[EL] Hillary CFR

[Thomas J. Cares]

In campaign finance reform, if you don't see public campaign financing as
the crux of the solution, they blew it.

(I'd apologize for using listserv bandwidth for that kind of dicta, but
it's really past due for that to be accepted. It's so tiring to hear the CU
hate as if everything were great before CU, or that it was 100% without
merit to remove those restrictions on political spending, while there's no
denying that prohibiting certain funding for political persuasion is always
democratically dangerous. The legitimate problem is dependency - the
corruption of the republic through candidate dependency on corporate and
uber-affluent-individual support. As if the optimal solution to this is to
amend the constitution to exact qualifications onto the first amendment's
guarantee of free speech, while for only the annual cost of a handful of
F35s (of which the U.S. Is purchasing ~2500), given to voters as vouchers
they can give to their favorite candidates, any good candidate can be well
funded, without depending on financial support from corporations or
donor-class individuals.)

On Friday, September 11, 2015, Rick Hasen <rhasen at law.uci.edu> wrote:

> “Is Hillary’s New Campaign Finance Reform Plan the Real Deal?”
> <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=75938>
> Posted on September 11, 2015 5:08 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=75938>
>  by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>
> Justin Miller reports
> <http://prospect.org/article/hillary%E2%80%99s-new-campaign-finance-reform-plan-real-deal>
>  for TAP.
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> Posted in campaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>, campaigns
> <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=59>
> ‘Kobach debates voter ID laws with KU law professor’
> <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=75936>
> Posted on September 11, 2015 4:52 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=75936>
>  by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>
> The *Lawrence Journal-World *reports.
> <http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2015/sep/10/kobach-debates-voter-id-laws-ku-law-professor/>
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> Posted in fraudulent fraud squad <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=8>
> Big News: Justin Levitt to DOJ <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=75934>
> Posted on September 10, 2015 7:18 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=75934>
>  by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>
> My friend, co-blogger,and colleague Justin Levitt
> <http://www.lls.edu/aboutus/facultyadministration/faculty/facultylistl-r/levittjustin/>will
> be taking a leave from Loyola (and this blog) to take a position as Deputy
> Assistant Attorney General in the Civil Rights Division of the Department
> of Justice, with a focus on voting rights cases etc.  This is the position
> recently held by Pam Karlan, who has returned to full time teaching at
> Stanford (Torts! Who knew?).  Justin comes in at a crucial time, with the
> North Carolina voting case awaiting a decision from the trial court and a
> likely appeal no matter what happens, and the Texas voting rights case
> potentially going en banc in the 5th Circuit and/or to the Supreme Court.
>
> He’s a very smart fellow, a quite capable lawyer, and a mensch.
>
> We will miss him at the blog for the duration of his stay at DOJ.
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> Posted in Department of Justice <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=26>, election
> law biz <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=51>
> Rep. John Lewis Gives Ari Berman VRA Book Glowing WaPo Review
> <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=75932>
> Posted on September 10, 2015 3:16 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=75932>
>  by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>
> Read it here.
> <https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/john-lewis-how-we-won-and-are-losing-the-right-to-vote/2015/09/10/5f77e644-50bc-11e5-933e-7d06c647a395_story.html>
>
> And here’s my interview <https://electionlawblog.org/?p=75203> with Ari
> for the ELB Podcast.
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> Posted in Voting Rights Act <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=15>
> Sen. Murkowski Explains Her Support for Dems’ VRA Fix
> <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=75929>
> Posted on September 10, 2015 2:14 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=75929>
>  by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>
> Samantha Lachman reports
> <http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/lisa-murkowski-voting-rights_55f1b9b1e4b002d5c0787513?z9hbmx6r>
>  for HuffPo.
>
> Murkowski explained why she decided to back the bill in a statement
> Thursday afternoon.
>
> “The Voting Rights Act of 1965 brought an end to the ugly Jim Crow period
> in American history. It is fundamentally important in our system of
> government that every American be given the opportunity to vote, regardless
> of who they are, where they live, and what their race or national origin
> may be,” she said….
>
> The powerful nature of the VRA legislation was on display in 2008, when
> questions from the Justice Department compelled Alaska’s elections office to
> withdraw a plan
> <http://www.adn.com/article/20130627/our-view-or-without-voting-rights-act-states-mission-clear> to
> close polling places in remote villages. A reauthorization of the VRA in
> 1975 added new protections for minorities, requiring bilingual election
> materials to be printed in areas where people of Spanish heritage, Native
> Americans, Alaska Natives or Asian-Americans constituted more than 5
> percent of the local voting-age population. Some Republicans were opposed
> to the new language requirements at the time, and Alaskahas since
> challenged
> <http://www.adn.com/article/20140611/protecting-alaska-natives-right-vote-no-matter-what-language-they-speak-critical> the
> provision.
>
> Murkowski has attributed her unprecedented general election victory via a
> daring write-in campaign
> <http://www.adn.com/article/alaskas-lisa-murkowski-declares-victory-makes-history> to
> Alaska Natives, who endorsed her
> <http://www.adn.com/article/20101021/afn-backs-murkowski-senate> in 2010.
> She is up for re-election next year.
>
>
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> Posted in Voting Rights Act <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=15>, VRAA
> <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=81>
> “Did this shady pro-Bernie Sanders super PAC just dupe James Bond?”
> <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=75927>
