[EL] ELB News and Commentary 9/7/16

Wed Sep 7 07:59:47 PDT 2016

“CNN’s Jeff Zeleny Highlights Trump’s History Of “Breaking Campaign Finance Laws” And “Evading” Legal Donation Limits”<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=86306>
Posted on September 7, 2016 7:55 am<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=86306> by Rick Hasen<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Zeleny<http://www.mediamatters.org/video/2016/09/07/cnns-jeff-zeleny-highlights-trumps-history-breaking-campaign-finance-laws-and-evading-legal-donation/212888>:

ZELENY: In some cases they’re legal violations and he has been fined by the local entities, largely here in New York City. We can look at a list of some of them, I believe. In 1985, he evaded a limit by 18 subsidiary companies there. In 1990s, he was fined for exceeding limits by nearly $50,000.

CAMEROTA: Right, illegal.

ZELENY: And 2000, fined $250,000 by New York. And then, of course, it’s these tens of thousands of dollars to four attorneys general, two Republicans, two Democrats, looking into Trump University. So it certainly takes away any veneer of thefact that he is, A, new to the political system, and, B, sort of would change the system because in fact he’s been a part of this system for a very long time.

CAMEROTA: And it certainly continues this pay-to-play conversation that we have been having for a few weeks now.

ZELENY: And it’s on both sides. But in his case, there are actual examples of where he’s been charged with doing so. In the Clinton Foundation there have been simply allegations by him, but we have found no smoking gun.
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Posted in campaigns<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=59>, chicanery<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=12>

“Editorial: Cynical partisan attack on NC voters”<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=86304>
Posted on September 7, 2016 7:53 am<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=86304> by Rick Hasen<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

WRAL editorial<http://www.wral.com/editorial-cynical-partisan-attack-on-n-c-voters/15992891/>:

Enough is enough. First, North Carolina citizens are gerrymandered so extensively that the politicians picked their voters. Then, there’s an election law bill that slashes voting opportunities for African-Americans and young people. So, some politicians make it more difficult for those who might oppose them to get to the polls.

Playing these cynical games with voting shows a lack of respect for our most important right and makes a mockery of our elections.

The state’s Republican leadership, party officials and power players in the General Assembly who are responsible, say it’s just politics as usual and an appropriate part of the process.

Meanwhile the courts have said that the legislature has crafted discriminatory and unconstitutional voting laws.

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

“Black students may be targets of fake voter registration efforts at Kennesaw State”<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=86302>
Posted on September 7, 2016 7:38 am<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=86302> by Rick Hasen<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Dirty tricks time in Ga.<http://politics.blog.ajc.com/2016/09/07/kennesaw-state-warns-of-unauthorized-voter-drives/>
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Posted in chicanery<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=12>, The Voting Wars<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=60>

Plaintiffs in Michigan Straight-Ticket Voting Case File #SCOTUS Response to MI Emergency Petition<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=86300>
Posted on September 7, 2016 7:35 am<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=86300> by Rick Hasen<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Read it here <https://www.scribd.com/document/323256041/Response-to-Michigan-Petition-To-Allow-Elimination-of-Straight-Ticket-Voting-In-State> (via Cristian Farias).

I offered a number of reasons<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=86158> I expect MI to lose, but the plaintiffs here offer yet another one: it looks like SCOTUS may not even have proper jurisdiction over the case.

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

“Virginia Republicans’ essentially racist project”<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=86298>
Posted on September 7, 2016 7:31 am<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=86298> by Rick Hasen<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Washington Post editorial:<https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/virginia-republicans-essentially-racist-project/2016/09/05/54a51c18-713c-11e6-8533-6b0b0ded0253_story.html?postshare=1781473251181434&tid=ss_tw&utm_term=.71778975b8f8>

In just four states are felons permanently barred from voting absent action by the governor. And in one of them, Virginia, lawmakers are considering an even more restrictive regime that would forever foreclose the possibility of redemption for tens of thousands of citizens.

For this essentially racist project, Virginians can credit the ethically challenged majority leader of Virginia’s state Senate, Thomas K. Norment Jr. (R-James City). He filedlegislation<http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SJ223> last week that would bar people convicted of violent felonies, in Virginia disproportionately African Americans, from ever having their voting rights restored.

