[EL] Write in ballot laws

Fri Jan 22 10:59:47 PST 2016

Do you mean in primaries, or general elections?
 Richard Winger 415-922-9779 PO Box 470296, San Francisco Ca 94147

      From: Ciara C Torres-Spelliscy <ctorress at law.stetson.edu>
 To: Rick Hasen <rhasen at law.uci.edu> 
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 Subject: [EL] Write in ballot laws

 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> wrote:

“As Jeb Bush Struggles, Some Allies Blame His ‘Super PAC’”
 Posted on  January 21, 2016 8:36 pm by Rick Hasen NYT reports.<share_save_171_16.png> Posted in campaign finance, campaigns 
“Appeals Court Panel Overturns Van Hollen v. FEC, Reopening Massive Disclosure Loophole for 2016 Cycle “
 Posted on  January 21, 2016 8:26 pm by Rick Hasen CLC:
Today in Van Hollen v. FEC, the Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit once again upheld 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.<share_save_171_16.png> Posted in campaign finance 
“On Citizens United anniversary, Harry Reid picks a 6-year-old scab with John McCain”
 Posted on  January 21, 2016 8:24 pm by Rick Hasen The Fix reports.<share_save_171_16.png> Posted in campaign finance Posted on  January 21, 2016 8:22 pm by Rick Hasen Kate Berry blogs at the Brennan Center.<share_save_171_16.png> Posted in judicial elections 
“How to End Super PACs, Once and for All: This proposal for Super PAC ‘insurance’ could work by deterring third-party spending.”
 Posted on  January 21, 2016 8:19 pm by Rick Hasen Read this Nick Warshaw blog post, and if you want more info, check out the law review article.<share_save_171_16.png> Posted in campaign finance, campaigns 
“CLC Blog Update: Trevor Potter’s Remarks at The Brookings Institution Campaign Finance Solutions Summit”
 Posted on  January 21, 2016 8:18 pm by Rick Hasen Read the comments here.<share_save_171_16.png> Posted in campaign finance 
“Is ‘dark money’ boosting Bernie Sanders?”
 Posted on  January 21, 2016 8:04 pm by Rick Hasen CPI reports.<share_save_171_16.png> Posted in campaign finance 
“A Reform Agenda to Counter Big Money in American Politics”
 Posted on  January 21, 2016 8:03 pm by Rick Hasen The third Fred Wertheimer post on the sixth anniversary of Citizens United.<share_save_171_16.png> Posted in campaign finance, Supreme Court 
“Legislative Vacancies: A Patchwork of Laws for Patching Holes in State Legislatures”
 Posted on  January 21, 2016 8:01 pm by Rick Hasen That’s the lead story in the latest issue of NCSL’s The Canvass.<share_save_171_16.png> Posted in election administration 
“Congressional Handcuffs Should Not Block SEC From Dark Money Work”
 Posted on  January 21, 2016 7:52 pm by Rick Hasen Ciara Torres-Spelliscy blogs.<share_save_171_16.png> Posted in campaign finance -- 
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