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

Tue Oct 20 08:50:52 PDT 2015

Great oped. 

 What's difficult for me to understand is how someone can justify, for political reasons the attempts to make it so much more difficult for the poor and the minority to vote.  

Wouldn't it make more sense to develop an outlook and a platform that would allow the parties to compete for-- rather than attempt to dominate the poor and the minority.  

It is a losing proposition and only delays the inevitable inexorable future. But more importantly it may well be creating a national Republican Party that will be nothing more than a cinder in the dust bin of American history.   And that in our lifetimes. 

There is room-- even necessity for a conservative  party in the United States. 

Remember in my lifetime the Black vote was overwhelmingly Republican.  

Hispanic outlook although so like the Republican philosophy is overcome by viciousness and meanness.   I know Republicans don't intend to be that way or even appear that way.  But for all that is holy they are acting that way.  

Although I am a civil rights lawyer who considered himself to be Republican in 1970s Texas-- it is beyond me to understand how the party has gone so wrong.  

Perhaps it is too late for the party to change but I do t think so 

If it takes denying the poor and the minority the right to vote then a party has become unamerican and unchristian.  That does not work and should not work. 

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> On Oct 20, 2015, at 9:55 AM, Rick Hasen <rhasen at law.uci.edu> wrote:
> 
> “When it comes to election law, red America and blue America are not at all alike”
> Posted on October 20, 2015 7:53 am by Rick Hasen
> I have written this oped 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 in election administration, The Voting Wars
> “A Bloomberg Run? Drums are Beating”
> Posted on October 20, 2015 7:49 am by Rick Hasen
> NYT Dealbook.
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> Posted in ballot access, campaigns
> “Republicans talk more freely about ending filibuster”
> Posted on October 20, 2015 7:47 am by Rick Hasen
> Weigel.
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> Posted in legislation and legislatures, political polarization
> “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. ‘
> Posted on October 20, 2015 7:44 am by Rick Hasen
> Trevor Potter for Politico Magazine.
> 
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> Posted in campaign finance
> Federal Judge Who Upheld Indiana Voter ID Law with No Evidence of Fraud Enjoins Ballot Selfie Law Because of No Evidence of Fraud
> Posted on October 20, 2015 7:38 am by Rick Hasen
> Here’s the opinion (via ILB)
> 
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> Posted in vote buying, voting
> “Campaigns Taking In 35 Percent Less Cash Than 2008, But There’s More We Can’t See”
> Posted on October 20, 2015 7:30 am by Rick Hasen
> Peter Overby reports for NPR.
> 
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> Posted in campaign finance, campaigns
> “‘Fanciful’? Meet Lawrence Lessig, The Candidate With A Single Issue”
> Posted on October 20, 2015 7:30 am by Rick Hasen
> NPR reports.
> 
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> Posted in campaign finance, campaigns
> “The FEC at UCLA Law: Campaign Finance and the 2016 Election”
> Posted on October 20, 2015 7:21 am by Rick Hasen
> Great lineup. Sorry to have to miss thi event on Thursday (Oct 22).
> 
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> Posted in campaign finance, federal election commission
> “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”
> Posted on October 20, 2015 7:16 am by Rick Hasen
> CPI interview.
> 
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> Posted in campaign finance, campaigns
> “Jim Webb, a Blip in the Polls, Warns of an Independent Run”
> Posted on October 19, 2015 6:25 pm by Rick Hasen
> NYT reports.
> 
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> Posted in ballot access
> “Fair Elections Act blamed for confusion at polls”
> Posted on October 19, 2015 6:21 pm by Rick Hasen
> Globe and Mail:
> 
> 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 in comparative election law, election administration, The Voting Wars
> Shapiro v. McManus Preview
> Posted on October 19, 2015 3:59 pm by Rick Hasen
> Howard Wasserman at SCOTUSBlog:
> 
> In Shapiro v. McManus, 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 under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(6) without             referring the case for three-judge consideration.
> 
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> Posted in redistricting, Supreme Court
> Ranked Choice Voting Coming to Maine?
> Posted on October 19, 2015 3:55 pm by Rick Hasen
> A step closer.
> 
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> Posted in alternative voting systems
> Your One-Stop-Shop to “Fight Big Money”
> Posted on October 19, 2015 3:53 pm by Rick Hasen
> FightBigMoney.com, naturally.
> 
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> Posted in campaign finance, Supreme Court
> Ballot Selfie Ban Enjoined in Indiana
> Posted on October 19, 2015 3:03 pm by Rick Hasen
> Via ILB.  Details to come.
> 
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> Posted in campaigns, election administration
> “If money is speech, this is what $26 billion sounds like”
> Posted on October 19, 2015 3:02 pm by Rick Hasen
> Milbank on Adelson.
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> Posted in campaign finance, campaigns
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