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

Sun Mar 15 09:08:45 PDT 2015

    “City Council Races Offer Change in Ferguson After Months of
    Upheaval” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=71010>

Posted onMarch 15, 2015 9:06 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=71010>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

NYT 
<http://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/15/us/politics/city-council-races-offer-change-in-ferguson-after-months-of-upheaval.html?ref=politics&_r=0>:

    Months of voter registration drives by the N.A.A.C.P. and other
    civil-rights groups added 562 names to Ferguson’s rolls of about
    12,700 voters — a 4 percent increase. But St. Louis County election
    officials said the increase was not substantially higher than
    registration changes in nearby cities in the same period.

    Patricia Bynes, the Democratic Party committeewoman for the area
    that includes Ferguson, said getting people out to vote was as
    important as registering them. When she went door to door with
    volunteers, she said, she found that many people were registered to
    vote but that they did not know when to cast their ballots or who
    was running.

    “The hurdle in the past has not been voter registration,” she said.
    “It’s been voter education in making sure they know there is an
    election.”

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    “State panel considers raising thresholds for campaign reporting”
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=71008>

Posted onMarch 15, 2015 9:02 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=71008>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

LAT reports 
<http://www.latimes.com/local/political/la-me-pc-state-panel-may-support-raising-thresholds-for-campaign-reporting-20150309-story.html>. 
  Itestified before the FPPC 
<http://electionlawblog.org/archives/015549.html>in 2010 that this is 
exactly what the state should do, to balance the public’s interest in 
campaign information with informational privacy for small donors (as 
opposed to major political players).

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    “L.A.’s low voter numbers push state officials toward easing
    process” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=71006>

Posted onMarch 15, 2015 8:58 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=71006>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

LA Times front page report. 
<http://www.latimes.com/local/california/la-me-pol-election-turnout-20150315-story.html#page=1>

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

    MayDay 2.0. But Lessig 2.0, Too <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=71004>

Posted onMarch 15, 2015 8:54 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=71004>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Larry Lessig isout on Medium 
<https://medium.com/@lessig/we-tried-we-learned-we-re-trying-something-new-mayday-us-v2-f56bb96abff>with 
an explainer about campaign finance reform group MayDay’s shift in tactics:

    This means we need to push the fight further back in the cycle of
    the elections. The focus needs to be less partisan and so more
    focused on primaries in safe seats. Even better, the focus needs to
    be less about the election fight and more about citizens persuading
    incumbents to sign on to reform months before an election.

But equally important (at least to me) is that Lessig is beginning to 
recognize that a key part of Lessig’s argument is about political 
equality (and not (just) a type of “corruption).  There weresigns of it 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=70819>on our panel at Fordham last week. 
And now there’s this:

    That point is obvious to most, but what’s missed by most is this: We
    can, in fact, change it.*A single statute changing the way elections
    are funded would radically change the inequality of the current system.*

    Just think about that point for a second. When civil rights leaders
    were pressing for the law to recognize (finally) the equality of
    people on the basis of race, or sex, or sexual orientation, no one
    imagined that a single statute would change everything. Martin
    Luther King, Jr., fought for the Civil Rights Act of 1964, and then
    the Voting Rights Act of 1965, but he didn’t believe the problem of
    racism and inequality would just disappear because of those laws.
    Racism is a pathology in the DNA of a culture. You don’t wake up one
    day no longer a racist. It takes generations to rip that disease
    from society, and to remake it as equal. It is a long, hard fight….

    *Nothing real is possible until we achieve this equality. It is time
    we do.*

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    “The ‘Moneyball’ effect on K Street: The influence game gets
    scientific” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=71002>

Posted onMarch 15, 2015 8:46 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=71002>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

WaPo reports. 
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/capitalbusiness/the-moneyball-effect-on-k-street-the-influence-game-gets-scientific/2015/03/12/4ab365f2-b14e-11e4-854b-a38d13486ba1_story.html>

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

    Voter Suppression is Wrong <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=70997>

Posted onMarch 14, 2015 3:03 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=70997>bySpencer Overton 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=17>

Today, J. Christian Adams @ElectionLawCtr tweeted the following:  “‘If 
there was justice in the world they’d be suppressing white people’ says 
@jointcenter staffer.  What says @donnabrazile @SpencerOverton?”  He 
elaborated on the tweet in a blog post.

