[EL] Congressional candidate caught in bed with head of super PAC

[Schultz, David A.]

Although I will remind folks that a ruling in NC within the last year said
that when a lobbyist has a sexual relation with a legislator the activity
confirms nothing of value and therefore  does not violate any state gift
laws.  I wonder how
we apply that here?

On Fri, Apr 1, 2016 at 9:22 AM, Rick Hasen <rhasen at law.uci.edu> wrote:

> :-)
>
> On 4/1/16 9:13 AM, Craig Holman wrote:
>
> Every April 1, Rick reminds me that I am utterly devoid of a sense of
> humor. Last April Fool's Day, I was furiously researching the court
> decision that Rick blogged about which declared that bribery is a First
> Amendment right -- futilely, of course. This April Fool's I was researching
> a coordination complaint about a candidate in bed with the head of a super
> PAC.
>
>
> Craig Holman, Ph.D.
> Government Affairs Lobbyist
> Public Citizen
> 215 Pennsylvania Avenue SE
> Washington, D.C. 20003
> T-(202) 454-5182
> C-(202) 905-7413
> F-(202) 547-7392
> Holman at aol.com
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rick Hasen <rhasen at law.uci.edu> <rhasen at law.uci.edu>
> To: law-election <law-election at UCI.edu> <law-election at UCI.edu>
> Sent: Fri, Apr 1, 2016 8:51 am
> Subject: [EL] ELB News and Commentary 4/1/16
>
> “Congressional Candidate Caught in Bed with Head of Supportive Super PAC”
> <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=81422>
> Posted on April 1, 2016 5:46 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=81422> by Rick
> Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
> Roll Call HOH <https://youtu.be/5JV_hzOdoSU>:
>
> A congressional candidate running for office in San Dimas, California was
> found naked in bed in a hotel room with the head of a supportive Super PAC,
> after hotel security responded to calls of loud noises emanating from the
> room.
> While the candidate’s spokesperson did not deny that the candidate was
> caught in bed with the head of the Super PAC, he denied that there was any
> illegal coordination violating federal election laws. “So long as there was
> no discussion of advertising or campaign strategy, this is completely
> kosher,” the spokesperson explained. Officials at the FEC refused to
> comment on the specifics of the case, noting that it could be the subject
> of an official complaint, but sources within the agency indicated the
> agency would likely split 3-3 should the question come before the
> Commission.
>
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> Posted in campaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>
> “Kobach: Okay for Poll Workers to Question People with ‘Funny Accents,’
> ‘Strange Names'” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=81420>
> Posted on April 1, 2016 5:34 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=81420> by Rick
> Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
> Wichita Eagle
> <http://adage.com/article/campaign-trail/esurance-offers-election-insurance/303345/>
> :
>
> Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach, who has made stopping illegal
> immigration and voter fraud a cornerstone of his policies, and to whom the
> Kansas legislature has given prosecutorial powers
> <http://cjonline.com/news/2015-06-08/brownback-signs-bill-giving-kobach-prosecution-power>over
> election fraud, said it is perfectly appropriate for poll workers to give
> greater scrutiny to “voters who raise suspicions, such as those with funny
> accents, strange names, or other indicia they might be trying to defraud
> the people of Kansas.”
> “Look, just like police engage in racial profiling for a reason, there’s a
> reason we might want to target those who are different from normal Kansans
> for special scrutiny,” said Kobach, who has drawn the ire of Democrats and
> voting rights groups. Despite Kobach’s rhetoric, his office has uncovered
> and prosecuted only a handful of voter fraud claims
> <http://cjonline.com/news/2015-06-08/brownback-signs-bill-giving-kobach-prosecution-power>
>  in Kansas.
>
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> Posted in fraudulent fraud squad <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=8>
> “Ducey signs campaign finance bill assailed by critics as pro-dark money”
> <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=81418>
> Posted on April 1, 2016 5:19 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=81418> by Rick
> Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
> Arizona Capitol Times
> <http://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2016/03/31/ducey-signs-campaign-finance-bill-assailed-by-critics-as-pro-dark-money/>
> :
>
> Gov. Doug Ducey signed a bill that completely rewrites Arizona’s campaign
> finance laws, including a provision that critics say will open the state up
> to more dark money in elections.
