[EL] ELB News and Commentary 10/16/14
Justin Levitt
levittj at lls.edu
Thu Oct 16 02:26:55 PDT 2014
New Hampshire Supreme Court Finds Push-Polling Law Preempted
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=66976>
Posted onOctober 16, 2014 2:25 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=66976>byJustin Levitt
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=4>
A New Hampshire state law requires disclosure of the candidate supported
or opposed by a "push poll." Today, the New Hampshire Supreme Courtheld
<http://www.nashuatelegraph.com/csp/cms/sites/Telegraph/dt.common.streams.StreamServer.cls?STREAMOID=szVRRulhARTzltonYqDc9oe2GzjtRcJecdWQQGgf_fe6NVP1tpFnob$kndF19Ps$4Aw$6wU9GSUcqtd9hs3TFeZCn0vq69IZViKeqDZhqNLziaXiKG0K_ms4C2keQo54&CONTENTTYPE=application/pdf&CONTENTDISPOSITION=push%20poll%20ruling.pdf>that
to the extent this law applies to federal candidates, it is preempted by
federal campaign finance laws, which provide the exclusive provisions
for disclosure with respect to federal election activities.
The Nashua Telegraphhas more
<http://www.nashuatelegraph.com/news/1049000-469/state-supreme-court-says-push-polls-for.html>.
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"Supreme Court Leaves Its Mark on the Midterms"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=66974>
Posted onOctober 16, 2014 2:24 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=66974>byJustin Levitt
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=4>
Josh Gerstein
<http://www.politico.com/story/2014/10/supreme-court-leaves-its-mark-on-the-midterms-111894.html>rounds
up the recent action at SCOTUS for Politico.
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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>
"Santa Clara County: Print Shop Flub Compounds Ballot Error in Two
School Board Races" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=66972>
Posted onOctober 16, 2014 2:24 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=66972>byJustin Levitt
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=4>
If at first you don't succeed, maybe third time's the charm. Aprinting
error on sample ballots
<http://www.mercurynews.com/education/ci_26728346/santa-clara-county-print-shop-flub-compounds-ballot>was
reproduced on real absentee ballots in Santa Clara County, CA.
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Posted inabsentee ballots <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=53>,election
administration <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18>
News Roundup on the Arkansas ID Decision
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=66970>
Posted onOctober 16, 2014 2:23 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=66970>byJustin Levitt
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=4>
From theAP
<http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/arkansas-high-court-strikes-voter-id-law-26224698>,Arkansas
News
<http://arkansasnews.com/news/arkansas/state-supreme-court-strikes-down-voter-id-law>,LA
Times
<http://www.latimes.com/nation/nationnow/la-na-nn-arkansas-voter-id-20141015-story.html>,MSNBC
<http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/arkansas-supreme-court-strikes-down-voter-id-law>,NY
Times
<http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/16/us/arkansas-supreme-court-strikes-down-voter-id-law-saying-it-exceeds-state-constitution.html>,Reuters
<http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-arkansas-voter-id-20141015-story.html>,USA
Today
<http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/10/15/arkansas-voter-identification-ruled-unconstitutional/17325659/>,
and the WaPo
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/arkansas-photo-id-requirement-for-voting-is-struck-down-by-states-highest-court/2014/10/15/70b3812e-54ab-11e4-809b-8cc0a295c773_story.html>.
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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>
Not All Democrats Love Maryland's Maps
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=66968>
Posted onOctober 16, 2014 2:23 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=66968>byJustin Levitt
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=4>
Disgruntled legislators protest
<http://somd.com/news/headlines/2014/18687.shtml>the dilution of
minority populations.
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Posted inredistricting <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=6>
"Opening a Pandora's Box on Campaign Coordination"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=66966>
Posted onOctober 16, 2014 2:23 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=66966>byJustin Levitt
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=4>
MSNBCreviews
<http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/opening-pandoras-box-campaign-coordination>the
latestRanda ruling <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=66874>.
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"Defending Political Free Speech" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=66964>
Posted onOctober 16, 2014 2:22 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=66964>byJustin Levitt
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=4>
The Washington Times has aslightly different take
<http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/oct/15/editorial-defending-free-speech>on
theRanda coordination ruling <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=66874>-- and
ties it to theCitizens United ruling on disclosure
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=66911>.
