[EL] ELB News and Commentary 11/16/15
Rick Hasen
rhasen at law.uci.edu
Mon Nov 16 08:04:06 PST 2015
“VTP Released Report on New Polling Place Resources”
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=77573>
Posted onNovember 16, 2015 7:45 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=77573>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Charles Stewart
<http://electionupdates.caltech.edu/2015/11/16/vtp-released-new-report-on-polling-place-resources/>for
Election Updates:
Just as the one-year count-down for the 2016 presidential election
has begun, the Caltech/MIT Voting Technology Project
<http://vote.caltech.edu/>has released a new report today about
managing polling place resources. Clickhere
<http://vote.caltech.edu/sites/default/files/Poli%20Sci%20FINAL%20print.pdf>for
the executive summary, andhere
<http://vote.caltech.edu/sites/default/files/Poli%20Sci%20FINAL%20print.pdf> for
the full report.
This report serves as a companion to a set ofWeb-based tools
<http://web.mit.edu/vtp>that the VTP developed and posted at the
request of the bipartisan Presidential Commission on Election
Administration (PCEA), to facilitate the recommendation that local
jurisdictions “develop models and tools to assist them in
effectively allocating resources across polling places.”
The report takes several new steps in the effort to spread the word
about the usefulness of applying queuing theory to improve polling
place practices. First, it provides a single source of facts about
lines at polling places in 2012 (with some updating to 2014).
Second, it provides a brief, intuitive introduction to queuing
theory as applied to polling places — with a brief list of suggested
readings for those who would like to learn more. Finally, the
report uses data from two actual local election jurisdictions and
walks through “what-if analyses” that rely on the application of the
resource allocation tools.
The report released today provides basic facts about where long
lines were experienced in 2012 and which voters — based on race,
voting mode, and residence — waited longer than others. Information
about the 2014 election updates previous research, and underscores
how long lines tend to be more prevalent in on-year (presidential)
elections than in midterm elections. Beyond providing basic facts
about the location of lines in American elections, the report
provides a basic introduction to the science of line management,
queuing theory, and a list of further readings for those who wish to
delve more deeply into the subject. Finally, this report
demonstrates how the Web-based tools might be used, by working
through actual data from two local jurisdictions.
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“Clinton’s Wall Street Donors Say More Than 9/11 Built Their Bond”
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=77571>
Posted onNovember 16, 2015 7:43 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=77571>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Bloomberg
<http://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2015-11-16/clinton-s-wall-street-donors-say-more-than-9-11-built-their-bond?cmpid=BBD111615_POL>:
The way he and Clinton’s other Wall Street supporters see it, the
connections that bind them are long, deep and nothing to be
embarrassed about. As Clinton seeks the Democratic presidential
nomination against candidates vowing to break up the biggest U.S.
banks, her donors in the financial industry say their relationship
doesn’t hinge on a quid pro quo or the September 2001 attacks.
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Posted incampaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>,campaigns
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=59>
“Tribal Lobbying Is Booming After Abramoff Scandal”
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=77569>
Posted onNovember 16, 2015 7:41 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=77569>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Roll Call reports.
<http://blogs.rollcall.com/beltway-insiders/indian-tribal-lobbying-booming-abramoff-scandal/?dcz=>
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“Wisconsin Assembly to vote on GAB, campaign finance bills Monday”
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=77567>
Posted onNovember 16, 2015 7:40 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=77567>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
The end is near.
<http://www.wkow.com/story/30525098/2015/11/16/wisconsin-assembly-to-vote-on-gab-campaign-finance-bills-monday>
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administration <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18>,The Voting Wars
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=60>
“How Super PACs And Campaigns Are Coordinating In 2016”
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=77565>
Posted onNovember 16, 2015 7:40 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=77565>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Important report
<http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/super-pac-coordination_56463f85e4b045bf3def0273>by
Paul Blumenthal of HuffPo.
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“Campaign Finance Reform = Corruption”
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=77563>
Posted onNovember 16, 2015 7:38 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=77563>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
George Will video <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=at82C8E8HUE>.
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“Disclosure Wars” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=77561>
Posted onNovember 16, 2015 7:37 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=77561>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Bob Bauer weighs in
<http://www.moresoftmoneyhardlaw.com/2015/11/disclosure-wars/>on the
recent case (and cert denial), CCP v. Harris.
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“A Time to Revive the Party” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=77559>
Posted onNovember 16, 2015 7:33 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=77559>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
FEC Commissioner Lee Goodman has writtenthis oped
<http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/a-time-to-revive-the-party/article/2576416>for
the /Washington Examiner/. It begins:
This week the Federal Election Commission will vote on a proposal to
revive political parties and make them more effective at mobilizing
populist political participation. The proposal has the support of
Democratic and Republican party advocates who lament the onerous
government regulations that have handicapped parties and rendered
them increasingly irrelevant.
The principal focus of the party proposal is the effectiveness of
state and local parties. State and local parties are the most
democratic institutions in American politics today. They are
populist associations of local citizens from all walks of life who
care deeply about their communities and the country and devote their
time and passion — not necessarily their checkbooks — to participate
in democracy. I refer to state and local parties as the “Motel 6” of
civic engagement because there is always a state or local party
office with a light on for people who want to get involved in the
political life of America.
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election commission <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=24>
“A Federal Agency Inadvertently Just Gave Super PACs More Power”
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=77557>
Posted onNovember 15, 2015 2:05 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=77557>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Important article
<http://www.buzzfeed.com/tariniparti/a-federal-agency-inadvertently-just-gave-super-pacs-more-pow?utm_term=.ika9KNX7P#.qj6bEkW7Z>from
BuzzFeed with a bad headline. There’s nothing inadvertent about this.
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“How The Pro-Bowser FreshPAC Was Forced To Disband”
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=77555>
Posted onNovember 15, 2015 1:21 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=77555>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Patrick Madden
<http://wamu.org/programs/metro_connection/15/11/13/how_the_pro_bowser_freshpac_was_forced_to_disband> for
WAMU:
When Washingtonians elected Muriel Bowser as mayor last year, she
promised to bring a “fresh start” to the city. A “fresh start,”
after the campaign scandals of her predecessor, Vincent Gray. Gray
is still under investigation by the U.S. attorney’s office.
But in September, less than a year after Bowser took office, she
confronted her own campaign-finance controversy: a new political
action committee bringing in unlimited donations from wealthy
donors. It was called FreshPAC, a nod to Bowser’s campaign slogan.
This week, organizers announced they’d be returning the money — and
shutting down the committee.
Here’s how it all played out.
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UC Irvine School of Law
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