[EL] still more news 10/16

Thu Oct 16 15:03:06 PDT 2014

    TX Response to SCOTUS in ID Case <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=67004>

Posted onOctober 16, 2014 2:37 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=67004>byJustin Levitt 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=4>

Just filed:here is Texas's response 
<http://electionlawblog.org/wp-content/uploads/20141016-TX-response.pdf>to 
the plaintiffs' SCOTUS application to vacate the 5th Circuit's stay on 
voter ID.   I've omitted most of the appendix (e.g., the trial court and 
5th Circuit opinions, and the opinions out of the 7th Circuit), purely 
to save file size.

[Bumped to the top.]

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    The "Esquire" Commission to Fix Congress
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=67020>

Posted onOctober 16, 2014 3:02 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=67020>byJustin Levitt 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=4>

I'm not kidding 
<http://www.esquire.com/blogs/politics/how-to-fix-congress-now-1114>. 
  Tom Daschle, Trent Lott, Bob Livingston, Barney Frank, Alan Frumin, 
Lawrence O'Donnell.  Gentlemen of distinction, all.  With "22 simple 
reforms that could #fixcongress right now 
<http://www.esquire.com/blogs/politics/congress-the-report-reforms-fixcongress-1114>."

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    "Voter ID Firebrand Takes a Low-Profile Kansas Office Out of the
    Shadows" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=67018>

Posted onOctober 16, 2014 2:58 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=67018>byJustin Levitt 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=4>

The New York Times profilesSec. Kris Kobach 
<http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/17/us/politics/voter-id-firebrand-kris-kobach-takes-a-low-profile-kansas-office-out-of-the-shadows.html>.

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    "Phila. Ethics Board Tightens Campaign-Finance Rules"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=67015>

Posted onOctober 16, 2014 2:57 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=67015>byJustin Levitt 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=4>

Philadelphia municipal rules now consider thereuse of campaign-produced 
materials 
<http://www.philly.com/philly/news/politics/20141016_Campaign_spending_rules_tightened_as_Philly_mayor_s_race_nears.html>to 
be an in-kind contribution.  You might remember this controversy from 
such episodes as #McConnelling <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=59452>.

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    "Voter ID Facts and Motivation: Easterbrook v. Posner"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=67013>

Posted onOctober 16, 2014 2:52 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=67013>byJustin Levitt 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=4>

Bauerfinds the difference 
<http://www.moresoftmoneyhardlaw.com/2014/10/voter-id-facts-motivation-easterbrook-v-posner/>between 
Judges Easterbrook and Posner (and the difference between/Crawford/and 
the instant Wisconsin struggle) to be their consideration of legislative 
motive.

Maybe.  But I think there's (perhaps also) a difference between the 
quality of the factual record.  Too little has been made, I think, of 
the role of the trial court in actually weighing evidence.  The trial 
court found the evidence submitted in Indiana wanting, and the trial 
court found the evidence submitted in Wisconsin persuasive ... but most 
of the analysis thus far has either assessed the evidence as if it were 
the same, or as if the evidence actually presented to the trial court 
(and subject to cross-examination) didn't matter.  Perhaps this is 
related to the increasing (and not salutary) tendency of the appellate 
courts to purport todo their own factfinding 
<http://ssrn.com/abstract=2009904>.

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    "40,000 Voter-Registration Applications Submitted by Blacks and
    Hispanics Disappear in Ga." <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=67011>

Posted onOctober 16, 2014 2:44 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=67011>byJustin Levitt 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=4>

The Root covers 
<http://www.theroot.com/articles/politics/2014/10/_40_000_voter_registration_applications_submitted_by_black_and_hispanic.html>the 
curious case ofmissing voter registration forms 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=66687>in Georgia.

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    "As Courts Debate Voter ID, Election Workers Prepare for Both
    Outcomes" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=67009>

Posted onOctober 16, 2014 2:43 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=67009>byJustin Levitt 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=4>

And Texas election officials arehedging their bets 
<http://austin.twcnews.com/content/news/305504/as-courts-debate-voter-id--election-workers-prepare-for-both-outcomes/>.

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    Robocalls Out in WI: Bring Your ID <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=67007>

Posted onOctober 16, 2014 2:42 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=67007>byJustin Levitt 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=4>

Sometimesit takes a while 
<http://www.620wtmj.com/news/local/Robocalls-mentioning-voter-ID-requirements-likely-not-a-scam-279357002.html>to 
bring the ship around.  The Wisconsin ID lawmay be enjoined for this 
election <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=66998>, but not everyone's got 
the message just yet.

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