[EL] ELB News and Commentary 3/13/15

Fri Mar 13 08:18:09 PDT 2015

    Bauer, Ginsberg Part of Roundtable at EAC on EAC’s Future
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=70980>

Posted onMarch 13, 2015 8:15 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=70980>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Details 
<http://www.eac.gov/roundtable_-_priorities_policy_and_strategy_next_steps_for_the_eac/>of 
March 19 event and link to webcast. It’s an A list of participants.

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Posted inelection administration 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18>,Election Assistance Commission 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=34>,PCEA (Bauer-Ginsberg Commission) 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=79>

    “Jeb Bush’s emails detail communications with top donors”
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=70978>

Posted onMarch 12, 2015 8:45 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=70978>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

AP reports. 
<http://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/article13909094.html>

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Posted incampaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>,lobbying 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=28>

    “The Permanent Campaign: How Outside Money Is Changing the Way
    Governors Do Business” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=70976>

Posted onMarch 12, 2015 8:40 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=70976>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

National Journal 
<http://www.nationaljournal.com/politics/the-permanent-campaign-how-outside-money-is-changing-the-way-governors-do-business-20150312>:

    Gone are the days when governors appeared in ads only to boost state
    tourism. Campaign-style spending—and the slick ads it can buy—is
    becoming increasingly common for sitting governors, mayors, and
    other holders of high office.

    It’s a spillover from a recipe for election success that has become
    pervasive since the Supreme Court struck down campaign-finance
    rules: Raise mass quantities of outside money, often from
    undisclosed donors, and use it to fund outside campaigns that align
    closely with the views of the candidate. Now, after winning,
    officials across the country are applying the same strategy to
    governing, relying on outside money—and advocacy groups funded by
    that money—to push their legislative agenda.

    At least three governors— and the mayors of New York City and Los
    Angeles—have taken steps since 2014 to raise and set aside campaign
    funds, or establish independent nonprofits, to push their
    legislative agendas. In practice, that means the kind of glossy
    messaging once reserved for campaign season.

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

    “Will Menendez Staffers Be Forced to Testify Against Their Boss?”
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=70974>

Posted onMarch 12, 2015 8:35 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=70974>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Roll 
Call<http://blogs.rollcall.com/hill-navigator/will-menendez-staff-be-forced-to-testify-against-their-boss/?dcz=>on 
how far the Speech or Debate privilege extends

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Posted inethics investigations 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=42>,Speech or Debate Clause 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=36>

    “Court ruling drowned politics in dark money”
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=70971>

Posted onMarch 12, 2015 5:20 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=70971>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Ciara Torres-Spelliscy oped 
<http://www.orlandosentinel.com/opinion/os-ed-citizens-united-front-burner-con-20150312-story.html>.

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Posted incampaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>,Supreme 
Court <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=29>

    0.002 Percent of the 7.7 Million Registered Voters in Ohio
    Registered Illegally <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=70969>

Posted onMarch 12, 2015 3:52 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=70969>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Not what you’d call ahuge problem. 
<http://www.toledoblade.com/Politics/2015/03/12/27-Ohioans-illegally-voted.html>

More:

    This time, his office identified a total of 145 who were apparently
    registered illegally, the vast majority of which did not vote. Of
    that 145, 11 were from Lucas, two from Sandusky, and one each from
    Wood and Allen.

    The 145 represent about 0.002 percent of the 7.7 million registered
    voters in Ohio.

    They’ve been sent letters urging them to voluntarily remove
    themselves from the rolls.

    “None of these affected the outcome of an election,” Mr. Husted
    said. “That’s the good news. But eventually if we don’t get to
    solving these problems, it will. That will be a sad day, and we
    don’t want that day to come.”

    He stressed that in many of these cases, the registrations are
    honest mistakes.

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Posted inelection administration 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18>,Voting Rights Act 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=15>

    “The Pope v. Citizens United” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=70967>

Posted onMarch 12, 2015 3:42 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=70967>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Jeanne Cummings 
<http://www.bloombergview.com/articles/2015-03-12/pope-francis-v-citizens-united>at 
Bloomberg View.

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    “Estimating Voter Registration Deadline Effects with Web Search
    Data” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=70965>

Posted onMarch 12, 2015 2:45 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=70965>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Alex Street et al. paper 
<http://pan.oxfordjournals.org/content/early/2015/03/11/pan.mpv002.full>in 
/Political Analysis. /Abstract:

    Electoral rules have the potential to affect the size and
    composition of the voting public. Yet scholars disagree over whether
    requiring voters to register well in advance of Election Day reduces
    turnout. We present a new approach, using web searches for “voter
    registration” to measure interest in registering, both before and
    after registration deadlines for the 2012 U.S. presidential
    election. Many Americans sought information on “voter registration”
    even after the deadline in their state had passed. Combining web
    search data with evidence on the timing of registration for 80
    million Americans, we model the relationship between search and
    registration. Extrapolating this relationship to the post-deadline
    period, we estimate that an additional 3–4 million Americans would
    have registered in time to vote, if deadlines had been extended to
    Election Day. We test our approach by predicting out of sample and
    with historical data. Web search data provide new opportunities to
    measure and study information-seeking behavior.

