[EL] ELB News and Commentary 6/9/17

Fri Jun 9 07:50:20 PDT 2017

Doing “Constitution Happy Hour” at Hammer Museum TODAY at 6 PM: Can Our Voting Rights Be Salvaged?<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=92962>
Posted on June 9, 2017 7:45 am<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=92962> by Rick Hasen<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
This should be fun.<https://hammer.ucla.edu/programs-events/2017/05/constitution-happy-hour/>
[Bumped to the top.]
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Posted in Uncategorized<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=1>

“Advocacy groups sue state of Missouri to temporarily halt new voter ID law”<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=93034>
Posted on June 9, 2017 7:42 am<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=93034> by Rick Hasen<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
KC Star:<http://www.kansascity.com/news/local/article155224864.html>
Two advocacy groups, claiming the state has failed to provide necessary education to voters, have sued the state of Missouri in an effort to halt a new voter identification law.
The American Civil Liberties Union and the Advancement Project filed suit Thursday against Missouri over its new voter ID law. The suit claims the state failed to provide mandated funding for voter education, free voter IDs and birth certificates and training of poll workers.
The groups seek a temporary restraining order to block the law from remaining in effect during a special election July 11 in St. Louis. In-person absentee voting for the election begins Monday. An additional 52 Missouri counties go to the polls August 8.
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Posted in The Voting Wars<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=60>, voter id<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=9>

“Trump White House lacks waivers for longtime lobbyists”<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=93030>
Posted on June 8, 2017 3:49 pm<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=93030> by Rick Hasen<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Politico:<http://www.politico.com/story/2017/06/07/trump-waivers-lobbyists-conflicts-239277>
At least a half-dozen former lobbyists are working in President Donald Trump’s White House even though they haven’t received waivers from the administration’s ethics rules, raising questions about how much the rules do to prevent conflicts of interest.
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Posted in conflict of interest laws<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=20>, lobbying<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=28>

Kris Kobach to Run for KS Governor–Will He Still Vice-Chair Trump “Election Integrity” Commission?<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=93024>
Posted on June 8, 2017 10:18 am<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=93024> by Rick Hasen<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Inquiring minds want to know.
Updated: Chris Geidner reports Kobach will continue to serve.<https://twitter.com/chrisgeidner/status/872930495688056832>
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Posted in chicanery<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=12>, fraudulent fraud squad<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=8>, The Voting Wars<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=60>

“NC House, Senate cancel Cooper’s call for redistricting special session, calling it ‘unconstitutional’”<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=93022>
Posted on June 8, 2017 9:27 am<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=93022> by Rick Hasen<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
The News & Observer reports.<http://www.newsobserver.com/news/politics-government/state-politics/article155062009.html>
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Posted in redistricting<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=6>, Supreme Court<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=29>

“Temporary legislation, better regulation, and experimentalist governance: An empirical study”<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=93020>
Posted on June 8, 2017 8:45 am<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=93020> by Rick Hasen<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Ittai Bar-Siman-Tov<http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/rego.12148/full> has written this article for Regulation & Governance. Here is the abstract:
This article presents the findings of an extensive multi-method empirical study that explored the relationship between temporary legislation, better regulation, and experimentalist governance. Temporary (or “sunset”) legislation – statutory provisions enacted for a limited time and set to expire unless their validity is extended – is often hailed as a key tool for promoting experimental and better regulation. Despite the importance of temporary legislation and the burgeoning theoretical scholarship on the subject, there is still a dearth of empirical studies about how temporary legislation is used in practice. The lack of empirical evidence creates a lacuna in at least three areas of theoretical scholarship, concerning temporary legislation, better regulation, and experimentalist governance. This paper is a first step to fill this gap.

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Posted in legislation and legislatures<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=27>

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