Monthly Archives: June 2012

“U.S. Court of Appeals Says Government Never Needs to Count Write-in Votes”

June 8, 2012, 4:25 pmballot access, third partiesRick Hasen

Richard Winger blogs about what he terms a “a short, thoughtless opinion in Libertarian Party v District of Columbia Board of Elections” from Judge Tatel for a unanimous D.C. Circuit panel.

“California’s New Electoral Reforms: How Did They Work?”

June 8, 2012, 3:05 pmcitizen commissions, political parties, primaries, redistrictingRick Hasen

PPIC considers.

The Question Jon Stewart Didn’t Ask Last Night’s Guest from Bain Capital

June 8, 2012, 3:02 pmcampaign financeRick Hasen

Paul Ryan explains the W. Spann LLC connection.

“Voting Hot Report: State-Level Maps and Graphs on Voting”

June 8, 2012, 2:58 pmvotingRick Hasen

From the Census Dept: The Census Bureau today released a menu-driven, interactive Web page permitting users to access for any state a series of graphs showing percentages of adults who voted and registered in every congressional and presidential election… Continue reading

“IRS Denies 501(c)(4) Status to Emerge America — Is Crossroads GPS Next?”

June 8, 2012, 2:49 pmcampaign finance, tax law and election lawRick Hasen

Tax Prof blogs and links the IRS’s letter.

“Can International Election Monitoring Harm Governance?”

June 8, 2012, 2:41 pmelection administrationRick Hasen

Alberto Simser and Daniela Donno have posted an abstract of a Journal of Politics paper which looks very, very interesting: The monitoring of elections by international groups has become widespread. But can it have unintended negative consequences for governance? We… Continue reading

‘Will Election 2012 be another Florida 2000?”

June 8, 2012, 2:32 pmelection administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Patricia Zengerle reports for Reuters.

“Citizens United and The Frailty of the Rich and Famous”

June 8, 2012, 2:01 pmcampaign financeRick Hasen

John Farrell has written the blog post at National Journal’s Decoded. I expressed similar thoughts last week in my Politico oped: Citizens: Speech, No Consequences. Farrell opted for the Scalia kicker; mine is Spiderman.

“Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, ACLU File Suit to Stop Florida’s Inaccurate and Illegal Voter Purge”

June 8, 2012, 1:35 pmelection administration, NVRA (motor voter), The Voting Wars, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

See this press release.

Scott Voter Purge Unpopular in Florida

June 8, 2012, 12:03 pmelection administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

According to a new PPP poll. One consequence of turning Florida’s secretary of state office from an independent, partisan elected official to one appointed by a (partisan) governor is that it is harder for the governor to distance himself from… Continue reading

“Soledad O’Brien Confronts FL Secretary Of State Over Voter Roll Purging Controversy”

June 8, 2012, 10:23 amelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter registrationRick Hasen

Mediaite reports and links to the CNN video.

Great Doug NeJaime Oped on SCOTUS and DOMA vs. Prop 8 Litigation

June 8, 2012, 10:12 amSupreme CourtRick Hasen

Writes Doug: “Perry provides a more exciting backdrop: a bitterly fought initiative battle, a heroic team of famous ideological rivals, a Hollywood-backed effort, a controversial appellate decision by the 9th Circuit’s liberal lion and gestures toward the big question… Continue reading

“A New Job for Labor; Citizens United didn’t just permit corporations to spend freely on elections; it opened the door to unions, too. Can the AFL-CIO get Obama re-elected?”

June 8, 2012, 9:53 amcampaign financeRick Hasen

Sasha Issenberg has written this Slate column.

ELB Litigation Watch

June 8, 2012, 8:13 amSupreme Court, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Here are some court matters we are waiting on in the nearish future: An opinion from the D.C. Court considering preclearance of Texas’s redistricting A decision whether the Supreme Court will summarily reverse or set for argument the Montana sequel… Continue reading