[EL] ELB News and Commentary 5/23/16
Rick Hasen
rhasen at law.uci.edu
Mon May 23 08:04:52 PDT 2016
“Will Democrats Try To Beat Trump By Discouraging Conservative
Voters?” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=83008>
Posted onMay 23, 2016 8:01 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=83008>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
I have writtenthis new
piece<http://talkingpointsmemo.com/cafe/will-democrats-try-to-beat-trump-by-discouraging-conservative-voters>for
Talking Points Memo. It begins:
Democrats love to talk about Republican voter suppression, and
various ways, such as strict voter identification laws, that have
been employed to keep Democrats from registering and casting
effective votes. But ironically, the path to Democratic victory in
November could be to adopt some methods to depress the Republican
vote, specifically to encourage conservatives to stay home on
Election Day or to vote for third party candidates. This may be an
unsavory tactic but smart politics. The better long-run solution for
Democrats is automatic voter registration, or even mandatory voting.
There’s a long tradition of trying to push down the turnout of one’s
opponents. Back in 2010, Democrats and progressives denounced ads
from a Republican front group, “Latinos for Reform,” which urged
Spanish-speaking Latino voters “¡No votes!” (or “Don’t Vote”) in
upcoming congressional elections. The ad’s pitch was that President
Obama and Democratic voters had not done enough on immigration
reform to deserve Latino votes and that these voters should stay home.
The ads seemed aimed at depressing Democratic turnout in
congressional elections in order to help Republicans. The person
behind Latinos for Reform, Robert de Posada, was a former official
for the Republican National Committee who opposed President Obama’s
immigration policies. The largest donor to Latinos for Reform was a
non-Latino pro-life activist living in Southern California.
Democrats could easily follow a similar strategy in November.
Republican and conservative voters have very negative views of
Hillary Clinton, and it seems unlikely that any amount of
advertising or persuading will get many of these voters to vote for
her. But these same voters are ill at ease with Donald Trump, who
has not always (and still does not always) take conservative
positions on issues that these voters care about.
It is easy to imagine Democratic Super PACs and non-disclosing
501(c)(4) groups running ads aimed at these voters in swing states
such as North Carolina, Florida, and Ohio highlighting Donald Trump
statements indicating his earlier support for abortion rights and
his current support for some of Planned Parenthood’s work; Trump’s
comments on same-sex marriage and the rights of transgender people
in the current disputes over bathroom access; and Trump’s views on
taxes and the economy. Every conservative who stays home helps
Democratic candidates.
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“Assembly Republicans sue McAuliffe over mass rights restoration
order” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=83006>
Posted onMay 23, 2016 7:51 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=83006>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Richmond Times-Dispatch
<http://www.richmond.com/news/virginia/article_8e5e5066-5c6b-514a-b0f3-ea9b68469bc1.html>:
Republicans in the Virginia General Assembly will file suit later
today in the Supreme Court of Virginia challenging Gov. Terry
McAuliffe’s authority to order a mass restoration of rights April
22, covering more than 200,000 former felons.
The lawsuit, led by Speaker of the House William J. Howell,
R-Stafford, and Senate Majority Leader Thomas K. Norment, Jr.,
R-James City, argues that McAuliffe exceeded his executive authority
under the state constitution when he issued the April 22 order.
The suit petitions the state’s highest court to stop implementation
of the order, and any subsequent mass rights restoration actions
taken by the governor.
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“Minnesota To Switch From Caucus To Primary For 2020 Presidential”
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=83002>
Posted onMay 23, 2016 7:46 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=83002>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
A ChapinBlog.
<http://editions.lib.umn.edu/electionacademy/2016/05/23/minnesota-to-switch-from-caucus-to-primary-for-2020-presidential/>
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<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18>,political parties
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<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=32>
“John Oliver Shows Why U.S. Primaries And Caucuses Are ‘An Erratic
Clusterf**k Every 4 Years’” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=83000>
Posted onMay 23, 2016 7:45 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=83000>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Watch.