> Posted on September 10, 2015 11:40 am
> <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=75927> by Rick Hasen
> <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>
> It’s the wild west
> <http://www.publicintegrity.org/2015/09/10/17947/did-shady-pro-bernie-sanders-super-pac-just-dupe-james-bond>
>  out there.
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> Posted in campaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>, campaigns
> <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=59>
> “Restoring the Voting Rights Act Now Has Bipartisan Support”
> <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=75925>
> Posted on September 10, 2015 11:38 am
> <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=75925> by Rick Hasen
> <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>
> Ari Berman
> <http://www.thenation.com/article/restoring-the-voting-rights-act-now-has-bipartisan-support/>
>  on Senator Murkowski.
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> Posted in Uncategorized <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=1>, Voting
> Rights Act <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=15>, VRAA
> <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=81>
> ‘New Hampshire Primary Source: Kasich backers say he filmed super PAC ads
> before becoming a candidate” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=75923>
> Posted on September 10, 2015 11:13 am
> <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=75923> by Rick Hasen
> <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>
> WMUR
> <http://www.wmur.com/politics/new-hampshire-primary-source-prokasich-super-pac-ads-scrutinized/35181132>
> :
>
> But proving that there is illegal coordination is tough. A plethora of FEC
> rules <http://www.fec.gov/pages/brochures/indexp.shtml#CC> focus on three
> “prongs,” regarding payment, content and conduct.
>
> Pro-candidate super PAC ads look very much like ads by the candidates’
> campaign committees themselves. In most cases, the candidates appear in the
> super PAC ads in “B” roll, talking to voters on the streets and at town
> halls, shaking hands – generally speaking, campaigning.
>
> But the pro-Kasich A New Day for America super PAC is a bit different. In
> its ads (clickhere <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dg9Liwfs_tI>, here
> <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S5MHotEOO-4#action=share>, and, for a
> five-minute video, here
> <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1PqA6S7rMnk#action=share>), the Ohio
> governor speaks directly into the camera about his experience as governor
> and a member of the U.S. House. He talks about his father, who was a
> mailman.
>
> They’re strong ads, and they’re part of the formula that’s getting results
> for Kasich.
>
> But are the ads legal?
>
> How can the super PAC not be coordinating with the campaign when the
> candidate is brought into a room to speak directly into the camera?
>
> “The envelope is being pushed more all the time,” regarding FEC rules on
> illegal coordination, said Viveca Novak, communications director for the
> nonpartisan Center for Responsive Politics. “It’s everything from Jeb Bush
> basically setting up his super PAC and raising big money for it before he
> declared his candidacy to super PACs organizing town halls, as is the case
> with Bobby Jindal.”
>
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> Posted in campaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>, campaigns
> <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=59>
> “Seventh Circuit Strikes Down Limited Voting for Indianapolis Judicial
> Races” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=75921>
> Posted on September 10, 2015 10:31 am
> <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=75921> by Rick Hasen
> <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>
> Ballot Access News:
> <http://ballot-access.org/2015/09/10/seventh-circuit-strikes-down-limited-voting-for-indianapolis-judicial-races/>
>
> On September 9, the Seventh Circuit agreed with the U.S. District Court
> that Indiana cannot provide for limited voting in partisan judicial races.
> The case is Common Cause Indiana v Individual Members of the Indiana
> Election Commission, 14-3300. Here is the 32-page opinion
> <http://media.ca7.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/rssExec.pl?Submit=Display&Path=Y2015/D09-09/C:14-3300:J:Springmann:aut:T:fnOp:N:1618296:S:0>
> .
>
> Indiana’s limited voting law only applies to Marion County, which is
> identical to the city of Indianapolis. The law says no party may run
> candidates for more than half the seats for Superior Court Judge. Some
> years 16 seats are up; in those years no party may run more than 8
> nominees. Other years, 20 seats are up; in those years no party may run
> more than 10 nominees. The purpose of the law is to prevent one party from
> winning all the races.
>
> The decision is on shaky grounds, because elsewhere around the nation,
> limited voting has been upheld.
>
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> Posted in alternative voting systems <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=63>,
>  judicial elections <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=19>
> Sen. Murkowski Co-Sponsors Dem Bill to Fix Voting Rights Act
> <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=75919>
> Posted on September 10, 2015 9:40 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=75919>
>  by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>
> This
> <https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/senate-bill/1659/cosponsors>
>  is surprising (via Ari Berman
> <https://twitter.com/AriBerman/status/642013147583393793>).
>
> For those keeping track, Rep. Sensenbrenner, a Republican, worked mostly
> with Democrats on the Voting Rights Amendment Act, which was seen by
> Democrats as a fairly watered down measure to restore a preclearance regime
> for voting changes which were lost when the Supreme Court decided *Shelby
> County v. Holder*. The measure has gone nowhere, in part because it was
> thought that Rep. Eric Cantor would have pushed it (but he lost in the 2014
> Republican primary).
>
> In response to lack of movement on this legislation, Democrats pushed the
> Voting Rights *Advancement* Act, which is stronger in terms of which
> states get covered and how.  Sensenbrenner would not sign on to this one.
> But now Senator Murkowski becomes the first prominent Republican to do so.
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> Posted in Voting Rights Act <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=15>, VRAA
> <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=81>
>
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