[EL] ELB News and Commentary 4/25/16
Rick Hasen
rhasen at law.uci.edu
Mon Apr 25 07:44:04 PDT 2016
“Sanders calls Clinton’s fundraising ‘obscene,’ but it’s more
nuanced — influence isn’t corruption”
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=82194>
Posted onApril 25, 2016 7:41 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=82194>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
I have writtenthis oped
<http://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-0425-hasen-money-in-politics-20160425-story.html>for
the LA Times. it begins:
DespiteBernie Sanders
<http://www.latimes.com/topic/politics-government/government/bernie-sanders-PEPLT005768-topic.html>‘repeated
accusations
<http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/sanders-edges-towards-calling-clinton-corrupt-668749891789>,
there’s no real evidence
<http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-elections/bernie-sanders-hillary-clintons-353400-a-ticket-fundraiser-is-part-of-a-corrupt-obscene-system-a6956341.html>that
Hillary Clinton
<http://www.latimes.com/topic/politics-government/government/hillary-clinton-PEPLT007433-topic.html>has
been corrupted by large campaign contributions. But that’s not to
say donors haven’t influenced her thinking and priorities. Lodged in
the gap between Sanders’ attacks and Clinton’s rejoinders lies the
truth about big money in politics.
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“Supreme Court Unanimously Upholds Arizona Redistricting Plan”
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=82192>
Posted onApril 25, 2016 7:36 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=82192>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Lisa Sorenen on /Harris/case at NCSL blog.
<http://www.ncsl.org/blog/2016/04/21/supreme-court-unanimously-upholds-arizona-redistricting-plan.aspx>
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<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=29>
“Disclosure Wars: Issues of Policies and Purposes”
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=82190>
Posted onApril 25, 2016 7:27 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=82190>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Bauer:
<http://www.moresoftmoneyhardlaw.com/2016/04/disclosure-wars-issues-policies-purposes/>
Americans for Prosperity has wona decision
<http://www.politico.com/f/?id=00000154-3a76-d2c9-a9fd-3bfee3510000>blocking
California’s demand for the disclosure of its donors. The court
didn’t agree with the State that it really needed the information to
meet its regulatory responsibilities, and it was satisfied that AFP
donors had reason to fear that disclosure would subject them to
reprisal and harassment. The State’s commitment to keep the
information confidential did not survive the showing that it had not
over time performed very well on that score.
There are concerns and conflicts running throughout this
controversy, and others like it, that the court did not expressly
acknowledge—but that are now common in cases of this kind.
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“Lawyer for Fund-Raisers Tied to de Blasio Fires Back at Elections
Board” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=82188>
Posted onApril 25, 2016 7:26 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=82188>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
NYT:
<http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/25/nyregion/lawyer-for-fund-raisers-tied-to-de-blasio-fires-back-at-elections-board.html?_r=0>
In a strongly worded response to a New York State Board of Elections
report alleging illegal fund-raising activities by a team of people
with close ties to MayorBill de Blasio
<http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/d/bill_de_blasio/index.html?inline=nyt-per>,
a lawyer for several of the implicated parties has accused the board
of “a shocking lack of understanding or a complete disregard of the
most fundamental aspects of the state’s election laws.”
The letter, drafted by Laurence D. Laufer, a longtime campaign
finance lawyer who also represents the mayor’s re-election campaign,
cametwo days
<http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/de-blasio-gamed-donation-limits-hid-names-board-elections-article-1.2611406>afteraccounts
in the news media
<http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/23/nyregion/de-blasio-team-violated-campaign-finance-laws-report-says.html?ref=topics&_r=0>of
a January report from Risa S. Sugarman, the board’s chief
enforcement counsel. The report, which was confidential, found
“willful and flagrant” violations of election law by a group of
political operatives known as Team de Blasio, which was formed in
2014 to try to retake the State Senate for Democrats, who are in the
minority in Albany’s upper chamber.
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“Are Members of Congress Becoming Telemarketers?”
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=82186>
Posted onApril 25, 2016 7:16 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=82186>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
CBS’s 60 Minutes reports.
