[EL] ELB News and Commentary 2/29/16

Mon Feb 29 08:29:12 PST 2016

    Bernie Sanders Raising Ever More Money from Small Donors as His
    Chances Fade Quickly <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=80405>

Posted onFebruary 29, 2016 8:26 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=80405>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

New influx of money 
<http://www.nytimes.com/politics/first-draft/2016/02/29/bernie-sanders-collects-36-million-in-february-as-fund-raising-successes-continue/>for 
Sanders, while the race appears to be all but over on the Democratic side.

Assume Hillary seen as presumptive nominee by March 15. What does 
Sanders do with his funds and his time, especially if Trump is 
presumptive Republican nominee?

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    “Even as He Rises, Donald Trump Entertains Conspiracy Theories”
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=80403>

Posted onFebruary 29, 2016 8:22 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=80403>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Maggie Haberman for the NYT: 
<http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/01/us/politics/donald-trump-conspiracy-theories.html?ref=politics>

    It was a question that most major presidential candidates would have
    quickly dismissed as absurd, even offensive: What do you make of
    these theories that Justice Antonin Scalia was murdered?

    ForDonald J. Trump
    <http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/us/elections/donald-trump-on-the-issues.html?inline=nyt-per>,
    it appeared unavoidably juicy, and possibly the next big pop-culture
    fixation. “You know, I just landed, and I’m hearing it’s a big
    topic,” Mr. Trump told the radio host Michael Savage from South
    Carolina, in an interview just a few days afterthe Supreme Court
    justice’s unexpected death
    <http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/14/us/antonin-scalia-death.html>.
    Even as he said he could not speak to whether a special commission
    should investigate the death, he added, “They say they found a
    pillow on his face, which is a pretty unusual place to find a pillow.”

    Mr. Trump, unlike most presidential candidates, does not shrink from
    addressing, and in some ways legitimizing, the wildest of
    hypotheticals. He has declared on a presidential debate stage that
    he knew a 2-year-old who immediately developed autism from a
    vaccination. He has appeared on the radio show of the noted
    conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, who has suggested that the
    government played a role in the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks
    and the 2013Boston Marathon
    <http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/subjects/b/boston_marathon/index.html?inline=nyt-classifier>bombings.
    He hassaid on Twitter
    <https://twitter.com/realdonaldtrump/status/701084443889381377>that
    President Obama might have attended Justice Scalia’s funeral had it
    been held at a mosque, feeding into the pervasive rumor that the
    Christian president is actually a Muslim. And he shared with a rally
    crowd a dramatic story ofa United States general executing Muslim
    insurgents
    <http://www.nytimes.com/live/south-carolina-nevada-2016-election/donald-trump-2/>with
    bullets dipped in pigs’ blood, which has been dismissed as an
    Internet rumor.

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    “More than half a million registered Texans don’t have the right ID
    to vote on Super Tuesday” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=80401>

Posted onFebruary 29, 2016 8:16 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=80401>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

WaPo: 
<https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2016/02/29/voters-in-these-super-tuesday-states-will-face-new-stricter-requirements/>

    As voters go to the polls on Super Tuesday, many will be casting
    ballots in states that have passed strict election laws that didn’t
    exist during the last presidential race.

    Out of the 13 states holding primaries or caucuses, there are five
    where voters will face new rules: Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee, Texas
    and Virginia. The laws range from asking voters to present photo IDs
    at the polls to requiring proof of citizenship when registering to vote.

    Voting experts say that primary voters tend to be of demographics
    relatively unaffected by such requirements, as they are typically
    older and wealthier. The primaries also tend to attract more white
    voters. Still, Super Tuesday could serve as an early test of how the
    new laws will play out in the general election in November. This
    presidential race will be the first since the Supreme Court
      invalidated a key part of the Voting Rights Act and triggered a
    number of states to pass stiffer requirements for voting.

