[EL] ELB News and Commentary 4/2/16

Rick Hasen rhasen at law.uci.edu
Fri Apr 1 20:24:16 PDT 2016 

    “As Floor Fight Looms, G.O.P. Convention Delegates Become a Hot
    Commodity” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=81448>

Posted onApril 1, 2016 8:11 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=81448>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

NYT: 
<http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/02/us/politics/republican-convention-delegates.html?ref=politics>

    The chairman of theRepublican Party
    <http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/organizations/r/republican_party/index.html?inline=nyt-org>in
    American Samoa, Utu Abe Malae, began feeling the pressure almost
    immediately: phone calls, commitment forms, anything the
    presidential campaigns could do, say or send to nail down his
    support as a delegate.

    Ken Callahan, a district chairman for the North DakotaRepublican
    Party
    <http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/organizations/r/republican_party/index.html?inline=nyt-org>,
    is perpetually fielding calls not just from the campaigns, but also
    from neighbors and friends who, excited by the process that is
    starting to unfold, are interested in becoming delegates themselves.
    “I receive, I would say, 10 to 15 calls a day,” he said, “and it
    doesn’t stop on weekends, either.”

    And Holland Redfield, a Republican delegate and former lawmaker in
    the Virgin Islands, had a special call-in guest on his radio program
    the other day: Gov.John Kasich
    <http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/us/elections/john-kasich-on-the-issues.html?inline=nyt-per>of
    Ohio, who promised more than just lip service to the islands if he
    became president. After years of being treated like second-class
    citizens by mainland politicians, Mr. Redfield said, “we are in the
    catbird seat. There’s going to be some hard bargaining.”

    Suddenly, they matter: For the first time in 40 years, the delegates
    to theRepublican National Convention
    <http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/subjects/r/republican_national_convention/index.html?inline=nyt-org>could
    be more than just a rubber stamp on their party’s nomination process.

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<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=32>


    “Kris Kobach’s voter fraud slime now stretches from Johnson County
    to Washington” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=81446>

Posted onApril 1, 2016 8:02 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=81446>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Yael 
Abouhalkah<http://www.kansascity.com/opinion/opn-columns-blogs/yael-t-abouhalkah/article69408517.html>for 
KC Star:

    Just how nefarious is Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach when it
    comes to restricting voters’ rights?

    Slimy enough that it appears he helped former Johnson County
    election commissioner Brian Newby get a top job in Washington —
    after which Newby imposed new limits on voting in Kansas, Alabama
    and Georgia.

    Some of the calculating behind-the-scenes moves necessary to place
    Newby in his position of power are contained inthis excellent
    story<http://www.kansascity.com/latest-news/article69320172.html>by
    The Associated Press.

    Even the dry recitation of facts show just how much political
    calculations went into the decisions by Kobach and Newby to help
    each other out.

    Read more here:
    http://www.kansascity.com/opinion/opn-columns-blogs/yael-t-abouhalkah/article69408517.html#storylink=cpy

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    Clinton and Sanders Spar Over How Much Clinton Takes from Fossil
    Fuel Industry <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=81442>

Posted onApril 1, 2016 1:09 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=81442>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Greg 
Sargent<https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/wp/2016/04/01/clinton-lashes-out-at-sanders-for-lying-about-her-heres-how-to-settle-this/>has 
the details. Really looks like very small amounts of individual 
contributions from those in that industry, and sothe Sanders campaign 
now adds in 
<https://berniesanders.com/press-release/sanders-statement-clinton-accusations/>contributions 
from lobbyists who have lobbied for the industry, as well as 
contributions to a pro-Clinton SuperPAC from lobbyists.

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


    “How Votes For Trump Could Become Delegates for Someone Else”
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=81440>

Posted onApril 1, 2016 12:48 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=81440>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

NYT interactive. 
<http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/04/01/us/politics/how-votes-for-trump-could-become-delegates-for-someone-else.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=first-column-region&region=top-news&WT.nav=top-news>

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    “Voting is already hard for people with disabilities. Voter ID laws
    make it even harder.” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=81438>

Posted onApril 1, 2016 12:37 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=81438>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Important Vox report. 
<http://www.vox.com/2016/4/1/11346714/voter-id-laws-disabilities>

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<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18>,The Voting Wars 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=60>,voter id 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=9>,voters with disabilities 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=71>


    “Republicans Want to Limit Spending, Fundraising, Free Speech”
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=81436>

Posted onApril 1, 2016 9:11 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=81436>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Odd goings-on 
<http://www.alreporter.com/republicans-want-to-limit-spending-fundraising-free-speech/>in 
Alabama.

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    Truth is Stranger than Fiction Dep’t
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=81434>

Posted onApril 1, 2016 9:07 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=81434>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

A reader responds tothis blog post <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=81422>:

    Truth is stranger than an April Fool’s joke.

    Amie Hoeber is running to represent Maryland’s Sixth Congressional
    District in the House of Representatives:

    Amie is a graduate of Stanford University and resides in Potomac,
    Maryland with_Mark Epstein, a senior executive of Qualcomm_. They
    are members of the B’nai Tzedek synagogue. She has one son, two
    stepsons, and four grandchildren.

    http://www.amieforcongress.com/biography/

    Mr. Epstein also was the custodian of records of her campaign
    committee until, apparently, they realized that would be a problem:

    Original:

    http://docquery.fec.gov/cgi-bin/forms/C00582296/1018520/

    Amended:

    http://docquery.fec.gov/cgi-bin/forms/C00582296/1029979/

    He’s also the sole contributor (of $300,000) to the Maryland USA
    Super PAC:

    *Committee: MARYLAND USA*

    *Contributor’s Name* 	*Contributor’s Address*
    *Employer/Occupation* 	*Memo/Description* 	*Memo* 	*Text* 	*Date*
    *Amount ($)* 	*Aggregate ($)* 	*Limits*
    Mark Epstein 	9209 Fox Meadow Lane
    Potomac, Maryland 20854 	Qualcomm, Inc. / Senior Vice President
    Contribution 	
    	
    	10/26/2015 	300000.00 	300000.00 	

    http://docquery.fec.gov/cgi-bin/forms/C00581777/1043856/sa/11AI

    Shockingly, the Maryland USA Super PAC has spent over $200,000 on
    independent expenditures supporting . . . . Amie Hoeber:

    http://docquery.fec.gov/cgi-bin/forms/C00581777/1043856/se

    And, naturally:

    Langdon Law LLC 	8913 Cincinnati-Dayton Rd.
    West Chester, Ohio 45069 	
    	10/27/2015 	Legal fees 	13266.57

    http://docquery.fec.gov/cgi-bin/forms/C00581777/1043856/sb/21B

    Coordination – it’s not just for presidential races anymore.

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