Florida's races, which might also be why the
forums are emptier than expected. Still, if the situation in Florida is
anything like the situation in Ohio, these candidates willstill be
raising plenty of money
<http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2014/10/15/millions-raised-for-uncompetitive-U.S.-House-races.html>.
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"Election 2014: State GOP Chair Alleges Democratic AG Candidate
Violated Law" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=66925>
Posted onOctober 15, 2014 11:23 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=66925>byJustin Levitt
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=4>
More nonsense
<http://swtimes.com/elections/election-2014-state-gop-chair-alleges-democratic-ag-candidate-violated-law>from
Arkansas. I'm sure this has nothing to do with theDemocratic party
taking shots <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=66220>at the Republican
candidate's residency.
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Posted inThe Voting Wars <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=60>
Washington Times Tackles Strawman <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=66923>
Posted onOctober 15, 2014 11:22 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=66923>byJustin Levitt
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=4>
Good for the Washington Times. They'veonce again proved
<http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/oct/14/editorial-voting-too-early-too-often/>that
those who say "there's absolutely no voter fraud" aren't telling the
truth. Never mind that no responsible observers are actually saying
"there's absolutely no voter fraud." (Whether proposed measures address
more prevalent or exceedingly rare kinds of fraud, and whether the
measures themselves create more problems than they solve -- now we've
got an actual discussion.)
This editorial
<http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/oct/14/editorial-voting-too-early-too-often/>is
about Connecticut State Rep. Christina Ayala, charged with 19 counts of
election crimes based onallegedly voting in districts
<http://www.ctpost.com/local/article/State-Rep-Christina-Ayala-arrested-5783544.php>where
she did not have valid legal residency for voting purposes at the time.
That sort of misconduct does indeed happen (thoughmisunderstandings
about voting residency
<http://summaryjudgments.lls.edu/2012/11/with-voting-there-no-place-like-home_525.html>also
lead to more claims than actual instances of misconduct).
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<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=38>,The Voting Wars
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"Renewal of the Establishment, Fueled by Money"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=66921>
Posted onOctober 15, 2014 11:21 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=66921>byJustin Levitt
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=4>
Heath Brown, in The Hill,looks at fundraising and spending
<http://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blog/campaign/220784-renewal-of-the-establishment-fueled-by-money>since/Citizens
United,/and the impact on the party establishment.
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*Required ... May Not Be <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=66919>
Posted onOctober 15, 2014 11:21 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=66919>byJustin Levitt
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=4>
OpenSecrets and the Sunlight Foundationdig*deep*into the details
<http://www.opensecrets.org/news/2014/10/your-submission-is-accepted-fecs-digital-gatekeeper-bars-few/>of
the FEC's online forms.
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