> Secretary of State Michele Reagan pushed SB1516 with the stated goal of
> simplifying Arizona’s outdated campaign finance statutes. Most of the
> bill’s provisions have been noncontroversial.
> But several key parts of the law have raised the ire of legislative
> Democrats and others would make it far more difficult for state elections
> officials to crack down on nonprofit groups that break the rules in
> spending dark money.
>
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> Posted in campaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>, tax law
> and election law <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=22>
> “No, Commissioner Weintraub, the FEC Can’t Circumvent Citizens United”
> <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=81416>
> Posted on April 1, 2016 5:15 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=81416> by Rick
> Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
> Allen Dickerson
> <http://www.huffingtonpost.com/allen-dickerson/no-commissioner-weintraub_b_9585932.html>
> :
>
> In an opinion piece
> <http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/30/opinion/taking-n-citizens-united.html?_r=1>
>  published yesterday in *The New York Times,* Ellen Weintraub, a member
> of the Federal Election Commission, suggests a way to “blunt the impact” of*Citizens
> United v. FEC.* There are reasons to question the propriety of a federal
> officer attempting to “blunt” a First Amendment ruling against her agency,
> and I am unaware of another federal entity whose commissioners routinely
> take to the pages of major newspapers to decry binding Supreme Court
> precedent. But no matter how attractive you find her proposed
> “zero-tolerance standard,” under which any corporation with even a single
> foreign shareholder could be barred from any political activity, her
> proposal relies on a number of fatal legal errors.
>
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> Posted in campaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>, federal
> election commission <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=24>
> “McConnell: Likely No Vote for Democratic #SCOTUS Nominee Before 2020”
> <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=81414>
> Posted on April 1, 2016 5:12 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=81414> by Rick
> Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
> WaPo <http://bgr.com/2016/04/01/google-gmail-drop-mic-april-fools/>:
>
> Facing the increasing prospect of a Hillary Clinton presidency, Senate
> majority leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky) sought to lay the groundwork for
> denying Democrats a crucial fifth vote on the United States Supreme Court
> well past Inauguration Day in January.
> According to a Republican insider, who asked for anonymity in order to
> speak frankly about internal political strategy, the increasing chances of
> a Donald Trump Republican nomination and a loss to Democrats in
> November has led to new strategies for delay. “McConnell’s pitch is going
> to be this: we’ve already said
> <http://www.cnn.com/2016/02/23/politics/joe-biden-supreme-court-senate-republicans/>
>  that the next Supreme Court appointment is so crucial to our country
> that we should let the people vote before making such a crucial decision.
> And while it’s true we’ll be choosing a president and one-third of the
> Senators in 2016, the other two-thirds won’t be chosen until 2018 and 2020.
> Only after these votes is it fair to consider whether to confirm a
> president’s nominee.”
> After the Supreme Court’s 4-4 deadlock
> <https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/courts_law/supreme-court-deadlocks-over-public-employee-union-case-calif-teachers-must-pay-dues/2016/03/29/b99faa30-f5b7-11e5-9804-537defcc3cf6_story.html>
>  in a case last week involving the power of public sector unions,
> everyone recognizes the stakes of who controls the Supreme Court could not
> be higher. According to the insider, McConnell told fellow Republican
> senators that he agreed with Donald Trump on one thing: “Delay, delay,
> delay.
> <http://dailycaller.com/2016/02/13/trump-delay-delay-delay-a-supreme-court-appointment-video/>
> “
>
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> Posted in Supreme Court <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=29>
> “How to Hack an Election” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=81412>
> Posted on April 1, 2016 4:38 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=81412> by Rick
> Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
> Bloomberg
> <http://www.bloomberg.com/features/2016-how-to-hack-an-election/?cmpid=BBD040116_POL&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&utm_campaign=>
> :
>
> For eight years, Sepúlveda, now 31, says he traveled the continent rigging
> major political campaigns. With a budget of $600,000, the Peña Nieto job
> was by far his most complex. He led a team of hackers that stole campaign
> strategies, manipulated social media to create false waves of enthusiasm
> and derision, and installed spyware in opposition offices, all to help Peña
> Nieto, a right-of-center candidate, eke out a victory. On that July night,
> he cracked bottle after bottle of Colón Negra beer in celebration. As usual
> on election night, he was alone.
