[EL] more news 10/30/14
Rick Hasen
rhasen at law.uci.edu
Thu Oct 30 12:57:26 PDT 2014
"Messing With Texas Again: Putting It Back Under Federal
Supervision" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=67669>
Posted onOctober 30, 2014 12:40 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=67669>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
I have writtenthis
piece<http://talkingpointsmemo.com/cafe/messing-with-texas-voter-id>for
TPM Cafe. It begins:
Readers of the entire 147-page opinion
<http://electionlawblog.org/wp-content/uploads/20141009-TXID-Opinion.pdf> issued
earlier this month by a federal district court striking down Texas's
strict voter identification law as unconstitutional and a violation
of the Voting Rights Act might have been too exhausted to realize
that the opinion's very last sentence may be its most important. The
court ended its opinion with a dry statement promising a future
hearing on "plaintiffs' request for relief under Section 3(c) of the
Voting Rights Act." That hearing, however, has the potential to
require Texas to get federal approval for any future voting changes
for up to the next decade, and to make it much more difficult for
the state to pass more restrictive voting rules. It may be much more
important than the ruling on the voter ID law itself.
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<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18>,The Voting Wars
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=60>,voter id
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=9>,Voting Rights Act
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=15>
"McDonnell team sought mistrial over juror's ouster, expressed
concern about alternate" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=67667>
Posted onOctober 30, 2014 12:30 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=67667>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
WaPo reports.
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/virginia-politics/mcdonnell-team-sought-mistrial-over-jurors-ouster-expressed-concern-about-alternate/2014/10/30/d3f3d1c2-6053-11e4-8b9e-2ccdac31a031_story.html>
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"Ginsburg Was Right: Texas' Extreme Voter ID Law Is Stopping People
From Voting" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=67665>
Posted onOctober 30, 2014 12:24 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=67665>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
HuffPo reports.
<http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/10/30/texas-voter-id_n_6076536.html?utm_hp_ref=tw>
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<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18>,The Voting Wars
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=60>,voter id
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=9>,Voting Rights Act
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=15>
"50,000 Missing Georgia Voter-Registration Applications? Nothing to
See Here" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=67663>
Posted onOctober 30, 2014 12:20 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=67663>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
The /Daily Beast/reports.
<http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/10/30/50-000-missing-georgia-voter-registration-applications-nothing-to-see-here.html?via=desktop&source=twitter>
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Posted inelection administration
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18>,The Voting Wars
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=60>,voter registration
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=37>
"Argument preview: Racial gerrymandering, partisan politics, and the
future of the Voting Rights Act" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=67661>
Posted onOctober 30, 2014 12:07 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=67661>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
I have writtenan extensive preview for SCOTUSBlog
<http://www.scotusblog.com/2014/10/argument-preview-racial-gerrymandering-partisan-politics-and-the-future-of-the-voting-rights-act/>of
a pair of cases the Supreme Court will hear at a November 12 oral
argument. The issues are complex but very important and I've tried to
lay it out so that someone not in the election law field can understand
what's at stake. The preview begins:
The Supreme Court has long ignored Justice Felix Frankfurter's
warning to stay out of the political thicket. It regularly hears
challenges
<http://www.scotusblog.com/case-files/cases/perry-v-perez/> to
redistricting cases
<http://www.scotusblog.com/case-files/cases/arizona-state-legislature-v-arizona-independent-redistricting-commission/?wpmp_switcher=desktop> (not
to mention lots
<http://www.scotusblog.com/case-files/cases/mccutcheon-v-federal-election-commission/> of
other types
<http://www.scotusblog.com/case-files/cases/crawford-v-marion-county-election-bd/> of
election
<http://sblog.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/Roberts-order-Lux-9-30-101.pdf>
cases
<http://www.scotusblog.com/case-files/cases/susan-b-anthony-list-v-driehaus/>),
raising issues from the one-person, one-vote
<http://electionlawblog.org/archives/001449.html> rule to vote
dilution
<http://www.scotusblog.com/2006/06/comments-on-lulac-v-perry/> under
the Voting Rights Act, to racial
<http://www.oyez.org/cases/1990-1999/1992/1992_92_357> and partisan
<http://www.scotusblog.com/2006/06/texas-redistricting-counting-the-votes/> gerrymandering
claims. The Court's decision to hear a part of a challenge to
Alabama's state legislative redistricting plan enacted after the
2010 census (in /Alabama Legislative Black Caucus v. Alabama/
<http://www.scotusblog.com/case-files/cases/alabama-legislative-black-caucus-v-alabama/> and
/Alabama Democratic Conference v. Alabama/
<http://www.scotusblog.com/case-files/cases/alabama-democratic-conference-v-alabama/>,
set for argument on November 12) brings all of these issues together
in a seemingly technical but high-stakes case, showing the
artificiality of separating issues of race and party in
redistricting, offering a bold role reversal in political parties'
use of racial gerrymandering claims, and offering a surprising new
threat to the constitutionality of the Voting Rights Act.
