[EL] ELB News and Commentary 8/3/16
Rick Hasen
rhasen at law.uci.edu
Tue Aug 2 20:58:35 PDT 2016
“Conservative group files class action lawsuit against John Doe investigators”<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=84884>
Posted on August 2, 2016 8:50 pm<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=84884> by Rick Hasen<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Wisconsin State Journal:<http://host.madison.com/wsj/news/local/govt-and-politics/conservative-group-files-class-action-lawsuit-against-john-doe-investigators/article_2d6b8229-e2d7-5068-a82f-47b38077daf3.html>
A conservative group has filed a class-action lawsuit against the investigators and former state officials connected to a halted criminal investigation into Gov. Scott Walker’s 2012 recall campaign.
In the lawsuit, the John K. MacIver Institute alleges the investigators violated a 1986 federal law that protects electronic communications from illegal searches and seizures.
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Posted in chicanery<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=12>
“Wisconsin officials brace for voter confusion this fall”<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=84882>
Posted on August 2, 2016 8:48 pm<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=84882> by Rick Hasen<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Wisconsin State Journal<http://host.madison.com/wsj/news/local/govt-and-politics/state-and-local-elected-officials-brace-for-voter-confusion-this/article_4c4c90f9-1825-5147-b52b-33a0e37f645f.html>:
State and local election officials are bracing for another round of voter confusion after two federal judges struck down several voting-related laws recently.
Neither ruling will affect next week’s fall primary election, but they have potentially wide-ranging implications on the November vote for president, U.S. Senate and state legislative races, said Michael Haas, the state’s top elections administrator.
“Our main message at this point is that people understand that nothing changes these rules for the August election,” Haas said. “We, as well as the municipal clerks, will be doing our best to educate voters after the primary and as soon as we can.”
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Posted in election administration<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18>
“Top Recent Downloads in Election Law on SSRN”<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=84880>
Posted on August 2, 2016 8:30 pm<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=84880> by Rick Hasen<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Here<http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/topten/topTenResults.cfm?groupingId=991929&netorjrnl=jrnl>:
RECENT TOP PAPERS for all papers first announced in the last 60 days [http://papers.ssrn.com/Images/rss_small.png] <http://papers.ssrn.com/publicRss/rssManagerInc.cfm?journalId=991929>
3 Jun 2016 through 2 Aug 2016
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Downloads
Paper Title
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199
Can Gerrymanders Be Measured? An Examination of Wisconsin’s State Assembly<http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/Papers.cfm?abstract_id=2783144>
Jonathan S. Krasno<http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=905722>, Daniel Magleby<http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=1512344>, Michael D. McDonald<http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=365417>, Shawn Donahue<http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=2553954> and Robin E Best<http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=1321541>
Binghamton University, Binghamton University, Binghamton University, SUNY, State University of New York (SUNY), Binghamton University, Students and Binghamton University
Date posted to database: 28 May 2016
Last Revised: 28 May 2016
2
116
Voter Welfare: An Emerging Rule of Reason in Voting Rights Law<http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/Papers.cfm?abstract_id=2788808>
Samuel Issacharoff<http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=48053>
New York University School of Law
Date posted to database: 3 Jun 2016
Last Revised: 3 Jun 2016
3
71
Race, Place, and Power<http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/Papers.cfm?abstract_id=2802783>
Nicholas Stephanopoulos<http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=636048>
University of Chicago Law School
Date posted to database: 3 Jul 2016
Last Revised: 14 Jul 2016
4
54
Electoral Management Bodies as a Fourth Branch of Government<http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/Papers.cfm?abstract_id=2792626>
Michael Pal<http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=738113>
University of Ottawa – Common Law Section
Date posted to database: 11 Jun 2016
Last Revised: 20 Jul 2016
5
52
Reforming Presidential Elections: The Need for a National Primary<http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/Papers.cfm?abstract_id=2795124>
Edward B. Foley<http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=33055>
Ohio State University (OSU) – Michael E. Moritz College of Law
Date posted to database: 15 Jun 2016
Last Revised: 15 Jun 2016
6
40
Using the Voting Rights Act to Discriminate: North Carolina’s Use of Racial Gerrymanders, Two Racial Quotas, Safe Harbors, Shields, and Inoculations to Undermine Multiracial Coalitions and Black Political Power<http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/Papers.cfm?abstract_id=2788008>
Michael Kent Curtis<http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=16229>
Wake Forest University – School of Law
Date posted to database: 3 Jun 2016
Last Revised: 3 Jun 2016
7
40
The Boundary Problem and the Changing Case Against Deference in Election Law Cases: Lessons from Local Government Law<http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/Papers.cfm?abstract_id=2798337>
David Schleicher<http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=469670>
Yale University – Law School
Date posted to database: 22 Jun 2016
Last Revised: 25 Jul 2016
8
17
Citizens United: A Theoretical Evaluation<http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/Papers.cfm?abstract_id=2790175>
Carlo Prato<http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=1655227> and Stephane Wolton<http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=1917190>
Columbia University – Department of Political Science and London School of Economics and Political Science
Date posted to database: 6 Jun 2016
Last Revised: 6 Jun 2016
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“Top Democratic National Committee officials resign in wake of email breach”<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=84878>
Posted on August 2, 2016 8:28 pm<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=84878> by Rick Hasen<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
WaPo<https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2016/08/02/democratic-national-committee-ceo-amy-dacey-resigns-in-wake-of-email-breach/>:
Three top officials at the Democratic National Committee will leave their posts this week amid the controversy over the release of a cache of hacked emails from the committee.