> Sepúlveda’s career began in 2005, and his first jobs were small—mostly
> defacing campaign websites and breaking into opponents’ donor databases.
> Within a few years he was assembling teams that spied, stole, and smeared
> on behalf of presidential campaigns across Latin America. He wasn’t cheap,
> but his services were extensive. For $12,000 a month, a customer hired a
> crew that could hack smartphones, spoof and clone Web pages, and send mass
> e-mails and texts. The premium package, at $20,000 a month, also included a
> full range of digital interception, attack, decryption, and defense. The
> jobs were carefully laundered through layers of middlemen and consultants.
> Sepúlveda says many of the candidates he helped might not even have known
> about his role; he says he met only a few.
> His teams worked on presidential elections in Nicaragua, Panama, Honduras,
> El Salvador, Colombia, Mexico, Costa Rica, Guatemala, and Venezuela.
> Campaigns mentioned in this story were contacted through former and current
> spokespeople; none but Mexico’s PRI and the campaign of Guatemala’s
> National Advancement Party would comment.
>
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> Posted in chicanery <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=12>
> “Dead cat at heart of Florida election controversy”
> <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=81410>
> Posted on April 1, 2016 4:36 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=81410> by Rick
> Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
> Marc Caputo
> <http://www.capitalnewyork.com/article/florida/2016/04/8595443/dead-cat-heart-florida-election-controversy>
> :
>
> Gracey Duncan seemed to be the type of Floridian a nonprofit
> voter-registration group wanted to get on the rolls to start participating
> in elections.
> But two problems stood in the way: Gracey is a cat. And she’s dead.
> “Why is my (dead)cat getting #voterregistration apps? This is #2,”
> Gracey’s confused former owner, Julie Duncan, asked her local election
> supervisor via Twitter
> <https://twitter.com/MikeErtel/status/715289305795661824>.
> The easy answer to Duncan’s question is that a database mix-up or mismatch
> led the nonprofit Voter Participation Center to think “Gracey Duncan” was
> the type of person — a minority or single woman — the liberal-leaning group
> wants to register ahead of the presidential election.
>
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> Posted in election administration <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18>
> “Trump’s uphill delegate scramble” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=81408>
> Posted on April 1, 2016 4:32 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=81408> by Rick
> Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
> Politico
> <http://www.politico.com/story/2016/04/trumps-uphill-delegate-scramble-221443>
> :
>
> If Donald Trump loses in Wisconsin next week, he will need to win roughly
> 60 percent of the remaining delegates to win the Republican presidential
> nomination outright — a daunting but not impossible challenge.
> But if he fails to achieve it, and is thus unable to win the nomination
> outright, Trump is poised to suffer an exodus of delegates at a contested
> convention.
> Story Continued Below
> Interviews with dozens of delegates, delegate candidates, operatives and
> party leaders in recent days suggest that more than a hundred delegates —
> bound by rules and laws to back Trump on a first vote at the July
> convention in Cleveland — are prepared to break with him on a second ballot.
>
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> Posted in political parties <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=25>,
> primaries <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=32>
> “Trump: I Will Take Office if I Win the Popular Vote, Even If I Lose
> Electoral College” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=81406>
> Posted on April 1, 2016 4:29 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=81406> by Rick
> Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
> AP <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ>:
>
> A defiant Donald Trump, speaking at a rally Wednesday in Waukesha,
> Wisconsin
> <https://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=dave%20weigel>,
> slammed the undemocratic nature of Electoral College, which awards
> presidential electors by state, and promised to take office if he wins the
> overall popular vote for president even if Congress declares someone else
> the winner..
> “I’ve said before that I’m willing to abide by the rules for choosing the
> president if they are fair. But the idea that I could get more votes than
> Hillary Clinton and still lose the presidency is ridiculous. I’ll only play
> fair if the Congress plays fair in choosing a president,” the candidate
> declared.