<http://www.cbsnews.com/news/60-minutes-are-members-of-congress-becoming-telemarketers/>
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<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=59>
“The desperate scramble for Bernie’s secret weapon”
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=82184>
Posted onApril 25, 2016 7:13 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=82184>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Politico
<http://www.politico.com/story/2016/04/bernie-sanders-fundraising-list-222342>:
Bernie Sanders shows no sign of dropping out of the presidential
race anytime soon, but the vultures are already circling over his
email list — perhaps the most coveted and valuable catalog of
potential voters and donors in the Democratic Party at the moment.
The post-campaign fate of Sanders’ list — his 2016 crown jewel, and
the backbone of the Vermont senator’s online fundraising juggernaut
— is the topic of frequent conversation among operatives working
with the Democratic Party committees, down-ballot candidates and a
variety of liberal interest groups. Some have already begun
strategizing about how to access the list through informal
conversations with people close to the Sanders campaign.
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“Campaign’s Populist Tone Rankles America’s CEOs”
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=82182>
Posted onApril 25, 2016 7:12 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=82182>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
WSJ:
<http://www.wsj.com/articles/campaigns-populist-tone-rankles-americas-ceos-1461542822>
Chief executives at big American companies are increasingly
frustrated by the populist tone of the presidential campaign, and
concerns are mounting in boardrooms and corner offices that
antibusiness rhetoric may solidify even after the November election.
Some business groups had looked to a Republican administration next
January that might peel back some Obama administration regulations.
But that hope now is in doubt, and such groups are instead focused
on key Senate and House races.
While some observers believe candidates may soften their stances
once elected, executives worry that for now, the rhetoric of the
election discussion could weigh on consumer confidence, thwart any
immigration overhaul and derail a sweeping 12-nation trade pact, the
Trans-Pacific Partnership, that the U.S. struck last year and that
many businesses support.
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<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=59>
“Md. congressional primary features largest self-funder ever”
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=82180>
Posted onApril 25, 2016 7:11 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=82180>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
AP
<https://www.yahoo.com/news/md-congressional-primary-features-largest-self-funder-ever-155043659--election.html>:
A Maryland congressional primary contender has broken the record for
what a self-funded House candidate has poured into a single
campaign, as wine superstore owner David Trone has uncorked more
than $12 million of his own amid a crowded Democratic field.
The race is the most expensive House primary in the country this
election cycle, according to data compiled by the non-partisan
Center for Responsive Politics.
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“Bernie Sanders and Allies Aim to Shape Democrats’ Agenda After
Primaries” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=82178>
Posted onApril 24, 2016 10:01 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=82178>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Nick Confessore
<http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/25/us/politics/bernie-sanders-campaign.html?ref=politics>for
the NYT.
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<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=59>
“In This Snapchat Campaign, Election News Is Big and Then It’s Gone”
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=82176>
Posted onApril 24, 2016 9:54 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=82176>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Jim Rutenberg NYT column.
<http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/25/business/media/snapchat-election-campaign-news.html?smid=tw-share>
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“Ted Cruz and John Kasich to Coordinate Against Donald Trump”
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=82174>
Posted onApril 24, 2016 9:41 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=82174>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
NYT:
<http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/25/us/politics/ted-cruz-john-kasich-donald-trump.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=first-column-region®ion=top-news&WT.nav=top-news>
SenatorTed Cruz
<http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/us/elections/ted-cruz-on-the-issues.html?inline=nyt-per>and
Gov.John Kasich
<http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/us/elections/john-kasich-on-the-issues.html?inline=nyt-per>of
Ohio have agreed to coordinate in future primary contests in a
last-ditch effort to denyDonald J. Trump
<http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/us/elections/donald-trump-on-the-issues.html?inline=nyt-per>the
Republican presidential nomination, with each candidate standing
aside in certain states amid growing concerns that Mr. Trump cannot
otherwise be stopped.
In a statement late Sunday night, Mr. Cruz’s campaign manager, Jeff
Roe, said that the campaign would “focus its time and resources in
Indiana and in turn clear the path for Governor Kasich to compete in
Oregon and New Mexico.”