Chief executive Amy Dacey, Chief Financial Officer Brad Marshall and Communications Director Luis Miranda will leave the DNC just days after a new leader took the helm.
A trove of nearly 20,000 emails were posted on WikiLeaks last month. They included some emails that raised questions about the faith of Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton’s primary rival, Sen. Bernie Sanders (Vt.), and others that seemed to disparage donors.
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Posted in election law biz<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=51>
“Republican vote suppression efforts packaged as reforms fall afoul of US courts”<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=84876>
Posted on August 2, 2016 8:23 pm<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=84876> by Rick Hasen<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
The view<http://www.smh.com.au/world/us-election/republican-vote-suppression-efforts-packaged-as-reforms-fall-afoul-of-us-courts-20160803-gqjwsm.html> from down under.
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Posted in The Voting Wars<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=60>
Montana Candidate Asks #SCOTUS Intervention in False Speech in Judicial Election Case<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=84873>
Posted on August 2, 2016 8:12 pm<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=84873> by Rick Hasen<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Back in June, Dan T. reported<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=83934>:”A federal district court has denied an injunction<http://electionlawblog.org/wp-content/uploads/Montana-Speech-Order.pdf> against Montana rules restricting false statements by and about judicial candidates (Myers v. Thompson<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=83537>).”
The Ninth Circuit denied relief and now the candidate has petitioned Justice Kennedy<http://electionlawblog.org/wp-content/uploads/myers-petition.pdf> at the Supreme Court for emergency relief. The twist here is that this involves campaign speech in a judicial election.
Don’t count out the Court granting some relief in this case (see my piece, A Constitutional Right to Lie in Campaigns and Elections?<http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2151618>). This is an issue that cuts somewhat across ideological lines.
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Posted in campaigns<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=59>, Supreme Court<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=29>
NC AG, A Democrat Challenging Republican Governor, Won’t Defend Voting Law<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=84871>
Posted on August 2, 2016 7:53 pm<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=84871> by Rick Hasen<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
But state will still appea<http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_VOTER_ID_NORTH_CAROLINA?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT>l to either full 4th Circuit or SCOTUS.
In my recent NYT oped<http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/02/opinion/campaign-stops/turning-the-tide-on-voting-rights.html>, I rated the chances of such an appeal very small.
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Posted in The Voting Wars<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=60>
More Trump on Vote “Rigging”<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=84869>
Posted on August 2, 2016 7:31 pm<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=84869> by Rick Hasen<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Same WaPo interview<https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/donald-trump-transcript-the-republican-nominee-in-his-own-words/2016/08/02/77e9fa68-58eb-11e6-831d-0324760ca856_story.html?postshare=2051470189540806&tid=ss_tw>:
RUCKER: You said yesterday that you worried the election might be rigged in some way.
TRUMP: Yeah.
RUCKER: What is your worry exactly?
TRUMP: I don’t like what’s going on with voter ID.
RUCKER: It would be what’s happening in the states?
TRUMP: Well, I think its ridiculous. I mean the voter ID situation has turned out to be a very unfair development. We may have people vote 10 times. It’s inconceivable that you don’t have to show identification in order to vote or that that the identification doesn’t have to be somewhat foolproof.
