[EL] ELB News and Commentary 5/14/15

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    “Sugar Daddies, Super PAC’s and Winning the White House”
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=72464>

Posted onMay 14, 2015 7:28 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=72464>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Segment on KCRW’sTo the Point. 
<http://www.kcrw.com/news-culture/shows/to-the-point/sugar-daddies-super-pacs-and-winning-the-white-house>

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    “How the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Could Require
    Transparency for Corporate Political Expenditures”
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=72462>

Posted onMay 14, 2015 7:27 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=72462>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Ciara Torres-Spelliscy 
<http://www.scholarsstrategynetwork.org/content/how-us-securities-and-exchange-commission-could-require-transparency-corporate-political-exp>at 
SSN.

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    “Dishonorable Chevy Chase Election”
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=72460>

Posted onMay 14, 2015 7:24 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=72460>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

David Lublin <http://www.theseventhstate.com/?p=5304>on a controversial 
write-in candidacy.

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    “Holding Down the Fort or Tearing it down: Law Reform Projects at
    the FEC” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=72458>

Posted onMay 14, 2015 7:21 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=72458>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Bauer blogs. 
<http://www.moresoftmoneyhardlaw.com/2015/05/holding-fort-tearing-law-reform-projects-fec/>

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    “Ohio Republicans push new voter ID bill”
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=72454>

Posted onMay 13, 2015 8:34 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=72454>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

MSNBC reports. 
<http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/ohio-republicans-push-new-voter-id-bill>

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<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18>,The Voting Wars 
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    Revised Versions of Some Recent Drafts
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=72452>

Posted onMay 13, 2015 8:30 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=72452>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

I’ve updated SSRN with the latest versions of my papers in progress:

Racial Gerrymandering’s Questionable Revival, /Alabama Law 
Review/(forthcoming 2015) (draft available 
<http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2601459>)

Why Isn’t Congress More Corrupt? A Preliminary Inquiry, /Fordham Law 
Review/(forthcoming 2015) (draft available 
<http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2585260>)

Reining in the Purcell Principle,/Florida State University Law 
Review/(forthcoming 2015) (draft available 
<http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2545676>)

Response: Conscious Congressional Overriding of the Supreme Court, 
Gridlock, and Partisan Politics,/Texas Law Review See Also /(forthcoming 
2015) (draft available 
<http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2530114>) (with Jim 
Buatti)

When is Uniformity of People, Not Counties, Appropriate in Election 
Administration? The Cases of Early and Sunday Voting,/University of 
Chicago Legal Forum/(forthcoming 2015) (draft available 
<http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2497192>)

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    “Special prosecutor intent on pursuing investigation in possible
    illegal coordination by Scott Walker campaign, but major legal
    hurdles remain” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=72450>

Posted onMay 13, 2015 4:33 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=72450>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

WaPo reports. 
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-politics/wp/2015/05/13/special-prosecutor-intent-on-pursuing-investigation-in-possible-illegal-coordination-by-scott-walker-campaign-but-major-legal-hurdles-remain/?postshare=941431559365380>

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    “Bush money machine in high gear even without official campaign”
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=72447>

Posted onMay 13, 2015 3:32 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=72447>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Fredreka 
Schouten<http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2016/2015/05/13/jeb-bush-campaign-money-machine/27241557/>for 
USA Today:

    Bush is not alone in advancing his presidential bid through a new
    crop of big-money groups authorized by a pair of federal court
    rulings, including the Supreme Court’s/Citizens United/decision in
    2010. The ruling permitted unlimited spending by corporations and
    unions in candidate elections. Other candidates also are getting
    support from super PACs, and several have long-standing non-profit
    policy arms.

    Bush has stood out because he’s raising large sums quickly, and his
    allies have pulled together the affiliated organizations in a
    relatively short time period….

    This week, a second pro-Clinton super PAC called Correct the Record
    announced it would coordinate closely with Clinton’s campaign.
    Organizers of the group, whose sole mission will be defending
    Clinton’s record, argue that because they will not fund paid
    advertising they will not run afoul of rules that bar super PACs
    from coordinating their spending with candidates.

    Richard Hasen, an expert on election law at the University of
    California-Irvine, called Correct the Record’s move an “aggressive
    interpretation” of coordination rules.

    It’s unlikely that the six-member, gridlocked Federal Election
    Commission would take any action if a presidential candidate stepped
    over the line. The commission’s chairwoman, Ann Ravel, declined to
    comment on any candidate’s practices, but she told USA TODAY this
    week that “recent history” on coordination issues “portends slim
    hope that we will be able to reach four votes to penalize any major
    transgressions.”

    Hasen said the new campaign funding practices in 2016 are likely to
    set the precedent for future contests.

    “The Supreme Court got the ball rolling,” he said, “and candidates
    are pushing the ball down the hill as fast as they can.”

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    Jeb Bush’s Denials That He’s a Presidential Candidate Increasingly a
    Joke <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=72445>

Posted onMay 13, 2015 1:24 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=72445>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Oops 
<http://www.nbcnews.com/watch/nbc-news/slip-of-the-tongue-jeb-bush-may-have-accidentally-dropped-big-2016-news-444840515654>:

    “I’m running for president in 2016, and the focus is gonna be about
    how we—if I run—how do you create high, sustained economic growth,
    where more people have a chance at earned success? And I will apply
    my record and the ideas that are relevant going forward to all of
    this. Of course I have differences with every president, previous
    president.”