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“Insufficient Electoral Reform” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=82172>
Posted onApril 24, 2016 12:22 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=82172>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Japan Times:
<http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2016/04/24/editorials/insufficient-electoral-reform/#.Vx0cl5Mgs_U>
The sharp disparity in the weight of votes between populous and less
populous electoral districts — in which voters in some
constituencies have more power in electing their representatives to
the Diet than those in others — is a chronic problem in national
elections in this country. It happens because Diet seats are not
allocated according to the distribution of the population. The
Supreme Court ruled the situation in the last three Lower House
elections in 2009, 2012 and 2014 — when the maximum disparity topped
2 to 1 — to be in a “state of unconstitutionality, though it fell
short of invalidating the vote results.
Such a disparity in the value of votes exists runs counter to the
principle of equality under the Constitution. It distorts the
representation of popular will in the Diet. The top court’s
decisions even raise doubts about the legitimacy of the electoral
process and the lawmakers chosen to the Diet through the elections.
Correcting the disparity is an urgent task.
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“Can a Young Woman Vote at Her Swing-State College?”
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=82170>
Posted onApril 24, 2016 12:21 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=82170>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
NYT’s The Ethicist explores.
<http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/24/magazine/can-a-young-woman-vote-at-her-swing-state-college.html?smprod=nytcore-iphone&smid=nytcore-iphone-share&_r=0>
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“Labor unions sue state of Michigan over election law”
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=82168>
Posted onApril 24, 2016 12:09 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=82168>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Detroit Free Press
<http://www.freep.com/story/news/politics/2016/04/22/labor-unions-sue-state-election-law/83396004/>:
A coalition of labor unions sued the State of Michigan in U.S.
District Court in Detroit on Friday over a law that allows
corporations, but not unions, to use payroll deductions for
contributions to political action committees.
The sweeping law was one of the final ones passed in last year’s
legislative session, after it transformed from an innocuous bill on
campaign finance law into a 53-page wholesale revision of campaign
finance law.
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“Sanders campaign’s new strategy on superdelegates leaves some
unimpressed” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=82166>
Posted onApril 24, 2016 11:46 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=82166>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
LAT
<http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-sanders-superdelegates-pennsylvania-20160424-story.html>:
“You’re trying to woo us now, but we remember when you were trashing
us,” said former Pennsylvania Gov.Ed Rendell
<http://www.latimes.com/topic/politics-government/government/ed-rendell-PEPLT00007692-topic.html>,
one of 21 superdelegates from the state, the largest of five that
hold primaries Tuesday.
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<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=32>
“Voters’ ‘Bernie or Bust’ efforts persist despite Sanders’ vow not
to be another Ralph Nader” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=82164>
Posted onApril 24, 2016 11:42 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=82164>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
LAT
<http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-sanders-clinton-20160424-story.html>:
Sanders’ chances of winning the nomination have dimmed since his
16-point loss to Clinton in last week’s New York primary. Polls show
he faces an uphill race in several of the five Eastern states that
vote on Tuesday, as well as in California’s June 7 primary.
Some of his supporters remain so steadfast, however, that a
#BernieOrBust movement has picked up momentum on Twitter. So has an
online pledge for supporters who vow to vote for Sanders as a
write-in candidate if he loses the nomination.
A recent McClatchy-Marist poll found that 1 in 4 Sanders supporters
would not back Clinton as the nominee, a sign of the party’s deep
divide — and Clinton’s high negatives — at this point of the race.
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“Fundraising ban loophole allows some Maryland lawmakers to take
lobbyist cash” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=82162>
Posted onApril 24, 2016 11:35 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=82162>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
WaPo reports.
<https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/dc-politics/fundraising-ban-loophole-allows-some-maryland-lawmakers-to-take-lobbyist-cash/2016/04/22/2fea10ac-0640-11e6-b283-e79d81c63c1b_story.html>
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“US election: Republican says delegate vote-buying and gifts are
part of ‘the free market of politics'”
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=82159>
Posted onApril 24, 2016 11:32 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=82159>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
ABC Australia reports.