It’s impossible to say precisely which offenses would trigger permanent disenfranchisement under Mr. Norment’s proposed constitutional amendment, which would leave it to the GOP-dominated legislature to define violent felonies. However, they might easily include categories of assault or drug crimes that might earn a young convict a few years in prison, followed by a lifetime banned from the voting booth.
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Posted in felon voting<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=66>

“Whoops: Independent candidate appears to have accidentally picked a running mate”<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=86296>
Posted on September 7, 2016 7:28 am<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=86296> by Rick Hasen<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Daniel Strauss<http://www.politico.com/story/2016/09/evan-mcmullin-running-mate-227803> for Politico:

Evan McMullin is running as an independent conservative alternative to Donald Trump. Who McMullin is running with, however, is a bit of a mystery.

In all nine states where he has officially qualified on the presidential ballot, McMullin has listed a “Nathan Johnson” as his vice presidential nominee. McMullin’s campaign won’t provide any more information about Johnson — including which of the thousands of people named Nathan Johnson the campaign is referring to — saying he is only a placeholder until McMullin names an actual running mate.

But in eight of the nine states, top election officials say McMullin’s campaign can’t pull Johnson’s name off the ballot, and that it’s “Nathan Johnson” — not whomever McMullin eventually names as his pick for Vice President — that will appear on the ballot.

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Posted in ballot access<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=46>, campaigns<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=59>, third parties<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=47>

“The Cassandras of Our Time: Brooksley Born and Ann Ravel”<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=86294>
Posted on September 7, 2016 7:24 am<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=86294> by Rick Hasen<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Ciara Torres-Spelliscy blogs.<https://www.brennancenter.org/blog/cassandras-our-time-brooksley-born-and-ann-ravel>
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Posted in campaign finance<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>, federal election commission<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=24>

U.S. Goes After Texas for Not Implementing Voter ID Softening as Promised<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=86291>
Posted on September 7, 2016 7:20 am<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=86291> by Rick Hasen<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Motion:<http://electionlawblog.org/wp-content/uploads/veasey-us.pdf>

Despite the Remedial Order’s clarity, Texas’s voter education and poll worker training documents depart from it. Rather than educating voters and poll officials about opportunities tocast a regular ballot for those who “do not possess SB 14 ID and cannot reasonably obtain it,” the State has recast that language to limit the opportunity to cast a regular ballot solely to those voters who present SB 14 ID or who “have not obtained” and “cannot obtain” SB 14 ID. That standard is incorrect and far harsher than the Court-ordered standard it would displace. By recasting the Court’s language, Texas has narrowed dramatically the scope of voters protected by the Court’s Order. Moreover, the standard the State’s training and educational materials currently describe has already been rejected by this Court and the Fifth Circuit. At this critical stage, such materials should maximize accuracy and minimize confusion. Texas’s materials do neither. Plaintiffs have objected to the State’s language repeatedly to attempt to resolve the matter short of court involvement, but Texas has refused to conform all voter education and poll worker training materials to the standard ordered by this Court that voters who “do not possess SB 14 ID and cannot reasonably obtain” SB 14 ID may cast a regular ballot. The State is about to begin a mass media campaign that should educate voters to whom this Court has restored the ability to cast a regular ballot, and an erroneous message would compound—rather than cure—the harm caused by SB 14. The United States therefore respectfully moves to enforce the Remedial Order.
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Posted in election 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>

“GOP outside groups tout massive Senate fundraising haul”<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=86289>
Posted on September 7, 2016 7:10 am<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=86289> by Rick Hasen<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Politico:<http://www.politico.com/story/2016/09/gop-outside-groups-tout-massive-senate-fundraising-haul-227810>

Two top outside groups designed to support Senate Republicans raised $42 million in August, a massive haul that shows the fervor with which GOP donors are training their focus – and dollars – on maintaining control of the upper chamber.

The gigantic fundraising number by Senate Leadership Fund and the related One Nation, groups with strong ties to Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), helps underscore a driving dynamic this election: Donors, skeptical of Donald Trump and increasingly convinced he will lose in November, are turning away from the presidential race in an effort to save their legislative firewall on Capitol Hill.

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

“Trump Held Fundraiser For Pam Bondi At Mar-a-Lago After She Dropped Investigation”<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=86287>
Posted on September 7, 2016 7:07 am<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=86287> by Rick Hasen<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

HuffPo<http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/donald-trump-pam-bondi-trump-university_us_57cf2c6ce4b0a48094a64854?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=The%20Morning%20Email%20090716&utm_content=The%20Morning%20Email%20090716+CID_3f25c5cc6c3ad3c0834d4c74149461e8&utm_source=Email%20marketing%20software&utm_term=Christina%20Wilkie%20Ben%20Walsh%20Dana%20Liebelson%20and%20Sam%20Stein%20HuffPost>:

The use of Mar-a-Lago alone was a donation of some value. Space at the resort is expensive to rent, and Trump has charged his own presidential campaign roughly $140,000 per event for use of the mansion.In contrast, the Republican Party of Florida paid only $4,855.65 for the Bondi fundraiser, cutting a check on March 25, 2014.
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Posted in campaign finance<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>, campaigns<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=59>

Trump-Bondi Gets A1 NYT Coverage<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=86285>
Posted on September 6, 2016 9:43 pm<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=86285> by Rick Hasen<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

And it’s a good story, too. Donald Trump’s Donation Is His Latest Brush With Campaign Fund Rules<http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/07/us/politics/donald-trump-pam-bondi.html?smid=tw-share>:

Donald J. Trump, who has repeatedly denounced pay-to-play politics during his insurgent campaign, is now defending himself against claims that he donated $25,000 to a group supporting the Florida attorney general, Pam Bondi, to sway her office’s review of fraud allegations at Trump University.

Mr. Trump’s payment of a $2,500 penalty to the Internal Revenue Service<http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/organizations/i/internal_revenue_service/index.html?inline=nyt-org>over that 2013 campaign gift amounted to only the latest slap of his wrist in a decades-long record of shattering political donation limits and circumventing the rules governing contributions and lobbying.

In the 1980s, Mr. Trump was compelled to testify under oath before New York State officials after he directed tens of thousands of dollars to the president of the New York City Council through myriad subsidiary companies to evade contribution limits. In the 1990s, the Federal Election Commission fined Mr. Trump for exceeding the annual limit on campaign contributions by $47,050, the largest violation in a single year. And in 2000, the New York State lobbying commission imposed a $250,000 fine for Mr. Trump’s failing to disclose the full extent of his lobbying of state legislators.

For the most part, Mr. Trump has seemed unrepentant. Testifying in 1988 about a $50,000 bank loan he had first guaranteed, and then repaid, on behalf of Andrew J. Stein’s successful campaign for New York City Council president, Mr. Trump made no bones about the move.

I had more faith in the Times than Josh Marshall. <https://twitter.com/joshtpm/status/773158845266989057>
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Posted in campaign finance<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>, campaigns<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=59>, chicanery<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=12>

“Early voting reduced in 23 NC counties; 9 drop Sunday voting after NCGOP memo”<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=86282>
Posted on September 6, 2016 9:41 pm<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=86282> by Rick Hasen<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

News & Observer:<http://www.newsobserver.com/news/politics-government/election/article100284162.html>

While Republicans hold a majority on the local elections board in each of the state’s 100 counties, 70 boards voted to offer more early voting hours than they’d had in the 2012 presidential election, while 23 cut hours from 2012.

Of the 21 counties that offered Sunday voting in 2012, nine voted to eliminate it, while 12 agreed to keep Sunday hours.

Some of the decisions are awaiting review by the State Board of Elections. In 33 counties, local election boards had split votes, which means their early voting schedules will be determined by the state board when it meets Thursday….

Thursday’s state board meeting might not be the final action for the 33 counties with disputed early voting schedules: Hall said some of the schedules could be challenged in court if the state board upholds plans that limit minority voting by dropping Sunday voting or polling sites in African-American communities.

The reduction of Sunday voting was a major concern of the U.S. 4th Circuit Court of Appeals when it rejected the voter ID law<http://www.newsobserver.com/news/politics-government/state-politics/article92593512.html>. Its ruling said the law’s “provisions target African Americans with almost surgical precision.”

“The state board has to weigh the reality that the 4th Circuit is looking at what they’re doing,” Hall said.
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Posted in election administration<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18>, The Voting Wars<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=60>

“With Koch Brothers U, Conservatives Settle In for Long War”<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=86280>
Posted on September 6, 2016 3:36 pm<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=86280> by Rick Hasen<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

NYT:<http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/07/us/politics/kochs-republican-conservative.html?hp=undefined&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=first-column-region&region=top-news&WT.nav=top-news&_r=0>

The rise of Donald J. Trump, with his hostility toward free trade and vow to protect entitlements, is a sharp rebuke to the free-market principles long championed by the billionaire brothers Charles G. and David H. Koch<http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/k/david_h_koch/index.html?inline=nyt-per>.

But if the Koch brothers have lost the battle for conservative values in 2016, they are also quietly preparing for a long war.

Their secret weapon is the Grassroots Leadership Academy: a training program dreamed up by the Americans for Prosperity Foundation, the political education arm of the Koch network, and intended to groom the next generation of conservative activists to shape the future of the Republican Party.