> Trump said he had asked his controversial campaign manager, Corey
> Lewandowski, to devise a plan for seizing power in the event that Congress
> declares Clinton the winner if she receives the most electoral votes.
> “Corey’s got some really good ideas about what we need to do and how we
> need to do it. Nothing is off the table. Believe me,” Trump said, “you’ve
> never seen anything like it.”
>
>
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> Posted in campaigns <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=59>, electoral
> college <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=44>
> “Outraged by Kansas Justices’ Rulings, G.O.P. Seeks to Reshape Court”
> <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=81404>
> Posted on April 1, 2016 4:16 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=81404> by Rick
> Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
> Must-read Erik Eckholm
> <http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/02/us/outraged-by-kansas-justices-rulings-gop-seeks-to-reshape-court.html?smid=tw-share&_r=0>
>  NYT:
>
> Partisan conflict over courts has erupted in many of the 38 states where
> justices are either directly elected or, as in Kansas, face periodic
> retention elections, without an opposing candidate. As conservatives in
> Washington attempt to preserve a majority on the federal Supreme Court,
> politically ascendant conservatives in several states are seeking to
> reshape courts that they consider to be overly liberal vestiges of eras
> past.
> “We’ve seen this tug of war between courts and political branches all
> around the country,” said Alicia Bannon, a senior counsel at the Brennan
> Center for Justice <https://www.brennancenter.org/> at New York
> University.
>
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> Posted in campaigns <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=59>, judicial
> elections <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=19>
> “Trump’s Threat on Pledge Could Cost Him South Carolina Delegates”
> <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=81402>
> Posted on April 1, 2016 4:11 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=81402> by Rick
> Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
> TIME
> <http://time.com/4278295/donald-trump-loyalty-pledge-south-carolina-delegates/>
> :
>
> Donald Trump’s announcement that he no longer stands by a pledge to
> support the GOP has thrown his hold on South Carolina’s 50 delegates in
> doubt.
> The Palmetto State was one of several that required candidates to pledge
> their loyalty to the party’s eventual nominee in order to secure a slot on
> the primary ballot. Though Trump won all of the state’s delegates
> <http://time.com/4231631/south-carolina-primary-results-republican-donald-trump-ted-cruz-marco-rubio-jeb-bush/>
>  in the Feb. 20 primary, anti-Trump forces are plotting to contest their
> binding to Trump because of his threat on the pledge Tuesday.
>
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> Posted in campaigns <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=59>, political
> parties <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=25>, primaries
> <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=32>
> “Casting Votes, Counting Votes for Election 2016: Democracy and Law in
> Action” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=81400>
> Posted on March 31, 2016 7:59 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=81400> by Rick
> Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
> I’ll be attending this conference at Wisconsin Law
> <http://law.wisc.edu/ils/2016votingrights/index.html>Friday and Saturday,
> with Pam Karlan as the keynote.
> I’ll be presenting Softening Voter ID Laws Through Litigation: Is it
> Enough? (draft in progress, Mar. 2016
> <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=80636>)
>
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> “Cruz predicts Trump won’t be able to mount a third-party run”
> <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=81398>
> Posted on March 31, 2016 7:24 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=81398> by Rick
> Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
> Politico:
> <http://www.politico.com/blogs/2016-gop-primary-live-updates-and-results/2016/03/ted-cruz-trump-no-third-party-221425#ixzz44WHQH5L1>
>
> Donald Trump won’t be able to mount a third-party bid for president if he
> loses the Republican nomination, Ted Cruz said Thursday.
> “He doesn’t have the option of running as a third-party [candidate],” the
> Texas senator told Wisconsin radio host Charlie Sykes. “Quite a few states
> across the country have what are called sore-loser laws, that once you run
> as a Republican and lose, you don’t get to then turn around and file on the
> ballot as an independent, so that will not be an option available to him.”
>
> Michael Kang has written a key paper
> <http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1809970> on sore
> loser laws. Some may not apply to presidential elections, and there may be
> some constitutional issues with such laws as well.
