[EL] ELB News and Commentary 2/24/16
Rick Hasen
rhasen at law.uci.edu
Wed Feb 24 07:26:19 PST 2016
“Judge revises proposed court schedule in NC redistricting case”
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=80280>
Posted onFebruary 24, 2016 7:18 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=80280>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
The latest
<http://www.greensboro.com/news/judge-revises-proposed-court-schedule-in-nc-redistricting-case/article_1ead121a-67a1-54c0-a7eb-4232df1d9268.html#.Vs2R0cZuGgE.twitter>from
NC.
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“Election Protection 2016: #ProtectOURVOTE”
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=80278>
Posted onFebruary 24, 2016 7:17 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=80278>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Lawyers’ Committee
<https://lawyerscommittee.org/publication/ep2016_brief1/>:
This 2016 presidential election year is like no other in recent
history. At the onset, some voters face unprecedented challenges,
while others benefit from recently enacted election reforms. This
brief explores some of those challenges and reforms – and outlines
the Election Protection coalition’s role in educating, engaging,
and empowering voters in 2016.
To view the brief online, please click here.
<https://lawyerscommittee.org/ep2016_brief1/>
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“Texas court clears ex-Gov. Rick Perry of 2nd felony charge”
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Posted onFebruary 24, 2016 7:16 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=80275>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
AP <http://bigstory.ap.org/728a841f10894fbfbc86a997a40e7943>:
Texas’ highest criminal court tossed the second and final felony
charge against former Gov. Rick Perry on Wednesday, likely ending a
case the Republican says helped sink his short-lived 2016
presidential bid.
The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals dismissed the abuse-of-power
charge, which was filed after Perry threatened — and then carried
out — a veto of state funding for a group of public corruption
prosecutors after the Democratic head of the unit refused to resign.
See my 2014 post,Rick Perry and the Criminalization of Politics
<https://electionlawblog.org/?p=64361>.
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“Ghost Ships: Out Of The Race, Still On The Ballot”
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=80273>
Posted onFebruary 24, 2016 7:09 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=80273>byRick Hasen
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A ChapinBlog
<http://editions.lib.umn.edu/electionacademy/2016/02/24/ghost-ships-out-of-the-race-still-on-the-ballot/>.
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“Maine’s public campaign finance system could run out of money”
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=80271>
Posted onFebruary 24, 2016 7:07 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=80271>byRick Hasen
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Maine News Online reports
<http://mainenewsonline.com/content/16027139-maine-s-public-campaign-finance-system-could-run-out-money>.
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“Trump Wins Nevada Amid Hijinks, Confusion and Voter Fraud
Allegations” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=80269>
Posted onFebruary 24, 2016 7:02 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=80269>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Vice News reports.
<https://news.vice.com/article/hijinks-confusion-and-allegations-of-voter-fraud-dominate-republican-caucuses-in-nevada>
Caucuses are antidemocratic and run by amateurs. It’s time tokill the
caucuses.
<http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/jurisprudence/2012/02/congress_should_kill_the_republican_and_democratic_state_caucuses_and_mandate_primaries_instead_.html>
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CPI Interviews Incoming EAC Chair Tom Hicks
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=80267>
Posted onFebruary 24, 2016 7:01 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=80267>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Interesting interview
<http://www.publicintegrity.org/2016/02/24/19341/meet-nations-new-election-integrity-watchman>,
touching on issues including voter fraud and voter suppression.
But no mention of the current raging controversy over Kansas. etc. id
requirements and theongoing litigation
<http://www.politico.com/blogs/under-the-radar/2016/02/judge-voters-proof-of-citizenship-219694>.
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“Mega-donors shy away from fight with Trump”
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=80265>
Posted onFebruary 24, 2016 6:47 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=80265>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Pity the billionaires
<http://www.politico.com/story/2016/02/donald-trump-megadonors-219690>who are
afraid of a bully.
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“Did Crossroads GPS ‘Bamboozle’ the IRS?”
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=80263>
Posted onFebruary 24, 2016 6:45 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=80263>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Barnaby Zall blogs.
<http://www.campaignfreedom.org/2016/02/23/did-crossroads-gps-bamboozle-the-irs/>
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Trump Voters, the South, and Slavery
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=80261>
Posted onFebruary 23, 2016 9:11 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=80261>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Lynn Vavreck
<http://mobile.nytimes.com/2016/02/25/upshot/measuring-donald-trumps-supporters-for-intolerance.html?_r=0>for
NYT’s The UpShot:
According to P.P.P., 70 percent of Mr. Trump’s voters in South
Carolina wish the Confederate battle flag were still flying on their
statehouse grounds. (It was removed last summer less than a month
after a mass shooting at a black church in Charleston.) The polling
firm says that 38 percent of them wish the South had won the Civil
War. Only a quarter of Mr. Rubio’s supporters share that wish, and
even fewer of Mr. Kasich’s and Mr. Carson’s do.
Nationally, the YouGov data show a similar trend: Nearly 20 percent
of Mr. Trump’s voters disagreed with the freeing of slaves in
Southern states after the Civil War. Only 5 percent of Mr. Rubio’s
voters share this view.
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“Campaign finance activists try to explain Jeb Bush’s $130 million
fail” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=80259>
Posted onFebruary 23, 2016 9:09 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=80259>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Benjy Sarlin reports for MSNBC.
<http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/campaign-finance-activists-try-explain-jeb-bushs-130-million-fail>
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“Campaign-Finance Crusader Lawrence Lessig Thinks We Have a Lot to
Learn from Donald Trump” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=80257>
Posted onFebruary 23, 2016 5:44 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=80257>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Vanity Fair interview.