Taking inspiration from icons of the left like Saul Alinsky, the Marxist-inspired Frankfurt School, and even President Obama’s Organizing for Action<http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/23/us/politics/obamas-backers-seek-deep-pockets-to-press-agenda.html>, the academy offers classes like “Messaging to the Middle” (about reaching not just the conservative base but also persuadable voters), community organizing and how to wage a successful public protest, complete with costumes.
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Posted in campaign finance<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>, campaigns<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=59>

“Trump campaign: no contradiction with Bondi over Trump University”<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=86278>
Posted on September 6, 2016 3:22 pm<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=86278> by Rick Hasen<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Marc Caputo for Politico.<http://www.politico.com/states/florida/story/2016/09/trump-campaign-no-contradiction-with-bondi-over-trump-university-105205>
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Posted in campaign finance<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>, chicanery<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=12>

6th Circuit Gets Around to Judge Dlott’s Order Keeping Polling Open; No Plaintiff, No Lawsuit, But…<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=86276>
Posted on September 6, 2016 3:08 pm<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=86276> by Rick Hasen<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Back in March a federal judge ordered some polling places kept open because of a major traffic snarl. But the judge controversially did so, without benefit of a complaint, or even a plaintiff.

Today the 6th Circuit dealt with the issue, beginning with the fact that the case had no case name and no plaintiff. Judge Sutton’s opinio<http://www.opn.ca6.uscourts.gov/opinions.pdf/16a0219p-06.pdf>n for the court made it clear that the judge should not have done that, though he was gentler than SOS Husted was at the time. Judge Sutton wrote:

The district court judge, we realize, was in a difficult spot. She was out of the office. It was late. She had little time to act. All of this presumably led her to err on the side of protecting people’s right to vote. But none of this explains why the clerk’s office or the court couldn’t answer the phone call with the most natural of questions: “Who is it?” And none of this allowed the court to sidestep the Article III limitations on our power. For these reasons, we vacate the district court’s preliminary injunction and remand the matter for dismissal for lack of subject matter jurisdiction.

But the odd case was not fully unanimous. Chief Judge Cole <http://www.opn.ca6.uscourts.gov/opinions.pdf/16a0219p-06.pdf> would have simply dismissed the case as moot.
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“Announcing The Center for Election Innovation & Research!”<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=86274>
Posted on September 6, 2016 2:58 pm<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=86274> by Rick Hasen<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Announcement from David Becker via email:

Today, Amy Cohen and I are proud to launch the Center for Election Innovation & Research<http://www.electioninnovation.org/> (CEIR), a non-profit that marks a new phase of our work to improve the efficiency and integrity of elections in partnership with dedicated election officials from both parties at the state and local level, as well as researchers and experts in the field.

During the coming months and years, CEIR will add staff and capacity to build on our previous successes to allow us to be a technical and practical resource for state and local election officials across the country. To drive an even more ambitious set of goals to improve our democracy, our team will focus on the following areas:
·         Voter Registration –The Electronic Registration Information Center (ERIC) and data integration with other state agencies.
·         Educating Voters –Basic election information for all voters.
·         New Research – Research in new areas as they arise, including e-pollbooks, convenience voting, and a common elections data format.
·         Voter Turnout – Using sound research and partnering with government, devising methods to reverse the downward trend in voter turnout.

You can find more information on our mission in our first blog post<http://www.electioninnovation.org/news/launch>, and here<http://www.electioninnovation.org/contact-us-1/> is where you can sign up to receive regular updates on our work.

 Our agenda is ambitious, but we know from talking with experts and election professionals that our democracy needs such a continued effort. To those who have been so positive in response to our plans, we cannot thank you enough. Your encouragement has touched both Amy and I, and we’re as energized as ever to support the important work you do: to ensure American elections are secure and efficient, and that every eligible American voter can cast a ballot effectively.

 Please email or call if you have any questions, or if we can help in any way! We’re looking forward to continuing our work with you all for many years to come!

 Sounds exciting.  Good luck to David and Amy!
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“Same-day voter registration at issue in Illinois lawsuit”<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=86272>
Posted on September 6, 2016 2:53 pm<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=86272> by Rick Hasen<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

AP:<http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/same-day-voter-registration-at-issue-in-illinois-lawsuit/article_d02a8134-0590-5cdf-afef-16343223506a.html>

A federal lawsuit has raised questions about whether Illinois’ new Election Day voter registration rules are constitutional, a situation that could complicate how polling sites are run this November.

Illinois tested same-day registration in the 2014 governor’s race, with all election authorities required to offer it in at least one location. It was popular, with long lines on Election Night, particularly in Chicago. When lawmakers made same-day registration permanent the next year, they expanded it, ordering highly populated areas to make it available at all polls.

