[EL] ELB News and Commentary 9/11/14
Rick Hasen
rhasen at law.uci.edu
Wed Sep 10 21:01:43 PDT 2014
"Donor's $10K contribution to McConnell draws scrutiny"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=65272>
Posted onSeptember 10, 2014 8:53 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=65272>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
/The Hill/reports.
<http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/217326-donor-gives-big-to-mcconnell-soon-after-appointment-to-hunger-commission>
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"Breitbart claims IRS harassment" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=65270>
Posted onSeptember 10, 2014 8:49 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=65270>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Politico
<http://www.politico.com/story/2014/09/breitbart-news-audited-irs-110797.html?hp=l14>:
The IRS has audited Breitbart News Network, according to the
company, which runs the conservative blog Breitbart.com.
The company suggested that the IRS's move to audit its financial
information from 2012 was politically motivated.
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Posted intax law and election law <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=22>
"Prosecutors Are Pushing Prison Time for D'Souza"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=65268>
Posted onSeptember 10, 2014 8:40 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=65268>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
NYT
<http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/11/nyregion/prosecutors-are-pushing-prison-time-for-dsouza.html?ref=politics>:
"Saying that Dinesh D'Souza
<http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/19/nyregion/dinesh-dsouza-is-out-as-kings-college-president-in-scandal.html?module=Search&mabReward=relbias%3Ar%2C%7B%221%22%3A%22RI%3A7%22%7D> had
not yet accepted responsibility for his crime, prosecutors asked a
federal judge in Manhattan on Wednesday to sentence the best-selling
conservative author and filmmaker to 10 to 16 months in prison for
violating campaign finance laws."
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<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=12>
"On Facebook, Nobody Knows You're a Voter. Well, Almost Nobody"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=65266>
Posted onSeptember 10, 2014 8:38 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=65266>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
NYT's "The Upshot" reports.
<http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/11/upshot/on-facebook-nobody-knows-youre-a-voter-well-almost-nobody.html?ref=politics&abt=0002&abg=0>
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Posted incampaigns <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=59>
Luke Wachob Writes Letter to NYT Editor Re FEC
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=65264>
Posted onSeptember 10, 2014 7:27 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=65264>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Read it here
<http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/10/opinion/the-makeup-of-the-fec.html?_r=1>.
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Read SOS Kobach's Response in #KSSEN Race
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=65262>
Posted onSeptember 10, 2014 7:19 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=65262>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Here
<http://www.scribd.com/doc/239353264/Kobach-Response-Taylor-Lawsuit>(viaTPM
<http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/kobach-counters-lawsuit-chad-taylor>).
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"Far From Over, Florida's Redistricting Wrangles Now Focus on State
Senate Boundaries" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=65260>
Posted onSeptember 10, 2014 4:50 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=65260>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
See here. <http://flaglerlive.com/70152/florida-senate-redistricting-case/>
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"The Case for Outside Spending: New Hampshire Edition"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=65258>
Posted onSeptember 10, 2014 4:48 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=65258>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Paul Jossey /Daily Caller/oped
<http://dailycaller.com/2014/09/10/the-case-for-outside-spending-new-hampshire-edition/>:
As the New Hampshire senate race continues to tighten
<http://www.wmur.com/politics/poll-shows-brown-nearly-tied-with-shaheen/27669894>,
outside groups seeking to influence the outcome are getting more
creative. One group "tracked
<http://www.politico.com/story/2014/09/scott-brown-kayak-110645.html>"
Republican Scott Brown down a river via kayak. Another described
Brown as a "lobbyist
<http://dailycaller.com/2014/09/07/scott-brown-campaign-issues-cease-and-desist-letter-to-harvard-prof/>"
--- technically untrue
<http://lessig.tumblr.com/post/96923796227/on-what-ive-admitted> ---
and is now gleefully encouraging
<http://lessig.tumblr.com/post/96883210002/wow-nastygram-from-the-brown-campaign> his
camp to sue.
Provided no laws are broken, Granite Staters should welcome these
and other tactics employed to get their attention. A freedom-based
campaign finance system will occasionally produce the outlandish and
the tasteless. But it is far superior to having government decide
<http://thereplawyer.blogspot.com/2014/05/harrys-dirty-amendment.html> the
quantity
<http://thereplawyer.blogspot.com/2014/02/a-pelosi-sarbanes-dud.html> and
quality
<http://www.scotusblog.com/case-files/cases/susan-b-anthony-list-v-driehaus> of
political discourse
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Marc Elias Representing Chad Taylor in #KSSEN Case
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=65256>
Posted onSeptember 10, 2014 1:43 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=65256>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Docket.
