[EL] Write in ballot laws

Fri Jan 22 09:18:12 PST 2016

Has anyone published  a 50 state survey of write in ballot laws recently?
Thanks

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On Jan 21, 2016, at 11:42 PM, Rick Hasen <rhasen at law.uci.edu<mailto:rhasen at law.uci.edu>> wrote:

“As Jeb Bush Struggles, Some Allies Blame His ‘Super PAC’”<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=79203>
Posted on January 21, 2016 8:36 pm<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=79203> by Rick Hasen<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

NYT reports.<http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/22/us/politics/jeb-bush-right-to-rise-super-pac.html?ref=politics&_r=0>

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“Appeals Court Panel Overturns Van Hollen v. FEC, Reopening Massive Disclosure Loophole for 2016 Cycle “<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=79199>
Posted on January 21, 2016 8:26 pm<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=79199> by Rick Hasen<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

CLC:<http://www.campaignlegalcenter.org/news/press-releases/appeals-court-panel-overturns-van-hollen-v-fec-reopening-massive-disclosure>

Today in Van Hollen v. FEC, the Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit once again upheld<http://www.campaignlegalcenter.org/sites/default/files/2016-01-21%20Opinion.pdf> an FEC rule that severely limits federal disclosure requirements connected to “electioneering communications.” The appellate panel overturned a district court decision holding the rule “arbitrary, capricious, and contrary to law” for improperly narrowing the scope of the McCain-Feingold law’s disclosure requirements and allowing nonprofit 501(c)(4) advocacy groups, 501(c)(6) business associations, and others to spend millions on “electioneering communications” without disclosing their donors.

The opinion is pretty hostile to reform (a terrible panel draw at the DC Circuit). The opinion concludes:

As our discussion of the FEC’s rule has shown, the Supreme Court’s campaign finance jurisprudence subsists, for now, on a fragile arrangement that treats speech, a constitutional right, and transparency, an extra-constitutional value, as equivalents. But “the centre cannot hold.” William Butler Yeats, The Second Coming (1919). Until then, however, the FEC’s purpose requirement survives, and the judgment of the district court is therefore reversed.

I think van Hollen should try to go en banc on this one.

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“On Citizens United anniversary, Harry Reid picks a 6-year-old scab with John McCain”<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=79197>
Posted on January 21, 2016 8:24 pm<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=79197> by Rick Hasen<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

The Fix reports<https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/01/21/why-is-harry-reid-going-after-john-mccain-on-the-senate-floor/>.

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Posted in campaign finance<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>
Posted on January 21, 2016 8:22 pm<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=79195> by Rick Hasen<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Kate Berry blogs<http://www.brennancenter.org/blog/juries-death-and-judicial-elections> at the Brennan Center.

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Posted in judicial elections<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=19>
“How to End Super PACs, Once and for All: This proposal for Super PAC ‘insurance’ could work by deterring third-party spending.”<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=79193>
Posted on January 21, 2016 8:19 pm<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=79193> by Rick Hasen<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Read this Nick Warshaw blog post<http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/republic3-0/2016/01/how_to_end_super_pacs_once_and059351.php>, and if you want more info, check out the law review article<http://www.uclalawreview.org/forget-congress-reforming-campaign-finance-mutually-assured-destruction/>.

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Posted in campaign finance<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>, campaigns<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=59>
“CLC Blog Update: Trevor Potter’s Remarks at The Brookings Institution Campaign Finance Solutions Summit”<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=79191>
Posted on January 21, 2016 8:18 pm<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=79191> by Rick Hasen<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Read the comments here.<http://www.campaignlegalcenter.org/news/blog/trevor-potters-remarks-brookings-institution-campaign-finance-solutions-summit>

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“Is ‘dark money’ boosting Bernie Sanders?”<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=79189>
Posted on January 21, 2016 8:04 pm<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=79189> by Rick Hasen<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

CPI reports.<http://www.publicintegrity.org/2016/01/21/19167/dark-money-boosting-bernie-sanders>

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“A Reform Agenda to Counter Big Money in American Politics”<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=79187>
Posted on January 21, 2016 8:03 pm<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=79187> by Rick Hasen<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

The third Fred Wertheimer post<http://www.huffingtonpost.com/fred-wertheimer/a-reform-agenda-to-counte_b_9040154.html> on the sixth anniversary of Citizens United.

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Posted in campaign finance<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>, Supreme Court<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=29>
“Legislative Vacancies: A Patchwork of Laws for Patching Holes in State Legislatures”<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=79185>
Posted on January 21, 2016 8:01 pm<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=79185> by Rick Hasen<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

That’s the lead story in the latest issue of NCSL’s The Canvass<http://www.ncsl.org/research/elections-and-campaigns/the-canvass-january-2016.aspx>.

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Posted in election administration<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18>
“Congressional Handcuffs Should Not Block SEC From Dark Money Work”<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=79183>
Posted on January 21, 2016 7:52 pm<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=79183> by Rick Hasen<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Ciara Torres-Spelliscy blogs.<https://www.brennancenter.org/blog/congressional-handcuffs-should-not-block-sec-dark-money-work>

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Posted in campaign finance<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>

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