<http://www.vanityfair.com/news/2016/02/bernie-sanders-campaign-finance-lawrence-lessig>
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The Fight to Vote: New Book by Michael Waldman of the Brennan Center
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=80255>
Posted onFebruary 23, 2016 5:30 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=80255>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
This looks <https://www.brennancenter.org/analysis/fight-vote>timely and
important:
Michael Waldman, author of/The Second Amendment: A Biography/
<http://www.amazon.com/Second-Amendment-Biography-Michael-Waldman/dp/1476747458/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1454358766&sr=1-2>and
President of the Brennan Center for Justice, is a leading law
scholar and public policy activist. In his new book,*THE FIGHT TO
VOTE
<http://www.amazon.com/Fight-Vote-Michael-Waldman/dp/1501116487/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1454358766&sr=1-1>*(Simon
& Schuster; Hardcover; Feb 23, 2016; $28), Waldman takes a succinct
and comprehensive look at a crucial American struggle: the drive to
define and defend government based on “the consent of the governed.”
There is no other book like it – a current, readable history of
voting rights in the United States. Waldman traces the full story
from the Founders’ debates to today’s challenges: a wave of
restrictive voting laws, partisan gerrymanders, and the flood of
campaign money unleashed by/Citizens United/
As we enter the 2016 elections, Waldman’s book is a needed reminder
that voting rights have never been — and are still not — a
guarantee. Waldman emphasizes that the fight to vote has been at the
center of American politics since the nation’s founding: “It didn’t
start at Selma,” he notes. From the beginning, and at every step
along the way, as Americans sought the right to vote, others have
fought to stop them. Raucous debates over how to expand democracy
have always been a part of American politics. We continue to see the
issue come up this year: Hillary Clinton has shown a high-profile
embrace of democracy reform, advocating for universal, automatic
voter registration; Bernie Sanders rails against Super-PACs and
wealthy campaign donors that obstruct popular representation; Donald
Trump boasts about his independently financed campaign — but warns
about voter fraud.
In*THE FIGHT TO VOTE*, Waldman addresses these hot button issues
while providing a much needed context of the history behind voting
rights and the varied attempts to expand (and limit) those rights
over the years. Various groups and individuals have affected
election laws in America since the nation was founded. As Waldman
writes, “Through their stories, this book focuses on key moments,
turning points when controversy eventually yielded a lurch forward —
or when the country actually moved backward. I believe we are at
such an inflection point today.”
*BUY ONAMAZON
<http://www.amazon.com/Fight-Vote-Michael-Waldman/dp/1501116487/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1454358766&sr=1-1>*
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Video Interview with GoverningWorks on Plutocrats United
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=80253>
Posted onFebruary 23, 2016 5:27 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=80253>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Watch
<https://www.governingworks.org/2016/02/gworks-interviews-richard-l-hasen.html>.
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“Judge won’t block proof-of-citizenship for new voters”
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=80249>
Posted onFebruary 23, 2016 5:21 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=80249>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Josh Gerstein
<http://www.politico.com/blogs/under-the-radar/2016/02/judge-voters-proof-of-citizenship-219694>:
A federal judge has turned down a request to block a federal
official’s move allowing three states to enforce
proof-of-citizenship requirements for people attempting to register
as voters.
U.S. District Court Judge Richard Leon declined to issuethe
temporary restraining order civil rights and voting rights groups
sought
<http://www.politico.com/blogs/under-the-radar/2016/02/voting-rights-citizenship-proof-219642>to
block approval of changes the states of Alabama, Kansas and Georgia
obtained recently to a federal form that can be used in lieu of
state voter registration applications.
“Given that the registration deadlines for the Alabama and Georgia
primaries and for the Kansas Republican Caucus had already passed at
the time this TRO motion was filed…and that the effects of [the
federal] actions on the ongoing registration process for the Kansas
Democratic Caucus and plaintiffs’ rights and efforts thereto are
uncertain at best, plaintiffs have/not/demonstrated they will suffer
irreparable harm before the hearing on their Motion for a
Preliminary Injunction,” Leon wrote ina four-page order issued
Tuesday afternoon
<http://www.politico.com/f/?id=00000153-1045-d7cd-af53-18ff0e630000>.
Check out the exclamation point in Judge Leon’s footnote on page 4.
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4th Circuit Rejects Equal Protection Challenge to PAC Requirements
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=80247>
Posted onFebruary 23, 2016 11:31 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=80247>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
STOP REID v. FEC.
<http://www.ca4.uscourts.gov/Opinions/Published/151455.P.pdf>
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“Mending the Legislative Process” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=80245>
Posted onFebruary 23, 2016 11:31 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=80245>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Interesting new symposium issue in /The Theory and Practice of Legislation./
You can read Ittai Bar Siman Tov’s substantive introduction to the
symposium atthis free-access link
<http://www.tandfonline.com/eprint/U4ETiY9Hs5ewhvXzSEUu/full>.
Looks great!
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“Former GOP spokeswoman is first appointee to new ethics commission”
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Posted onFebruary 23, 2016 10:57 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=80243>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
News from Wisconsin
<http://host.madison.com/wsj/news/local/govt-and-politics/former-gop-spokeswoman-is-first-appointee-to-new-ethics-commission/article_f8714a25-b6c1-59cb-a3ff-c664b882dcaa.html>on
what’s replacing the irreplaceable GAB.
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