[EL] ELB News and Commentary 5/17/16
Rick Hasen
rhasen at law.uci.edu
Tue May 17 07:29:39 PDT 2016
“More than 30 states offer online voting, but experts warn it isn’t
secure” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=82833>
Posted onMay 17, 2016 7:27 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=82833>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Sari Horwitz
<https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2016/05/17/more-than-30-states-offer-online-voting-but-experts-warn-it-isnt-secure/>for
WaPo:
The popularity of voting online is growing and will be in place for
the presidential election in more than 30 states, primarily for
voters living overseas or serving in the military.
But security experts and some senior Obama administration officials
fear there is not enough protection for any ballots transmitted over
the Internet. They are warning states that any kind of online voting
is not yet secure and most likely will not be for years to come.
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<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=49>,voting technology
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=40>
“Don’t make a federal case out of it”
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=82831>
Posted onMay 17, 2016 7:18 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=82831>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Wendy Kaminer
<https://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/2016/05/16/don-make-federal-case-out/jTKYcZbEBQLTp4IXqNB8BN/story.html>on
Gov. McDonnell case.
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<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=29>
Letter from Nevada Democratic Party to DNC on Sanders’ Supporters’
Conduct at Convention <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=82829>
Posted onMay 17, 2016 7:10 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=82829>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Bradley Schrager
<http://static.politico.com/ae/c9/f483b5a04e278e40890e95ebbb33/160516-letter-dnc-rbc-nvdemsconvention-final.pdf>:
By this letter, the Nevada State Democratic Party (“NSDP”) hereby
lodges a formal complaint regarding the conduct of supporters of
Senator Bernie Sanders at the recent State Convention held in Las
Vegas, Nevada on Saturday, May 14, 2016, as well as the conduct of
representatives of Senator Sanders’ presidential campaign (the
“Sanders Campaign”). We believe, unfortunately, that the tactics and
behavior on display here in Nevada are harbingers of things to come
as Democrats gather in Philadelphia in July for our National
Convention. We write to alert you to what we perceive as the Sander
Campaign’s penchant for extra-parliamentary behavior—indeed, actual
violence—in place of democratic conduct in a convention setting, and
furthermore what we can only describe as their encouragement of, and
complicity in, a very dangerous atmosphere that ended in chaos and
physical threats to fellow Democrats. Indeed, the threats to the
Chair of the Nevada State Democratic Party are ongoing at time of
this writing, as Sanders activists have posted her cell phone and
home address online, and have bombarded her with threats to her life
and the safety of her family. We have attached some examples of this
conduct, which is not merely offensive but obviously criminal in
nature. We can provide audio of threatening phone calls made
directly to the Chair, which now number in the hundreds….
Examples of some of the thousands of crude, threatening text
messages and voicemails from Sanders Campaign supporters against the
Nevada State Democratic Party Chair can be found
here:https://goo.gl/QpHNc5.
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“Donald Trump is Not Expanding the GOP”
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=82827>
Posted onMay 17, 2016 7:06 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=82827>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Shane Goldmacher for Politico:
<http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2016/05/donald-trump-2016-polling-turnout-early-voting-data-213897?paginate=false>
While Trump’s insurgent candidacy has spurred record-setting
Republican primary turnout in state after state, the early
statistics show that the vast majority of those voters aren’t
actually new to voting or to the Republican Party, but rather they
are reliable past voters in general elections. They are only casting
ballots in a Republican primary for the first time.
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Samantha Bee on Super PACs <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=82825>
Posted onMay 17, 2016 7:04 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=82825>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Why do people
<http://samanthabee.com/episode/12/clip/the-victims-of-super-pacs/>agree
to do interviews like this?
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“The Vultures’ Vultures: How A New Hedge-Fund Strategy Is Corrupting
Washington” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=82823>
Posted onMay 17, 2016 7:03 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=82823>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Hmmm.