<http://intranet.kscourts.org:7780/pls/ar/CLERKS_OFFICE.list_case_detail?i_case_number=112431&i_case_name=>
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"Norman Ornstein: Bring the Presidential Succession Act up to date"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=65254>
Posted onSeptember 10, 2014 12:35 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=65254>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Of course he's right
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/norman-ornstein-bring-the-presidential-succession-act-up-to-date/2014/09/09/a0b2f098-37a6-11e4-8601-97ba88884ffd_story.html?hpid=z2>.
Amazing that these issues cannot get Washington to move to act.
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"In defense of @Lessig's Mayday PAC and an electoral strategy on
money in politics" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=65251>
Posted onSeptember 10, 2014 12:15 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=65251>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
David Donnelly writes.
<http://campaignmoney.tumblr.com/post/97152632208/in-defense-of-lessigs-mayday-pac-and-an-electoral>
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Will Cutbacks in Days But Not Hours of Early Voting in NC Increase
Turnout? <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=65249>
Posted onSeptember 10, 2014 12:11 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=65249>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Fascinating statistics
<https://www.facebook.com/gercohen/posts/10102243980442028>from Gerry
Cohen: "All in all, however, I think plaintiffs are barking up the wrong
tree in litigating early voting hours and days. The current State Board
of Elections has adopted plans that are MUCH more useful to voters than
under the old law. If you like almost half the counties closing up early
voting at 5 pm, I guess the 2010 plan is the one to advocate for"
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<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18>,The Voting Wars
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=60>
"Hundreds of Voters Disenfranchised by North Carolina's New Voting
Restrictions" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=65247>
Posted onSeptember 10, 2014 11:32 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=65247>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Ari Berman writes
<http://www.thenation.com/blog/181566/hundreds-voters-disenfranchised-north-carolinas-new-voting-restrictions#>for
The Nation.
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<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18>,The Voting Wars
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=60>,Voting Rights Act
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=15>
About the $2 Birth Certificate in Texas to Get "Free" Voter ID
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=65245>
Posted onSeptember 10, 2014 11:10 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=65245>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Brennan Center
report<http://www.brennancenter.org/blog/texas-photo-id-trial-update-day-six-afternoon-session>from
the trial:
* Under cross-examination by Dan Freeman, [Victor Farinelli, the
electronic registration manager of the Department of State Health
Services' Vital Statistics Unit] testified that there is no law or
regulation that requires DSHS to offer an EIC birth certificate.
Farinelli testified that DSHS has not issued any EIC birth
certificates to date. He stated that a certified copy of birth
record costs $22 to order online, plus $5 to either expedite or to
pay by credit card. He testified that there are many documents that
establish identity for purposes of obtaining a birth certificate
that do not establish identity for purpose of voting. Farinelli
reviewed the form to apply for a certified copy of birth certificate
and agreed that it stated that applications without photo ID would
not be processed. Farinelli stated that the birth certificate
application form has not been translated into Spanish. He stated
that identity theft using forged birth certificates "happens
sometimes" and has happened more than four times over the past 10
years. Farinelli testified that he is not aware of any press
releases, media campaigns, or direct mailers advertising the EIC
birth certificate, and that the DSHS web page devoted to EIC birth
certificates was created last week. He stated that Texans born in
another state are not eligible for a reduced-price birth certificate
unless that state has such a program.
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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>
Brennan Center Releases 2014 Version of Its Student Voting Guide
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=65243>
Posted onSeptember 10, 2014 10:35 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=65243>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Excellent resource. <http://www.brennancenter.org/student-voting>
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Ga. Sen. Who Made Comments About African American Voters Says He's
Not a Racist and Won NAACP Award <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=65241>
Posted onSeptember 10, 2014 10:23 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=65241>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
MSNBC reports.
<http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/goper-fran-millar-opposes-early-voting-because-it-will-boost-black-turnout>
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<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18>,The Voting Wars
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=60>
True the Vote: "Elections in America are under fire."
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=65239>
Posted onSeptember 10, 2014 9:25 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=65239>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
From a TTV fundraising email:
Elections in America are under fire. We've known it, we've lived it,
and we've been targeted for our efforts to stop it. But until now,
the political election suppression machine that exists to stop us
(and others like us) hadn't stepped out from the shadows. This
week,/The Washington Post/printed a schematic that clearly shows the
interconnectedness of hundreds of leftist groups, all of whom have
aligned to achieve one primary goal -- to stop any advancement of
election integrity efforts. These groups are tethered together into
a collective body known as the Democracy Alliance. Aided by the
likes of Attorney General Eric Holder and billionaire investor
George Soros, the Democracy Alliance funnels money into the
collective to fuel efforts that will destabilize and ultimately
destroy free and fair elections.