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    Putting a Donald Trump Anchor Around John McCain’s Neck
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=80399>

Posted onFebruary 29, 2016 8:12 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=80399>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

A small 
taste<https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/02/29/how-donald-trump-is-already-impacting-republican-candidates-in-one-ad/>of 
the ads to come.

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    “The Right to Vote? Don’t Count on It”
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=80397>

Posted onFebruary 29, 2016 8:03 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=80397>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Michael Waldman 
<http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/02/29/the-right-to-vote-don-t-count-on-it.html>in 
the Daily Beast.

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    “How Dialing for Dollars is Undermining our Democracy — And How to
    Stop It” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=80395>

Posted onFebruary 29, 2016 8:00 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=80395>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Sean Eldridge at Medium 
<https://medium.com/@SeanEldridge/how-dialing-for-dollars-is-undermining-our-democracy-and-how-to-stop-it-e9aff589785a#.wx7lz96xt>with 
some nice words about vouchers.

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    “G.O.P. and Democrats at Odds Over Dismissal of Perry Indictment in
    Texas” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=80393>

Posted onFebruary 29, 2016 7:56 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=80393>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

NYT reports. 
<http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/29/us/gop-and-democrats-at-odds-over-dismissal-of-rick-perry-indictment-in-texas.html>

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    “Jeb Bush’s ambitions paid dividends for GOP admaker over the years”
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=80391>

Posted onFebruary 29, 2016 7:54 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=80391>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

WaPo 
<https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/jeb-bushs-ambitions-paid-dividends-for-gop-admaker-over-the-years/2016/02/28/a5679bcc-dbf9-11e5-891a-4ed04f4213e8_story.html>:

    Since 1998, when Murphy helped Bush remake his image and win the
    Florida governor’s office after an earlier failed bid, the
    strategist’s firms have received nearly $36 million from Bush’s
    campaigns, allied political committees and educational foundation,
    according to campaign finance and tax records compiled by The
    Washington Post. While the vast majority of the money went to
    purchase advertising, Murphy got a significant cut as the media
    consultant.

    In this year’s presidential contest, the pugnacious strategist
    helmed the big-money super PAC that Bush and his allies believed
    would give him a key edge in the race. By the timethe former
    governor bowed out
    <https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/fall-of-the-house-of-bush-how-last-name-and-donald-trump-doomed-jeb/2016/02/21/bc96cc62-d8d1-11e5-925f-1d10062cc82d_story.html>,
    Right to Rise USA had raced through more than $101 million of the
    nearly $119 million it had amassed, to little effect.

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    “EXCLUSIVE: Foreign Clinton Donor Made Donations To U.S. Campaigns”
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=80389>

Posted onFebruary 29, 2016 7:53 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=80389>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Daily Caller 
<http://dailycaller.com/2016/02/28/exclusive-clintons-swiss-ally-gave-big-bucks-to-u-s-campaigns/>:

    Hansjorg Wyss, a billionaire Swiss citizen and multi-million dollar
    Clinton Foundation donor, gave 30 contributions to American
    political campaigns over a nine-year period, according to an
    investigation by The Daily Caller News Foundation.

    Federal law has imposed a strict, across-the-board ban since 1966 on
    foreign nationals giving to U.S. political campaigns. The ban was
    later included in the 1974 Federal Election Campaign Act. The only
    exception is for foreign nationals who possess a green card. The ban
    applies to all levels of political campaigns.

    Wyss donated $41,000 to seven congressional candidates and to four
    national political action committees from 1998 to 2003, according to
    Federal Election Commission records under the name of Hansjorg Wyss.

This is very unusual, and could be quite serious.

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    “A.F.L.-C.I.O. Prepares to Create Its Own ‘Super PAC’ to Get Voters
    to the Polls” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=80387>

Posted onFebruary 29, 2016 7:49 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=80387>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

NYT 
<http://www.nytimes.com/politics/first-draft/2016/02/28/afl-cio-prepares-to-create-its-own-super-pac-to-get-voters-to-the-polls/>:

    The second motivation is a concern on the part of A.F.L.-C.I.O.
    officials thatthe network of conservative philanthropists assembled
    <http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/27/us/politics/kochs-plan-to-spend-900-million-on-2016-campaign.html>by
    Charles G. and David H. Koch is far along in building a
    sophisticated turnout infrastructure that could give Republican
    candidates an advantage in November’s elections. These officials
    note that Americans for Prosperity, a group funded by the Koch
    network, has hired field staff in numerous states.