<http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-04-24/republican-claims-delegate-vote-buying-exists/7352534>
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<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=32>
“Federal judge orders recount of 2014 abortion ballot vote”
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=82157>
Posted onApril 23, 2016 9:49 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=82157>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
The Tennessean
<http://www.tennessean.com/story/news/politics/2016/04/22/federal-judge-orders-recount-2014-abortion-ballot-vote/83407612/>:
A federal judge has ordered a recount of Tennessee’s controversial
2014 abortion measure Amendment 1.
U.S. District Judge Kevin Sharp on Friday declared the method the
state used to count votes for the amendment “fundamentally unfair”
and in violation of due process and equal protection rights for
voters under the U.S. Constitution.
The “no” votes of the eight plaintiffs “were not accorded the same
weight” as those who voted in favor of the amendment, the judge
concluded.
“As a remedy, the Court will order a recount of the 2014 Election
solely in relation to Amendment 1, but defer ruling on the question
of whether the election on Amendment 1 should be voided,” the52-page
ruling
<https://www.scribd.com/doc/310141148/Abortion-Federal-Ruling>said.
The ruling does not apply to three other amendments on the ballot in
2014.
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“2 million ballots botched in latest Maricopa County fiasco”
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=82155>
Posted onApril 23, 2016 9:47 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=82155>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
KPNX
<http://www.12news.com/news/local/arizona/spanish-language-screw-up-on-maricopa-county-election-ballots/150094467?o>:
In yet another elections embarrassment for Maricopa County, two
million ballots were printed with the wrong Spanish-language
description for a ballot proposition May 17, resulting in a massive
reprinting of ballots and mailing of postcards to correct the mistake.
This latest screw-up was uncovered the same day the county
recorder’s office filed its formal response to a U.S Justice
Department investigation of the botched presidential primary in
March, which forced many voters to stand in line for hours.
Many voters claimed they were disenfranchised by elections officials
huge cut in polling places for the primary.
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<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18>,Voting Rights Act
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=15>
“It’s ‘Possible’ Hillary Clinton Could Be Better President than GOP
Pick, Charles Koch Says” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=82153>
Posted onApril 23, 2016 9:44 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=82153>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
ABC News reports.
<http://abcnews.go.com/ThisWeek/hillary-clinton-president-gop-pick-charles-koch/story?id=38622141>
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“The Voting Effect of Virginia’s Move on Felons? Small but
Potentially Decisive” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=82151>
Posted onApril 23, 2016 1:40 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=82151>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Nate Cohn
<http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/23/upshot/the-voting-effect-of-virginias-move-on-felons-surprisingly-small.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Fupshot&action=click&contentCollection=upshot®ion=rank&module=package&version=highlights&contentPlacement=4&pgtype=sectionfront>for
NYT’s the UpShot.
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“Donald Trump’s ‘Self-Funding’ Stalls G.O.P. in Donor-Data
Collection” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=82149>
Posted onApril 23, 2016 1:38 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=82149>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
NYT:
<http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/23/us/politics/donald-trump-donor-data.html?ref=politics>
He often brags that he is paying for his campaign, saying, “I don’t
need anybody’s money.”
ButDonald J. Trump
<http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/us/elections/donald-trump-on-the-issues.html?inline=nyt-per>’s
disregard for fund-raising by email, building lists of small-dollar
donors and assembling a modern campaign digital operation could
hamstring him as a general-election candidate and do lasting damage
to theRepublican Party
<http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/organizations/r/republican_party/index.html?inline=nyt-org>,
strategists say.
In 2013 and 2014, one of the most valuable assets for Republican
candidates at every level was Mitt Romney’s email list, containing
the names and contact information for his donors, volunteers and
supporters — a trove that had been amassed, culled and refined over
18 months of the 2012 campaign.
That required painstaking work, including frequent communications
with supporters in hopes of conditioning them to donate repeatedly.
And it paved the way for candidates to send emails to a vast,
inherited universe of potential contributors who could easily make
gifts with one click.