<http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/john-oliver-primaries-caucuses_us_5742a539e4b0613b512aa1f5>
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Posted inelection administration
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18>,election law "humor"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=52>,political parties
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=25>,primaries
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=32>
“If Citizens United Falls, Will Progressives Notice?”
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=82998>
Posted onMay 23, 2016 7:42 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=82998>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Brad Smith
<http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2016/05/does-citizen-united-matter/483860/>in
the Atlantic:
Notable, however, was that the Supreme Court’s progressive wing
dissented not merely from the judgment, but from the grant of
certiorari itself, because there was no “significant possibility of
reconsideration” of/Citizens United/by the majority. The Court’s
progressive wing, lacking the votes to overturn the/Citizens
United/precedent, would not even concede that the decision, until
overruled, should be enforced.
So/Citizens United/appears to be a goner at the first opportunity.
But how much difference will that make? Much less than people think.
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Posted incampaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>,Supreme
Court <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=29>
Breaking: Unanimous Supreme Court Dismisses Va. Racial
Gerrymandering Case on Standing Grounds, Making No New Voting Law
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=82993>
Posted onMay 23, 2016 7:15 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=82993>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
The Supreme Court has decidedWittman v. Personhuballah
<http://electionlawblog.org/wp-content/uploads/wittman.pdf>, ruling
against members of Congress on standing grounds. The lower court found
that the congressional plan was an unconstitutional racial gerrymander,
and the members of Congress challenged this holding.
In a short unanimous opinion (8 pages including the syllabus), Justice
Breyer held that these members of Congress lacked standing. By deciding
the case on standing grounds, the Court was able to avoid saying
anything new about the racial gerrymandering cause of action it revived
in a surprising way last term in a case from Alabama. (See my analysis
inRacial Gerrymandering’s Questionable Revival,
<http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2601459>part of an
/Alabama Law Review /symposium <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=82979>on
the 50th Anniversary of the Voting Rights Act.)
There are other racial gerrymandering cases working their way to the
Court, including one from North Carolina. The Alabama case remains
pending before the three-judge court on remand.
So how did the Court get to a unanimous opinion here? Well, combine the
conservatives’ tough line on standing with the liberals’ likely belief
that the lower court got it right on the merits that the Va. legislature
took race too much into account in drawing districts which packed
African Americans and helped Republicans get elected to Congress and you
have he recipe for compromise. Add to that combination the fact that the
Breyer opinion decides almost nothing. It leaves open the question
whether a member of Congress might have standing to challenge a
congressional districting plan if there were proof it would hurt his or
her chances of reelection. In this case, the Court said there was no
such evidence from those members who argued they had standing.
With this decision, the only remaining election law case of the current
term is the Gov. McDonnell corruption case, another case out of
Virginia. That one will likely await near the end of the term, even if
it is also unanimous. It was argued the last day of the term.
[This post has been updated]
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“Deadlock and Ominous Uncertainty at the FEC”
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=82991>
Posted onMay 23, 2016 7:06 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=82991>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Bauer
<http://www.moresoftmoneyhardlaw.com/2016/05/deadlock-ominous-uncertainty-fec/>:
The FEC hasonce again deadlocked
<http://eqs.fec.gov/eqs/searcheqs;jsessionid=6BFBE20D33851664B8DED8912E23249E?SUBMIT=continue>on
an enforcement case and left an important question dangerously open.
Months ago, the FECcould do nothing useful
<http://www.moresoftmoneyhardlaw.com/2016/03/fec-case-llc/>with a
case about the use of LLCs to make contributions. Now it is
inviting trouble, and not for the first time, with a case about how
hard a corporation may press its employees to support the employer’s
political program.
In the recent case, the FEC was forced by the usual 3-3 division to
dismiss a complaint that a company pressured employees to make
political contributions to its PAC and favored candidates. The
question before the agency was whether to investigate. There were
reasons, including internal company documents. In one of them, the
company advised managers that “we have been insulted by every
salaried employee who does not support our efforts.” There was a
press report recounting the experience of unnamed employees with
coercive practices, and one employee put her complaint on the public
record as part of a wrongful termination action.