<http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/vulture-fund-lobbying_us_57350001e4b077d4d6f2a374>
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“Koch network reserves $30 million in Senate ad buys”
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=82821>
Posted onMay 17, 2016 7:00 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=82821>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Politico:
<http://www.politico.com/story/2016/05/koch-network-reserves-30-million-in-senate-ad-buys-223252#ixzz48ueu4Qw6%C2%A0>
Key groups in the Koch brothers’ political network on Monday began
reserving $30 million in advertising buys in key Senate races in
August and September, a network official tells POLITICO.
The television and digital ad buys, from Freedom Partners Action
Fund and other groups, are expected to target Democratic Senate
candidates or boost Republican ones in Florida, Nevada, Ohio and
Pennsylvania, the official said.
The ad reservations come on the same day that National Review
reported that the brothers’ network, which had intended to spend
$889 million in the run-up to the 2016 elections, was scaling back
its political involvement in the face of disappointing results and
concerns about damage to the brothers’ multinational industrial
conglomerate Koch Industries. The story caused a major buzz in
Republican finance circles, with some fundraisers predicting that
donors would reduce their giving to the Koch network in favor of
other groups promising a more politically aggressive approach to
spending
But the network official said that the buys were unrelated to the
story, downplayed its central thesis and signaled support for the
GOP Senate majority.
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“Oregon’s Success Shows Way Forward for Automatic Voter
Registration” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=82819>
Posted onMay 17, 2016 6:58 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=82819>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Liz Kennedy
<https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/progressive-movement/report/2016/05/16/137492/oregons-success-shows-way-forward-for-automatic-voter-registration/>for
CAP.
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“Death threats directed at elections regulator”
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=82817>
Posted onMay 17, 2016 6:54 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=82817>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Must-read Dave Levinthal
<https://www.publicintegrity.org/2016/05/17/19684/death-threats-directed-elections-regulator>:
But Ravel’s statement — just finding it on the FEC’s website in no
small feat — didn’t disappear into the Internet’s bowels as
bureaucratic missives often do.
Instead, in a sign of how toxic American politics have become, it
spawned unbridled ugliness, including death threats that have drawn
the attention of law enforcement.
“Die, fascist, die!” one anonymous person wrote to Ravel in an email
reviewed by theCenter for Public Integrity
<http://www.publicintegrity.org/>.
“Hope you have a heart attack,” read another email.
“Go fall down about ten flights of stairs,” yet another person wrote.
Other threats, while less overt, are equally disquieting.
“Best to be careful what you ask for. You will more than likely find
the ‘Nazi’ scenario showing its ugly head,” one wrote to Ravel, who
is Jewish.
“Keep it up, and the pitchforks will come out and then you and your
ilk will have no place to hide and the People will have their
justice,” promised another.
Ravel’s recentvote <http://eqs.fec.gov/eqsdocsMUR/16044386948.pdf>to
sanction conservative filmmakerJoel Gilbert
<http://eqs.fec.gov/eqsdocsMUR/16044386847.pdf>foralleged violations
<http://eqs.fec.gov/eqsdocsMUR/16044386724.pdf>of federal election
laws — the FEC deadlocked on thematter
<http://eqs.fec.gov/eqsdocsMUR/16044386930.pdf>— have prompted a new
round of hate mailers to, in recent weeks, call her a “communist
c—sucking b—-” and wish her “the worst for you and yours.”…
What initially prompted the torrent of messages targeting Ravel
appears to be an Oct. 25, 2014,banner headline
<https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/2835189-Drudge-oct25-2014.html>on
theDrudge Report <http://www.drudgereport.com/>: “DEMS ON FEC MOVE
TO REGULATE DRUDGE.” (Editors at the website did not return requests
for comment.)
The Drudge Report headline linked to a/Washington Examiner/article
<http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/dems-on-fec-move-to-regulate-internet-campaigns-blogs-drudge/article/2555270>that
reported onRavel’s comments
<http://eqs.fec.gov/eqsdocsMUR/14044363872.pdf>about the FEC
revisiting Internet regulations.
The story also quotes then-FEC ChairmanLee Goodman
<https://www.publicintegrity.org/news/Lee-Goodman>, a Republican who
warned that Ravel’s interest in stronger Internet regulations could
lead to bloggers and politically active news outlets facing new rules.
“I told you this was coming,” Goodman said.
Goodman underscored his concerns about Internet regulation soon
afterward during a pair of Fox News interviews….
