[EL] ELB News and Commentary 9/10/15

[Rick Hasen]

    “For Biden, calendar makes his 2016 decision tough to delay”
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=75917>

Posted onSeptember 10, 2015 9:14 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=75917>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

AP 
<http://www.sunherald.com/2015/09/10/6406557/for-biden-calendar-makes-his-2016.html>:

    The process to get on the ballot varies greatly from state to state,
    creating a maze of requirements that campaigns must meet: petitions
    to be collected, signatures to be counted and notifications made to
    political parties, elections boards and state agencies. Caucus
    states like Iowa generally require far less legwork. Some states
    require a specific number of petition signatures from each
    congressional district. In Virginia, the people who collect the
    signatures must be Virginia residents.

    Don’t make the ballot in time? You lose the chance to win any of
    those state’s delegates. A Brookings Institution analysis this week
    found that a candidate who misses the filing deadlines through
    January could forfeit as many as 2,232 delegates, a current estimate
    of the number needed to win the nomination.

    While Clinton has hundreds of campaign staffers in Brooklyn and
    across the country who have been working the process for months,
    Biden would have to play catch-up in a matter of weeks. Over the
    summer, Biden’s political advisers started researching filing
    deadlines and other logistical requirements, aides said, but can’t
    start actively organizing unless and until he takes formal steps to
    enter the race.

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    “San Jose commission will investigate nearly the entire City
    Council” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=75915>

Posted onSeptember 10, 2015 9:10 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=75915>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

San Jose Mercury News 
<http://www.mercurynews.com/bay-area-news/ci_28786996/san-jose-commission-will-investigate-nearly-entire-city>:

    In what can only be described as a legal quagmire and a political
    nightmare for public officials, the city’s Ethics Commission decided
    Wednesday to launch an investigation of nearly 40 City Council
    members and candidates who violated a local election law.

      The commission determined the unprecedented broad investigation
    was the only way to stop people from filing individual complaints
    against each violator. Nearly every member of the City Council,
    including Mayor Sam Liccardo and other longtime politicians,
    violated the city’s election code by failing to properly report late
    campaign contributions. The widespread problem was discovered after
    Councilman Manh Nguyen was investigated in June for missing or late
    campaign filings. The commission, without knowing about the dozens
    of other violators, slapped Nguyen with a $10,000 fine.
      But Nguyen and other council members blamed the city clerk for
    doling out bad advice that led to confusion about filing deadlines.
    City Clerk Toni Taber acknowledged the error, apologized multiple
    times and urged the commission to dismiss Nguyen’s $10,000 penalty.

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    “LLC loophole penalty could hinder NY donors”
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=75913>

Posted onSeptember 10, 2015 9:06 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=75913>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Times Union 
<http://www.timesunion.com/local/article/Penalty-could-hinder-donors-6492180.php>:

    A settlement struck in a lawsuit targeting the so-called “LLC
    loophole” in New York election law yielded a $10,000 penalty and
    could pave the way to future state cases challenging limited
    liability company donations.

    Because this one was settled out of court, however, it’s unclear
    whether the strategy of the plaintiff, stateBoard of Elections Chief
    Enforcement Counsel Risa Sugarman
    <http://www.timesunion.com/search/?action=search&channel=local&inlineLink=1&searchindex=gsa&query=%22Board+of+Elections+Chief+Enforcement+Counsel+Risa+Sugarman%22>,
    will ultimately hold up to legal scrutiny and curb donors’ long-term
    use of a quirk in election law. Still, legal experts said, the
    payment secured by Sugarman and the precedent of the settlement
    could act as a near-term deterrent to LLC giving.

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    “Federal judge orders Utah and Republican Party to try to resolve
    election law lawsuit” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=75911>

Posted onSeptember 10, 2015 9:04 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=75911>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

AP 
<http://www.therepublic.com/view/story/5bc7cecfb0744706b93498a0222a5824/UT--Utah-Election-Changes>:

    The disputed law, approved in 2014 by Utah’s GOP governor and
    Republican-dominated Legislature, allows candidates to bypass a
    caucus and convention system and instead try to become a party’s
    nominee by gathering signatures and participating in primary elections.

    Republican Party leaders sued in December to strike down the law,
    arguing they have a constitutional right to determine how they pick
    candidates.

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    “Connecticut Launching Registrar Certification Course After Election
    Day Missteps” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=75909>

Posted onSeptember 10, 2015 9:01 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=75909>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

WNPR reports 
<http://wnpr.org/post/connecticut-launching-registrar-certification-course-after-election-day-missteps#stream/0>.

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    “Reform Groups Call on IRS to End Misuse of Nonprofits to Launder
    Secret Contributions into Federal Elections”
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=75904>

Posted onSeptember 9, 2015 9:50 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=75904>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Democracy 21 release. 
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    “Why Clinton’s big campaign finance proposal could lead to more
    partisan gridlock” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=75902>

Posted onSeptember 9, 2015 9:47 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=75902>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Wonkblog 
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonkblog/wp/2015/09/09/why-clintons-big-campaign-finance-proposal-could-lead-to-more-partisan-gridlock/>:

    Clinton didn’t offer many details about her plan. Her campaign did
    not specify how much candidates would receive in matching funds or
    up to what limit, but according to her plan, candidates would have
    to raise a certain amount in order to qualify. That minimum would
    prevent candidates with no support from spending taxpayer funds on
    pointless campaigns.

    Rick Hasen, a legal scholar at the University of California, Irvine,
    said Clinton had “a sensible approach,” adding, “We know it works in
    New York.”

    He and other experts have also proposed a different system, in which
    each voter would get a voucher from the government which they
    could give to the candidate of their choice, instead of putting up
    cash. Making it free to donate could encourage more moderate voters
    to participate.

    Others argued that giving voters with divergent views more power
    isn’t necessarily bad. Voters labeled extreme with the measures used
    by political scientists are often just more consistently liberal or
    conservative, which doesn’t mean their opinions are wrong.

    “It doesn’t meant they’re wild eyed extremists. They have more
    consistent views. That’s a good thing,” said Tom Mann, a scholar at
    the Brookings Institution.

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    NYT Room for Debate Considers Third Party Candidates
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=75900>

Posted onSeptember 9, 2015 8:08 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=75900>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

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<http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2015/09/09/the-power-of-third-party-campaigns>

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    “Sheldon Adelson Is Ready to Buy the Presidency. He just hasn’t
    decided which Republican candidate to back. Care to make a pitch?”
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=75898>

Posted onSeptember 9, 2015 8:02 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=75898>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

New York magazine. 
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Posted incampaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>,campaigns 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=59>


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Rick Hasen
Chancellor's Professor of Law and Political Science
UC Irvine School of Law
401 E. Peltason Dr., Suite 1000
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