That change is at the heart of a federal lawsuit brought by Republicans, who argue it’s an unfair and unequal system because voters in less populated and GOP-leaning areas don’t have equal access. They’re asking a judge to end all precinct-level Election Day registration, which would impact voters in 21 of 102 counties and five cities: Chicago, Aurora, Rockford, Bloomington and East St. Louis.
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Posted in election administration<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18>, The Voting Wars<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=60>

Goldfeder Weekly Presidential News Quiz<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=86270>
Posted on September 6, 2016 2:47 pm<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=86270> by Rick Hasen<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Exercise your brain.<http://www.stroock.com/files/upload/JerryGoldfederDailyQuiz.pdf>
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“Yes, Trump does buy off corrupt politicians. At least, that’s what he told us himself, remember?”<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=86268>
Posted on September 6, 2016 2:43 pm<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=86268> by Rick Hasen<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Good read <https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/wp/2016/09/06/yes-trump-does-buy-off-corrupt-politicians-he-confirmed-it-himself-remember/?utm_term=.078185c6deef> from Greg Sargent:

What’s more, it should be noted that this was more than merely a defense against charges that Trump had previously given to Democrats. It was a key argument Trump made to GOP primary voters: That he is uniquely qualified to bust up and reform our corrupt political system, because he is intimately familiar with how that corruption works — from the inside. At a GOP debate as recently as March, he said<https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/wp/2016/03/11/are-the-big-gop-money-men-looking-to-climb-aboard-the-trump-train/?utm_term=.f03bce8fbc83>:

“These super PACs are a disaster, by the way, folks. Very corrupt….There is total control of the candidates, I know it better than anybody that probably ever lived….I know it so well because I was on both sides of it, I was on the other side all my life and I’ve always made large contributions. And frankly, I know the system better than anybody else, and I’m the only one up here that’s going to be able to fix that system, because that system is wrong.”

In other words, Trump’s argument was that he gets how badly the system is rigged against you by bought-and-paid-for politicians, because he has bought and paid for politicians himself. That actually was his explicit argument, and it was one he made repeatedly.
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“Trump Living Large on Donors’ Dime”<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=86264>
Posted on September 6, 2016 8:25 am<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=86264> by Rick Hasen<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

S.V. Date <http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-rnc-self-dealing_us_57cdcba0e4b078581f13b262?4qrlpk8ysi17s6ecdi> for HuffPo.
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“How Donald Trump made it look like he was bribing the attorney general of Florida”<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=86262>
Posted on September 6, 2016 8:02 am<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=86262> by Rick Hasen<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Nice Philip Bump <https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/09/06/how-donald-trump-made-it-look-like-he-was-bribing-the-attorney-general-of-florida/> on Trump-Bondi.
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“Disabled And Fighting For The Right To Vote”<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=86260>
Posted on September 6, 2016 7:53 am<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=86260> by Rick Hasen<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Crucial Pam Fessler<http://www.npr.org/2016/09/04/492430780/disabled-and-fighting-for-the-right-to-vote> for NPR:

Tens of thousands of Americans with disabilities have lost their voting rights. It usually happens when a court assigns a legal guardian to handle their affairs. Now, some of those affected are fighting to get back those rights.

David Rector recently went to Superior Court in San Diego, Calif., to file a request to have his voting rights restored. Rector lost those rights in 2011 when his fiance, Rosalind Alexander-Kasparik, was appointed his conservator after a brain injury left him unable to walk or speak.

Alexander-Kasparik says he was still able to communicate his wishes to a court clerk.

“He did manage to say through his electronic voice on his eye-tracking device, ‘I, David Rector, want my voting rights restored, immediately,'” she told supporters outside the courthouse.

That’s crucial, because under a new California law, individuals with guardians have to express a desire to vote to be able to do so.

Rector, who used to work as a producer for NPR, is believed to be one of more than 30,000 Californians — and an unknown number of others in the U.S. — who’ve lost their voting rights under state guardianship laws.
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“Whom to Vote For? Employees Tend to Follow Their Leader”<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=86258>
Posted on September 6, 2016 7:48 am<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=86258> by Rick Hasen<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Andrew Ross Sorkin<http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/06/business/dealbook/whom-to-vote-for-employees-tend-to-follow-their-leader.html?emc=edit_th_20160906&nl=todaysheadlines&nlid=17132495&_r=1> for NYT’s Dealbook.
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“Integrity or Intimidation?: Voter Challengers and Election Day Observers”<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=86256>
Posted on September 6, 2016 7:44 am<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=86256> by Rick Hasen<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

ACS has a great event <https://events.acslaw.org/rsvp?id=a0YG000000CjxeSMAR> in DC Sept 12. I’m sorry I couldn’t participate in it.
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