It cannot be known if, on investigation, the FEC would have found
enough to support a conclusive finding of violation. The dissenting
Commissioners who declined to support further inquiry may have had
their so far unexplained reasons. But with the dismissal of the
Complaint and nothing more heard from the agency, the regulated
community has a fresh signal of either Commission paralysis on an
issue of central importance, or of ominous possibilities now
available to employers in soliciting political contributions from
their eligible managerial ranks.
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Supreme Court Grants Right to File WI John Doe Cert Petition Under
Seal with Redacted Public Copies <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=82989>
Posted onMay 23, 2016 6:36 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=82989>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
The court’s order is her
<http://www.supremecourt.gov/orders/courtorders/052316zor_d18e.pdf>e
(Chisholm).
ELB readers know I posteda redacted copy of the cert.
petition<https://www.scribd.com/doc/310939038/John-Doe-Cert-Redacted>a
few weeks ago.
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<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=12>,Supreme Court
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=29>
“Bernie Sanders supporters sue to have California’s voter
registration extended until election day”
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=82987>
Posted onMay 23, 2016 6:31 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=82987>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
LAT:
<http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-pol-ca-bernie-sanders-supporters-lawsuit-california-voter-confusion-20160522-snap-story.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter&dlvrit=319526>
A federal lawsuit alleging widespread confusion over California’s
presidential primary rules asks that voter registration be extended
past Monday’s deadline until the day of the state’s primary election
on June 7.
“Mistakes are being made,” said William Simpich, an Oakland civil
rights attorney who filed the lawsuit Friday.
At issue is whether voters understand the rules for the presidential
primary, which differ from those governing other elections in
California….
Neal Kelley, registrar of voters in Orange County and president of
the state association of elections officials, said that about 23% of
his county’s “no party preference” voters have asked for partisan
ballots. And he said that the outreach effort was carefully planned.
“Counties have been gearing up for this for well over a year,”
Kelley said.
While he would not comment on the allegations contained in the
federal lawsuit, Kelley said it’s not possible for elections
officials to register voters on election day. California has plans
to move to a “same-day registration” system in 2018after certifying
its new statewide voter database
<http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-pol-sac-california-voter-database-online-20160301-story.html>.
In the meantime, the current elections process relies on paper
documents at each polling place listing eligible voters.
“The infrastructure’s not in place,” said Kelley.
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“Lobbyists take advantage of loopholes in donating to Mayor de
Blasio’s fund-raising efforts, skirting conflict of interest laws”
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=82985>
Posted onMay 22, 2016 9:58 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=82985>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
NYDN.
<http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/23/us/politics/election-clinton-foundation.html?ref=politics&_r=0>
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“Possible Conflict at Heart of Clinton Foundation”
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=82983>
Posted onMay 22, 2016 9:55 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=82983>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Al Hunt
<http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/23/us/politics/election-clinton-foundation.html?ref=politics&_r=0>:
The Clintons have been targeted by accusations of wrongdoing from
Whitewater toBenghazi
<http://www.nytimes.com/topic/subject/2012-benghazi-attack?8qa=&version=meter+at+5&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>.
There also are self-inflicted wounds: PresidentBill Clinton
<http://www.nytimes.com/topic/person/bill-clinton?8qa=&version=meter+at+5&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
dalliance with Monica Lewinsky andHillary Clinton
<http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/us/elections/hillary-clinton-on-the-issues.html?inline=nyt-per&version=meter+at+5&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
use of private email servers while secretary of state.
They may be on the verge of creating another one:The Clinton
Foundation
<https://www.clintonfoundation.org/?version=meter+at+5&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>,
which has done a number of good works over the past 15 years, would
appear to present an inherent conflict of interest should Mrs.
Clinton become president, and possibly does even now with her as a
candidate.