Goodman’s office said the commissioner wasn’t available to be
interviewed. But Goodman emailed a statement disavowing threats
against her.
“Unfortunately, too many people believe that the way to counter
speech with which they disagree is to censor or threaten the
speaker,” Goodman wrote. “The appropriate way to challenge an idea
one disagrees with is to debate the idea on the merits. Commissioner
Ravel’s formidable voice on regulatory issues should not be
diminished by inappropriate threats or censorship.”
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“Election Law Continuing Legal Education, Memphis Session”
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=82815>
Posted onMay 17, 2016 6:49 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=82815>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
June 25
<http://bipartisanpolicy.org/events/election-law-education-memphis/>:
The International Association of Clerks, Recorders, Election
Officials and Treasurers (IACREOT), the National Association of
County Recorders, Election Officials and Clerks (NACRC), and the
Bipartisan Policy Center will host subject matter experts from
federal, state and local government, elections activists, and
private practice attorneys.
*Tentative session topics include:*
*
Hot Topics in Access and Integrity
*
UOCAVA Voters: Legal Trends
*
Preparing for Voting Equipment Issues and General Election
*
PCEA, Election Day and the Law
*
Legal Issues in Considering Automated Voter Registration
*
Recounts and Contests: How to Prepare/What to Expect
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“Trump creating committees to raise big money for GOP”
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=82813>
Posted onMay 16, 2016 9:25 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=82813>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Politico
<http://www.politico.com/story/2016/05/donald-trump-republican-fundraising-223250>:
Donald Trump, facing calls to mend the rift he created in the
Republican Party, is putting the final touches on two separate
fundraising committees that will allow him to solicit massive checks
to help the GOP candidates with whom he’ll share the November
ballot, according to three sources familiar with the plans.
Trump’s presidential campaign is poised to form a joint fundraising
committee with the Republican National Committee and at least 10
state parties, according to the sources. That committee would be
able to accept maximum checks of at least $136,100 per person.
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“GOP-allied advocacy group American Action Network reports record
fundraising” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=82811>
Posted onMay 16, 2016 9:19 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=82811>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
WaPo
<https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2016/05/16/gop-allied-advocacy-group-american-action-network-reports-record-fundraising/>:
The conservative nonprofit advocacy groupAmerican Action Network
<https://americanactionnetwork.org/>raised more than $26 million for
its efforts to support the agenda of the House GOP leadership in the
fiscal year ending in June 2015, a record for the organization,
according to new tax filings set to be submitted this week.
The robust fundraising shows how the nonprofit and its sister super
PACCongressional Leadership Fund
<http://www.congressionalleadershipfund.org/>have cemented their
roles as the dominant outside allies of the Republican House
leaders. The groups are currently in the strongest financial
positions in their history, said Mike Shields, who is president of
both organizations.
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“Rift Between Labor and Environmentalists Threatens Democratic
Turnout Plan” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=82809>
Posted onMay 16, 2016 9:12 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=82809>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
NYT
<http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/17/us/politics/democratic-turnout.html?ref=politics>:
Two of theDemocratic Party
<http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/organizations/d/democratic_party/index.html?inline=nyt-org&version=meter+at+3&module=meter-Links&pgtype=article&contentId=&mediaId=&referrer=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2Fpages%2Fpolitics%2Findex.html%3Faction%3Dclick%26region%3DMasthead%26pgtype%3DHomepage%26module%3DSectionsNav%26version%3DBrowseTree%26contentCollection%3DPolitics%26contentPlacement%3D2%26t%3Dqry325&priority=true&action=click&contentCollection=meter-links-click>’s
most loyal constituencies, labor and environmentalists, are clashing
over an effort to raise tens of millions of dollars for an ambitious
voter turnout operation aimed at defeating Donald J. Trump in the
November election.
The rift developed after some in the labor movement, whose cash flow
has dwindled and whose political clout has been increasingly
imperiled, announced a partnership last week with a wealthy
environmentalist, Tom Steyer, to help bankroll a new fund dedicated
to electing Democrats.
