[EL] ELB News and Commentary 2/6/15

Thu Feb 5 20:41:36 PST 2015

    “Democrats Exercise ‘No’ Power in Senate to G.O.P.’s Dismay”
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=70147>

Posted onFebruary 5, 2015 7:24 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=70147>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Important NYT report 
<http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/06/us/politics/democrats-exercise-no-power-in-senate-to-republicans-dismay.html?ref=politics&_r=0>.

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Posted inlegislation and legislatures 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=27>,political parties 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=25>,political polarization 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=68>

    Video of @UCILaw Event in Which I Interview Erwin Chemerinsky About
    His Book, “The Case Against the Supreme Court”
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=70145>

Posted onFebruary 5, 2015 4:23 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=70145>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Watch. <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8LNjHgeCrKI>

I think it was a pretty good discussion and I think I asked the 
questions many critics of the book would ask.

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Posted inSupreme Court <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=29>

    New NJ ELEC White Paper Focuses on Independent Spending’s Increasing
    Importance in Local Races <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=70142>

Posted onFebruary 5, 2015 3:52 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=70142>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Check it out. <http://www.elec.state.nj.us/pdffiles/whitepapers/white25.pdf>

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Posted incampaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>

    “Hoisted on His Own Petard? New CA Law Allowing Late Vote-by-Mail
    Ballots May Have Determined Winner of Year’s First Election”
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=70140>

Posted onFebruary 5, 2015 3:47 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=70140>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Fascinating<http://bradblog.com/?p=11031>Brad Blog post on the Correa-Do 
recount.

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Posted inelection administration <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18>

    “Using Race (Again) in the Struggle for Political Mastery”
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=70138>

Posted onFebruary 5, 2015 3:36 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=70138>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Michael Curtis: 
<http://www.huffingtonpost.com/michael-kent-curtis/using-race-again-in-the-s_b_6595868.html>

    After their victories in 2010 state legislative elections,
    Republicans reapportioned a number of state legislatures. They drew
    districts so that, for later elections, a minority or slim majority
    of Republican voters for Congress or the state legislature could
    produce a super-majority of Republican legislators. Since most
    blacks vote Democratic, Republican legislators often gerrymandered
    using race. They claimed justification under the Voting Rights Act.
    North Carolina is an instructive example of the technique.

    According to Thomas Edsall, some Republicans have privately
    expressed the goal of creating a white (majority) party and a black
    (minority) party.

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<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=25>,political polarization 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=68>,redistricting 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=6>,Voting Rights Act 
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    “Rumors of the Walker Probe’s Death Have Been Greatly Exaggerated”
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=70136>

Posted onFebruary 5, 2015 3:35 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=70136>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Brendan Fischer blogs. 
<http://www.prwatch.org/news/2015/02/12725/rumors-walker-probes-death-have-been-greatly-exaggerated>

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Posted incampaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>,campaigns 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=59>

    “Broadcasters Drop Appeal of FCC Requirement to Upload Public Files
    to FCC Database” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=70134>

Posted onFebruary 5, 2015 3:34 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=70134>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

CLCRelease. 
<http://www.campaignlegalcenter.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2778:february-5-2015-broadcasters-drop-appeal-of-fcc-requirement-to-upload-public-files-to-fcc-database&catid=63:legal-center-press-releases&Itemid=61>

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    “North Miami Beach leaders discuss steps to prevent voter fraud in
    elections” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=70132>

Posted onFebruary 5, 2015 3:29 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=70132>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

The Miami Herald reports. 
<http://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/community/miami-dade/north-miami/article9341663.html>

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    “Overseas Vote Foundation Releases 2014 Post Election Survey
    Results” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=70130>

Posted onFebruary 5, 2015 11:58 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=70130>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Press release via email:

*Overseas Vote Foundation Releases 2014 Post Election Survey Results*

*/Highlights Reveal Ongoing Challenges in Overseas Voting/*

*WASHINGTON D.C.*–*February 5, 2015*– Overseas Vote Foundation and U.S. 
Vote Foundation have released their 2014 Post-Election Survey results in 
a new online format. This interactive presentation allows users to 
compare Overseas Vote Foundation Post–Election Survey data across states.
The survey results can be viewed online:
https://www.usvotefoundation.org/2014-election-survey 
<http://app.getresponse.com/click.html?x=a62b&lc=F5Hkb&mc=hj&s=FJwqK&u=AqX&y=I&>
Highlights of the 2014 Survey findings include a 5.4% increase in the 
number of respondents reporting that they were unable to complete all 
the steps in the overseas voting process as compared to survey results 
in 2010 and 2012. Further, 25% of respondents reported not receiving 
their ballot or receiving their ballot too late to vote.
Over 46% of respondents reported not being aware of the Federal Write-in 
Absentee Ballot (FWAB), and over 85% of respondents noted they did not 
use state voter look-up tools. These tools allow voters to ensure they 
are registered to vote or that their ballot is received.
“The survey results from this year demonstrate that significant work 
remains to be done to improve the voting process from overseas, and 
indeed maintain any progress that was demonstrated in prior years,” 
stated Dr. Judy Murray, Research Consultant. “This voting bloc has not 
been in the spotlight in recent election cycles as compared to the 2000 
election cycle, and it is easy to become complacent.  However, election 
officials, parties and key stakeholder groups should never lose site of 
the potential impact this group could have in influencing election 
outcomes in the U.S.”
Consistent with the 2012 results, this year’s survey revealedthe 
greatest ongoing confusion among voters continues to stem from the MOVE 
Act’s elimination of a clause that defined the validity of the official 
Federal Post Card Application (FPCA) voter registration/ballot request 
form for overseas and military voters as two General Election cycles. 
Voters can no longer rely on their FPCA forms to keep them registered 
beyond one calendar year in some states, and one single election in 
others. Indeed, the validity of the FPCA varies significantly across 
election jurisdictions thereby compounding voter confusion.
Now in their sixth consecutive general election cycle, the Overseas Vote 
Foundation and U.S. Vote Foundation surveys continue to be at the 
forefront of military and overseas voter research. These surveys provide 
important feedback regarding the effectiveness of the Uniformed and 
Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act (UOCAVA) implementation and the 
Military and Overseas Voter Empowerment Act (MOVE), the overseas voting 
community it represents, and its election administration.

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    “How The Voting Debates Will Be Different In 2015″
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=70128>

Posted onFebruary 5, 2015 8:51 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=70128>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Pam Fessler 
<http://www.npr.org/2015/02/04/383838933/how-the-voting-debates-will-be-different-in-2015>for 
NPR:

    State legislatures are back in session, under more Republican
    control now than at any other time in U.S. history. One issue
    they’ll be debating a lot is voting — who gets to do it and how.

    It’s a hot topic, but this year’s debate could be less contentious
    than it has been in the past. One reason is that lawmakers will be
    considering a lot of proposals to make voting easier and more efficient.

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UC Irvine School of Law
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