Mrs. Clinton has suggested that if she is elected, the foundation —
which collects contributions from wealthy interests, including
foreign governments — would continue basically as is. “The work that
it’s done has been extraordinary,” she said inMarch
<http://www.newsweek.com/hillary-clinton-full-transcript-rachel-maddow-interview-442486?version=meter+at+5&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>when
asked whether there would be any ethical concerns about continuing
the foundation. “The answer is transparency.”
Ethics experts reject that answer. They say there wouldn’t be any
way to avoid the appearance of conflicts if she wins the presidency.
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“Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan should veto the Anne Arundel student
nomination” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=82981>
Posted onMay 22, 2016 9:50 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=82981>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
J.H. Snider for WaPo:
<https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/all-opinions-are-local/wp/2016/04/19/maryland-gov-larry-hogan-should-veto-the-anne-arundel-student-nomination/>
In Anne Arundel County, the student member of the Board of Education
has the same voting rights as the adult members. For a school system
with more than a $1.1 billion operating budget, 10,000 employees and
80,000 students, that’s substantial power.
As of July 1,Anne Arundel’s school board
<https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/all-opinions-are-local/wp/2016/01/14/did-the-anne-arundel-school-board-nominating-commission-violate-election-law/>is
likely to be divided equally among its adult members by party
identification. By then, Gov. Larry Hogan (R) will have appointed
four of its eight adult members.
The result is that the next student member of the board will
potentially be the board’s swing vote. That is, the student member
could be not only one of nine votes, but the decisive vote, just as
Anthony Anthony Kennedy often is on the nine-member Supreme Court.
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“Symposium 2015: 50th Anniversary of the Voting Rights Act.”
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=82979>
Posted onMay 21, 2016 8:15 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=82979>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Alabama Law Review, Vol. 67, Issue 2:
Symposium 2015: 50th Anniversary of the Voting Rights Act.
Richard L. Hasen,Racial Gerrymandering’s Questionable Revival
<http://www.law.ua.edu/lawreview/files/2011/07/Racial-Gerrymanderings-Questionable-Revival.pdf>,
<http://www.law.ua.edu/lawreview/files/2011/07/Racial-Gerrymanderings-Questionable-Revival.pdf>67
Ala. L. Rev. 365 (2016).
Samuel Issacharoff, Voting Rights at 50
<http://www.law.ua.edu/lawreview/files/2011/07/Voting-Rights-at-50.pdf>,
67 Ala. L. Rev. 387 (2016).
Pamela S. Karlan, The Alabama Foundations of the Law of Democracy
<http://www.law.ua.edu/lawreview/files/2011/07/The-Alabama-Foundations-of-the-Law-of-Democracy.pdf>,
67 Ala. L. Rev. 415 (2016).
Franita Tolson, What is Abridgment?: A Critique of Two Section Twos,
<http://www.law.ua.edu/lawreview/files/2011/07/What-is-Abridgment-A-Critique-of-Two-Section-Twos.pdf>
67 Ala. L. Rev. 433 (2016).
Guy-Uriel E. Charles & Luis Fuentes-Rohwer, Reynolds Reconsidered
<http://www.law.ua.edu/lawreview/files/2011/07/Reynolds-Reconsidered.pdf>,
<http://www.law.ua.edu/lawreview/files/2011/07/Reynolds-Reconsidered.pdf>67
Ala. L. Rev. 485 (2016).
Jack Bass, The Selma March and the Judge Who Made It Happen
<http://www.law.ua.edu/lawreview/files/2011/07/The-Selma-March-and-the-Judge-Who-Made-It-Happen.pdf>,
67 Ala. L. Rev. 537 (2016).
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“FEC Deadlocks on Murray Energy Coercion Case”
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=82976>
Posted onMay 21, 2016 10:00 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=82976>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Bloomberg BNA
<http://news.bna.com/mpdm/MPDMWB/split_display.adp?fedfid=90062529&vname=mpebulallissues&jd=a0j4v9m2y7&split=0>:
The Federal Election Commission deadlocked on whether to investigate
charges that coal company owner Robert Murray violated campaign
finance laws by coercing employees to make campaign contributions,
according to documents released May 20.
