[EL] ELB News and Commentary 4/7/15

Tue Apr 7 07:29:11 PDT 2015

    “Supreme Court race, constitutional amendment top Tuesday’s ballot”
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=71577>

Posted onApril 7, 2015 7:27 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=71577>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Big fights 
<http://www.jsonline.com/news/statepolitics/supreme-court-race-constitutional-amendment-top-tuesdays-ballot-b99475830z1-298802481.html>over 
judicial elections today in Wisconsin.

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Posted incampaigns <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=59>,judicial 
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    “One Walker legacy: making the political process more favorable to
    GOP” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=71575>

Posted onApril 7, 2015 7:26 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=71575>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Craig Gilbert /Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel /column: 
<http://www.jsonline.com/blogs/news/298842321.html>

    Whichever way the pendulum swings next year, the 2016 race will be
    contested under a different set of political rules than those of
    previous decades, rules adopted by one party over the ardent
    opposition of the other.

    The most consequential of these changes involve redistricting, which
    has given the GOP a virtual lock on the Legislature, and Act 10,
    which disarmed a critical Democratic election ally, public employee
    unions.

    But the changes also involve an extensive rewrite of the state’s
    election rules.

    A high court decision last month removed the last big legal obstacle
    to the 2011 law requiring voters to show photo ID at the polls. That
    policy will be in place for the 2016 presidential, congressional and
    legislative contests.

    Early voting has been cut short, and banned on weekends. And the
    rules have been altered in myriad smaller ways, from the numbers of
    days voters need to establish residency in their voting precincts to
    the elimination of the straight-ticket voting option.

    It’s impossible to know the partisan impact of each of these
    changes. Some are too new or haven’t taken effect yet, such as photo
    ID. Some may have little to no effect. In general, changes in
    campaign and election rules have a lot less impact on which party
    wins than shifts in public opinion and the political climate.

    But taken together, these changes represent the most significant
    makeover of Wisconsin’s political system in decades. And while other
    states controlled by Republicans have adopted some of the same
    changes, few have done so as aggressively and systematically as
    Wisconsin has under Walker.

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    “99Rise protesters charged with Class A misdemeanor in federal
    court” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=71573>

Posted onApril 7, 2015 7:17 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=71573>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Orin Kerr analyzes. 
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/volokh-conspiracy/wp/2015/04/06/99rise-protesters-charged-with-class-a-misdemeanor-in-federal-court/>

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Posted incampaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>,Supreme 
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    “Rand Paul Sets Up Combined Fundraising Committee”
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=71571>

Posted onApril 7, 2015 7:16 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=71571>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

WSJ:

    Kentucky Sen.*Rand Paul*, ahead ofthe launch of his presidential
    campaign
    <http://www.wsj.com/articles/rand-pauls-challenge-charting-his-own-course-1428274524>on
    Tuesday, has set up a fundraising committee that lets donors give
    simultaneously to his presidential and Senate campaigns.

    For Mr. Paul, who unofficially got the go-ahead from the Kentucky
    legislature last month to run for both offices in 2016, the joint
    committee suggests that Mr. Paul doesn’t plan to ignore his Senate
    campaign as he targets the White House—an unusual move for a
    presidential contender.

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    “FSFP Welcomes Former Montana Justice James Nelson and Greg Moore of
    Democracy Initiative To Our Board of Directors”
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=71569>

Posted onApril 7, 2015 7:10 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=71569>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Press release. <http://freespeechforpeople.org/node/839>

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    “‘One is One Too Many': The Resignation of Georgia’s Election
    Director and the Concept of Strict Liability”
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=71567>

Posted onApril 7, 2015 7:09 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=71567>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

A ChapinBlog 
<http://blog.lib.umn.edu/cspg/electionacademy/2015/04/one_is_one_too_many_the_resign.php>.

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    “Bush Laughs About His ‘Hispanic’ Registration; Democrats Do Not”
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=71565>

Posted onApril 7, 2015 7:08 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=71565>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

NYT’s First Draft. 
<http://www.nytimes.com/politics/first-draft/2015/04/07/today-in-politics-some-hiccups-await-rand-pauls-big-day/#post-mb-6>

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    “A Battle for the Bench: Who Is The Toughest Judge in All of
    Wisconsin” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=71563>

Posted onApril 6, 2015 5:38 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=71563>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

The Marshall Project reports. 
<https://www.themarshallproject.org/2015/04/06/a-battle-for-the-bench?ref=hp-1-111>

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    “Court Won’t Review N.C. Vote Restrictions, But More to Come”
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=71561>

Posted onApril 6, 2015 4:23 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=71561>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Marcia Coyle writes 
<http://www.nationallawjournal.com/supremecourtbrief/home/id=1202722747237/Court-Wont-Review-NC-Vote-Restrictions-But-More-to-Come?mcode=1202617075357&curindex=0>for 
NLJ.

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    Rand Paul Looks Likely to Form Joint Victory Fund with His
    Presidential Campaign, Senate Campaign, and His PAC
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=71559>

Posted onApril 6, 2015 7:40 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=71559>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

This <https://twitter.com/AlexPappas/status/585089064405180416>will be 
worth watching.

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