[EL] ELB News and Commentary 3/10/15

Rick Hasen rhasen at law.uci.edu
Tue Mar 10 07:29:00 PDT 2015 

    aily Show Devoted to Selma, Voting Rights Act, and Interview with
    John Lewis <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=70882>

Posted onMarch 10, 2015 7:26 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=70882>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Watch. 
<http://thedailyshow.cc.com/full-episodes/862nbi/march-9--2015---john-lewis>

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


    “Rethinking ‘Corruption’ in Campaign Finance Reform Circles”
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=70879>

Posted onMarch 10, 2015 7:23 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=70879>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Bauer 
<http://www.moresoftmoneyhardlaw.com/2015/03/rethinking-corruption-campaign-finance-reform-circles/>on 
Lessig, Hasen, Teachout—corruption and inequality.

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


    “House Democrats’ Letter to GAO Covers Voting Technology,
    Registration Reforms” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=70877>

Posted onMarch 10, 2015 7:17 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=70877>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

A ChapinBlog. 
<http://blog.lib.umn.edu/cspg/electionacademy/2015/03/house_democrats_letter_to_gao.php>

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


    “Online voter registration gains momentum in Florida”
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=70875>

Posted onMarch 10, 2015 7:17 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=70875>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

The /Tampa Bay Times/reports. 
<http://www.tampabay.com/news/politics/stateroundup/online-voter-registration-gains-momentum-in-florida/2220332>

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Posted invoter registration <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=37>,voting 
technology <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=40>


    “Menendez Case Would Test Justice Dept. Anti-Corruption Unit”
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=70873>

Posted onMarch 9, 2015 8:33 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=70873>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

AP 
<http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2015/03/09/us/politics/ap-us-menendez-probe.html?ref=politics>:

    A criminal prosecution of Sen. Bob Menendez would represent a major
    test for a Justice Department anti-corruption unit that recently
    scored the conviction of a former Virginia governor, but endured
    humbling setbacks in cases against two former U.S. senators.

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Posted inchicanery <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=12>


    “UCI Law Ranks No. 30 in First U.S. News Ranking; UCI Law Clinical
    Program Ranks No. 11″ <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=70871>

Posted onMarch 9, 2015 8:31 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=70871>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Statement 
<http://www.law.uci.edu/ecards/usnews-ranking-2015march.html>from Dean 
Erwin Chemerinksy.

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


    “How you (and a few thousand of your friends) can become the biggest
    donors in American politics” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=70869>

Posted onMarch 9, 2015 8:23 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=70869>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

WaPo 
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/wp/2015/03/09/how-you-and-a-few-thousand-of-your-friends-can-become-the-biggest-donors-in-american-politics/>:

    At some point soon, Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) will likely be
    charged with corruption by the federal government. The charges
    almost certainly stem from his interactions with a wealthy donor,
    Salomon Melgen. At some point, Menendez’s exercise of his power and
    Melgen’s donations overlapped in a way that allegedly broke the law.

    When the news broke, we looked atthe blurry line
    <http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/wp/2015/03/06/bob-menendez-and-where-the-law-draws-the-line-between-campaign-contribution-and-bribery/>between
    a donation that’s allowed and one that isn’t. The public perception
    (which is flawed) is that campaign donations act a a sort of
    authorized bribery. If politicians weren’t reliant on fundraising,
    if they didn’t have to spend so much time begging for contributions,
    what would the process look like? What would a reform of the
    donation system look like?

    Which brings us toif.then.fund <https://if.then.fund/>.

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    “Former Rep. Steve Driehaus loses libel lawsuit against the Susan B.
    Anthony List” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=70867>

Posted onMarch 9, 2015 8:17 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=70867>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Eugene Volokh 
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/volokh-conspiracy/wp/2015/03/09/former-rep-steve-driehaus-loses-libel-lawsuit-against-the-susan-b-anthony-list/>:

    Some readers may recall last year’s Supreme Court decision in/Susan
    B. Anthony List v. Driehaus/
    <http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/volokh-conspiracy/wp/2014/06/16/anti-abortion-group-may-proceed-with-its-challenge-to-ohios-ban-on-knowingreckless-false-statements-in-election-campaigns/>,
    in which the U.S. Supreme Court allowed a challenge to the Ohio ban
    on false statements in election campaigns; that was followed bya
    district court decision
    <http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/volokh-conspiracy/wp/2014/09/11/ohio-ban-on-knowingly-false-statements-in-political-campaigns-is-unconstitutional/>holding
    that law unconstitutional.

    But there’s another half to the Driehaus / Susan B. Anthony List
    litigation: a simple libel lawsuit that he had brought against the
    List based on its allegedly false statements. Friday, a6th Circuit
    panel <http://www.ca6.uscourts.gov/opinions.pdf/15a0039p-06.pdf>held
    that the statements likely weren’t false after all — and at least
    that there wasn’t enough evidence that the defendants knew they were
    false or likely false — and therefore threw out Driehaus’s lawsuit.

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Posted incampaigns <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=59>


    “Shelby Missed Selma Ceremony, Citing Scheduling Conflicts”
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=70864>

Posted onMarch 9, 2015 8:15 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=70864>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Roll Call: 
<http://hoh.rollcall.com/shelby-missed-selma-ceremony-citing-scheduling-conflicts/?dcz=>

    While the nation’s attention was focused on the Edmund Pettus Bridge
    on the 50th anniversary of “Bloody Sunday,” the senior senator from
    Alabama was hours from Selma, participating in his annual tour of
    the state’s 67 counties.

    Sen.Richard C. Shelby <http://www.rollcall.com/members/11.html>’s
    office posted photos onTwitter <https://twitter.com/SenShelby/>from
    unrelated events with constituents in four counties, including an
    equipment company in Lamar County and a 3M facility in Marion
    County. According to his office, the Alabama Republican had
    previously scheduled the events in the northwest corner of the
    state…..Alabama’s junior senator, RepublicanJeff Sessions
    <http://www.rollcall.com/members/12.html>, did participate in the
    events on March 7, which featured remarks by President Barack Obama
    at the historic bridge.

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


    “State Senator wants New Mexico to consider biometrics to curb voter
    fraud” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=70862>

Posted onMarch 9, 2015 8:11 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=70862>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

See here. 
<http://www.biometricupdate.com/201503/state-senator-wants-new-mexico-to-consider-biometrics-to-curb-voter-fraud>

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


    “Why ‘Cert. Denied’ Can Be the Sweetest Two Words”
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=70860>

Posted onMarch 9, 2015 8:06 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=70860>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Ciara Torres-Spelliscy blogs. 
<https://www.brennancenter.org/blog/why-cert-denied-can-be-sweetest-two-words>

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


    “New Report Ranks Voter Turnout in All 50 States”
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=70858>

Posted onMarch 9, 2015 4:02 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=70858>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Release. <https://t.e2ma.net/webview/55v6m/e25eea57451bc1ed0ed74faa6e70dbb8>

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Posted invoting <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=31>


    “Honor Selma by Protecting Voting Rights”
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=70854>

Posted onMarch 9, 2015 3:57 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=70854>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Ari Berman dispatch. 
<http://www.thenation.com/blog/200753/honor-selma-protecting-voting-rights#>

He got some Republican Senators to say they might look into fixing 
Section 5.  We’ll see.

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


    “Millions of Americans don’t have equal voting rights. John Oliver
    is not happy about it.” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=70852>

Posted onMarch 9, 2015 3:53 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=70852>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Vox <http://www.vox.com/2015/3/9/8174603/john-oliver-US-territories>on 
John Oliver segment on voting by those living in U.S. territories.

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