[EL] ELB News and Commentary 9/16/14

Mon Sep 15 20:53:02 PDT 2014

    The Next Few Days <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=65496>

Posted onSeptember 15, 2014 8:51 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=65496>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

I'm soon heading to give theConstitution Day lecture Wednesday at 
Bucknell <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=64983>, "One Dollar, One Vote: 
Campaign Finance, Equality and the Supreme Court."

Before I go, I will try to live blog the Kansas Supreme Court oral 
argument in /Kobach v. Taylor/.  We could also see some Supreme Court 
action in the 6th Cir. Ohio early voting case and the 7th Circuit 
Wisconsin voter id case.  If I have not blogged about them, it is 
probably because I'm on an airplane or otherwise involved with 
Constitution Day activities.

Thanks for your patience.

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    Looks Likes Democrats This Time Fighting for Right to Dark Money in
    Arizona <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=65494>

Posted onSeptember 15, 2014 8:04 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=65494>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

And the suit 
<http://www.yourwestvalley.com/valleyandstate/article_310f6fba-3c8c-11e4-b66b-eb9def36a02b.html>isheading<http://arizonaspolitics.blogspot.com/2014/09/breaking-theyre-baa-acckkk-natl.html>to 
the Arizona Supreme Court.

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    Six of Seven Montana Supreme Court Justices File Federal Brief
    Supporting Ban on Partisan Judicial Endorsements
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=65492>

Posted onSeptember 15, 2014 7:56 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=65492>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Howard <http://howappealing.law.com/091514.html#057730>has 
thebrief<http://howappealing.law.com/1401153-0--4258.pdf>and a 
relatednews story 
<http://helenair.com/news/local/six-justices-defend-rule-banning-partisan-judicial-endorsements/article_dc0dc49b-f810-54b0-97c3-01706ed467c5.html>.

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    Ohio Files Merits Brief in 6th Circuit Early Voting Case
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=65489>

Posted onSeptember 15, 2014 7:18 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=65489>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

You can read the briefhere 
<https://s3.amazonaws.com/s3.documentcloud.org/documents/1301953/sixth-circuit-ag-brief-naacp-v-dewine.pdf>.

No word yet that I have seen whether Ohio will go to the Supreme Court 
to seek a stay of the district court's order which the6th Circuit denied 
on Friday. <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=65407>

AsChris Geidner points ou 
<https://twitter.com/chrisgeidner/status/511698957102489600>t, the state 
argues, among other things, that judges should not order last minute 
changes to how elections are run, the key issue in the 7th Circuit order 
to reinstate voter id at the last minutes.

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    "Electoral Chaos in Wisconsin" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=65487>

Posted onSeptember 15, 2014 7:07 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=65487>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Very strong NYT editorial 
<http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/16/opinion/electoral-chaos-in-wisconsin.html?ref=opinion&_r=0>against 
the last-minute 7th Circuit order totry to implement 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=65467>Wisconsin voter id on the fly. We 
are still awaiting word if there will be an emergency motion to the 
Supreme Court.

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    "Kansas Supreme Court hears Chad Taylor lawsuit Tuesday"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=65485>

Posted onSeptember 15, 2014 6:59 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=65485>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Wichita Eagle 
<http://www.kansas.com/news/politics-government/election/article2116230.html>oral 
argument preview.

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<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=59>,statutory interpretation 
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    "Convicted felon Roderick Wright to resign from state Senate"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=65483>

Posted onSeptember 15, 2014 4:46 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=65483>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

The /LA Times /reports. 
<http://www.latimes.com/local/political/la-me-pc-convicted-felon-roderick-wright-to-resign-from-state-senate-20140915-story.html>

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<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=38>

    "Democrats' Senate strategist: don't let Republicans restrict voting
    rights" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=65481>

Posted onSeptember 15, 2014 4:45 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=65481>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

The Guardian reports. 
<http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/sep/15/democrats-senate-strategist-voting-rights>

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    Have Residency Requirements for Governors Overstayed Their Welcome?
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=65479>