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Posted invoter registration <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=37>

    “Legal experts: Cruz’s Canadian birth won’t keep him out of the Oval
    Office” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=70963>

Posted onMarch 12, 2015 2:40 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=70963>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Bob Barnes 
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-politics/wp/2015/03/12/legal-experts-cruzs-canadian-past-shouldnt-keep-him-out-of-the-oval-office/>:

    Two of the top lawyers for the Obama and Bush administrations agree
    on this: Sen. Ted Cruz can become president. Legally speaking, anyway.

    Paul D. Clement, former solicitor general for President George W.
    Bush, and Neal Katyal, former acting solicitor general for President
    Obama, penned a piece for theHarvard Law Review
    <http://harvardlawreview.org/2015/03/on-the-meaning-of-natural-born-citizen/>tackling
    the question of what the Constitution means when it says that the
    president must be at least 35 years old, a U.S. resident for at
    least 14 years and a “natural born Citizen.”

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    “Wyoming Legislature 2015: Political Speech Boogaloo”
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=70961>

Posted onMarch 12, 2015 2:38 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=70961>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Steve Klein blogs. 
<http://wyliberty.org/feature/wyoming-legislature-2015-political-speech-boogaloo/>

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    “Watchdogs Urge Members to Co-Sponsor Bill to Curb Candidate-Super
    PAC Coordination” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=70959>

Posted onMarch 12, 2015 2:26 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=70959>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Release 
<http://www.campaignlegalcenter.org/news/press-releases/watchdogs-urge-members-co-sponsor-bill-curb-candidate-super-pac-coordination>.

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    Videos of Full Fordham Corruption Symposium Now Posted
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=70957>

Posted onMarch 12, 2015 2:23 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=70957>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

You can access each panel’s video through these links:

Fighting Corruption in America and Abroad | Panel 1: What is 
corruption?—How Should We Define It, and Why Is It Bad? 
<http://fordhamlawreview.org/articles/fighting-corruption-in-america-and-abroad-panel-1-what-is-corruption-how-should-we-define-it-and-why-is-it-bad>

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<http://fordhamlawreview.org/articles/fighting-corruption-in-america-and-abroad-panel-1-what-is-corruption-how-should-we-define-it-and-why-is-it-bad>

Fighting Corruption in America and Abroad | Panel 2: Landmark Domestic 
Bribery Prosecutions 
<http://fordhamlawreview.org/articles/fighting-corruption-in-america-and-abroad-panel-2-landmark-domestic-bribery-prosecutions>

READ MORE 
<http://fordhamlawreview.org/articles/fighting-corruption-in-america-and-abroad-panel-2-landmark-domestic-bribery-prosecutions>

Fighting Corruption in America and Abroad: Keynote Address by U.S. 
Attorney Preet Bharara 
<http://fordhamlawreview.org/articles/fighting-corruption-in-america-and-abroad-keynote-address-by-u-s-attorney-preet-bharara>

READ MORE 
<http://fordhamlawreview.org/articles/fighting-corruption-in-america-and-abroad-keynote-address-by-u-s-attorney-preet-bharara>

Fighting Corruption in America and Abroad | Panel 3: Corruption 
Regulation in Practice 
<http://fordhamlawreview.org/articles/fighting-corruption-in-america-and-abroad-panel-3-corruption-regulation-in-practice>

READ MORE 
<http://fordhamlawreview.org/articles/fighting-corruption-in-america-and-abroad-panel-3-corruption-regulation-in-practice>

Fighting Corruption in America and Abroad | Panel 4: The Political 
Economy of Global Corruption Regulation 
<http://fordhamlawreview.org/articles/fighting-corruption-in-america-and-abroad-panel-4-the-political-economy-of-global-corruption-regulation>

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Posted inbribery <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=54>,campaign finance 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>,chicanery 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=12>

    “Rob Portman says Voting Rights Act should get congressional review”
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=70955>

Posted onMarch 12, 2015 9:29 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=70955>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Plain Dealer: 
<http://www.cleveland.com/open/index.ssf/2015/03/rob_portman_says_voting_rights.html>

    U.S. Sen. Rob Portman said today that Congress should review the
    entire Voting Rights Act to evaluate how it is working. But he added
    that he doesn’t know if parts of it need to be strengthened.

    This comes after the Ohio Republican was criticized by Democrats for
    demurring last weekend on whether he supports a House bill to deal
    with a key section of the act that the Supreme Courtstruck down
    <http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/26/us/supreme-court-ruling.html?pagewanted=all> in
    2013. Portman was asked about new legislation, which civil rights
    leaders say is necessary, while he was in Selma, Alabama, to
    commemorate the 50th anniversary of the civil rights struggle that
    helped pass the act.

    His answer upset some liberal groups and Democrats.He said in Selma
    <http://thinkprogress.org/election/2015/03/08/3631184/selma-gop-lawmakers-explain-dont-support-john-lewis-bill-restore-voting-rights-act/>,
    “I haven’t looked at it. Is there a Senate version?”

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    “Let them vote; Move is on to allow more 16- and 17-year olds vote
    in local elections” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=70953>

Posted onMarch 12, 2015 9:27 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=70953>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

That’s the lead story in this week’sElectionline Weekly. 
<http://www.electionline.org/index.php/electionline-weekly>

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

    “Once the sideshows, super PACs now at the forefront of presidential
    runs” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=70951>

Posted onMarch 12, 2015 8:53 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=70951>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Yup. 
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/once-the-sideshows-super-pacs-now-at-the-forefront-of-presidential-runs/2015/03/12/516d371c-c777-11e4-a199-6cb5e63819d2_story.html>

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