[EL] ELB News and Commentary 1/26/15

Mon Jan 26 07:35:10 PST 2015

    “Evaluating Reform Argument as False, True, Barely Either, or
    Something Else” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=69909>

Posted onJanuary 26, 2015 7:34 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=69909>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Bauer 
<http://www.moresoftmoneyhardlaw.com/2015/01/evaluating-reform-argument-false-true-barely-either-something-else/>:

    Rick Hasen has twice posted in the last several days a sharp
    criticism of the President’s fifth anniversary statement
    about/Citizens United/.He objects
    <http://www.moresoftmoneyhardlaw.com/2015/01/evaluating-reform-argument-false-true-barely-either-something-else/#http://electionlawblog.org/?p=69806>to
    the assertion that/Citizens United/opened up the avenue for
    unlimited foreign corporate spending in the United States. Rick says
    this is false, citing in support of that positionPolitFact’s prior
    rating
    <http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2010/jan/27/barack-obama/obama-says-supreme-court-ruling-allows-foreign-com/>of
    that statement as “mostly false,” which that fact-checking
    enterprise arrived at after originally rating the statement as
    “barely true.” And a review of PolitiFact’s analysis reveals that a
    statement merits criticism as “mostly false” if it is an
    ”overstatement.”

    Readers will probably think very little is at stake in tracing the
    chain of reasoning from false to mostly false to barely true, or
    somewhat true, or whatever, and trying to sort out what fine
    differences distinguish one of these ratings from the others. But
    because Rick stakes out a strong position—that the statement is
    simply “false” —he should have a high degree of confidence that it
    is a black-and-white matter subject to no disagreement.

I hope to respond to Bob later this week.

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    “Thumbs Up? New Mexico to Study Biometrics to ID Voters”
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=69907>

Posted onJanuary 26, 2015 7:32 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=69907>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

A ChapinBlog. 
<http://blog.lib.umn.edu/cspg/electionacademy/2015/01/thumbs_up_new_mexico_to_study.php>

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Posted inelection administration 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18>,voter id 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=9>,voting technology 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=40>

    “Kobach defends suspended voter list; study shows 59 percent on list
    are eligible to vote” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=69905>

Posted onJanuary 26, 2015 7:29 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=69905>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

The Topeka Capital-Journal reports. 
<http://cjonline.com/news/2015-01-25/kobach-defends-suspended-voter-list-study-shows-59-percent-list-are-eligible-vote>

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<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18>,fraudulent fraud squad 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=8>,The Voting Wars 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=60>

    “President Wrong on Citizens United”
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=69903>

Posted onJanuary 26, 2015 7:26 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=69903>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Floyd Abrams tells WSJ 
<http://www.wsj.com/articles/president-wrong-on-citizens-unitedletters-to-the-editor-1422055803>editorial 
page that it did not go far enough in its criticism of President Obama 
and Citizens United.

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    “How a political opinion cost a D.C. activist $2,000″
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=69901>

Posted onJanuary 26, 2015 7:24 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=69901>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Eric Wang 
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/how-a-political-opinion-cost-a-dc-activist-2000/2015/01/23/08fffe50-9d07-11e4-96cc-e858eba91ced_story.html>in 
WaPo:

    Civic-minded citizens of the District: Think twice the next time you
    write a blog entry, post on Facebook or Twitter or attend a meeting
    or rally to support or oppose a ballot initiative. You could be
    required to register and report with the city or else pay a large
    fine. TheOffice of Campaign Finance <http://www.ocf.dc.gov/>(OCF) at
    the D.C. Board of Elections dropped this end-of-the-year bombshell
    in an enforcement proceeding arising from November’s election, in
    which District residents voted to legalize marijuana.

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    “Congress Should Step Up to Address Citizens United”
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=69899>

Posted onJanuary 26, 2015 7:23 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=69899>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Ciara Torres-Spelliscy blogs 
<http://www.brennancenter.org/blog/congress-should-step-address-citizens-united>.

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    Thumbprint As an Alternative to Voter ID for Voting?
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=69897>

Posted onJanuary 25, 2015 11:44 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=69897>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

I suggest it inThe Voting Wars 
<http://www.amazon.com/The-Voting-Wars-Election-Meltdown/dp/0300198248>as a 
way to get around people losing their ids—as part of a bigger package 
including universal voter registration conducted by the federal government.

Here’s a morelimited proposal 
<http://www.sfreporter.com/santafe/article-9842-voter-id-to-the-future.html>in 
that direction, and one I don’t think I’d favor unless it were part of 
the broader package.

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