Posted onSeptember 15, 2014 3:23 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=65479>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Jerry Goldfeder ponders. <http://www.stroock.com/SiteFiles/Pub1535.pdf>

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    "A Thousand-Dollar Bill; The Supreme Court is wrong about the
    influence you can buy with less than $5,200?
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=65477>

Posted onSeptember 15, 2014 3:21 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=65477>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Usha Rodrigues 
<http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/jurisprudence/2014/09/risk_of_corruption_in_jobs_act_shareholder_rule_mccutcheon_v_fec_underestimates.single.html>writes 
at /Slate./

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    "Convicted felon and California Senator Rod Wright has probably
    forfeited his seat" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=65475>

Posted onSeptember 15, 2014 3:19 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=65475>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Convincing analysis 
<http://excessofdemocracy.com/blog/2014/9/convicted-felon-and-california-senator-rod-wright-has-probably-forfeited-his-seat>from 
Derek the Muller.

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    Check Out EVIC's Early Voting Calendar for 2014
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=65473>

Posted onSeptember 15, 2014 3:18 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=65473>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Here <http://reed.edu/earlyvoting/calendar/>.

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    WI Voter ID: Electoral Chaos Begins
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=65467>

Posted onSeptember 15, 2014 1:23 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=65467>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

AP story 
<http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_VOTER_ID_WISCONSIN?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT>on 
confusion over what to do about absentee ballots already mailed and 
those in holding pattern.

Friday's 7th Circuitorder 
<http://electionlawblog.org/wp-content/uploads/7th-wi-order.pdf>was 
theheight <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=65382>ofirresponsibility 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=65399>whichdid not even bother 
<http://takingnote.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/09/15/a-big-big-mistake-in-voter-id-case/?_php=true&_type=blogs&ref=opinion&_r=0>to 
consider or mention the difficulty of rolling out voter id when the 
voting process had already started. /
/

Someone wise once said: "Court orders affecting elections, especially 
conflicting orders, can themselves result in voter confusion and 
consequent incentive to remain away from the polls. As an election draws 
closer, that risk will increase."  Oh yeah, it was theU.S. Supreme 
Court. <https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/549/06-375/>Why 
didn't the Seventh Circuit listen?

Instead we have election officials asping pong balls 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=65465>and the very real possibility WI 
voters will be disenfranchised because they cannot get the right 
documents (or the right documents needed to get the right documents) in 
time for the imminent election. Even if voter id could be smoothly 
implemented in Wisconsin, it should not be done in this irresponsible 
way. In Pennsylvania, courts put the state's voter id on hold when the 
state could not demonstrate it could get ids into the hands of voters 
who wanted them in time. Here, there's no chance it can be done in time.

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    Quote of the Day <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=65465>

Posted onSeptember 15, 2014 12:19 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=65465>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

"We're the Ping-Pong ball on the table."

--Diane Hermann-Brown 
<http://www.jsonline.com/news/statepolitics/clerks-elections-officials-scramble-to-reinstate-voter-id-law-b99351689z1-275146501.html>, 
the clerk for the City of Sun Prairie, WI, on changing WI voter id rules.

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    "Should L.A. City Council be a landing pad for termed-out
    politicians?" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=65463>

Posted onSeptember 15, 2014 12:13 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=65463>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

LAT Opinion 
<http://www.latimes.com/opinion/opinion-la/la-ol-city-council-termedout-politicians-20140908-story.html>on 
musical chairs.

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    "Husted: Eliminating 'Golden Week' would protect elections"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=65461>

Posted onSeptember 15, 2014 12:12 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=65461>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Gannett reports. 
<http://www.bucyrustelegraphforum.com/story/news/politics/elections/2014/09/11/husted-eliminating-golden-week-protect-elections/15479303/>

Dan Tokaji<https://twitter.com/Title52law/status/511591550376484864>on 
Twitter: "Silly argument from OH SOS Hustedhttp://goo.gl/Ao2WKF 
<http://t.co/UGqPBOA3Af>U really want us to believe that 30 days aren't 
enough to verify voter eligibility?"

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