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Wow: Single Voter Without ID Could Decide Outcome of Local MS
Election <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=65237>
Posted onSeptember 10, 2014 8:47 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=65237>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Clarion Ledger:
<http://www.clarionledger.com/story/news/2014/09/10/candidates-draw-straws-unless-lone-voter-brings/15386135/>
Unless a lone affidavit voter shows up with a valid photo ID before
next Tuesday, Glenn Bolin and Stephanie Bounds will draw straws to
see who becomes Poplarville alderman.
In a special election runoff Tuesday, Bolin and Bounds each received
177 votes. But one voter showed up at the polls without a photo ID,
as now required by law in Mississippi, and voted affidavit. That
voter has five business days to bring in a valid ID, and could
determine the election.
As I've said, despite the fact that those on the left hype the
suppressive effects of voter id laws, in very close races i.d. laws
could make a difference. There's no better illustration than this small
177-177 election.
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<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18>,The Voting Wars
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=60>,voter id
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=9>
Justin Driver on Murphy on Justice Scalia
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=65235>
Posted onSeptember 10, 2014 8:37 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=65235>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
I think this is themost spot-on review
<http://www.newrepublic.com/article/119360/scalia-court-one-reviewed-justin-driver?utm_content=buffer32fb9&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer>of
the flaws in Murphy's book. I would give Murphy's book more credit,
however, for its ability to trace the development of Scalia's
jurisprudence through his years on the Court.
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"Prosecutors ask judge to sentence Richard Alarcon to 180 days in
jail" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=65233>
Posted onSeptember 10, 2014 8:29 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=65233>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
LAT reports.
<http://www.latimes.com/local/cityhall/la-me-alarcon-20140910-story.html>
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"NYC: Where Teachout won and where she lost"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=65231>
Posted onSeptember 10, 2014 8:28 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=65231>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Daily Kos.
<http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/09/10/1328535/-NYC-Where-Teachout-won-and-where-she-lost#>
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@Lessig Follow Up: "We Lost. Hopefully."
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=65229>
Posted onSeptember 10, 2014 8:15 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=65229>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Here. <http://lessig.tumblr.com/post/97140222507/we-lost-hopefully-2-2>
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"The Kansas Republican Who Dems Love To Hate Is In Re-Election
Trouble" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=65227>
Posted onSeptember 10, 2014 8:15 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=65227>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
TPM reports.
<http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/kris-kobach-kansas-re-election>
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<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18>,The Voting Wars
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=60>
"Georgia state senator upset over efforts to increase black voter
turnout, says he wants 'more educated voters"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=65225>
Posted onSeptember 10, 2014 8:11 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=65225>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
WaPo reports.
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/govbeat/wp/2014/09/10/georgia-state-senator-upset-over-efforts-to-increase-black-voter-turnout-says-he-wants-more-educated-voters/>
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Posted inThe Voting Wars <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=60>,voting
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=31>,Voting Rights Act
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=15>
"Fraud investigation condemned as effort to 'suppress' voters"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=65223>
Posted onSeptember 10, 2014 8:10 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=65223>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
The latest
<http://politics.blog.ajc.com/2014/09/10/fraud-investigation-condemned-as-effort-to-suppress-voters/>from
Georgia.
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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>
"Less Traveled By: Not Many Dual Track Voters -- What Does It Mean?"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=65221>
Posted onSeptember 10, 2014 7:41 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=65221>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
A ChapinBlog.
<http://blog.lib.umn.edu/cspg/electionacademy/2014/09/less_traveled_by_not_many_dual.php>
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<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18>,The Voting Wars
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=60>,voter registration
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"On Points: Local Broadcast TV Ad Spend: Starting to Settle?"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=65219>
Posted onSeptember 10, 2014 7:36 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=65219>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Cook Political Report <http://cookpolitical.com/story/7784>:
Rumors of local TV's aging and eventual demise as the leading medium
for political advertising have abounded this year, but are greatly
exaggerated. It simply has comprised too large a share of campaign
ad budgets for too long to dissipate significantly within a few
cycles. And if TV's audienceis aging
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/business/wp/2014/09/05/tv-is-increasingly-for-old-people/?wpisrc=nl_rdin&wpmm=1>,
well, seniors are a pretty key voting demographic.
But its heyday is ending. We're not putting forth any projections
for 2016 yet---too many X factors remain at this point---but the
spectacular cycle-over-cycle growth we're so used to seeing is going
to slow. Local broadcast ad spend surely will spike again for the
presidential race, but we don't see it shooting upward by another
$900 million, as we saw between 2010 and 2012.