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> Posted in campaigns <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=59>
> “Constitution Check: Is Ted Cruz’s eligibility for the presidency a
> serious issue?” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=81396>
> Posted on March 31, 2016 7:21 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=81396> by Rick
> Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
> Lyle Denniston
> <http://blog.constitutioncenter.org/2016/03/constitution-check-is-ted-cruzs-eligibility-for-the-presidency-a-serious-issue/>
> :
>
> One of the reasons that the issue continues to linger uncertainly as a
> constitutional matter is that there have been serious barriers to a ruling
> that courts have not been able to get past.  One is whether anyone can
> claim a sufficient legal injury from an ineligible presidential candidacy,
> to satisfy Article III’s limits on federal courts’ power to decide.
> Another is that the question is often treated as a “political question,”
> beyond the authority of the courts because its resolution is lodged with
> the Electoral College and with Congress.  Another is that the issue usually
> does not get explored fully before the issue goes away as legally moot
> because the candidate either did not get a party nomination, or lost an
> election.
> So far, none of the cases involving the Ted Cruz candidacy has resulted in
> a final ruling, one way or the other, in state or federal courts.   If the
> Texas senator does not win the GOP nomination, then, of course, the issue
> will fade away again.  But that is not to suggest that it is not a serious
> constitutional question that could use an answer – some day.   In the
> meantime, the voters will be the ones who decide.
>
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> Posted in campaigns <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=59>
> Law Prof Victor Williams, a Write-In Candidate in 9 States, Challenges
> Cruz Eligibility <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=81394>
> Posted on March 31, 2016 6:39 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=81394> by Rick
> Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
> Details <http://victorwilliamsforpresident.com/>.
> Williams and others lost a suit today challenging Ted Cruz’s eligibility
> <http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/cruz-wins-citizenship-case-pennsylvania-supreme-court-38059265>
>  to be on the Pa ballot.
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> Posted in Uncategorized <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=1>
> “A $200,000 Ballot Error and Other Misprints at New York City’s Board of
> Elections” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=81392>
> Posted on March 31, 2016 6:33 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=81392> by Rick
> Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
> NYT
> <http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/01/nyregion/a-200000-ballot-error-and-other-misprints-at-new-york-citys-board-of-elections.html?ref=politics&_r=0>
> :
>
> The New York City Board of Elections has a proofreading problem — and even
> small mistakes are turning out to be costly.
> The board was forced to spend more than $200,000 in overnight postage last
> month to send corrected absentee ballots for the coming presidential
> primary, after it discovered an error in the Spanish version of the ballot.
> The mistake was discovered around the same time the board realized it had
> made another error: A recent notice sent to 60,000 newly registered voters
> included the wrong date for a Sept. 13 primary election for state and local
> offices. The board then mailed out a correction that may have inadvertently
> confused voters about the date of the higher-profile presidential primary
> on April 19.
>
