[EL] ELB News and Commentary 2/18/15

Tue Feb 17 20:46:17 PST 2015

    “Voter photo ID bill prompts filibuster”
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=70361>

Posted onFebruary 17, 2015 8:43 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=70361>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

News from Nebraska. 
<http://journalstar.com/legislature/voter-photo-id-bill-prompts-filibuster/article_514ce5d1-5b97-54dd-94c6-95d9cf370333.html>

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Posted inelection administration 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18>,The Voting Wars 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=60>,voter id 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=9>

    “Will the U.S. Supreme Court Weigh in on Wisconsin’s Voter ID Law?”
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=70359>

Posted onFebruary 17, 2015 8:42 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=70359>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Express Milwaukee reports. 
<http://expressmilwaukee.com/article-25063-will-the-us-supreme-court-weigh-in-on-wisconsin%25E2%2580%2599s-voter-id-law.html>

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Posted inelection administration 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18>,Supreme Court 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=29>,The Voting Wars 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=60>,voter id 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=9>,Voting Rights Act 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=15>

    “Hillary Clinton Cleared of Campaign Finance Allegations”
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=70357>

Posted onFebruary 17, 2015 8:40 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=70357>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

BLT 
<http://www.nationallawjournal.com/legaltimes/home/id=1202718068845/Hillary-Clinton-Cleared-of-Campaign-Finance-Allegations-?mcode=1202617074964&curindex=3&back=NLJ&slreturn=20150117233856>:

    The Federal Election Commission has cleared Hillary Clinton and
    supporters of her would-be presidential run of allegations of
    campaign finance violations.

    The FECsaid in a Feb. 12 letter
    <https://s3.amazonaws.com/s3.documentcloud.org/documents/1668261/mur-6775-letter-to-sirois-and-backer-2-12-15.pdf>that
    the commission “found that there is no reason to believe” that
    Clinton violated campaign finance laws by not registering as a
    presidential candidate to date or that the Ready for Hillary
    political action committee violated laws by failing to register as
    an authorized committee.

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Posted incampaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>,federal 
election commission <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=24>

    “FEC Deadlocks on Coordination Case Involving Campaign of Ex-Rep.
    Lampson” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=70355>

Posted onFebruary 17, 2015 8:38 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=70355>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Bloomberg BNA 
<http://news.bna.com/mpdm/MPDMWB/split_display.adp?fedfid=63177239&vname=mpebulallissues&jd=a0g2n8d4c2&split=0>:

    Although the case involved a Democratic candidate, it was dismissed
    due to the votes of the three Republican commissioners on the
    six-member FEC. The Republican commissioners have been reluctant to
    support enforcement actions based on charges of illegal coordination
    between candidates and others.
    The state party and Lampson’s campaign didn’t deny coordinating
    their activities, according to a report from the FEC general
    counsel’s office, but they argued that the mailings were exempt from
    disclaimer requirements because of a special provision of campaign
    finance law, known as the “volunteer materials exemption.” The
    counsel’s report recommended the FEC pursue enforcement action, but
    the FEC commissioners deadlocked in a vote taken last January on how
    to handle the case.

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Posted incampaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>,federal 
election commission <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=24>

    “California Attorney General Barred From Seeking Koch Group’s Donor
    Data” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=70353>

Posted onFebruary 17, 2015 8:36 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=70353>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

  Bloomberg BNA 
<http://news.bna.com/mpdm/MPDMWB/split_display.adp?fedfid=63177240&vname=mpebulallissues&jd=a0g2n8q3k8&split=0>:

    California Attorney General Kamala Harris (D) can’t take action
    against a conservative nonprofit backed by Charles and David Koch
    for failing to disclose identifying information of the group’s major
    donors, the U.S. District Court for the Central District of
    California ruled (Ams. for Prosperity Found. v. Harris, C.D. Cal.,
    No. 2:14-cv-09448,preliminary injunction granted2/17/15).

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Posted incampaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>,tax law 
and election law <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=22>

    Federal Court Adopts Plaintiffs’ Districting Plan in Yakima, WA Case
    for Voting Rights Violation, Rejects Limited Voting Alternatives
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=70350>

Posted onFebruary 17, 2015 12:52 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=70350>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

The court rejected 
<http://electionlawblog.org/wp-content/uploads/Order-Montes.pdf>the 
plans submitted by both the City and FairVote, going with the 
plaintiffs’ preferred single-member district plan to resolve Latino vote 
dilution claims.

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Posted inVoting Rights Act <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=15>

    “Want to influence a member of Congress? Dangle a K Street job”
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=70348>

Posted onFebruary 17, 2015 11:47 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=70348>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Suzanne Dovi LAT oped 
<http://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-dovi-officials-lobbyists-20150217-story.html>.

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Posted inlegislation and legislatures 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=27>,lobbying 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=28>

    “Federal judge orders Gov. Andrew Cuomo to set a date for special
    congressional election” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=70345>

Posted onFebruary 17, 2015 9:46 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=70345>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Article 
<http://www.silive.com/news/index.ssf/2015/02/breaking_federal_judge_orders.html>, 
with link to Judge Weinsteinruling 
<http://www.scribd.com/doc/256043509/Weinstein-special-election-ruling>.