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“From Bernie Sanders Supporters, Death Threats Over Delegates”
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=82807>
Posted onMay 16, 2016 9:08 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=82807>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
NYT
<http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/17/us/politics/bernie-sanders-supporters-nevada.html?ref=politics>:
Thrown chairs. Leaked cellphone numbers. Death threats spewed across
the Internet.
No, this is not the work of Donald J. Trump supporters, some of whom
have harassed critics of the presumptive Republican presidential
nominee. It was angry supporters of SenatorBernie Sanders
<http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/us/elections/bernie-sanders-on-the-issues.html?inline=nyt-per&version=meter+at+3&module=meter-Links&pgtype=article&contentId=&mediaId=&referrer=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2Fpages%2Fpolitics%2Findex.html%3Faction%3Dclick%26region%3DMasthead%26pgtype%3DHomepage%26module%3DSectionsNav%26version%3DBrowseTree%26contentCollection%3DPolitics%26contentPlacement%3D2%26t%3Dqry325&priority=true&action=click&contentCollection=meter-links-click>who
were directing their ire at the NevadaDemocratic Party
<http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/organizations/d/democratic_party/index.html?inline=nyt-org&version=meter+at+3&module=meter-Links&pgtype=article&contentId=&mediaId=&referrer=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2Fpages%2Fpolitics%2Findex.html%3Faction%3Dclick%26region%3DMasthead%26pgtype%3DHomepage%26module%3DSectionsNav%26version%3DBrowseTree%26contentCollection%3DPolitics%26contentPlacement%3D2%26t%3Dqry325&priority=true&action=click&contentCollection=meter-links-click>—
and its chairwoman, Roberta Lange — over a state convention on
Saturday that they think was emblematic of a rigged political system.
“It’s been vile,” said Ms. Lange, who riled Sanders supporters by
refusing their requests for rule changes at the event in Las Vegas.
“It’s been threatening messages, threatening my family, threatening
my life, threatening my grandchild.”
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“Money in politics: Finance, regulation and disclosure in
California’s ballot initiative process”
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=82805>
Posted onMay 16, 2016 1:48 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=82805>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Listen to KPCC’s Air Talk
<http://www.scpr.org/programs/airtalk/2016/05/16/48888/money-in-politics-finance-regulation-and-disclosur/>:
As we look to the November ballot, this is expected to be a record
year for citizen initiatives in California with more than a hundred
already proposed and filed with the Secretary of State.
Enacted in 1911, California’s citizens’ initiative process allows
citizens the opportunity to put their own propositions on the state
ballot. But is the average voter as well equipped to deal with
complex legislation as elected legislators and their full-time staffs?
While direct democracy is the intent, the process of qualifying and
passing initiatives in such a large state allows monied interests to
wield big clout.
Do you think California’s initiative process is controlled more by
large industries, labor unions and wealthy individuals than by
voters? If so, do you have ideas for reforming the process? Would
you ban initiative financing that comes from out-of-state? Do you
think citizen initiatives are a waste of time and money and should
be scrapped altogether?
Guests:
*John Eastman* <https://www.chapman.edu/our-faculty/john-eastman>,
professor of law and community service at Chapman University
*Richard Hasen* <http://www.law.uci.edu/faculty/full-time/hasen/>,
Chancellor’s professor of law and political science at University of
California, Irvine
*Jessica Levinson*
<http://www.lls.edu/aboutus/facultyadministration/faculty/facultylistl-r/levinsonjessica/>,
professor at Loyola Law School
*John Matsusaka*
<https://www.marshall.usc.edu/faculty/directory/matsusak>, USC
Charles F. Sexton chair in American enterprise, professor of finance
and business economics, and executive director of Initiative and
Referendum Institute
*Pete Peterson*
<https://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=pete%20peterson%20pepperdine>,
interim dean of the School of Public Policy and executive director
of the Davenport Institute at Pepperdine University
*Peter Scheer*
<https://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=peter%20scheer%20first%20amendment%20coalition>,
executive director of First Amendment Coalition
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“Ex-GOP staffer says senators were ‘giddy’ over voter ID law”
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=82803>
Posted onMay 16, 2016 1:44 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=82803>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel:
<http://www.jsonline.com/news/statepolitics/challenge-to-wisconsin-voter-id-law-begins-in-federal-court-b99726100z1-379657961.html>
A trial over Wisconsin’s voting laws kicked off Monday with a former
aide to a Republican state senator testifying that GOP senators were
giddy over the prospect of passing the state’s voter ID law in 2011.
