[EL] ELB News and Commentary 9/24/14

Wed Sep 24 08:16:45 PDT 2014

    Light Blogging the Next Few Days <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=65843>

Posted onSeptember 24, 2014 8:14 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=65843>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Back to full strength next week.

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    "GOP Candidate Voted In Both Illinois And Wisconsin In The Same
    Year" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=65841>

Posted onSeptember 24, 2014 8:13 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=65841>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

TPM 
<http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/kathy-myalls-vote-illinois-wisconsin>: 
"The candidate, Kathy Myalls (pictured, left), voted in a primary 
election in Illinois and three months after that voted in Wisconsin's 
recall election aimed at recalling Wisconsin Republican Gov. Scott 
Walker (pictured right), according to the Chicago Sun-Times 
<http://politics.suntimes.com/article/springfield/state-rep-candidate-voted-illinois-and-wisconsin/mon-09222014-643pm>. 
Myalls also voted in Wisconsin in the 2012 presidential election. The 
following spring she came back to Illinois to vote there."

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registration <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=37>,voting 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=31>

    "New CPA-Zicklin Index Flawed" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=65839>

Posted onSeptember 24, 2014 8:12 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=65839>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

CCP release 
<http://www.campaignfreedom.org/2014/09/24/new-cpa-zicklin-index-flawed-2/>. 
  My earlier coverage ishere <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=65822>.

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    Nathan Sproul Threatens Legal Action Against Brad Blog over
    Reporting on Registration Irregularities
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=65836>

Posted onSeptember 24, 2014 8:10 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=65836>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

See here. <http://www.bradblog.com/?p=10824>

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    "Judge dismisses GOP lawsuit asking that the new model ballot be
    redesigned before election" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=65834>

Posted onSeptember 24, 2014 7:59 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=65834>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

AP reports. 
<http://www.dailyjournal.net/view/story/5ae334b270e843f2ab5c57ff5f95fcf8/WI--Wisconsin-Ballots-Complaint/>

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    "FAN 33 (First Amendment News) What is a PAC? The next big issue?"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=65832>

Posted onSeptember 24, 2014 7:52 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=65832>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Ron Collins blogs. 
<http://www.concurringopinions.com/archives/2014/09/fan-33-first-amendment-news-what-is-a-pac-the-next-big-issue.html#more-91094>

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    "Three reasons why New Zealand has the best-designed government in
    the world" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=65830>

Posted onSeptember 24, 2014 7:50 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=65830>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Vox analysis 
<http://www.vox.com/2014/9/23/6831777/new-zealand-electoral-system-constitution-mixed-member-unicameral/in/5654656>.

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    "'Nudge' Theory and the Gerken Disclosure Proposal"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=65828>

Posted onSeptember 24, 2014 7:47 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=65828>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Bauer blogs. 
<http://www.moresoftmoneyhardlaw.com/2014/09/nudge-theory-gerken-disclosure-proposal/>

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    "Rich on Rich Warfare in U.S. Politics"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=65826>

Posted onSeptember 24, 2014 7:45 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=65826>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Nice Frank Wilkinson Bloomberg Viewcolumn 
<http://www.bloombergview.com/articles/2014-09-24/rich-on-rich-warfare-in-u-s-politics>.

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    "Republicans slam Kansas Supreme Court justice over Davis fundraiser
    at her home" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=65824>

Posted onSeptember 23, 2014 9:42 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=65824>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

More Kansas news: 
<http://www.kansas.com/news/politics-government/election/article2220496.html>

    The Kansas Republican Party criticized a Kansas Supreme Court
    justice Tuesday, saying a fundraiser hosted for Democrat Paul Davis
    at her Topeka home was inappropriate.

    The event, a casual backyard BBQ seeking donations of $20 apiece,
    raises "numerous ethical questions for both Davis and the Kansas
    judicial branch," Republicans said in a release.

    Justice Carol Beier, who was appointed to the court in 2003 by
    former Gov. Kathleen Sebelius, a Democrat, said that she was not
    involved in the planning of the Tuesday fundraiser and would not
    attend it. The event is hosted by her husband, Richard Green, a teacher.

I wonder if the Kansas Republican Party also believes that Ginny 
Thomas's political activities are inappropriate.
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    "Study: Major companies are increasingly disclosing their political
    spending" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=65822>

Posted onSeptember 23, 2014 9:36 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=65822>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

WaPo 
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-politics/wp/2014/09/24/major-companies-increasingly-choose-to-disclose-their-political-spending-study-says/>:

    Major corporations are increasingly disclosing their political
    spending this election year, even as some business groups discourage
    them from doing so, according to a new study set for release Wednesday.

    The annual index of corporate political spending by the Center for
    Political Accountability
    <http://www.politicalaccountability.net/index.php?ht=d/Home/pid/184> shows
    that a majority of nearly 200 publicly held companies received
    higher ratings for disclosure this year compared with 2013.

    "More leading companies are establishing political disclosure as a
    mainstream corporate practice," said Bruce Freed, president of the
    group, which conducts the annual survey in conjunction with the
    Zicklin Center for Business Ethics Research at the University of
    Pennsylvania.