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"State election officials opt to delay election in Bobby Harrell's
old House seat" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=67659>
Posted onOctober 30, 2014 10:06 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=67659>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Following up onthis post <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=67649>, the
South Carolina state election board is delaying the election
<http://www.postandcourier.com/article/20141030/PC1603/141039960?fb_comment_id=fbc_521814574587702_521834871252339_521834871252339#f35ae82f9c>and
Democrats intend to appeal to the state Supreme Court.
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"In Michigan, Spending Big Money to Stop Big Money"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=67657>
Posted onOctober 30, 2014 9:45 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=67657>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
NYT First Draft
<http://www.nytimes.com/politics/first-draft/2014/10/30/?entry=3977&_php=true&_type=blogs&smid=tw-share>:
"Now, with Election Day nearing, Mayday is pinning its hopes on
Michigan's Sixth Congressional District, where Representative Fred
Upton, a Republican who is the chairman of the influential Energy and
Commerce Committee and was once deemed a safe incumbent, is facing an
unexpectedly strong challenge from Paul Clements, a Democrat. In a race
that was on no one's radar a month ago, Mayday is now the biggest
outside spender."
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"Horse. Stable Door. Too Late" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=67655>
Posted onOctober 30, 2014 9:24 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=67655>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Paul Gronke
<http://blogs.reed.edu/earlyvoting/commentary/non-citizen-voting-and-why-political-scientists-who-are-publicly-engaged-may-need-an-editor/>on
the non-citizen voting controversy and Jesse Richman's most recent
comments on it which try to pull back from some of its bolder claims.
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<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18>,The Voting Wars
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=60>
"CFI Releases Analysis of Money in State Elections"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=67653>
Posted onOctober 30, 2014 9:07 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=67653>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
New release
<http://cfinst.org/Press/PReleases/14-10-30/CFI_Releases_Analysis_of_Money_in_State_Elections.aspx>,
with these subheads:
Nearly Two-Thirds of the Candidates' 2012 Money in the Median State
Came from PACs or from $1,000+ Donors; Small Donors Gave 16%
Less than 1% of Adults in the Median State Gave any Money at All to
a Candidate for State Office
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Lava! <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=67651>
Posted onOctober 30, 2014 9:05 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=67651>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
and other things that can mess up an election administrator's election
day, viaElectionline Weekly.
<http://www.electionline.org/index.php/electionline-weekly>
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Fight in South Carolina Over Replacing Resigning House Speaker on
Ballot <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=67649>
Posted onOctober 30, 2014 7:21 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=67649>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Seehere
<http://www.postandcourier.com/article/20141030/PC1603/141039975/1031/palmetto-sunrise-decision-on-harrell-district-house-race-today>andhere.