RUCKER: Although, there’s a tradition in this country of when somebody loses an election, they concede graciously and try to get their supporters on board like Al Gore did in 2000. Would you? You know if some reason Hillary were to win narrowly, would you contest that in some way?
TRUMP: I don’t want to jump the gun. I don’t want to talk about that. I’m just saying that I wouldn’t be surprised if the election . . . there’s a lot of dirty pool played at the election, meaning the election is rigged. I would not be surprised. The voter ID, they’re fighting as hard as you can fight so that that they don’t have to show voter ID. So, what’s the purpose of that? How many times is a person going to vote during the day? If you don’t have voter ID . . .
RUCKER: Do you think someone can vote multiple times?
TRUMP: Multiple times. How about like 10 times. Why not? If you don’t have voter ID, you can just keep voting and voting and voting.
RUCKER: Is there anything else that you think could be going on?
TRUMP: Look, you never know. It started with me in Louisiana when I won Louisiana and I got fewer delegates than Ted Cruz.
RUCKER: I remember that.
TRUMP: I said, “Whoa! Whoa! What happens here?” And then I polled well in Colorado. and instead of voting, the bosses picked it. I said, “What’s going on here?” It took me a little while to get accustomed to the world of politics and then once I did we started running them off. But, who would’ve thought that was going to happen? I win a state, I get fewer votes. Then, I poll great in Colorado and all of a sudden . . . the voters aren’t going to choose. The bosses are going to choose. Anything is possible.
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Posted in Uncategorized<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=1>
Trump Says He Doesn’t Want Third Party Candidates in Debates<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=84867>
Posted on August 2, 2016 7:29 pm<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=84867> by Rick Hasen<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
From WaPo interview transcript<https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/donald-trump-transcript-the-republican-nominee-in-his-own-words/2016/08/02/77e9fa68-58eb-11e6-831d-0324760ca856_story.html?postshare=2051470189540806&tid=ss_tw>:
RUCKER: What would you negotiate for? Do you want for example Gary Johnson and Jill Stein?
TRUMP: No because they’re not getting any . . . I’d rather have head to head and right now they’re not getting any numbers. She’s doing better than he is, but right now in some polls she’s actually not doing badly.
RUCKER: There were some Jill Stein supporters in Philadelphia.
TRUMP: She doesn’t get media coverage only because people perceive her as hurting Hillary Clinton. I’m not sure that that’s true.
RUCKER: I don’t know about that.
TRUMP: People perceive her as hurting Clinton. I think she’s doing very well. I don’t think the numbers will be good enough for them to be in the debate.
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“Administering Politics: Rediscovering Campaign Finance and Public Administration”<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=84865>
Posted on August 2, 2016 7:21 pm<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=84865> by Rick Hasen<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Sam Garrett has written this article<http://www.tandfonline.com/eprint/9a6sYAv7THeAWdGrNXwT/full> for Administrative Theory and Praxis. Here is the abstract:
Orthodox public administration separated politics from administration, leaving little room for campaigns. Subsequent work challenged orthodoxy’s premium on efficiency at the expense of democratic values. The constitutional school and interdisciplinary studies of transparency, administrative law, and political science provide alternatives. Yet public administration neglects campaign finance, even after major policy developments, including the Citizens United ruling. Examining classic and contemporary literature and policy developments, this article is the first to establish how the politics-administration dichotomy provides a framework for studying campaign finance.
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Posted in campaign finance<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>
Now Trump Says Court Rulings Will Allow People to “Vote 10 Times Maybe”<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=84863>
Posted on August 2, 2016 6:52 pm<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=84863> by Rick Hasen<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
He also says Romney campaign victim<https://twitter.com/SopanDeb/status/760645362201796608> of voter fraud:
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Trump says that Romney was victim of voter fraud in 2012. Blasts voter ID court rulings. "It's a little bit scary."
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“For Trump, a new ‘rigged’ system: the election itself.”<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=84861>
Posted on August 2, 2016 4:38 pm<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=84861> by Rick Hasen<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Must-read Weigel.<https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/for-trump-a-new-rigged-system-the-election-itself/2016/08/02/d9fb33b0-58c4-11e6-9aee-8075993d73a2_story.html>
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Posted in campaigns<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=59>, chicanery<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=12>, fraudulent fraud squad<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=8>
Brennan Center Map of Voting Restrictions Shows Shrinkage<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=84859>
Posted on August 2, 2016 4:02 pm<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=84859> by Rick Hasen<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
The number of states<https://www.brennancenter.org/voting-restrictions-first-time-2016> with new restrictive voting laws falls from 17 to 15, thanks to recent court rulings.
