[EL] Raskin and Obama Re: ELB News and Commentary 10/2/15

Fri Oct 2 09:12:24 PDT 2015

Insofar as I was in Prof. Obama's Voting Rights and Election Law seminar
during my 2L year (1995-96), I'd certainly hope he qualified.  (He wasn't
using a textbook at the time, but a rather thick packet of cases, law
review articles, and other assembled materials.)

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On Fri, Oct 2, 2015 at 11:09 AM, Rob Richie <rr at fairvote.org> wrote:

>
> As he's my state senator and electoral reform champion, it's always easy
> for me to think of Jamie Raskin as #1, but one could interpret a certain
> former unsuccessful candidate ( but winner in subsequent elections for
> higher office) as an election law professor. See this piece on Barack
> Obama's status at U-Chicago law school and an excerpt on what kind of
> classes he sometimes taught there.
>
> http://www.factcheck.org/2008/03/obama-a-constitutional-law-professor/
>
>
> http://blogs.law.nyu.edu/magazine/2009/samuel-issacharoff-richard-pildes-2009-election-memo/
> *An Inside View on History | NYU Law Magazine*
> New York University School of Law
> "... As a professor at the University of Chicago Law School, Obama taught
> from Issacharoff, Pildes, and Pamela Karlan's 1998 casebook, The Law of
> Democracy"
>
>
> - Rob Richie
>
> On Fri, Oct 2, 2015 at 10:50 AM, Rick Hasen <rhasen at law.uci.edu> wrote:
>
>> paigns <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=59>
>> “In Maryland congressional race, sharp jabs at the better-funded
>> candidates” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=76402>
>> Posted on October 2, 2015 7:46 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=76402>
>> by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>>
>> WaPo
>> <https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/md-politics/maryland-congressional-candidates-clash-in-early-forum/2015/10/01/9ba49700-679d-11e5-9ef3-fde182507eac_story.html>
>> :
>>
>> By virtue of money in the bank, state Sen. Jamie B. Raskin and former
>> WJLA anchor Kathleen Matthews are the clear front-runners in the Democratic
>> primary for Maryland’s 8th Congressional District seat.
>>
>> And with front-runnerhood comes increased scrutiny and attacks by
>> opponents.
>>
>> That was the case at the first candidate forum of the primary season
>> Wednesday night. Matthews, who according to campaign finance reports raised
>> about $500,000 in the first month of her candidacy, was called out as “a
>> millionaire white woman” by independent Liz Matory, who also accused
>> Matthews of lacking support from people of color.
>>
>> Raskin, who has raised a little over $550,000, was assailed by fellow
>> candidate and state Del. Kumar P. Barve for making a campaign contribution
>> to a state Senate colleague who does not share all of his liberal agenda.
>>
>> I think Jamie Raskin is the first election law prof to run for Congress?
>> Am I wrong?
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>> <https://www.addtoany.com/share#url=http%3A%2F%2Felectionlawblog.org%2F%3Fp%3D76402&title=%E2%80%9CIn%20Maryland%20congressional%20race%2C%20sharp%20jabs%20at%20the%20better-funded%20candidates%E2%80%9D&description=>
>> Posted in campaigns <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=59>
>> “Voter ID: What Oregon gets right and Alabama gets wrong”
>> <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=76400>
>> Posted on October 2, 2015 7:45 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=76400>
>> by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>>
>> Kyle Whitmire
>> <http://www.al.com/opinion/index.ssf/2015/10/drivers_licenses_and_voter_id.html>
>>  at Al.com.
>> [image: Share]
>> <https://www.addtoany.com/share#url=http%3A%2F%2Felectionlawblog.org%2F%3Fp%3D76400&title=%E2%80%9CVoter%20ID%3A%20What%20Oregon%20gets%20right%20and%20Alabama%20gets%20wrong%E2%80%9D&description=>
>> Posted in election administration <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18>, The
>> Voting Wars <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=60>
>> “Alabama Demands Voter ID–Then Closes Driver’s License Offices In Black
>> Counties” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=76395>
>> Posted on October 2, 2015 7:36 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=76395>
>> by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>>
>> TPM:
>> <http://talkingpointsmemo.com/muckraker/alabama-drivers-licenses-voter-id>
>>
>> What happens when a state with a tough voter ID law suddenly makes it
>> much harder for minorities to get driver’s licenses? We are about to find
>> out in Alabama.
>>
>> Facing a budget crisis, Alabama has shuttered 31 driver’s license
>> offices, many of them in counties with a high proportion of black
>> residents. Coming after the state recently put into effect a tougher voter
>> ID law, the closures will cut off access — particularly for minorities — to
>> one of the few types of IDs accepted.