<http://www.postandcourier.com/article/20141029/PC1603/141029303?fb_action_ids=887859377892337&fb_action_types=og.comments>
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"Danger Zone: A Supreme Court Misstep On Voting Rights"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=67647>
Posted onOctober 30, 2014 7:19 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=67647>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Linda Greenhouse NYT column
<http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/30/opinion/a-supreme-court-misstep-on-voting-rights.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&module=c-column-top-span-region®ion=c-column-top-span-region&WT.nav=c-column-top-span-region>.
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Posted inSupreme Court <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=29>,The Voting
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<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=15>
"Keep On Drillin'? Santa Barbara Prepares To Vote On Oil Future"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=67644>
Posted onOctober 30, 2014 7:14 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=67644>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
NPR's Kirk
Siegler<http://www.npr.org/2014/10/30/359894342/keep-on-drillin-santa-barbara-prepares-to-vote-on-oil-future?utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=morningedition&utm_term=nprnews&utm_content=2054>on
big money being spent on a local ballot measure.
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"The S.E.C. and Political Spending"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=67642>
Posted onOctober 30, 2014 7:10 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=67642>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
NYT editorial.
<http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/30/opinion/the-sec-and-political-spending.html?_r=2>
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"Ethics commission approves dark money regulation"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=67640>
Posted onOctober 30, 2014 7:09 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=67640>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
/San Antonio Express News/
<http://www.expressnews.com/news/local/article/Ethics-commission-approves-dark-money-regulation-5856838.php>:
Texas' campaign finance regulator is set to shine a light on secret
spending in state elections.
The Texas Ethics Commission, in a unanimous vote Wednesday, approved
a new regulation to require politically active nonprofits to
disclose donors if they spend more than 25 percent of their annual
budget on politicking.
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"Beth White Hoist on Her Own Petard"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=67638>
Posted onOctober 30, 2014 7:06 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=67638>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Robbin Stewart.
<http://ballots.blogspot.com/2014/10/beth-white-hoist-by-own-petard-httpwww.html> Morehere.
<http://ballots.blogspot.com/2014/10/placeholder-for-post-to-write-tomorrow.html>
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"How Canadian Corporations are Tipping the Scales in US Politics"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=67636>
Posted onOctober 30, 2014 7:05 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=67636>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
The /Globe and Mail/reports.
<http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/international-business/how-canadian-corporations-are-tipping-the-scales-in-us-politics/article21357759/>
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"Election Analysis Blog Launched" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=67634>
Posted onOctober 30, 2014 7:02 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=67634>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Press release <http://www.law.uky.edu/index.php?nid=247>:
The University of Kentucky College of Law Election Law Society, a
law student organization, and election law professor, Joshua A.
Douglas, announce the first of its kind at UK -- an Election
Analysis Blog. http://www.uky.edu/electionlaw/
Professor Douglas, the Robert G. Lawson and William H. Fortune
Associate Professor of Law, and students from the Election Law
Society will provide live analysis on legal issues surrounding the
election as results pour in across the Commonwealth and the nation.
They will field questions from the general public and media and
provide ongoing commentary on any legal issues that may arise.
There have already been significant lawsuits in the past few weeks
-- about Kentucky's 300-foot ban on electioneering around a polling
site, allegations of false campaign advertising, voter ID laws, and
more -- that will impact Election Day. The U.S. Senate race in
Kentucky between Alison Lundergan Grimes and Mitch McConnell is one
of the most expensive -- and potentially one of the closest -- in
the country. UK's Election Analysis Blog will chronicle it all.
Good luck to Josh Douglas and the students at UK. They join the
greatState of Elections <http://stateofelections.com/>blog at William
and Mary whose law students do a consistently excellent job.
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"Sandra Fluke's Election Bid Opposed By One Big-Spending
Businessman" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=67632>
Posted onOctober 30, 2014 6:58 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=67632>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Paul Blumenthal
<http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/10/30/sandra-fluke-election_n_6070726.html>reports
for HuffPo.
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