[EL] Grimes lawsuit; still more news

Fri Oct 31 16:40:42 PDT 2014

    Super Creepy Picture of the Day <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=67778>

Posted onOctober 31, 2014 3:38 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=67778>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

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 From a real live judicial elections ad, as described inthe new Slate 
piece 
<http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/jurisprudence/2014/10/judicial_election_outrageous_ads_campaign_contributions_break_records.html>with 
Dahlia Lithwick

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    Updated Analysis: Grimes Campaign Suing over McConnell "Election
    Violations" Mailer <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=67776>

Posted onOctober 31, 2014 3:34 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=67776>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

So reports 
<http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/10/31/grimes-campaign-exploring-legal-options-against-mcconnell.html>The 
Daily Beast. UPDATE: TPM hasthe complaint 
<https://www.scribd.com/doc/245146077/Grimes-Campaign-Complaint-10-31-14>. 
It alleges a violation of KRS119.155 
<http://www.lrc.ky.gov/Statutes/statute.aspx?id=27752>, which makes it a 
crime to, among other things "intimidate[] or attempts to intimidate any 
voter so as to prevent him from casting his ballot." That's what the 
Grimes campaign alleges the flyer does.

I don't buy it. Some people might be confused by the flyer and maybe 
even think they are accused of some kind of elections code violation. 
But anyone who reads it will see it is clearly a nasty attack ad aimed 
at Grimes.

Voters are not stupid nor so easily intimidated.

Yes we are knee deep in the silly season.

[This post has been updated.]

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    "Georgia, North Carolina midterms: Race matters"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=67774>

Posted onOctober 31, 2014 3:32 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=67774>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

AP reports 
<http://www.bellinghamherald.com/2014/10/31/3945695/georgia-north-carolina-midterms.html>.

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    Sen. McConnell Sends "Election Violation Notice" Mailers to Voters
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=67772>

Posted onOctober 31, 2014 2:37 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=67772>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Dems yell vote suppression 
<http://talkingpointsmemo.com/dc/mcconnell-mailers-election-violation>. 
  It is pretty low tactic, but will it really deter anyone from voting.

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    "Devising a Standard for Section 3: Post-Shelby County Voting Rights
    Litigation" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=67770>

Posted onOctober 31, 2014 2:03 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=67770>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Roseann Romano 
<http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2490215>, adding to 
a growing list of important student notes on bail-in, for the Iowa Law 
Review:

    In response to the Supreme Court's decision in Shelby County v.
    Holder, which dismantled the modern voting rights enforcement regime
    by declaring section 4(b) of the Voting Rights Act ("VRA")
    unconstitutional, plaintiffs in voting rights lawsuits have sought
    protection from a little-used provision of the VRA: section 3(c).
    Section 3(c) allows courts to require jurisdictions whose voting
    practices violate the Fourteenth or Fifteenth Amendment to submit
    future voting changes to a preclearance process. However, in light
    of little legislative history and only one instance of judicial
    interpretation of the provision, courts face a challenge in
    determining when a jurisdiction's behavior triggers the section 3(c)
    remedy. Accordingly, this Note examines section 3(c) and the legal
    standards applied to find Fourteenth or Fifteenth Amendment
    violations in voting rights cases. This Note then proposes an
    invidious discrimination standard for determining when a
    jurisdiction's voting practices trigger section 3(c). By applying
    this standard to two ongoing voting rights cases, this Note argues
    that a less burdensome standard than the intentional discrimination
    standard does not dramatically depart from past voting rights
    jurisprudence and is necessary to strengthen the voting rights
    enforcement regime.

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    ACS Briefing on Alabama Redistricting Cases
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=67768>

Posted onOctober 31, 2014 2:01 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=67768>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

November 10 (two days before argument). Details and RSVP 
<https://acslaw.secure.force.com/rsvp?id=a0YG0000007Or62MAC>.

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