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> <https://www.addtoany.com/share#url=http%3A%2F%2Felectionlawblog.org%2F%3Fp%3D81392&title=%26%238220%3BA%20%24200%2C000%20Ballot%20Error%20and%20Other%20Misprints%20at%20New%20York%20City%E2%80%99s%20Board%20of%20Elections%26%238221%3B&description=%E2%80%9CCongressional%20Candidate%20Caught%20in%20Bed%20with%20Head%20of%20Supportive%20Super%20PAC%E2%80%9D%0APosted%20on%20April%201%2C%202016%205%3A46%20am%20by%20Rick%20Hasen%0ARoll%20Call%20HOH%3A%0A%0AA%20congressional%20candidate%20running%20for%20office%20in%20San%20Dimas%2C%20California%20was%20found%20naked%20in%20bed%20in%20a%20hotel%20room%20with%20the%20head%20of%20a%20supportive%20Super%20PAC%2C%20after%20hotel%20security%20responded%20to%20calls%20of%20loud%20noises%20emanating%20from%20the%20room.%0A%0AWhile%20the%20candidate%E2%80%99s%20spokesperson%20did%20not%20deny%20that%20the%20candidate%20was%20caught%20in%20bed%20with%20the%20head%20of%20the%20Super%20PAC%2C%20he%20denied%20that%20there%20was%20any%20ill%0Aegal%20coordination%20violated%20federal%20election%20laws.%20%E2%80%9CSo%20long%20as%20there%20was%20no%20discussion%20of%20advertising%20or%20campaign%20strategy%2C%20this%20is%20completely%20kosher%2C%E2%80%9D%20the%20spokesperson%20explained.%20Officials%20at%20the%20FEC%20refused%20to%20comment%20on%20the%20specifics%20of%20the%20case%2C%20noting%20that%20it%20could%20be%20the%20subject%20of%20an%20official%20complaint%2C%20but%20sources%20within%20the%20agency%20indicated%20the%20agency%20would%20likely%20split%203-3%20should%20the%20question%20come%20before%20the%20Commission.%0A%0A%0APosted%20in%20campaign%20finance%0A%E2%80%9CKobach%3A%20Okay%20for%20Poll%20Workers%20to%20Question%20People%20with%20%E2%80%98Funny%20Accents%2C%E2%80%99%20%E2%80%98Strange%20Names%27%E2%80%9D%0APosted%20on%20April%201%2C%202016%205%3A34%20am%20by%20Rick%20Hasen%0AWichita%20Eagle%3A%0A%0AKansas%20Secretary%20of%20State%20Kris%20Kobach%2C%20who%20has%20made%20stopping%20illegal%20immigration%20and%0A%20voter%20fraud%20a%20cornerstone%20of%20his%20policies%2C%20and%20to%20whom%20the%20Kansas%20legislature%20has%20given%20prosecutorial%20powers%20over%20election%20fraud%2C%20said%20it%20is%20perfectly%20appropriate%20for%20poll%20workers%20to%20give%20greater%20scrutiny%20to%20%E2%80%9Cvoters%20who%20raise%20suspicions%2C%20such%20as%20those%20with%20funny%20accents%2C%20strange%20names%2C%20or%20other%20indicia%20they%20might%20be%20trying%20to%20defraud%20the%20people%20of%20Kansas.%E2%80%9D%0A%0A%E2%80%9CLook%2C%20just%20like%20police%20engage%20in%20racial%20profiling%20for%20a%20reason%2C%20there%E2%80%99s%20a%20reason%20we%20might%20want%20to%20target%20those%20who%20are%20different%20from%20normal%20Kansans%20for%20special%20scrutiny%2C%E2%80%9D%20said%20Kobach%2C%20who%20has%20drawn%20the%20ire%20of%20Democrats%20and%20voting%20rights%20groups.%20Despite%20Kobach%E2%80%99s%20rhetoric%2C%20his%20office%20has%20uncovered%20and%20prosecuted%20only%20a%20handful%20of%20voter%20%0Afraud%20claims%20in%20Kansas.%0A%0A%0APosted%20in%20fraudulent%20fraud%20squad%0A%E2%80%9CDucey%20signs%20campaign%20finance%20bill%20assailed%20by%20critics%20as%20pro-dark%20money%E2%80%9D%0APosted%20on%20April%201%2C%202016%205%3A19%20am%20by%20Rick%20Hasen%0AArizona%20Capitol%20Times%3A%0A%0AGov.%20Doug%20Ducey%20signed%20a%20bill%20that%20completely%20rewrites%20Arizona%E2%80%99s%20campaign%20finance%20laws%2C%20including%20a%20provision%20that%20critics%20say%20will%20open%20the%20state%20up%20to%20more%20dark%20money%20in%20elections.%0A%0ASecretary%20of%20State%20>
> Posted in election administration <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18>
> “Arizona Becomes Ground Zero in Fight Over Secret Political Spending”
> <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=81390>
> Posted on March 31, 2016 6:29 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=81390> by Rick
> Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
> Justin Miller reports
> <http://prospect.org/article/arizona-becomes-ground-zero-fight-over-secret-political-spending>
>  for TAP.
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> Posted in campaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>
> AP Gets Newby-Kobach Correspondence <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=81388>
> Posted on March 31, 2016 6:23 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=81388> by Rick
> Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
> AP <http://www.kansas.com/latest-news/article69320172.html>:
>
> A Kansas county elections official used close ties to one of the nation’s
> leading advocates of voting restrictions to help secure the top job at a
> government agency entrusted with making voting more accessible, and then
> used the federal position to implement an obstacle to voter registration in
> three states.