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    “N. Patrick Crooks asks judge for transition plan on chief justice”
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=72443>

Posted onMay 13, 2015 11:47 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=72443>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel: 
<http://www.jsonline.com/news/statepolitics/n-patrick-crooks-asks-judge-for-transition-plan-on-chief-justice-b99499686z1-303614051.html>

    State Supreme Court Justice N. Patrick Crooks has asked a federal
    judge to create a transition plan to transfer power to a new chief
    justice because Wisconsin’s high court is in a state of “uncertainty
    and turmoil.”

    “I respectfully request that you exercise (your) powers to set forth
    such a transitional plan, in order to address the chaotic situation
    that exists,” Crooks wrote this week to U.S. District Judge James
    Peterson.

    It’s the latest twist in litigation over who should be in charge of
    the state Supreme Court.

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    “Ethics Commissioner: Libby Mayor, City Council Violated Election
    Laws” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=72441>

Posted onMay 13, 2015 10:39 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=72441>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

News 
<http://flatheadbeacon.com/2015/05/12/ethics-commissioner-libby-mayor-city-council-violated-election-laws/>from 
Montana:

    The mayor of Libby and its city council violated Montana law in the
    days before the 2013 election, according to a new report from the
    Montana Commissioner of Political Practices.

    In a decision handed down on May 12, Commissioner Jonathan Motl
    states that Mayor Doug Roll, City Attorney James Reintsma and the
    Libby City Council possibly altered the mayoral election when the
    city filed a lawsuit against Councilman Allen Olsen alleging he was
    not a resident and thus could not run for mayor.

    Roll beat Olsen by just 13 votes.

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    “Tax-funded legal costs top $1 million over John Doe probe targeting
    Scott Walker campaign” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=72439>

Posted onMay 13, 2015 10:16 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=72439>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel. 
<http://www.jsonline.com/news/statepolitics/tax-funded-legal-costs-top-1-million-over-john-doe-probe-targeting-scott-walker-campaign-b99499298z1-303581151.html>

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    “10 members of Congress took trip secretly funded by foreign
    government” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=72437>

Posted onMay 13, 2015 9:40 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=72437>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

WaPo 
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/10-members-of-congress-took-trip-secretly-funded-by-foreign-government/2015/05/13/76b55332-f720-11e4-9030-b4732caefe81_story.html?hpid=z1>:

    The state-owned oil company of Azerbaijan secretly funded an
    all-expenses-paid trip to a conference at Baku on the Caspian Sea in
    2013 for 10 members of Congress and 32 staff members, according to a
    confidential ethics report obtained by The Washington Post. Three
    former top aides to President Obama appeared as speakers at the
    conference.

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<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=20>,ethics investigations 
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    “Online Voter Registration: Trends in development and
    implementation” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=72435>

Posted onMay 13, 2015 9:38 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=72435>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

New Pew report. 
<http://www.pewtrusts.org/en/research-and-analysis/issue-briefs/2015/05/online-voter-registration>

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


    “Meet the Man Who Invented the Super PAC”
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=72433>

Posted onMay 13, 2015 7:47 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=72433>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

TIME <http://time.com/3856427/super-pac-david-keating/>on David Keating.

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    “Obama Foundation walks fine line in efforts to raise $500 million”
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=72431>

Posted onMay 13, 2015 7:46 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=72431>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Josh Gerstein 
<http://www.politico.com/story/2015/05/obama-foundation-walks-fine-line-in-efforts-to-raise-500-million-117882.html>for 
Politico.

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    “Hillary Clinton: the ‘Citizens United’ candidate”
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=72429>

Posted onMay 13, 2015 6:56 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=72429>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Dave Levintha 
<http://www.publicintegrity.org/2014/01/21/14140/hillary-clinton-citizens-united-candidate>l 
for CPI.

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    “Jeb Bush is destroying our laughable campaign finance laws”
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=72427>

Posted onMay 13, 2015 6:55 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=72427>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Taegan 
Goddard<http://theweek.com/articles/554678/jeb-bush-destroying-laughable-campaign-finance-laws>for 
The Week.

See also my earlier Slate piece,Jeb the Destroyer 
<http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/politics/2015/04/jeb_bush_destroying_campaign_finance_rules_his_tactics_will_be_the_future.html>.

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    “A chance to clarify ‘one person, one vote'”
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=72425>

Posted onMay 13, 2015 6:40 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=72425>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Ed Blum LAToped 
<http://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-blum-one-person-vote-20150513-story.html>:

    The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday will consider hearing Sue
    Evenwel, et al vs. Abbott, a constitutional challenge to how Texas
    created its state Senate districts. Evenwel merits the court’s
    attention because it could reestablish electoral fairness in dozens
    of voting districts — not just in Texas but throughout the country.

    In each of the 31 senate districts in Texas there are about 811,000
    people, but there are wild disparities in the number of people per
    district who actually have the legal right to cast a ballot.

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    “A ‘Pillar’ of the Clinton Campaign Won’t Get the Job Done”
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=72423>

Posted onMay 13, 2015 6:38 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=72423>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Fred WertheimerHuffPo blog post. 
<http://www.huffingtonpost.com/fred-wertheimer/a-pillar-of-the-clinton-c_b_7259588.html>

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