The action on Murray and his Ohio-based Murray Energy Corp. followed
a similar deadlock last year over charges that employees and their
families were required to attend a 2012 rally for Republican
presidential candidate Mitt Romney (4059 Money & Politics Report,
7/27/15
<http://news.bna.com/mpdm/display/link_res.adp?fedfid=90062529&fname=a0h0j2j1p2&vname=mpebulallissues>).
The three FEC commissioners holding Democratic seats issued a May
20statement <http://eqs.fec.gov/eqsdocsMUR/16044394613.pdf>sharply
criticizing their three Republican colleagues for voting to dismiss
the latest case, designated Matter Under Review (MUR) 6661.
“This case of political coercion in the workplace reverberates
beyond the realm of U.S. elections,” said the statement from FEC
Democrats Ann Ravel and Ellen Weintraub, along with FEC Vice
Chairman Steven Walther, an independent who holds a Democratic FEC seat.
The Murray case “goes to the very core of the relationship between
employer and employee,” the three commissioners added. “Every
citizen should feel free to give—or not to give—to the candidates
and political causes of their choice, inspired by their own
convictions, and free from outside pressure or coercion.”
The three Republican FEC commissioners—Chairman Matthew Petersen and
Commissioners Lee Goodman and Caroline Hunter—did not issue a
statement on the matter.
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“We must weed out ignorant Americans from the electorate”
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=82974>
Posted onMay 21, 2016 9:57 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=82974>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Truly reprehensible WaPo
oped<https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/we-must-weed-out-ignorant-americans-from-the-electorate/2016/05/20/f66b3e18-1c7a-11e6-8c7b-6931e66333e7_story.html?postshare=9311463843952700&tid=ss_tw>from
David Harsanyi:
Now, if voting is a consecrated rite of democracy, as liberals often
argue, surely society can have certain minimal expectations for
those participating. And if citizenship itself is as hallowed as
Republicans argue, then surely the prospective voter can be asked to
know just as much as the prospective citizen. Let’s give voters a
test. The citizenship civics test will do just fine….
Of course, we also must remember the ugly history of poll taxes and
other prejudicial methods that Americans used to deny black citizens
their equal right to vote. Any effort to improve the quality of the
voting public should ensure that all races, creeds, genders and
sexual orientations and people of every socioeconomic background are
similarly inhibited from voting when ignorant. For the good of our
democratic institutions.
In the United States, all eligible citizens have an equal right to cast
a vote which will be fairly and accurately counted. It is not up to
people like Harsanyi to decide who knows enough (or whose English is
good enough) to answer questions he’d like answered before he’d deem to
give his equals the franchise.
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Posted invoting <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=31>
“Presidential race blows past $1 billion mark — and other numbers to
know” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=82972>
Posted onMay 21, 2016 9:50 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=82972>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
CPI reports.
<https://www.publicintegrity.org/2016/05/21/19713/presidential-race-blows-past-1-billion-mark-and-other-numbers-know>
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Posted incampaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>,campaigns
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=59>
“Testimony: Minorities bear brunt of voter ID law”
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=82970>
Posted onMay 21, 2016 9:49 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=82970>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel
<http://www.jsonline.com/news/statepolitics/testimony-minorities-bear-brunt-of-voter-id-law-b99729209z1-380324021.html>:
Minority voters represent a big share of those seeking free photo
IDs under the state’s new voter ID law and may also make up the
great majority of those who experience the most problems getting
one, under figures that emerged in a federal trial this week.
In testimony and filings inthe trial
<http://www.jsonline.com/news/statepolitics/challenge-to-wisconsin-voter-id-law-begins-in-federal-court-b99726100z1-379657961.html>before
U.S. District Judge James Peterson, the plaintiffs said that blacks
and Latinos make up 44% of those seeking a free ID to ensure they
can vote but only 9% of the overall voting age population in Wisconsin.
