[EL] ELB News and Commentary 2/5/16

Thu Feb 4 20:53:14 PST 2016

    Off to Stanford…. <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=79625>

Posted onFebruary 4, 2016 8:50 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=79625>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

for the SLRelection law conference <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=78920>.

I will be presenting my paper, Election Law’s Path in the Roberts 
Court’s First Decade: A Sharp Right Turn But with Speed Bumps and 
Surprising Twists (draft in progress, Nov. 2015 
<http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2639902>).

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Posted inSupreme Court <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=29>

    “Election officials in NH to use cameras to document voters”
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=79623>

Posted onFebruary 4, 2016 8:46 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=79623>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

WCAX reports 
<http://www.wcax.com/story/31145840/election-officials-in-nh-to-use-cameras-to-document-voters>.

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Posted inelection administration 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18>,The Voting Wars 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=60>

    Like Father, Like Son (#FraudulentFraudSquad Edition)
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=79621>

Posted onFebruary 4, 2016 8:43 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=79621>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Jay Ashcroft 
<http://www.newspressnow.com/uploaded_videos/video_fdd87927-7481-53b3-9757-fdc703925c62.html>is 
running for MO SOS, on an anti-voter fraud platform.

Sigh.

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Posted infraudulent fraud squad <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=8>

    “Iowa governor pans Cruz for ‘unethical’ actions in caucus”
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=79619>

Posted onFebruary 4, 2016 8:41 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=79619>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

The Hill reports. 
<http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/gop-primaries/268243-iowa-governor-pans-cruz-for-unethical-practices-at-caucus>

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Posted incampaigns <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=59>,primaries 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=32>

    Poster for Plutocrats United Event at Harvard Feb. 19
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=79616>

Posted onFebruary 4, 2016 2:37 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=79616>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Here 
<http://electionlawblog.org/wp-content/uploads/hasen-harvard-poster.pdf>.

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Posted inPlutocrats United <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=104>

    “Editorial: Something smells in the Democratic Party”
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=79614>

Posted onFebruary 4, 2016 2:30 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=79614>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Des Moines Register 
<http://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/opinion/editorials/caucus/2016/02/03/editorial-something-smells-democratic-party/79777580/>:

    Once again the world is laughing at Iowa. Late-night comedians and
    social media mavens are having afield day with jokes
    <http://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/entertainment/2016/02/03/daily-show-iowa-caucus/79737438/>about
    missing caucusgoers andcoin flips
    <http://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/elections/presidential/caucus/2016/02/03/everything-you-ever-wanted-know-iowa-caucus-coin-flips/79784762/>.

    That’s fine. We can take ribbing over our quirky process. But what
    we can’t stomach is even the whiff of impropriety or error.

    What happened Monday night at the Democratic caucuses was a debacle,
    period. Democracy, particularly at the local party level, can be
    slow, messy and obscure. But the refusal to undergo scrutiny or
    allow for an appeal reeks of autocracy.

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Posted inelection administration <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18>

    “Automatic voter registration debuts in Oregon”
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=79612>

Posted onFebruary 4, 2016 2:18 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=79612>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

That’s the lead story in this week’sElectionline Weekly 
<http://www.electionline.org/index.php/electionline-weekly>.

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Posted inelection administration 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18>,voter registration 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=37>

    “Voting Rights Challenges In the Wake of Shelby County”
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=79610>

Posted onFebruary 4, 2016 2:14 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=79610>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Demos blogs. 
<http://www.demos.org/blog/2/4/16/voting-rights-challenges-wake-shelby-county>

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Posted inThe Voting Wars <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=60>,Voting 
Rights Act <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=15>,VRAA 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=81>

    “Va. elections board officially repeals loyalty pledge at GOP
    request” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=79608>

Posted onFebruary 4, 2016 2:11 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=79608>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

WaPo 
<https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/virginia-politics/va-elections-board-officially-repeals-loyalty-pledge-at-gop-request/2016/02/04/d2ec2c4a-cb44-11e5-a7b2-5a2f824b02c9_story.html>:

    Donald Trump may have come in second in the Iowa caucuses. But the
    presidential candidate scored victory in Virginia on Thursday, when
    the state Board of Elections officially repealed a controversial
    loyalty pledge at the request of the state GOP.

    Under the now-rescinded pledge, voters wishing to choose the
    Republican presidential nominee in the March 1 primary would have
    had to sign a statement affirming they were Republicans.

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Posted incampaigns <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=59>,political 
parties <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=25>

    “Did Ted Cruz gin up Iowa voter histories?”
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=79606>

Posted onFebruary 4, 2016 2:10 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=79606>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Sure seems like it.(Politifact 
<http://www.politifact.com/texas/article/2016/feb/04/did-ted-cruz-mailer-gin-iowa-voter-histories/>)

And voicemails too! (TPM 
<http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/cruz-carson-voice-mails>)

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Posted incampaigns <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=59>,chicanery 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=12>

    “Sheldon Adelson tightens grip on Review-Journal”
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=79604>

Posted onFebruary 4, 2016 2:06 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=79604>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Oy 
<http://www.capitalnewyork.com/article/media/2016/02/8590189/sheldon-adelson-tightens-grip-review-journal>.

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Posted inchicanery <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=12>

    “The Conservative Playbook for Keeping ‘Dark Money’ Dark”
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=79602>

Posted onFebruary 4, 2016 9:43 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=79602>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

ProPublica: 
<https://www.propublica.org/article/the-conservative-playbook-for-keeping-dark-money-dark>

    How do you stop states and cities from forcing more disclosure of
    so-called dark money in politics? Get the debate to focus on an
    “average Joe,” not a wealthy person. Find examples of
    “inconsequential donation amounts.” Point out that naming donors
    would be a threat to “innocents,” including their children, families
    and co-workers.

    And never call it dark money. “Private giving” sounds better.

      These and other suggestions appear in internal documents from
    conservative groups that are coaching activists to fight state
    legislation that would impose more transparency on the secretive
    nonprofit groups reshaping U.S. campaign finance.

    The documents obtained by ProPublica were prepared by the State
    Policy Network, which helps conservative think tanks in 50 states
    supply legislators with research friendly to their causes, and the
    Conservative Action Project (CAP), a Washington policy group founded
    by Edwin Meese, a Reagan-era attorney general.

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and election law <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=22>

    “Sullivan elections commissioner resigning”
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=79600>

Posted onFebruary 4, 2016 9:06 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=79600>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Times 
<http://www.recordonline.com/article/20160203/NEWS/160209747>Herald-Record:

    Sullivan County Board of Elections Commissioner Ann Prusinski will
    be resigning, she said Wednesday.

    Prusiniski’s decision comes as the county Board of Elections has
    been thrust under the spotlight because of allegations of
    anti-Semitism by Hasidic voters and supporters of developer Shalom
    Lamm in Village of Bloomingburg elections.

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Posted inelection administration <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18>

    10th Circuit Upholds Colorado Campaign Finance Disclosure Laws
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=79598>

Posted onFebruary 4, 2016 9:05 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=79598>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Unsurprising <http://www.ca10.uscourts.gov/opinions/14/14-1463.pdf>but 
good to see.

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