[EL] ELB News and Commentary 5/4/16

Tue May 3 21:08:03 PDT 2016

    “Montana defends campaign finance law ahead of elections”
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=82507>

Posted onMay 3, 2016 9:02 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=82507>byRick 
Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

AP 
<http://helenair.com/news/politics/state/montana-defends-campaign-finance-law-ahead-of-elections/article_d0d05e25-b077-5bce-951d-9d53ef02dcc9.html>:

    Montana attorneys on Tuesday defended the state’s new campaign
    finance disclosure law against a gun-rights organization that wants
    parts of it struck down before next month’s primary elections.

    The Virginia-based National Association for Gun Rights claims the
    law passed by state legislators last year would force it to register
    as a political committee for making issue-advocacy statements that
    are protected by the First Amendment. The law imposes burdens —
    filing reports, disclosing contributors and opening a bank account
    among them — on groups that “simply desire to talk about matters of
    public concern,” the association’s attorney, Matthew Monforton, said
    in court filings.

    State attorneys argued the law does not prevent so-called social
    welfare groups such as the National Association for Gun Rights from
    speaking freely, but it requires disclosure from those who do.

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Posted incampaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>,tax law 
and election law <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=22>

    “Real Voter Fraud ;The GOP’s Disenfranchisement Campaign”
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=82505>

Posted onMay 3, 2016 8:52 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=82505>byRick 
Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Commonweal editorial. <https://www.commonwealmagazine.org/real-voter-fraud>

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

    “Frank Askin: A People’s Prof.” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=82503>

Posted onMay 3, 2016 2:53 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=82503>byRick 
Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Watch: <http://watch.njtvonline.org/video/2365721224/>

    A fond farewell to teaching rarely brings kudos from the nation’s
    highest court. But Frank Askin, leaving Rutgers Law School after 50
    years, is no retiring professor. The dean of New Jersey’s civil
    rights bar, he’s leaving his mark on New Jersey law, on how law is
    taught, and on the generations of students he inspired.

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Posted inelection law biz <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=51>

    “Cruz’s faltering campaign shows the risks of depending on a few
    wealthy donors” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=82500>

Posted onMay 3, 2016 8:35 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=82500>byRick 
Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

LAT: 
<http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-cruz-donors-20160502-snap-story.html>

    Ted Cruz, in his outsider’s bid for the White House, has depended
    heavily on the largesse of just three wealthy donors to establish
    credibility and stay afloat amid a chaotic nominating process that
    killed off most of his rivals.

    Now, at perhaps the most desperate moment in his quest to win the
    Republican nomination, Cruz is learning the perils of relying on
    strong-willed magnates who carry their own agendas and have demanded
    an unprecedented level of control in how their money is spent.

    One of the three primary donors to Cruz’s presidential efforts, a
    private equity manager who recruited the other two top donors, has
    refrained from spending the vast majority of his $10 million
    contribution to bolster the Cruz campaign. He is instead fighting
    openly with the top strategist for the super PACs that were set up
    to spend the money.

    The man at the center of the fight, TobyNeugebauer
    <http://www.latimes.com/topic/politics-government/government/randy-neugebauer-PEPLT000007592-topic.html>,
    is a close friend of Cruz and his wife, Heidi. Neugebauer and his
    own wife have vacationed with the Cruzes, and he still counts
    himself a major supporter. But he has refused to spend $9 million of
    the $10 million he put into a super PAC.

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Posted incampaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>,campaigns 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=59>

    “Did the Supreme Court Make the Right Decision in the Citizens
    United Case After All?” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=82498>

Posted onMay 3, 2016 8:32 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=82498>byRick 
Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Michael Kinsley 
<http://www.vanityfair.com/news/2016/04/supreme-court-citizens-united-case-decision>for 
Vanity Fair.

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

    “Senate OKs expanding AZ Supreme Court by two”
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=82496>

Posted onMay 3, 2016 7:21 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=82496>byRick 
Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Court packing 
<http://tucson.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/article_2d229e71-009f-54ed-ae73-3f401fe46ed8.html?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share&id=201408>at 
itsfinest. 
<http://tucson.com/news/local/columnists/steller/steller-governor-could-pack-supreme-court-under-bill/article_bada5dfb-6085-5533-92ac-8b58a230d15f.html>

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Posted inUncategorized <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=1>

    “President Obama Nominates Nevada’s Kate Marshall To EAC”
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=82494>

Posted onMay 3, 2016 7:19 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=82494>byRick 
Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Doug Chapin: 
<http://editions.lib.umn.edu/electionacademy/2016/05/03/president-obama-nominates-nevadas-kate-marshall-to-eac/>

    The Republican National Lawyers’ Associationcalled the nomination
    President Obama’s “third strike,”
    <http://thereplawyer.blogspot.com/2016/04/a-third-strike-for-obama-at-eac.html>noting
    Marshall’s lack of elections background and criticizing Democrats
    for “view[ing] the EAC [as] a place to reward partisans for their
    service to the liberal movement” and saying “[i]t is sad that the
    left has so little regard for election administration.” If and when
    Marshall’s nomination progresses in the Senate, don’t be surprised
    to hear similar views in committee or on the floor.

    My sense, however, is that it likely won’t get that far; with an
    election year in full swing – and the EAC still in the partisan
    crosshairs for the ongoing battle overproof-of-citizenship
    instructions on the federal registration form
    <http://editions.lib.umn.edu/electionacademy/2016/02/22/newby-declaration-in-proof-of-citizenship-dispute/>–
    I don’t see much of an opening for progress unless Democrats are
    willing to somehow make this an issue and even then there’s no
    guarantee it will move the majority to act.

    That said, I didn’t think the EAC would ever get new commissioners
    and – the proof-of-citizenship fight notwithstanding – they are
    making progress in other areas like voting system standards and
    hands-on guidance for election officials. I would be surprised, but
    pleasantly, if the Senate were to confirm Marshall and fill out the EAC.

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Posted inelection administration 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18>,Election Assistance Commission 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=34>

    “Commentary: How a checklist can fix a slew of voting problems”
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=82492>

Posted onMay 3, 2016 7:16 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=82492>byRick 
Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Josh Douglas for Reuters. 
<http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-elections-commentary-idUSKCN0XT1D9>

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

    “Deconstructing Congressional Dysfunction: A Systems-Based Approach”
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=82490>

Posted onMay 3, 2016 7:16 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=82490>byRick 
Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Betsy Wright Hawkings 
<http://www.democracyfund.org/blog/entry/deconstructing-congressional-dysfunction-a-systems-based-approach>for 
the Democracy Fund blog.

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Posted inlegislation and legislatures 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=27>,political polarization 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=68>

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