The/Daily Beast 
<http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/03/14/why-the-voting-rights-act-is-doomed.html?via=mobile&source=email>/attributed 
that statement to David Bositis, who is not a Joint Center staffer, and 
has not worked at the Joint Center for over a year.

Voter suppression against any racial group is a serious matter, and it 
is wrong.  Our democracy should work to facilitate participation by 
Americans of all backgrounds.

For the most recent report published by the Joint Center on race in 
politics, please read/*50 Years of the Voting Rights Act:  The State of 
Race in Politics 
<http://jointcenter.org/blog/50-years-voting-rights-act>*/.  The report 
is critical to understanding the impact of the Act and the future of 
voting rights.  The report provides data on minority voter turnout, 
racially polarized voting, policy outcomes by race, and the number of 
minority elected officials from 1965 until the present. Click here 
<http://jointcenter.org/blog/50-years-voting-rights-act>to read the 
2-page summary and the full 46-page report.

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    “2016 candidates build new financing system. Are they mocking the
    rules?” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=70995>

Posted onMarch 14, 2015 2:21 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=70995>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Dan Balz’s take. 
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2016-candidates-build-new-financing-system-are-they-mocking-the-rules/2015/03/14/9d030488-ca4f-11e4-b2a1-bed1aaea2816_story.html?hpid=z1>

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    Future of Voting Rights Symposium <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=70993>

Posted onMarch 13, 2015 4:07 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=70993>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

NYU Journal of Legislation and Public Policy <http://www.nyujlpp.org/>:

    *Symposium
    **The Future of Voting Rights
    <http://www.nyujlpp.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/The-Future-of-Voting-Rights-17nyujlpp637.pdf>*

    Preface
    <http://www.nyujlpp.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/The-Future-of-Voting-Rights-17nyujlpp637.pdf>/Alessandra
    N. Baniel-Stark/

    Introductory Remarks of Richard Pildes
    <http://www.nyujlpp.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/The-Future-of-Voting-Rights-17nyujlpp637.pdf#page=2>
    /Richard Pildes/

    Remarks of Robert Bauer
    <http://www.nyujlpp.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/The-Future-of-Voting-Rights-17nyujlpp637.pdf#Page=3>
    /Robert Bauer/

    Remarks of Benjamin L. Ginsberg
    <http://www.nyujlpp.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/The-Future-of-Voting-Rights-17nyujlpp637.pdf#Page=5>
    /Benjamin L. Ginsberg/

    Remarks of Myrna Pérez
    <http://www.nyujlpp.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/The-Future-of-Voting-Rights-17nyujlpp637.pdf#Page=7>
    /Myrna Pérez/

    Remarks of Dale Ho
    <http://www.nyujlpp.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/The-Future-of-Voting-Rights-17nyujlpp637.pdf#Page=11>
    /Dale Ho/

    Remarks of Julie Fernandez
    <http://www.nyujlpp.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/The-Future-of-Voting-Rights-17nyujlpp637.pdf#Page=16>
    /Julie Fernandez/

    Remarks of Spencer A. Overton
    <http://www.nyujlpp.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/The-Future-of-Voting-Rights-17nyujlpp637.pdf#Page=20>
    /Spencer A. Overton/

    Remarks of Samuel Issacharoff
    <http://www.nyujlpp.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/The-Future-of-Voting-Rights-17nyujlpp637.pdf#Page=24>
    /Samuel Issacharoff/

    Questions and Answers
    <http://www.nyujlpp.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/The-Future-of-Voting-Rights-17nyujlpp637.pdf#Page=28>/
    /

    *Articles
    *Voting Rights Litigation After /Shelby County/: Mechanics and
    Standards in Section 2 Vote Denial Claims
    <http://www.nyujlpp.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/Ho-Voting-Rights-Litigation-After-Shelby-County-17nyujlpp675.pdf>
    /Dale E. Ho/

