[EL] ELB News and Commentary 9/4/14
Rick Hasen
rhasen at law.uci.edu
Wed Sep 3 22:00:22 PDT 2014
"In day 2 of Texas voter ID trial, Austin lawyer says voter fraud
rare" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=64949>
Posted onSeptember 3, 2014 8:57 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=64949>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
The /Austin-American Statesman /reports.
<http://www.mystatesman.com/news/news/in-day-2-of-texas-voter-id-trial-austin-lawyer-say/nhFg8/#be9ad1de.3580657.735479>
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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>,Voting Rights Act
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=15>
"Alabama's voter ID law blamed for at least 282 ballots uncounted in
primary" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=64947>
Posted onSeptember 3, 2014 7:27 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=64947>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Birmingham News
<http://www.al.com/news/birmingham/index.ssf/2014/09/alabamas_voter_id_law_blamed_f.html>:
The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund is alleging that at
least 282 ballots in the state's June 3 primary election were not
counted due to Alabama's law requiring voters to show a valid photo
identification card.
In a letter dated today
<http://www.naacpldf.org/document/alabama-photo-id-2014090314-ltr-ldf-ala-secy-state>to
Jean W. Brown, the Alabama Secretary of State's chief legal adviser,
the group raised concerns about disenfranchisement associated with
the identification law during the primary election --- the first
statewide contest with the requirement.
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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>
"Investors to Public Companies: Disclose and Justify Political
Contributions" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=64945>
Posted onSeptember 3, 2014 7:25 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=64945>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
CFA Institute
<http://blogs.cfainstitute.org/marketintegrity/2014/09/03/investors-to-public-companies-disclose-and-justify-political-contributions/>:
"For a couple of years now, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
has said it is weighing the benefits of a proposed disclosure of
political contributions by public companies. A new survey of CFA
Institute members
<http://cfainstitute.org/Survey/political_contribution_survey_final.pdf> supports
the idea of disclosure, but with some caveats."
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"Native language speakers win voting rights lawsuit against state"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=64942>
Posted onSeptember 3, 2014 5:15 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=64942>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Alaska Dispatch
<http://www.adn.com/article/20140903/native-language-speakers-win-voting-rights-lawsuit-against-state>:
A federal judge in Anchorage ruled Wednesday that the state
Elections Division violated the U.S. Voting Rights Act by failing to
provide ballot and candidate information in Native languages to
Yup'ik and Gwich'in speakers in three rural regions of Alaska. In a
big victory for Native rights advocates, U.S. District Judge Sharon
Gleason rejected the state's assertions that it had done enough in
Southwest Alaska and the Interior by providing bilingual poll
workers and "outreach" personnel. Gleason said the state's effort
failed to provide "substantially similar" information in Native
languages as it does in English, a requirement of the Voting Rights
Act since 1975.... Gleason read her ruling from the bench, citing
the urgency of resolving the matter with the general election just
two months away. The nine-day non-jury trial concluded July 3....She
only ruled on claims with a direct effect on the election, and said
she would rule later on another: an assertion the state
intentionally violated the constitutional rights of Native language
speakers on the basis of race or color.
See alsothis press release
<http://electionlawblog.org/wp-content/uploads/Toyukak-Press-Release_Sept-2014-FINAL-1.pdf>.
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Posted inVoting Rights Act <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=15>
Susan B. Anthony False Campaign Speech Case Back Before District
Court Tomorrow <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=64940>
Posted onSeptember 3, 2014 3:32 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=64940>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Cincinnati Enquirer:Can Politicians Lie? Court to Decide
<http://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/2014/09/03/fed-court-weighs-ohios-ban-political-lies/15038945/>.
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"Voting Restrictions Are Key Variable in Midterm Elections"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=64938>
Posted onSeptember 3, 2014 11:55 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=64938>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
John Harwood
NYT<http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/04/us/politics/voting-restrictions-are-key-variable-in-midterm-elections.html?ref=politics>political
column. Despite the headline, the article itself acknowledges that no
one knows how much, if at all, any of these cutbacks in things like
early voting will have on voter turnout (so not necessarily a "key
variable").
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Posted inelection administration
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18>,The Voting Wars
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=60>
"Arkansas Neglecting Low-Income Voters, in Violation of Federal Law"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=64936>
Posted onSeptember 3, 2014 10:36 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=64936>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Press release
<http://projectvote.org/newsreleases/1097-arkansas-neglecting-low-income-voters-in-violation-of-federal-law.html>:
" Citing evidence that low-income Arkansas residents have unlawfully
been denied the opportunity to register to vote, attorneys from the
voting rights groups Demos, the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights
Under Law, the NAACP, Project Vote, and the law firm of Proskauer Rose
today sent an official notice letter
<http://projectvote.org/images/publications/NVRA/AR-Notice-Letter-September-3-2014.pdf> to
Secretary of State Mark Martin, informing him that Arkansas public
assistance agencies are failing to comply with the National Voter
Registration Act (NVRA)."
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<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18>,NVRA (motor voter)
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=33>,The Voting Wars
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=60>,voter registration
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=37>
"Appeals court strikes down 101-year-old Minnesota law that makes
lying about ballot initiatives a crime"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=64934>
Posted onSeptember 3, 2014 10:33 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=64934>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
The /Star Tribune/reports
<http://www.startribune.com/politics/statelocal/273644301.html>. My
earlier coverage ishere <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=64874>.
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"The shadow of 'dark money' haunts the midterms"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=64932>
Posted onSeptember 3, 2014 10:28 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=64932>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
WaPo editorial.