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"Senate Races: Where Outside Groups Spend Their Money"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=66962>
Posted onOctober 16, 2014 2:22 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=66962>byJustin Levitt
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=4>
The Upshot at the Timesbreaks down
<http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/16/upshot/senate-races-where-outside-groups-spend-their-money.html?abt=0002&abg=1>the
allocations of independent spending to various media in this year's
Senate races. At least, the spendingwe know about
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=61795>(particularly in non-broadcast
venues, there may be spending not reported to the FEC).
Sunlight's also got anew summary
<http://sunlightfoundation.com/blog/2014/10/15/outside-spending-nears-500-million-in-election-2014-sunlights-new-overview-pages-break-it-down/>of
the FEC data on independent spending, for Senate races and beyond.
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New Poll on Restoration of Voting Rights for Nonviolent Individuals
with Convictions <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=66960>
Posted onOctober 16, 2014 2:21 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=66960>byJustin Levitt
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=4>
The newpoll from libertarian Reason magazine
<http://reason.com/blog/2014/10/15/73-percent-of-americans-favor-restoring>says
that "73 percent of Americans favor restoring voting rights to
nonviolent drug offenders who have served their sentences, with strong
majorities among Democrats, Independents, and Republicans." And yes,
they polled beyond the Rand Paul campaign.
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"A Program in Legislation" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=66958>
Posted onOctober 16, 2014 2:21 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=66958>byJustin Levitt
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=4>
Dakota S. Rudesill, Christopher J. Walker, and Daniel P. Tokaji
haveposted this paper <http://ssrn.com/abstract=2509477>on SSRN:
This Essay urges that Legislation be conceived of not just as a
single course, but as a set of curricular and extracurricular
offerings that collectively constitute an integrated program of
instruction. The three of us teach at The Ohio State University's
Moritz College of Law, which may serve as a model of such a program.
Since 1995, Moritz has required Legislation as a part of the
first-year curriculum. We also have a variety of upper-level
offerings and extracurricular activities that help students develop
a practical understanding of the legislative process. This Essay
makes the case for an integrated program of instruction, including
both an introductory course in the first year and experiential
learning opportunities in the second and third years.
I look forward to reading this.
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<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=27>,pedagogy
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=23>
Ifill v. von Spakovsky <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=66956>
Posted onOctober 16, 2014 2:20 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=66956>byJustin Levitt
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=4>
National Press Club event
<http://www.press.org/news-multimedia/news/changes-laws-threat-or-boost-voter-turnout-mid-term-elections> /
rumble at 10am on Thursday, on recent legal changes and the midterm
elections.
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Posted inSupreme Court <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=29>,The Voting
Wars <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=60>
DOJ Files #SCOTUS Brief in Texas Voter ID Case
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=66954>
Posted onOctober 16, 2014 1:02 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=66954>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Lyle
<http://www.scotusblog.com/2014/10/u-s-others-seek-to-block-texas-voter-id-law/>at
SCOTUSBlog:
Saying that the spread across the country of new laws to restrict
voting rights will create new tests of constitutionality for the
Supreme Court, the Obama administration on Wednesday evening asked
the Justices in the meantime to bar Texas from using its strict new
voter ID law. The government's application
<http://sblog.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/14A404-US-stay-applic-Tx-voter-ID-10-15-14.pdf> was
one of three (the others are here
<http://sblog.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/TexasvoterIDVeaseystayapplic10-15-14.zip> and
here
<http://sblog.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/14A402TexasNAACPstayapplic.10-15-14.pdf>)
seeking delay of the new law --- a delay that clearly would last
through this year's election, including early voting that starts
Monday in Texas.
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<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18>,The Voting Wars
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=60>,voter id
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=9>
Breaking: Arkansas Supreme Court Strikes State Voter ID Law
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=66951>
Posted onOctober 15, 2014 2:48 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=66951>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
The opinion is here
<http://posting.arktimes.com/media/pdf/voter_id_opinion.pdf>. The
rulings are only on state law grounds. The majority found that the ID
requirement added a new voter "qualification" in violation of the state
constitution. The concurrence found that the measure was not properly
passed by the state legislature.
There are no obvious federal constitutional issues in this case, so the
chances of U.S. Supreme Court review of this case are quite small.
Big win for opponents of voter id.
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<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18>,The Voting Wars
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=60>,voter id
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=9>
Justice Scalia Requests Texas Response in Voter ID Case to SCOTUS
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=66949>
Posted onOctober 15, 2014 2:22 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=66949>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Due 5 pm Eastern Thursday, according toTim Eaton
<https://twitter.com/TimEaton30/status/522495659438772224>.
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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>,Voting Rights Act
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=15>
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Justin Levitt
Professor of Law
Loyola Law School | Los Angeles
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