Minorities may also make up the lion’s share of those who struggle
to get a photo ID, according to a small sample of voters who lacked
the key documents needed to obtain one.
The plaintiffs in the case said that of the 30 such cases they could
obtain from the state Division of Motor Vehicles, 84% are for a
black or Latino petitioner.
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Posted inelection administration
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18>,The Voting Wars
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=60>,voter id
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=9>,Voting Rights Act
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=15>
“The Republicans’ Obsession With Voter Suppression”
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=82965>
Posted onMay 20, 2016 4:12 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=82965>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
NYT’s Taking Note
<http://takingnote.blogs.nytimes.com/2016/05/20/the-republicans-obsession-with-voter-suppression/?ref=international&_r=0>.
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Posted inelection administration
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18>,The Voting Wars
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=60>
“State review finds ‘significant’ irregularities in Baltimore
election” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=82963>
Posted onMay 20, 2016 4:05 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=82963>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Baltimore Sun
<http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/baltimore-city/politics/bs-md-election-findings-20160519-story.html>:
About 1,000 more votes were cast during Baltimore’s primary election
than there were voters who checked in at the polls, an ongoing state
review has found.
State elections officials said Thursday that workers examining
Baltimore’s election have uncovered “significant” problems. They
have found more than 450 provisional ballots that were not
considered by election judges. And nearly 800 provisional ballots —
given to voters whose eligibility is in question — were improperly
counted before eligibility was verified, officials said.
Most of the problems were caused by untrained judges scanning
ballots into the system that they shouldn’t have, said Linda H.
Lamone, Maryland’s elections administrator. The state might not get
to the bottom of every problem, she told the State Board of Elections.
“There will be precincts that cannot be explained,” Lamone said. “We
don’t know what happened. The numbers simply don’t match.”
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“Judge: No conspiracy in Libertarians’ bump from Ohio ballot”
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=82961>
Posted onMay 20, 2016 3:12 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=82961>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
AP
<http://www.journal-news.com/ap/ap/ohio/ohio-elections-chief-voter-prevail-in-libertarian-/nrQr4/>:
A federal judge delivered a legal victory Friday to Ohio’s elections
chief and a voter sued by Libertarians for their roles in
disqualifying the party’s gubernatorial candidate from 2014 fall
ballots.
A lawyer for the Libertarian Party of Ohio said the party plans to
appeal.
The party sued Secretary of State Jon Husted and voter Greg Felsoci,
alleging they were part of a scheme to selectively enforce Ohio
election law to help RepublicanGov. John Kasich
<http://www.journal-news.com/s/john-kasich/>‘s re-election bid. At
the time, the third-party gubernatorial candidacy of Libertarian
Charlie Earl was seen as potentially drawing votes from Kasich, who
later easily won re-election.
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Posted inballot access <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=46>,chicanery
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=12>,third parties
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=47>
“Hedge Funds Launch New Lobbying Effort To Protect Their Power”
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=82958>
Posted onMay 20, 2016 2:33 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=82958>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Paul Blumenthal
reports<http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/hedge-fund-lobbying_us_573f51f9e4b045cc9a70e6ca?x1c9tqi1xkfadzpvi>for
HuffPo.
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“Sting of Myself; Amateurish Spies Like James O’Keefe III Attempt to
Sway the 2016 Election” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=82956>
Posted onMay 20, 2016 2:15 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=82956>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Must-read Jane Mayer
<http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/05/30/james-okeefe-accidentally-stings-himself>in
the New Yorker.
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Posted incampaigns <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=59>,chicanery
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=12>
“Republican Voters Challenging Maryland’s Partisan Gerrymander
Deserve Their Day in Court” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=82954>
Posted onMay 20, 2016 1:36 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=82954>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
CLC blog.
<http://www.campaignlegalcenter.org/news/press-releases/republican-voters-challenging-maryland-s-partisan-gerrymander-deserve-their-day>
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Posted inredistricting <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=6>
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