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“EXCLUSIVE: De Blasio team skirted campaign donation limits;
investigators found ‘willful and flagrant’ violations ‘warranting
prosecution'” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=82147>
Posted onApril 23, 2016 1:36 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=82147>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
NYDN
<http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/de-blasio-gamed-donation-limits-hid-names-board-elections-article-1.2611406>:
The head investigator for the state Board of Elections probed the
2014 fundraising efforts by Mayor de Blasio and his team on behalf
of the Senate Democrats and found enough “willful and flagrant”
violations to warrant a criminal referral to the Manhattan DA’s office.
The Daily News obtained a bombshell memo state Board of Elections
Chief Enforcement Officer Risa Sugarman sent to the board’s four
commissioners on Jan. 4 recommending the referral.
“I have determined that reasonable cause exists to believe a
violation warranting criminal prosecution has taken place,” Sugarman
wrote. “The violations discovered by this investigation can only be
described as willful and flagrant.”
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“Lawsuit alleges Kern County “unlawfully discriminates” against
Latino voters’ <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=82145>
Posted onApril 23, 2016 12:47 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=82145>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Bakersfield Now
<http://bakersfieldnow.com/news/local/lawsuit-alleges-kern-county-unlawfully-discriminates-against-latino-voters>:
A group of Latino residents has sued the Kern County Board of
Supervisors, claiming the board violated section 2 of the U.S.
Voting Rights Act of 1965.
“It is clear that the Latino community has grown to the point it
should have more than one supervisorial district,” said Thomas
Saenz, the president and general counsel of the Mexican American
Legal Defense and Education Fund (MALDEF), which filed the suit on
behalf of the plaintiffs.
The lawsuit challenges Kern County’s 2011 redistricting plan, which
divided the largely Latino communities of Delano, Wasco, Shafter and
McFarland into two separate districts.
“The fracturing of the Latino community in northern Kern County is
precisely the kind of racial gerrymandering that the Voting Rights
Act was intended to cure,” added Matthew Barragan, a staff attorney
at MALDEF.
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“Listen to Donald Trump robocall urging California’s ‘no party
preference’ voters to register as Republicans”
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=82143>
Posted onApril 22, 2016 5:01 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=82143>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
LAT.
<http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-trailguide-04222016-donald-trump-calls-on-california-independents-to-r-1461368026-htmlstory.html>
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“Snapchat Wants To Make ‘Ballot Selfies’ Legal On Election Day”
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=82138>
Posted onApril 22, 2016 4:37 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=82138>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
HuffPo
<http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/snapchat-ballot-selfie-photo_us_571a610de4b0d4d3f7233217?csxajor>:
A federal judgestruck down
<http://www.engadget.com/2015/08/12/ballot-selfies-ok-again-in-new-hampshire/>New
Hampshire’s ban on ballot photos last year, and the state is
appealing that decision to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 1st
Circuit. Under the law, voters faced a $1,000 fine for sharing a
picture of their ballot.
On Friday, Snapchatfiled an amicus brief
<http://electionlawblog.org/wp-content/uploads/Snapchat-Ballot-Selfie-Amicus-With-ECF-Stamp.pdf>in
the case, arguing that the state’s ban violates the First Amendment.
[Note: updated with working link]
My view: Why the Selfie is a Threat to Democracy
<http://blogs.reuters.com/great-debate/2015/08/17/why-the-selfie-is-a-threat-to-democracy/>,
Reuters Opinion, Aug. 18, 2015
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“A manifesto to mend our politics” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=82136>
Posted onApril 22, 2016 4:28 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=82136>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
David Ignatius WaPo colum
<https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/a-manifesto-to-mend-american-politics/2016/04/21/77c519cc-07de-11e6-a12f-ea5aed7958dc_story.html>n:
It has become a truism that the American political system is
suffering from dysfunction. But weirdly, even the insurgent
candidates, Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders, don’t talk much about
how they would fix it. This is a populist insurgency without a clear
manifesto.