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-shadow-of-dark-money-haunts-the-midterms/2014/09/02/4db0156e-2fbe-11e4-994d-202962a9150c_story.html>
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Posted incampaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>
Quote of the Day: Voter ID Dep't <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=64930>
Posted onSeptember 3, 2014 9:10 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=64930>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
"I had to put $42 where it would do the most good....We couldn't eat the
birth certificate."
--Sammie Louise Bates
<http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/texas-voter-id-trial-witnesses-describe-burden-getting-id>,
testifying at the first day of the Texas Voter ID trial, on the burden
of the cost of getting the underlying documents to get Texas's "free"
voter identification card.
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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>,Voting Rights Act
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=15>
"IRS Can End 'Dark Money' in Federal Elections"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=64928>
Posted onSeptember 3, 2014 8:58 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=64928>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Fred Wertheimer blogs
<http://www.huffingtonpost.com/fred-wertheimer/irs-can-end-dark-money-in_b_5753024.html>.
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Posted incampaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>,tax law
and election law <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=22>
"LDF's Political Participation Team Challenges Texas's
Discriminatory Photo ID Law" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=64926>
Posted onSeptember 3, 2014 8:58 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=64926>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
See here.
<http://www.naacpldf.org/tx-photo-id-ldfs-political-participation-team-challenges-texas-discriminatory-photo-id-law>
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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>,Voting Rights Act
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=15>
"Ohio Lawmakers Want To Push Stalled Voter ID Bill"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=64924>
Posted onSeptember 3, 2014 8:56 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=64924>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Ohio Public Radio reports.
<http://wyso.org/post/ohio-lawmakers-want-push-stalled-voter-id-bill>
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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>
"California senator to be sentenced in perjury case"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=64922>
Posted onSeptember 3, 2014 7:47 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=64922>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
AP reports
<http://hosted2.ap.org/CAANR/703431ceb9e54ef59a493df79e81e2f3/Article_2014-09-03-CA--State%20Senator-Voter%20Fraud/id-bb7ca722681743b9905314c14b4aa0f6>on
Rod Wright sentencing.
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Posted inresidency <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=38>
"High court weighs campaign cash in judicial race"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=64920>
Posted onSeptember 3, 2014 7:30 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=64920>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Miami Herald
<http://www.miamiherald.com/2014/09/02/4323299/high-court-weighs-campaign-cash.html>:
When Lanell Williams-Yulee began running for a Hillsborough County
judgeship in 2009, she signed a letter to would-be supporters
seeking contributions for her campaign.
Now, five years later, Williams-Yulee's letter could spur the U.S.
Supreme Court to wade into a First Amendment debate about whether it
is constitutional for Florida and other states to bar judicial
candidates from personally soliciting campaign contributions.
Williams-Yulee's attorneys have asked the U.S. Supreme Court to take
up the issue, after the Florida Supreme Court in May rejected
arguments that the ban is unconstitutional and found that
Williams-Yulee violated a code of conduct.
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Posted incampaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>,campaigns
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=59>,judicial elections
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=19>
"Legal challenge of Texas voter ID law kicks off in federal court"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=64918>
Posted onSeptember 3, 2014 7:23 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=64918>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
The
latest<http://www.caller.com/news/local-news/legal-challenge-of-texas-voter-id-law-kicks-off-in-federal-court_44303123>from
the trial. Steve Ansolabehere testified yesterday.
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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>,Voting Rights Act
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=15>
NYT Ed Board Wants Tie-Breaking 7th Member of Federal Election
Commission <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=64916>
Posted onSeptember 3, 2014 7:11 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=64916>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Here.
<http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/03/opinion/the-elections-cop-invites-mischief.html?_r=0>
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Posted incampaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>,federal
election commission <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=24>
"Leaked Audio Suggests Koch's AFP Violated Law During Walker Recall"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=64914>
Posted onSeptember 3, 2014 7:03 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=64914>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Brendan Fischer blogs
<http://www.prwatch.org/news/2014/09/12584/leaked-audio-suggests-afp-violated-law-wisconsin>.
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"Can this 'dark money' group help the Democrats keep the Senate?"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=64912>
Posted onSeptember 3, 2014 7:00 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=64912>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
CPI
<http://www.publicintegrity.org/2014/09/03/15436/can-dark-money-group-help-democrats-keep-senate>:
Liberals may blame conservatives for the ongoing surge of political
"dark money" dominating the 2014 midterm elections. But Democrats
are now taking full advantage of these secretive, free-wheeling
political behemoths, while at the same time, bemoaning their influence.
At the forefront: the nonprofit Patriot Majority USA
<http://www.patriotmajority.org/>, which is providing Democrats with
a countervailing force against the political machine of conservative
billionaires Charles and David Koch while using a similar playbook.
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"Abbott defends raid on Houston voter registration group"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=64910>
Posted onSeptember 3, 2014 6:57 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=64910>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
/Dallas Morning News
<http://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/state-politics/20140902-abbott-defends-raid-on-houston-voter-registration-group.ece>:/
Attorney General Greg Abbott said Tuesday that his office's
investigation of a Houston voter registration group that netted no
prosecutions but left the organization in tatters was justified.
The 2010 investigation, which included an aggressive raid, targeted
a group called Houston Votes, which was accused of voter fraud....
/The News /reported Sunday that the investigation was closed one
year after the previously unreported 2010 raid, with no charges
filed. But the funding for Houston Votes dried up, and its efforts
to register more low-income voters in Harris County ended.
Its records and office equipment never were returned. Instead, under
a 2013 court order obtained by Abbott's office, they were destroyed.
The raid coincided with a local tea party group's allegations of
widespread voter fraud and the testimony of Fred Lewis, the
president of the nonprofit parent group of Houston Votes, in the
trial of former U.S. House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, R-Sugar Land.
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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>
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UC Irvine School of Law
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