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

    “Rethinking DC Representation in Congress Symposium”
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=70991>

Posted onMarch 13, 2015 4:03 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=70991>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

    William and Mary Bill of Rights Journalsymposium
    <http://scholarship.law.wm.edu/wmborj/vol23/iss1/>:

    “…Chosen by the People of the Several States…”: Statehood for the
    District of Columbia <http://scholarship.law.wm.edu/wmborj/vol23/iss1/2>
    Larry Mirel and Joe Sternlieb

    PDF
    <http://scholarship.law.wm.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1704&context=wmborj>

    The Right to Vote: Is the Amendment Game Worth the Candle?
    <http://scholarship.law.wm.edu/wmborj/vol23/iss1/3>
    Heather K. Gerken

    PDF
    <http://scholarship.law.wm.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1705&context=wmborj>

    Three Questions for the “Right to Vote” Amendment
    <http://scholarship.law.wm.edu/wmborj/vol23/iss1/4>
    Richard Briffault

    PDF
    <http://scholarship.law.wm.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1706&context=wmborj>

    Democratic Capital: A Voting Rights Surge in Washington Could
    Strengthen the Constitution for Everyone
    <http://scholarship.law.wm.edu/wmborj/vol23/iss1/5>
    Jamin Raskin

    PDF
    <http://scholarship.law.wm.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1707&context=wmborj>

    Theories of Representation: For the District of Columbia, Only
    Statehood Will Do <http://scholarship.law.wm.edu/wmborj/vol23/iss1/6>
    Mary M. Cheh

    PDF
    <http://scholarship.law.wm.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1708&context=wmborj>

    Welcome to New Columbia: The Fiscal, Economic and Political
    Consequences of Statehood for D.C.
    <http://scholarship.law.wm.edu/wmborj/vol23/iss1/7>
    David Schleicher

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    “Controversial Iowa voter rules will not take effect”
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=70989>

Posted onMarch 13, 2015 1:55 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=70989>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Des Moines Registe 
<http://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/politics/2015/03/13/voter-registration-lawsuit-resolved-rules-invalidated/70280104/>r:

    Rules enacted by former Iowa Secretary of State Matt Schultz to
    identify and disqualify ineligible voters will not take effect,
    following the resolution of a long-running lawsuit on Friday.

    The Secretary of State’s Office — now held by Paul Pate —
    voluntarily dismissed an appeal to the Iowa Supreme Court that was
    initiated by Schultz last year following a loss at the
    district-court level.

    By declining to continue the appeal, the state has effectively
    concluded the lawsuit and allowed the lower-court ruling to stand.
    That means the rules will never take effect.

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<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18>,The Voting Wars 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=60>,voter registration 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=37>

    Ron Collins on Larry Tribe on Whether Citizens United Was Rightly
    Decided <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=70987>

Posted onMarch 13, 2015 1:12 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=70987>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Here. 
<http://concurringopinions.com/archives/2015/03/fan-51-2-first-amendment-news-larry-tribe-unto-the-breach-i-believe-citizens-united-was-rightly-decided-but-hold-on-there-is-more.html>

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    “Republican Opposition to Lynch Might Make History”
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=70985>

Posted onMarch 13, 2015 11:49 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=70985>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Roll Call reports. 
<http://blogs.rollcall.com/hawkings/loretta-lynch-republican-votes/?dcz=>

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    “FEC Deadlocked on Probe of Reporting by Pro-Clinton Super PAC”
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=70983>

Posted onMarch 13, 2015 9:59 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=70983>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Bloomberg BNA:

    Democrats and Republicans on the Federal Election Commission
    deadlocked on a vote to decide whether to investigate possible
    reporting violations by a super political action committee
    supporting Hillary Clinton, according to documents released by the
    FEC March 13.

    The FEC’s three Democrats voted to follow a recommendation by the
    FEC general counsel’s office to open a “limited investigation” of
    the pro-Clinton super PAC, called Ready for Hillary. The FEC’s three
    Republicans voted against the proposed investigation.

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