> An email provided to The Associated Press through open records requests
> offers a glimpse into the mindset of Brian Newby, executive director of the
> U.S. Election Assistance Commission, who decided — without public comment
> or approval from bosses — that residents of Alabama, Kansas and Georgia can
> no longer register to vote using a national form without providing proof of
> U.S. citizenship.
> As a finalist for the job of executive director, Newby said in a June
> email to his benefactor, Kansas’ Republican Secretary of State Kris Kobach,
> that he was friends with two of the commissioners at the federal agency,
> and told Kobach: “I think I would enter the job empowered to lead the way I
> want to.”
> Voting rights advocates were stunned by Newby’s action once he got the job
> and have sued to overturn it. Activists say it flies in the face of the
> commission’s mission to provide a simple, easy form to encourage voter
> registration….
> Kobach had appointed Newby to be a county elections commissioner in
> Kansas, and helped him get the federal job that he took in November.
> “I wanted you in the loop, in part because of other issues in the past
> with the EAC,” Newby emailed Kobach. “I also don’t want you thinking that
> you can’t count on me in an upcoming period that will tax our resources.”
>
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> Posted in election administration <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18>, Election
> Assistance Commission <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=34>, The Voting
> Wars <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=60>
> “Originalism and the ‘one person, one vote’ principle”
> <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=81386>
> Posted on March 31, 2016 6:20 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=81386> by Rick
> Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
> Ilya Somin
> <https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/volokh-conspiracy/wp/2016/03/31/originalism-and-the-one-person-one-vote-principle/>
> :
>
> Prominent legal scholar Earl Maltz has an important new article
> <http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2753586> arguing that*Reynolds
> v. Sims *(1965)
> <https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/377/533/case.html> and other
> Supreme Court decisions requiring state governments to follow the “one
> person, one vote” rule for apportioning legislative districts cannot be
> squared with the original meaning of the Constitution. Maltz also contends
> that this conclusion greatly weakens the case for originalism, perhaps to
> the point of undermining it completely. He emphasizes that an originalist
> judge faced with unequally apportioned state legislatures where some voters
> have much greater representation than others, will be “powerless to act
> against regimes that are structured in a manner that is completely
> inconsistent with the most fundamental tenets of democracy.” These issues
> are particularly significant, as the Supreme Court is now considering a
> case about the meaning of the “one person, one vote” principle, and what it
> entails <http://www.scotusblog.com/case-files/cases/evenwel-v-abbott/>.
> Maltz makes a strong case that the one person, one vote cases are
> incompatible with the original meaning. But his argument that this is a
> major strike against originalism is unpersuasive. Like Maltz, I agree that
>  originalism should be judged at least in large part on consequentialist
> grounds
> <http://www.libertylawsite.org/liberty-forum/originalism-and-liberty-ilya-somin-replies/>:
> based on whether following its dictates will effectively promote such
> values as liberty
> <http://www.libertylawsite.org/liberty-forum/how-constitutional-originalism-promotes-liberty/>,
> justice, and happiness. By its fruits shall originalism be known; and the
> same goes for rival theories, such as living constitutionalism. But this
> particular fruit is far more palatable than Maltz suggests. While no
> constitutional theory should be discarded because it leads to bad results
> on any one issue, it would indeed give me pause if – as some critics claim
> – originalism requires judges to uphold laws mandating racial segregation or
>  forbidding interracial marriage
> <http://conlaw.jotwell.com/originalism-and-interracial-marriage/>. I have
> no such hesitation about allowing unequal apportionment.
>
> Wow.