Todd Allbaugh, who worked at the time for then-Sen. Dale Schultz
(R-Richland Center), said some senators expressed a lack of
enthusiasm to take up the voter ID legislation early that year
during a private meeting of Republicans. Sen. Mary Lazich (R-New
Berlin) then made the case for the bill, he testified.
“She got up out of her chair and hit her fist or her finger on the
table and said, ‘Hey, we’ve got to think about what this would mean
for the neighborhoods around Milwaukee and the college campuses,'”
Allbaugh said.
Schultz said they ought to consider what they would be doing to
people’s ability to vote, according to Allbaugh. That elicited a
response from Glenn Grothman, who at the time was a state senator
and now is a member of Congress.
“Grothman said, ‘What I’m concerned about here is winning and that’s
what really matters here….We better get this done quickly while we
have the opportunity,” Allbaugh said.
Morehere
<http://host.madison.com/wsj/news/local/govt-and-politics/in-voter-id-suit-gop-aide-testifies-lawmakers-discussed-impact/article_86119d8d-6c7f-54a9-a63e-1a17caeb0435.html>andhere
<http://elections.wispolitics.com/2016/05/in-federal-court-former-gop-aide.html>.
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<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=60>,voter id
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“Choosing Representatives by Proxy Voting”
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=82800>
Posted onMay 16, 2016 1:40 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=82800>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Andrew Tutt has postedthis draft
<http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2780507>on SSRN
(forthcoming, /Columbia Law Review Sidebar/). Here is the abstract:
People often do not vote, and those who do sometimes unwittingly
vote against their interests. That is because voters have little
incentive to cast intelligent votes in any given election, even
though they clearly have a stake in the intelligent outcome of every
election. A simple solution would be to permit voters to delegate
their votes—that is, let someone else vote on their behalf in some
fashion. Possible delegated voting solutions range from simply
voting a “default” straight ticket on one extreme to creating a
system in which fiduciaries must vote in a voter’s best interests on
the other. This Essay discusses the upsides of delegated voting and
the potential practical and constitutional hurdles to its
realization. Ultimately, this Essay argues that permitting
individuals to delegate their votes might significantly advance many
of the core values at the heart of election law without the
downsides associated with mandatory voting and campaign finance
regulation.
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Posted invoting <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=31>
“Hours-long lines, goofs with ballot materials. Why can’t Arizona
hold elections?” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=82798>
Posted onMay 16, 2016 1:38 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=82798>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
LAT reports
<http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-ff-arizona-elections-20160514-story.html>.
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“Airbnb listing spells trouble for Wisconsin Republican”
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=82796>
Posted onMay 16, 2016 10:19 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=82796>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Roll Call:
<http://www.rollcall.com/airbnb-listing-spells-trouble-for-wisconsin-republican/>
Note to congressional hopefuls: If you are trying to prove residency
in a district, it might not be a good idea to advertise that
residence on Airbnb.
Especially if you also own a much nicer house in a district that
would force you to run against a crazy popular incumbent like House
Speaker Paul D. Ryan.
Case in point: Wisconsin Republican Frank Lasee is facing questions
in his home state about whether he actually lives in the
two-bedroom, “luxury apartment,” he was advertising for rent until
recently for $210 a night on Airbnb.com, the Milwaukee Journal
Sentinel reported Saturday.
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Posted incampaigns <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=59>,residency
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=38>
4th Circuit Will Hear North Carolina Voting Appeal June 21
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=82793>
Posted onMay 16, 2016 8:46 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=82793>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
ViaJosh Gerstein
<https://twitter.com/joshgerstein/status/732233035509313536>comes
thisoral argument notice
<http://electionlawblog.org/wp-content/uploads/NCVoterID4thCir.pdf>.
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<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18>,The Voting Wars
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=60>,voter id
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=9>
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