[EL] ELB News and Commentary 10/20/15

Tue Oct 20 07:55:35 PDT 2015

    “When it comes to election law, red America and blue America are not
    at all alike” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=76869>

Posted onOctober 20, 2015 7:53 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=76869>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

I have writtenthis oped 
<http://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-1020-hasen-red-blue-election-law-20151020-story.html>for 
the LA Times. A snippet:

    It is easy to praise Democrats for taking the high road, but let’s
    not lose sight of partisan motivations on both sides: Conservatives
    and liberals alike believe that making registration and voting
    easier helps Democrats because constituencies that lean blue —
    including the poor and racial minorities — tend to have lower
    participation rates. One study found that unregistered voters would
    have favored President Obama over Mitt Romney by 73% to 27% in the
    2012 election.

    That said, where you live should not affect your ability to register
    and vote in a federal election. Why should a Californian have a much
    easier time voting for president than a North Carolinian?

    The best solution would be to nationalize our election process. We
    should have uniform standards for elections, automatic registration
    with anti-fraud checks and national voter identification provided by
    the federal government.

    But I am not naive, and I do not expect a national overhaul of the
    election system any time soon. The same partisan forces that have
    led to the emergence of red-state election law and blue-state
    election law have blocked room for partisan compromise in Congress.
    Many Republicans abhor automatic registration and other means to
    make it easier to vote, and many Democrats are wary of anti-fraud
    checks. Further, state election officials don’t want to give up
    their grip on power.

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Posted inelection administration 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18>,The Voting Wars 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=60>

    “A Bloomberg Run? Drums are Beating”
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=76867>

Posted onOctober 20, 2015 7:49 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=76867>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

NYT Dealbook. 
<http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/20/business/dealbook/a-bloomberg-run-drums-are-beating.html?ref=politics&_r=0>

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Posted inballot access <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=46>,campaigns 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=59>

    “Republicans talk more freely about ending filibuster”
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=76865>

Posted onOctober 20, 2015 7:47 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=76865>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Weigel. 
<https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2015/10/19/republicans-talk-more-freely-about-ending-filibuster/>

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Posted inlegislation and legislatures 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=27>,political polarization 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=68>

    “How to Finish What Stephen Colbert Started. Fixing our broken
    campaign finance system will require action from real Republicans.
    Not just from the talented guy who played one on TV. ‘
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=76863>

Posted onOctober 20, 2015 7:44 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=76863>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Trevor Potter 
<http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2015/10/stephen-colbert-213266>for 
Politico Magazine.

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    Federal Judge Who Upheld Indiana Voter ID Law with No Evidence of
    Fraud Enjoins Ballot Selfie Law Because of No Evidence of Fraud
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=76861>

Posted onOctober 20, 2015 7:38 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=76861>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Here’s the opinion 
<http://indianalawblog.com/documents/07315053995.pdf>(via ILB) 
<http://indianalawblog.com/archives/2015/10/ind_courts_here_13.html>

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Posted invote buying <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=43>,voting 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=31>

    “Campaigns Taking In 35 Percent Less Cash Than 2008, But There’s
    More We Can’t See” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=76859>

Posted onOctober 20, 2015 7:30 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=76859>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Peter Overby reports 
<http://www.npr.org/sections/itsallpolitics/2015/10/19/450035723/campaigns-taking-in-35-percent-less-cash-than-2008-but-theres-more-we-cant-see>for 
NPR.

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<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=59>

    “‘Fanciful’? Meet Lawrence Lessig, The Candidate With A Single
    Issue” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=76857>

Posted onOctober 20, 2015 7:30 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=76857>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

NPR reports. 
<http://www.npr.org/sections/itsallpolitics/2015/10/19/449305966/fanciful-meet-lawrence-lessig-the-candidate-with-a-single-issue>

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    “The FEC at UCLA Law: Campaign Finance and the 2016 Election”
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=76855>

Posted onOctober 20, 2015 7:21 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=76855>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Great lineup 
<https://www.scribd.com/doc/286067214/FEC-at-UCLA-Law-Event>. Sorry to 
have to miss thi event on Thursday (Oct 22).