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> <https://www.addtoany.com/share#url=http%3A%2F%2Felectionlawblog.org%2F%3Fp%3D81386&title=%26%238220%3BOriginalism%20and%20the%20%26%238216%3Bone%20person%2C%20one%20vote%26%238217%3B%20principle%26%238221%3B&description=%E2%80%9CCongressional%20Candidate%20Caught%20in%20Bed%20with%20Head%20of%20Supportive%20Super%20PAC%E2%80%9D%0APosted%20on%20April%201%2C%202016%205%3A46%20am%20by%20Rick%20Hasen%0ARoll%20Call%20HOH%3A%0A%0AA%20congressional%20candidate%20running%20for%20office%20in%20San%20Dimas%2C%20California%20was%20found%20naked%20in%20bed%20in%20a%20hotel%20room%20with%20the%20head%20of%20a%20supportive%20Super%20PAC%2C%20after%20hotel%20security%20responded%20to%20calls%20of%20loud%20noises%20emanating%20from%20the%20room.%0A%0AWhile%20the%20candidate%E2%80%99s%20spokesperson%20did%20not%20deny%20that%20the%20candidate%20was%20caught%20in%20bed%20with%20the%20head%20of%20the%20Super%20PAC%2C%20he%20denied%20that%20there%20was%20any%20illegal%20coordination%20viola%0Ated%20federal%20election%20laws.%20%E2%80%9CSo%20long%20as%20there%20was%20no%20discussion%20of%20advertising%20or%20campaign%20strategy%2C%20this%20is%20completely%20kosher%2C%E2%80%9D%20the%20spokesperson%20explained.%20Officials%20at%20the%20FEC%20refused%20to%20comment%20on%20the%20specifics%20of%20the%20case%2C%20noting%20that%20it%20could%20be%20the%20subject%20of%20an%20official%20complaint%2C%20but%20sources%20within%20the%20agency%20indicated%20the%20agency%20would%20likely%20split%203-3%20should%20the%20question%20come%20before%20the%20Commission.%0A%0A%0APosted%20in%20campaign%20finance%0A%E2%80%9CKobach%3A%20Okay%20for%20Poll%20Workers%20to%20Question%20People%20with%20%E2%80%98Funny%20Accents%2C%E2%80%99%20%E2%80%98Strange%20Names%27%E2%80%9D%0APosted%20on%20April%201%2C%202016%205%3A34%20am%20by%20Rick%20Hasen%0AWichita%20Eagle%3A%0A%0AKansas%20Secretary%20of%20State%20Kris%20Kobach%2C%20who%20has%20made%20stopping%20illegal%20immigration%20and%20voter%20fraud%20a%20corn%0Aerstone%20of%20his%20policies%2C%20and%20to%20whom%20the%20Kansas%20legislature%20has%20given%20prosecutorial%20powers%20over%20election%20fraud%2C%20said%20it%20is%20perfectly%20appropriate%20for%20poll%20workers%20to%20give%20greater%20scrutiny%20to%20%E2%80%9Cvoters%20who%20raise%20suspicions%2C%20such%20as%20those%20with%20funny%20accents%2C%20strange%20names%2C%20or%20other%20indicia%20they%20might%20be%20trying%20to%20defraud%20the%20people%20of%20Kansas.%E2%80%9D%0A%0A%E2%80%9CLook%2C%20just%20like%20police%20engage%20in%20racial%20profiling%20for%20a%20reason%2C%20there%E2%80%99s%20a%20reason%20we%20might%20want%20to%20target%20those%20who%20are%20different%20from%20normal%20Kansans%20for%20special%20scrutiny%2C%E2%80%9D%20said%20Kobach%2C%20who%20has%20drawn%20the%20ire%20of%20Democrats%20and%20voting%20rights%20groups.%20Despite%20Kobach%E2%80%99s%20rhetoric%2C%20his%20office%20has%20uncovered%20and%20prosecuted%20only%20a%20handful%20of%20voter%20fraud%20claims%20in%20Kansa%0As.%0A%0A%0APosted%20in%20fraudulent%20fraud%20squad%0A%E2%80%9CDucey%20signs%20campaign%20finance%20bill%20assailed%20by%20critics%20as%20pro-dark%20money%E2%80%9D%0APosted%20on%20April%201%2C%202016%205%3A19%20am%20by%20Rick%20Hasen%0AArizona%20Capitol%20Times%3A%0A%0AGov.%20Doug%20Ducey%20signed%20a%20bill%20that%20completely%20rewrites%20Arizona%E2%80%99s%20campaign%20finance%20laws%2C%20including%20a%20provision%20that%20critics%20say%20will%20open%20the%20state%20up%20to%20more%20dark%20money%20in%20elections.%0A%0ASecretary%20of%20State%20>
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