>>
>> According to a tally by AL.com columnist
>> <http://www.al.com/opinion/index.ssf/2015/09/alabama_sends_message_we_are_t.html>John
>> Archibald
>> <http://www.al.com/opinion/index.ssf/2015/09/alabama_sends_message_we_are_t.html>,
>> eight of the 10 Alabama counties with the highest percentage of non-white
>> registered voters saw their driver’s license offices closed.
>>
>> “Every single county in which blacks make up more than 75 percent of
>> registered voters will see their driver license office closed. Every one,”
>> Archibald wrote.
>>
>> Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act likely would have stopped this.
>> Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act *should* stop this.
>> [image: Share]
>> <https://www.addtoany.com/share#url=http%3A%2F%2Felectionlawblog.org%2F%3Fp%3D76395&title=%E2%80%9CAlabama%20Demands%20Voter%20ID%E2%80%93Then%20Closes%20Driver%E2%80%99s%20License%20Offices%20In%20Black%20Counties%E2%80%9D&description=>
>> Posted in election administration <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18>, The
>> Voting Wars <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=60>, voter id
>> <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=9>
>> “Outsider Candidates’ Fundraising May Prove More Durable Than Insiders'”
>> <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=76393>
>> Posted on October 2, 2015 7:32 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=76393>
>> by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>>
>> Bloomberg reports.
>> <http://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2015-10-02/outsider-candidates-fundraising-may-prove-more-durable-than-insiders-?cmpid=BBD100215_POL>
>> [image: Share]
>> <https://www.addtoany.com/share#url=http%3A%2F%2Felectionlawblog.org%2F%3Fp%3D76393&title=%E2%80%9COutsider%20Candidates%E2%80%99%20Fundraising%20May%20Prove%20More%20Durable%20Than%20Insiders%27%E2%80%9D&description=>
>> Posted in campaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>,
>> campaigns <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=59>
>> “Kansas officials to begin culling incomplete voter forms”
>> <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=76391>
>> Posted on October 2, 2015 7:31 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=76391>
>> by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>>
>> AP reports.
>> <http://ksn.com/2015/10/02/kansas-officials-to-begin-culling-incomplete-voter-forms/>
>> [image: Share]
>> <https://www.addtoany.com/share#url=http%3A%2F%2Felectionlawblog.org%2F%3Fp%3D76391&title=%E2%80%9CKansas%20officials%20to%20begin%20culling%20incomplete%20voter%20forms%E2%80%9D&description=>
>> Posted in election administration <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18>, The
>> Voting Wars <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=60>
>> Seattle Times Editorial Comes Out Against Campaign Finance Voucher
>> Initiative <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=76389>
>> Posted on October 2, 2015 7:30 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=76389>
>> by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>>
>> The devil
>> <http://www.seattletimes.com/opinion/editorials/seattle-voters-should-reject-campaign-finance-reform-measure-initiative-122/>
>>  in the details.
>>
>> UPDATE: Here is an opinion piece
>> <http://www.seattletimes.com/opinion/initiative-122-would-bring-power-back-to-the-people/>
>>  supporting the measure and Paul Blumenthal coverage
>> <http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/honest-elections-seattle_560d4018e4b0af3706dfaf02>
>> .
>>
>> I’m a big and longtime proponent of campaign finance vouchers, but I have
>> not studied the details of the Seattle proposal enough to take a position
>> on it.
>> [image: Share]
>> <https://www.addtoany.com/share#url=http%3A%2F%2Felectionlawblog.org%2F%3Fp%3D76389&title=Seattle%20Times%20Editorial%20Comes%20Out%20Against%20Campaign%20Finance%20Voucher%20Initiative&description=>
>> Posted in campaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>,
>> campaigns <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=59>
>> “I’m Trying to Run for President, but the Democrats Won’t Let Me”
>> <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=76387>
>> Posted on October 2, 2015 7:28 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=76387>
>> by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>>
>> Larry Lessig
>> <http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2015/10/lessig-lawrence-democrats-debate-2016-213215>
>>  in Politico:
>>
>>
>>
>> Here’s how you make the debates: After one declares, a candidate is
>> formally welcomed into the race by the Democratic National Committee.
>> Polling firms, taking a cue from the DNC, include that candidate on their
>> questionnaires. Candidates that poll at 1 percent nationally in at least
>> three separate polls earn an invitation. Simple enough.