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Posted inelection administration 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18>,voting 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=31>

    “Koch Group Claims California Endangers Donors by Demanding Names”
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=70343>

Posted onFebruary 17, 2015 9:42 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=70343>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Bloomberg 
<http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-02-17/koch-group-claims-california-endangers-donors-by-demanding-names>:

    Koch brothers advocacy group contends California Attorney General
    Kamala Harris has no business demanding the names and addresses of
    its donors, who might face “grotesque threats” if identified.

    Americans for Prosperity Foundation, co-founded by billionaires
    Charles and David Koch, promotes limited government and free markets
    and conservative causes. Compelling disclosure of the nonprofit
    organization’s contributors may put them at risk of being targeted
    by the group’s opponents and intimidate would-be donors, the
    foundation is set to argue Tuesday in federal court in Los Angeles.

Related:

Chill Out: A Qualified Defense of Campaign Finance Disclosure Laws in 
the Internet Age 
<http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1948313>

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Posted incampaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>,tax law 
and election law <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=22>

    “Draft Resource on Local Lobbying Oversight”
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=70341>

Posted onFebruary 17, 2015 9:39 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=70341>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

City Ethics 
<http://www.cityethics.org/publications/draft-chapter-on-lobbying>:

    This publication provides a wide range of information for the
    creation or improvement of a local lobbying oversight program,
    including a draft local government Model Lobbying Code. It also
    includes a discussion of the ways in which local lobbying differs
    from state and federal lobbying; a consideration of the reasons for
    setting up a lobbying oversight program; a look at the all-important
    definitions of what constitutes “lobbying” and who is a “lobbyist”;
    an in-depth look at the disclosure requirements and the obligations
    and prohibitions that local governments have instituted; and a
    consideration of the oversight and enforcement processes that will
    ensure that local lobbying is done openly and without improper conduct.
    This resource, which will become a chapter in City Ethics’ free
    e-bookLocal Government Ethics Programs
    <http://www.cityethics.org/ethics%20book>, is currently in draft
    form. Before we include it in the book, we are asking for feedback
    on it. Individual comments are welcome, or let us know that you
    would be willing to critique a certain section of the chapter.
    Please send feedback to Robert Wechsler atrwechsler at cityethics.org
    <mailto:rwechsler at cityethics.org>.

    City Ethics is making this resource available, at no cost, in
    multiple formats, so that it can be read on a computer, e-reader,
    tablet, or cellphone.

    Select your preferred format from the images below. Right click the
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    formats. Save the file to your computer, e-Reader, tablet, or
    smartphone and begin reading. The MOBI format is for the Kindle, and
    the EPUB format works on the Nook, the Sony Reader, and iBooks.

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Posted inlobbying <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=28>

    “Bill Clinton May Be Barred From Soliciting Big Checks From Donors
    In 2016″ <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=70339>

Posted onFebruary 17, 2015 7:57 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=70339>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

HuffPo reports 
<http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/02/13/bill-clinton-super-pac_n_6674928.html>.

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

    “Mayday! Mayday! Responding to Professor Lessig’s defense of Mayday
    PAC’s lawbreaking” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=70337>

Posted onFebruary 17, 2015 7:56 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=70337>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Brad Smith. 
<http://www.campaignfreedom.org/2015/02/13/mayday-mayday-responding-to-professor-lessigs-defense-of-mayday-pacs-lawbreaking/>

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    “Around The U.S., Voting Technology Is All Over The Place”
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=70335>

Posted onFebruary 17, 2015 7:44 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=70335>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Pam Fessler reports 
<http://www.npr.org/blogs/itsallpolitics/2015/02/14/386191861/around-the-u-s-voting-technology-is-all-over-the-place>for 
NPR.

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Posted inelection administration 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18>,voting technology 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=40>

    “EIP’s new report ranks Afghanistan, Syria and Bahrain the worst
    elections of 2014″ <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=70333>

Posted onFebruary 17, 2015 7:44 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=70333>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

See here. 
<http://us7.campaign-archive1.com/?u=816c3ae4a3e8057bc847fa0a5&id=b37123c6e3&e=fdb46d906b>

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

    “Voting and Elections Summit 2015: Overview and Video Links”
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=70331>

Posted onFebruary 17, 2015 7:28 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=70331>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Here 
<http://www.fairvote.org/research-and-analysis/blog/voting-and-elections-summit-2015-overview/>, 
at FairVote.

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Posted inalternative voting systems 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=63>,election administration 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18>

    “For coordinating campaign consultant, elections were big business”
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=70329>

Posted onFebruary 17, 2015 7:27 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=70329>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Sunlight reports. 
<http://sunlightfoundation.com/blog/2015/02/13/for-coordinating-campaign-consultant-elections-were-big-business/>

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

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