[EL] ELB News and Commentary 8/30/18

[Rick Hasen]

“Update: NC Supreme Court denies Gov. Roy Cooper effort to fast-track ruling on amendments”<https://electionlawblog.org/?p=100916>
Posted on August 29, 2018 9:34 pm<https://electionlawblog.org/?p=100916> by Rick Hasen<https://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

The latest from NC.<https://www.newsobserver.com/news/politics-government/article217531025.html>
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“Special Interest Influence Under Direct Versus Representative Democracy”<https://electionlawblog.org/?p=100914>
Posted on August 29, 2018 9:31 pm<https://electionlawblog.org/?p=100914> by Rick Hasen<https://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Looking forward to reading this<https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3185260> by John Matsusaka:

The ability of economic interest groups to influence policy is a common theme in economics and political science. Most theories posit that interest group power arises from the ability to influence elected or appointed government officials through vote-buying, lobbying, or revolving doors; that is, by exploiting the representative part of democracy. This raises the question: does special interest influence decline when policy is chosen using direct democracy, without involvement of representatives? An analysis of the content of the universe of state-level ballot initiatives during 1904-2017 reveals that business interests have been worse off as a result of initiatives across major industrial groups. An examination of all large contributions to ballot measure campaigns in California during 2000-2016 reveals that corporate and business interests were usually on the defensive with initiatives, and were much less likely to gain favorable legislation from citizen-initiated proposals than from proposals that originate in the legislature. The evidence suggests that economic interest groups have less influence under direct than representative democracy.
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Posted in direct democracy<https://electionlawblog.org/?cat=62>


“West Virginia Supreme Court Rules Against Constitution Party and Don Blankenship”<https://electionlawblog.org/?p=100912>
Posted on August 29, 2018 9:29 pm<https://electionlawblog.org/?p=100912> by Rick Hasen<https://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

End of the line<http://ballot-access.org/2018/08/29/west-virginia-supreme-court-rules-against-constitution-party-and-don-blankenship/>, unless Blankenship petitions the U.S. Supreme Court.
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Posted in ballot access<https://electionlawblog.org/?cat=46>


“The Courts Are Saving Democracy in North Carolina. For now.”<https://electionlawblog.org/?p=100910>
Posted on August 29, 2018 7:26 am<https://electionlawblog.org/?p=100910> by Rick Hasen<https://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Mark Joseph Stern for Slate.<https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2018/08/the-courts-are-saving-democracy-in-north-carolina-for-now.html?wpsrc=sh_all_dt_tw_ru>
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