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<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=59>
CPA Letter in WSJ on Corporate Political Disclosure
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=65217>
Posted onSeptember 10, 2014 7:32 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=65217>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Here.
<http://online.wsj.com/articles/more-companies-pick-donation-disclosure-letters-to-the-editor-1410205413>
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Online Debate on National Popular Vote for President
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=65215>
Posted onSeptember 10, 2014 7:31 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=65215>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Here, <https://www.savingamerica.com/ballot-box>at Saving America.
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Posted inelectoral college <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=44>
Message from AALS Election Law Section
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=65213>
Posted onSeptember 10, 2014 7:26 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=65213>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Josh Douglas asked me to post the following:
Dear Election Law Professors,
The Executive Committee of the AALS Section on Election Law has
selected its winner of the Call for Papers for January's meeting:
David Garter (ASU),/Universal Participation/.
We are now looking for one more person to join the panel, which
includes Pam Karlan, Chris Elmendorf, Kareem Crayton, and now David
Gartner. Those interested must be law professors at an AALS-member
school. To nominate yourself, please send me an email
atjoshuadouglas at uky.edu <mailto:joshuadouglas at uky.edu>with a
paragraph explaining what you will present. The panel title and
description is below. The deadline to submit is*Tuesday, September
23*. The Executive Committee is particularly interested in adding a
speaker that will bring a diversity of backgrounds and viewpoints.
Thanks,
Josh
*The Voting Rights Act at 50*
On August 6, 1965, President Lyndon Johnson signed the Voting Rights
Act into law. During the signing ceremony, President Johnson
referred to the Act as "one of the most monumental laws in the
entire history of American freedom." Over the past fifty years, the
Supreme Court has issued numerous decisions on various aspects of
the Voting Rights Act, Congress has amended it several times, and it
remains an important component of public debate. This panel -- the
first programming for the new AALS Section on Election Law -- will
explore the many facets of that debate. The panel will analyze the
current issues regarding voting rights, from the Supreme Court's
recent invalidation of the Section 4 coverage formula in its Shelby
County decision -- essentially rendering Section 5 inoperable -- to
Congress's consideration of a Voting Rights Act Amendment, to the
report of the bipartisan Presidential Commission on Election
Administration. Part of this inquiry will include a discussion of
whether we have reached the ideals President Johnson aspired to 50
years ago when he signed this Act, and where we should go from here
in protecting and effectuating the right to vote.
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@Lessig: "We Lost. Badly" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=65209>
Posted onSeptember 10, 2014 7:24 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=65209>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
He writes: <http://lessig.tumblr.com/post/97130205457/we-lost-badly>
There's no spinning this. We tried something that others said
couldn't be done. So far, the evidence supports their theory. We
went big in New Hampshire. Going big increased the salience of the
issue among the citizens of New Hampshire. But among the 7% of New
Hampshire who voted in the Republican Primary, another issue was
even more salient: who could beat the Democrat in November....
But in the end, the burden of this mistake rests with me, and me
alone. Our first poll found our candidate with 9% of the vote. I
knew we had to take on some unwinnable races --- and win them. But
by failing now, we have made the others harder. I should have
accepted the advice not to take on that risk.
Bob Bauer
<http://www.moresoftmoneyhardlaw.com/2014/09/mayday-pac-progressive-politics-part-ii/>:
Moreover, it will be little solace to progressives that Stark360,
like Mayday, supported Jim Rubens for the United States Senate in
New Hampshire. It supported Rubens for entirely different reasons
and utterly opposed electing him for the reason motivating Mayday.
So if Rubens had been elected, to whom in this alliance would he
have owed his allegiance---the organization in the coalition that
wants public financing reform, or the one very much against it? It
seems this is quite a muddled politics that can only send the
candidate Mayday is supporting a mixed message about what level of
obligation he actually carries into office as a campaign finance
supporter.
How then, in these circumstances, could Mayday have shown what it
most wanted to---that its spending demonstrated the power of reform
as a message and the strength of public support for it? If Rubens
had won, who would have elected him---Mayday, or the organization
working hand-in-glove with Mayday that doesn't support reform but
did like the other elements of Rubens' distinctly un-progressive
program?
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35 Organizations Send Letter Calling for Up-or-Down Vote on EAC
Commissioner Nominees <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=65207>
Posted onSeptember 10, 2014 7:21 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=65207>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Read it here.
<http://www.commoncause.org/policy-and-litigation/letters-to-government-officials/eac-coalition-letter.html>
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<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18>,Election Assistance Commission
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=34>
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