So it’s refreshing to hearRep. John Sarbanes
<https://sarbanes.house.gov/>(D-Md.) present a detailed action plan
to try to repair what’s broken. This proposal isn’t a cure-all. It
wouldn’t fix the immigration problem or fund Social Security or
fight terrorism. But by changing the way we fund elections, this
proposal could make it easier to elect the politicians who would
make the U.S. government work again for its citizens.
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“In Baltimore, ex-felons cherish newfound right to vote”
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=82134>
Posted onApril 22, 2016 4:24 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=82134>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Zack Roth
<http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/baltimore-ex-felons-cherish-newfound-right-vote>for
MSNBC:
In February, prodded by a grassroots campaign by Communities United
and other voting rights and civil rights groups, Maryland restored
voting rights to people with felony convictions as soon as they’re
released from prison — re-enfranchising an estimated 40,000
predominantly African-American Marylanders. Previously, they’d had
to wait until they had completed probation or parole. Democratic
lawmakers overrode a veto
<http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/maryland-restores-voting-rights-over-40000>by
Maryland’s Republican governor to push the measure into law.
Communities United says it’s registered about 1300 new voters since
the law passed.
The move was perhaps the biggest victory yet for a nationwide
movement to scrap or weaken felon disenfranchisement laws, which
shut nearly 6 million Americans, disproportionately non-white, out
of the political process.
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“Get moving on vetting vice-presidential candidates, report urges”
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=82132>
Posted onApril 22, 2016 4:21 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=82132>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Dan Balz:
<https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/get-moving-on-vetting-vice-presidential-candidates-report-urges/2016/04/21/c89f39d4-07ef-11e6-a12f-ea5aed7958dc_story.html?hpid=hp_rhp-top-table-main_gop-veep-730pm%3Ahomepage%2Fstory>
The presidential candidates in both parties are still in the throes
of their nomination contests, but anew report
<http://bipartisanpolicy.org/library/selecting-a-vice-president-advice-for-candidates/>authored
by veterans of past campaigns and conventions offers a clear warning
to them all: If you haven’t already done so, start your
vice-presidential selection process now.
Already, some of the campaigns have made preliminary steps to begin
that process, but none appears very far along. As a result, two
suggestions in the report are notable, given time pressures that
could affect this year’s selections. One is to avoid any last-minute
vetting of prospective candidates. The other calls on candidates to
carve out time well ahead of their decision to get to know their
prospective running mates.
The report, issued under the auspices of theBipartisan Policy Center
<http://bipartisanpolicy.org/>, concludes that the process of
vetting and selecting a vice-presidential running mate takes a full
eight weeks. With the two political conventions convening in
mid-to-late July, rather than at the end of August or early
September as in the past two presidential elections, that suggests
that the candidates are already up against the clock.
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“Virginia Governor Restores Voting Rights to Felons”
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=82129>
Posted onApril 22, 2016 4:15 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=82129>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
NYT:
<http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/23/us/governor-terry-mcauliffe-virginia-voting-rights-convicted-felons.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=first-column-region®ion=top-news&WT.nav=top-news&_r=0>
Gov.Terry McAuliffe
<http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/m/terry_mcauliffe/index.html?inline=nyt-per>of
Virginia used his executive power on Friday to restore voting rights
to more than 200,000 convicted felons, circumventing the
Republican-run legislature. The action effectively overturns a Civil
War-era provision in the state’s Constitution aimed, he said, at
disenfranchising African-Americans.
The sweeping order, in a swing state that could play a role in
deciding the November presidential election, will enable all felons
who have served their prison time and finished parole or probation
to register to vote. Most are African-Americans, a core constituency
of Democrats, Mr. McAuliffe’s political party….
The executive order builds on steps the governor had already taken
to restore voting rights to 18,000 Virginians since the beginning of
his term, and he said he believed his authority to issue the
decision was “ironclad.”
Prof. A. E. Dick Howard of the University of Virginia School of Law,
the principal draftsman of a revised Constitution adopted by
Virginia in 1971, agreed, and said the governor had “ample
authority.” But Professor Howard, who advised Mr. McAuliffe on the
issue, said the move might well be challenged in court. The most
likely argument, he said, is that the governor cannot restore voting
rights to an entire class of people all at once.
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