>>
>> That’s how the process typically works for other candidacies—but not for
>> mine. The DNC still has not formally welcomed me into the race—despite my
>> raising money at a faster pace than more than half the pack, and being in
>> the race nearly a full month. Polls, in turn, have taken the hint, only
>> including me sporadically on questionnaires: of the last 10 major polls,
>> only three mentioned my candidacy. One poll recently put me at 1 percent
>> (for comparison, candidates O’Malley, Webb and Chafee, who will each get a
>> podium at the debates, are all currently polling at 0.7 percent or less,
>> according
>> <http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2016/president/us/2016_democratic_presidential_nomination-3824.html>to
>> Real Clear Politcs). Were I actually included on every poll, I would easily
>> make the debates.
>>
>> The Democratic Party could fix this by welcoming me into the race. Yet
>> when I tried to talk about this with the chair of the Democratic Party,
>> Debbie Wasserman Schultz, she scheduled a call, but then cancelled it. So
>> far she hasn’t had the time to schedule another. I’ve had similar
>> experiences at the state level, where the same game is played: The chair of
>> the New Hampshire Democrats invited me to speak at their convention. I was
>> given 5 minutes. Hillary Clinton took an hour.
>>
>>
>> [image: Share]
>> <https://www.addtoany.com/share#url=http%3A%2F%2Felectionlawblog.org%2F%3Fp%3D76387&title=%E2%80%9CI%E2%80%99m%20Trying%20to%20Run%20for%20President%2C%20but%20the%20Democrats%20Won%E2%80%99t%20Let%20Me%E2%80%9D&description=>
>> Posted in ballot access <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=46>, campaign
>> finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>, campaigns
>> <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=59>
>> More Bauer on Hasen on #SCOTUS and Campaign Finance
>> <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=76385>
>> Posted on October 2, 2015 7:25 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=76385>
>> by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>>
>> Here
>> <http://www.moresoftmoneyhardlaw.com/2015/10/assigning-responsibility-implosion-part-ii-implications-reform-programs/>
>> .
>>
>> I’ll have more to say about the subject of Bob’s second post when Plutocrats
>> Unite
>> <http://www.amazon.com/Plutocrats-United-Campaign-Distortion-Elections/dp/0300212453/ref=la_B0089NJCR2_1_7?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1430416698&sr=1-7>d
>> is released in January.
>> [image: Share]
>> <https://www.addtoany.com/share#url=http%3A%2F%2Felectionlawblog.org%2F%3Fp%3D76385&title=More%20Bauer%20on%20Hasen%20on%20%23SCOTUS%20and%20Campaign%20Finance&description=>
>> Posted in campaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>, Supreme
>> Court <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=29>
>> “A case study on college poll workers; An in-depth look at the Chicago
>> Program” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=76383>
>> Posted on October 1, 2015 12:02 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=76383>
>> by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>>
>> That’s the lead story in this week’s Electionline Weekly
>> <http://www.electionline.org/index.php/electionline-weekly>.
>> [image: Share]
>> <https://www.addtoany.com/share#url=http%3A%2F%2Felectionlawblog.org%2F%3Fp%3D76383&title=%E2%80%9CA%20case%20study%20on%20college%20poll%20workers%3B%20An%20in-depth%20look%20at%20the%20Chicago%20Program%E2%80%9D&description=>
>> Posted in election administration <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18>
>> “GAB head asks lawmakers to delay overhaul of elections agency”
>> <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=76381>
>> Posted on October 1, 2015 8:22 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=76381>
>> by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>>
>> *Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel
>> <http://www.jsonline.com/news/statepolitics/gab-head-asks-lawmakers-to-delay-overhaul-of-elections-agency-b99587503z1-330102791.html>*
>> :
>>
>> The head of the state’s elections board has urged legislative leaders to
>> slow down their plans to overhaul the agency, but top GOP lawmakers say
>> they will unveil their restructuring plans next week.
>>
>> Gerald Nichol, chairman of the Government Accountability Board, in a
>> letter to lawmakers raised concerns about restructuring the board 13 months
>> before the high-turnout presidential election. His request to slow down
>> fell on deaf ears.
>>
>> On Wednesday, aides to Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald (R-Juneau)
>> and Assembly Speaker Robin Vos (R-Rochester) said they reached a deal on
>> the matter. They declined to provide details, saying they would make their
>> plans public next week.
>>
>> Deplorable.
>> [image: Share]
>> <https://www.addtoany.com/share#url=http%3A%2F%2Felectionlawblog.org%2F%3Fp%3D76381&title=%E2%80%9CGAB%20head%20asks%20lawmakers%20to%20delay%20overhaul%20of%20elections%20agency%E2%80%9D&description=>
>> Posted in Uncategorized <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=1>
>>
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