CPI: 
<http://www.publicintegrity.org/2014/09/24/15740/secret-politics-pervade-popular-companies>

    Watch your Netflix show, wear your Ralph Lauren shirt, brew your
    Keurig coffee and deposit your paycheck at M&T Bank.

    Just know that you're patronizing some of the nation's least
    politically transparent companies, according to a new study
    <http://k007.kiwi6.com/hotlink/nu51hz9m4i/CPA-Zicklin_Index_-_2014_-_09-16-14.pdf> to
    be formally released this morning by the nonpartisan Center for
    Political Accountability
    <http://www.politicalaccountability.net/index.php?ht=d/sp/i/870/pid/870> and
    the Zicklin Center for Business Ethics Research
    <https://lgst.wharton.upenn.edu/research/research-centers/the-carol-and-lawrence-zicklin-center-for-business-ethics-research//> at
    the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School.

    Twenty of the nearly 300 companies studied didn't score a single
    point on the survey's 70-point scale measuring political disclosure
    and accountability policies, including Netflix Inc.
    <https://www.publicintegrity.org/2014/02/18/14263/netflix-stacking-deck-capitol-hill>,
    which produces political thriller "House of Cards," and K-Cup
    <http://c1.soap.com/images/products/p/zqb/zqb-025_1z.jpg>maker
    Keurig Green Mountain Coffee, which says it uses
    <http://www.greenmountaincoffee.com/Our-Story/csr/index.shtml> the
    "power of business to make the world a better place."

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    "Nebraska Republican Party Allowed to Substitute New Lieutenant
    Governor Candidate After the September 1 Deadline"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=65820>

Posted onSeptember 23, 2014 5:22 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=65820>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

BAN reports. 
<http://www.ballot-access.org/2014/09/nebraska-republican-party-allowed-to-substitute-new-lieutenant-governor-candidate-after-the-september-1-deadline/>

Waiting for the howls of outrage from those upset with the Torricelli 
and Taylor cases.

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    "Nothing to See Here;The one national holiday Republicans want you
    to forget." <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=65818>

Posted onSeptember 23, 2014 5:21 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=65818>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Jamelle Bouie <http://t.co/ZOetKgzk9L>on National Voter Registration Day.

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<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18>,The Voting Wars 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=60>

    Kobach Not Yet Giving Up in Forcing Democrat on #KSSEN Ballot
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=65815>

Posted onSeptember 23, 2014 4:12 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=65815>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Dave Helling 
<http://www.kansascity.com/news/government-politics/article2217754.html>in 
the KC Star:

    "We think that we could survive if the trigger was pulled Oct. 1,"
    said an email from Brian Newby, Johnson County election
    commissioner. "That's pushing it."

    Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach said he would inform the
    district court of the time pressure related to its decision. He
    hoped to have a ruling by the end of this week.

    But outside experts said that isn't likely. A district court
    proceeding could involve witnesses, legal arguments and a lengthy
    appeals process.

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    "Election officials ask judge to toss suit over Wisconsin ballot
    design" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=65813>

Posted onSeptember 23, 2014 4:06 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=65813>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel 
<http://www.jsonline.com/news/statepolitics/wisconsin-election-officials-ask-judge-to-toss-ballots-suit-b99357336z1-276527981.html>:

    State election officials asked a judge Tuesday to throw out a
    lawsuit over the design of the Nov. 4 ballots, saying the campaigns
    of two Republican lawmakers did not follow proper procedures in
    bringing their court challenge.

    Even if the case is allowed to proceed, the election officials
    argued, the judge can consider changing the ballots in just four
    places --- Racine, Walworth, Columbia and Jefferson counties. Those
    who brought the suit can't argue over the ballots in the state's 68
    other counties because they either don't represent them or the
    ballots in those counties don't include the features that are the
    subject of their suit, they said.

    The filing came a day before Waukesha County Circuit Judge James
    Kieffer is to hold a hearing to consider whether to order election
    officials to make changes to the ballots six weeks before the election.

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    "In Kansas, Democratic donors invest in uncertainty; Independent
    Senate candidate Greg Orman coy with caucusing plans"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=65811>

Posted onSeptember 23, 2014 4:03 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=65811>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

CPI reports. 
<http://www.publicintegrity.org/2014/09/23/15750/kansas-democratic-donors-invest-uncertainty>

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    WI Judge Recuses Rather than Follows Order to Dismiss Voter ID
    Challenge <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=65809>

Posted onSeptember 23, 2014 3:34 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=65809>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Interesting form 
<http://www.jsonline.com/news/statepolitics/dane-county-judge-refuses-supreme-court-order-on-voter-id-b99357338z1-276817771.html>of 
political protest from a sitting judge.

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Posted inUncategorized <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=1>

    "SEC Campaign Finance Rules Under Fire"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=65807>

Posted onSeptember 23, 2014 3:31 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=65807>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Jason Abel's /Daily Journal /oped 
<http://www.steptoe.com/assets/htmldocuments/REPRINT%20-%20Daily%20Journal%20OpEd%20-%20Jason%20Abel%20-%202014.8.20.PDF> says 
the SEC case could head to SCOTUS.

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