This interactive litigation map is very useful too.<https://www.brennancenter.org/major-litigation-could-impact-voting-access>
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Posted in election administration<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18>, The Voting Wars<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=60>
Trump Ties His Claims of “Rigged” Election to Voting Rights Court Victories<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=84857>
Posted on August 2, 2016 3:38 pm<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=84857> by Rick Hasen<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
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Trump critical of voter ID court rulings to @ScottThuman<https://twitter.com/ScottThuman>: "...and some bad court cases have come down..."
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“Voter ID Laws Face Uncertain Future After Court Decisions”<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=84855>
Posted on August 2, 2016 3:14 pm<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=84855> by Rick Hasen<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
I spoke to NPR’s Kelly McEvers on All Things Considered.Listen.<http://www.npr.org/2016/08/02/488412824/voter-id-laws-face-uncertain-future-after-court-decisions>
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Posted in election administration<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18>, The Voting Wars<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=60>, voter id<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=9>, Voting Rights Act<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=15>
“US Courts Strike Down Voter Restrictions in State After State”<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=84853>
Posted on August 2, 2016 2:32 pm<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=84853> by Rick Hasen<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
VOA reports.<http://m.voanews.com/a/us-courts-strike-down-voter-restrictions-id-laws/3446149.html>
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“Buying Time: Protecting Free Speech and Functional Democracy by Distinguishing Between Expenditures”<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=84850>
Posted on August 2, 2016 11:19 am<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=84850> by Rick Hasen<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Mike Parsons has posted this draft on SSRN. Abstract here<http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2817108>.
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“Isn’t It Ironic?: Koch-Backed Group Rails Against Corrupting Influence of Money in Politics”<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=84848>
Posted on August 2, 2016 11:15 am<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=84848> by Rick Hasen<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Brendan Fischer blogs<http://www.campaignlegalcenter.org/news/blog/isn-t-it-ironic-koch-backed-group-rails-against-corrupting-influence-money-politics> for the CLC.
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“Voter Access In 2016: Latest On Restrictions Across The Country”<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=84846>
Posted on August 2, 2016 11:11 am<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=84846> by Rick Hasen<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Listen <http://thedianerehmshow.org/shows/2016-08-02/voter-access-in-2016-latest-on-restrictions-across-the-country> to today’s Diane Rehm show featuring Spencer Overton, Caleb Burns, Ron Elving, and me.
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“Court: Super PACs can be named after candidates”<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=84844>
Posted on August 2, 2016 10:32 am<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=84844> by Rick Hasen<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Josh Gerstein<http://www.politico.com/blogs/under-the-radar/2016/08/super-pac-candidate-name-court-ruling-226563>:
A federal appeals court has blocked a rule banning so-called super PACs from naming their groups after candidates for office.
A three-judge panel of the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals concluded that the Federal Election Commission appeared to have violated the First Amendment by prohibiting most uses of candidates in an unauthorized committee’s name, as well as in the names of “projects” such groups use to raise funds.
The decision<https://www.cadc.uscourts.gov/internet/opinions.nsf/BE823FAEEAD9111185258003005090F3/$file/15-5264-1628137.pdf> appears to break down another of the rather flimsy barriers between candidates and ostensibly unconnected super PACs supporting those candidates but raising donations in unlimited amounts. Candidates are already permitted to appear at fundraising events for those PACs, as long as they don’t personally solicit donations in excess of federal limits.
Given the conservative tilt in this panel, maybe the government will appeal to the full DC Circuit en banc?
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“Why the Supreme Court Could Stay Out of the Voter ID Debate”<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=84842>
Posted on August 2, 2016 10:24 am<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=84842> by Rick Hasen<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Sam Baker<https://www.nationaljournal.com/s/639856?mref=dashboard-free> for The National Journal.
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“Five Points On The Big Court Losses For GOP Vote Suppressors”<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=84840>
Posted on August 2, 2016 10:24 am<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=84840> by Rick Hasen<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Tierney Sneed reports<http://talkingpointsmemo.com/fivepoints/voting-rights-rulings-july> for TPM.
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