    Officials at the A.F.L.-C.I.O. believe the asymmetry could be
    exacerbated by President Obama’s absence from the top of the ballot,
    who created a cutting edge turnout operation for his campaigns,
    although other progressive groups have been active in this area.

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    “The 5 Principles of Integrity in Elections”
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=80385>

Posted onFebruary 29, 2016 7:46 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=80385>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Paul DeGregorio and Adam Ambrogi 
<http://www.governing.com/gov-institute/voices/col-5-principles-integrity-election-administration.html>in 
Governing.

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    “Alex Padilla and Neal Kelley: California’s obsolete voting systems
    need replacing” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=80383>

Posted onFebruary 29, 2016 7:45 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=80383>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

San Jose Mercury Newsoped 
<http://www.mercurynews.com/opinion/ci_29563870/alex-padilla-and-neal-kelley-californias-obsolete-voting>(viaDoug 
Chapin 
<http://editions.lib.umn.edu/electionacademy/2016/02/29/california-sos-padilla-and-caceo-president-kelley-op-ed-on-funding-for-voting-technology/>).

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    “State official says he’s unaware of any voter impersonation in past
    20 years” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=80381>

Posted onFebruary 27, 2016 7:56 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=80381>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

TheRichmond Times-Dispatch 
<http://www.richmond.com/news/article_b8a007a7-0ca1-59ca-8811-4d8c46892381.html>with 
a dog bites man story.

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    Republicans Lament that Their Billionaire Overlords Have Not Saved
    Them from Trump <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=80379>

Posted onFebruary 27, 2016 6:16 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=80379>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Indispensable reporting 
<http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/28/us/politics/donald-trump-republican-party.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=first-column-region&region=top-news&WT.nav=top-news>from 
Burns, Haberman, and Martin:

    Late last fall, the strategists Alex Castellanos and Gail Gitcho,
    both presidential campaign veterans, reached out to dozens of the
    party’s leading donors, including the casino magnate Sheldon Adelson
    and the hedge-fund manager Paul Singer, with a plan to create a
    “super PAC
    <http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/subjects/c/campaign_finance/index.html?inline=nyt-classifier>”
    that would take down Mr. Trump. In a confidential memo, the
    strategists laid out the mission of a group they called “ProtectUS.”

    “We want voters to imagine Donald Trump in the Big Chair in the Oval
    Office, with responsibilities for worldwide confrontation at his
    fingertips,” they wrote in the previously unreported memo. Mr.
    Castellanos even produced ads portraying Mr. Trump as unfit for the
    Oval Office, according to people who saw them and who, along with
    many of those interviewed, insisted on anonymity to discuss private
    conversations.

    The two strategists, who declined to comment, proposed to attack Mr.
    Trump in New Hampshire over his business failures and past liberal
    positions, and emphasized the extreme urgency of their project.
    A Trump nomination would not only cause Republicans to lose the
    presidency, they wrote, “but we also lose the Senate, competitive
    gubernatorial elections and moderate House Republicans.”

    No major donors committed to the project, and it was abandoned. No
    other sustained Stop Trump effort sprang up in its place.

    Resistance to Mr. Trump still runs deep. The party’s biggest
    benefactors remain totally opposed to him. At a recent presentation
    hosted by the billionaires Charles G. and David H. Koch, the
    country’s most prolific conservative donors, their political
    advisers characterized Mr. Trump’s record as utterly unacceptable,
    and highlighted his support for government-funded business subsidies
    and government-backed health care, according to people who attended.

    But the Kochs, like Mr. Adelson, have shown no appetite to intervene
    directly in the primary with decisive force.

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