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election commission <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=24>

    “Why Joe Trippi thinks Bernie Sanders won’t win; in 2016 Ex-Dean
    campaign manager says small-dollar donors can’t beat big money —
    yet” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=76853>

Posted onOctober 20, 2015 7:16 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=76853>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

CPI interview. 
<http://www.publicintegrity.org/2015/10/20/18647/why-joe-trippi-thinks-bernie-sanders-won-t-win-2016>

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<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=59>

    “Jim Webb, a Blip in the Polls, Warns of an Independent Run”
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=76850>

Posted onOctober 19, 2015 6:25 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=76850>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

NYT reports. 
<http://www.nytimes.com/politics/first-draft/2015/10/19/jim-webb-a-blip-in-the-polls-warns-of-an-independent-run/?_r=0>

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Posted inballot access <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=46>

    “Fair Elections Act blamed for confusion at polls”
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=76848>

Posted onOctober 19, 2015 6:21 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=76848>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Globe and Mail 
<http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/fair-elections-act-blamed-for-confusion-at-polls/article26878200/>:

    Voters in ridings across Canada reported confusion at the ballot box
    on Monday, with many attributing the issues to the Fair Elections
    Act, a controversial bill that ushered in many changes to the
    electoral process, from campaign finance to voter identification.

    “Canadians shouldn’t have to be experts in electoral law to cast a
    ballot,” said Josh Paterson, the executive director of the B.C.
    Civil Liberties Association.

    The group intervened in an ongoing case against the bill that sought
    to have its provisions suspended for this election. That argument
    was turned down in July, but a full court challenge will be heard
    after the voting.

    “We’re stuck with it for today, and hoping to get changes for next
    time around,” said Mr. Paterson, who himself was asked for
    unnecessary ID when he voted at the advance polls.

    The bill was criticized for raising limits on campaign spending,
    prohibiting Elections Canada from mobilizing voters and tightening
    voter-identification requirements. Critics said aboriginals,
    students and homeless voters were likely to face increased
    difficulties in casting a ballot as a result.

It’s the Canadian Voting Wars, ay?

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Posted incomparative election law 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=107>,election administration 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18>,The Voting Wars 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=60>

    Shapiro v. McManus Preview <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=76846>

Posted onOctober 19, 2015 3:59 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=76846>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Howard 
Wasserman<http://www.scotusblog.com/2015/10/argument-preview-is-a-three-judge-court-not-required-when-a-pleading-fails-to-state-a-claim/#more-233490>at 
SCOTUSBlog:

    In/Shapiro v. McManus/
    <http://www.scotusblog.com/case-files/cases/shapiro-v-mack/>, to be
    argued on Wednesday, November 4, the Court will consider the proper
    distribution of power in cases potentially governed by the
    three-judge procedure. Specifically, the Court must decide whether a
    single district judge can dismiss a complaint for failure to state a
    claim underFederal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(6)
    <https://www.law.cornell.edu/rules/frcp/rule_12>without referring
    the case for three-judge consideration.

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Posted inredistricting <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=6>,Supreme Court 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=29>

    Ranked Choice Voting Coming to Maine?
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=76844>

Posted onOctober 19, 2015 3:55 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=76844>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

A step closer. 
<http://www.fairvote.org/news/a-historic-day-for-ranked-choice-voting/>

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Posted inalternative voting systems <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=63>

    Your One-Stop-Shop to “Fight Big Money”
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=76842>

Posted onOctober 19, 2015 3:53 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=76842>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

FightBigMoney.com, <http://fightbigmoney.com/>naturally.

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    Ballot Selfie Ban Enjoined in Indiana
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=76840>

Posted onOctober 19, 2015 3:03 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=76840>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Via ILB. 
<http://indianalawblog.com/archives/2015/10/ind_courts_more_916.html> Details 
to come.

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    “If money is speech, this is what $26 billion sounds like”
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=76838>

Posted onOctober 19, 2015 3:02 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=76838>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Milbank 
<https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/sheldon-adelson-rambling-mogul/2015/10/19/db3a8218-76a1-11e5-bc80-9091021aeb69_story.html>on 
Adelson.

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