Monthly Archives: August 2013

First Circuit Panel, Including Justice Souter, Reject Challenges to Bribery and Extortion-Related Charges Involving Former Mass. Speaker and Lobbyist

August 21, 2013, 7:54 pmbriberyRick Hasen

Howard has the details and link to the opinion. There’s a discussion in here about explicit agreements and McCormick.

Pasquotank County, NC Appeal

August 21, 2013, 7:35 pmelection administration, The Voting Wars, votingRick Hasen

In my recent Slate article, I wrote: Forty of North Carolina’s counties were covered by the preclearance requirement before Shelby County, and a draconian law like this would never have made it past the Justice Department. Nor would a… Continue reading

Election Passport

August 21, 2013, 7:30 pmUncategorizedRick Hasen

David Lublin sends along the following information: American University’s School of Public Affairs is pleased to announce the launch of Election Passport, a new online resource providing free access to a rich dataset of constituency election results from over… Continue reading

“Elections and Alignment”

August 21, 2013, 7:29 pmtheoryRick Hasen

Nick Stephanopoulos has posted this draft on SSRN (forthcoming, Columbia Law Review). Here is the abstract: Election law doctrine has long been dominated by rights-and-interests balancing: the weighing of the rights burdens imposed by electoral regulations against the state interests… Continue reading

“NC State Elections Chairman Calls for Respect”

August 21, 2013, 7:23 pmcampaigns, election administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

AP: County election board members must work as colleagues and not political rivals, the new Republican chairman of the State Board of Elections said Wednesday as recent local board dust-ups have led to allegations of partisanship and voter suppression. Josh… Continue reading

“Voter ID Debate Heats Up as Dallas County Joins Fight”

August 21, 2013, 7:17 pmThe Voting Wars, voter id, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Texas Tribune: “A fight against the state’s contentious voter ID laws escalated this week when Dallas County became the first Texas county to claim that the requirements would disenfranchise thousands of eligible voters.”

“Accepting Scalia’s Offer, Arizona Sues Obama Administration On Voting Rights”

August 21, 2013, 7:14 pmElections Clause, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

TPM: “Arizona and Kansas have taken Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia’s suggestion and sued the Obama administration in a continuing effort by both states to require proof of citizenship in order to register to vote.” This is an outgrowth of… Continue reading

Absentee Ballot Fraud Alleged in U.S. Congressional Race in Texas

August 21, 2013, 8:48 amabsentee ballots, chicaneryRick Hasen

Details.

“Can You Solve Slate’s Gerrymandering Jigsaw Puzzle?”

August 21, 2013, 8:27 ampedagogy, redistrictingRick Hasen

Enjoy! Great election law teaching tool.

Against a “Post-Racial” Voting Rights Act

August 21, 2013, 8:25 amUncategorizedSpencer Overton

Click here for my recent piece in The American Prospect, Against a “Post-Racial” Voting Rights Act. A summary: Some have used the debate about updating the Voting Rights Act as an opportunity to argue that Congress should “look beyond”… Continue reading

What Did VRA Preclearance Actually Do?: The Gap Between Perception and Reality Part II

August 21, 2013, 8:11 amelection administration, Voting Rights ActDan Tokaji

By Rick Pildes & Dan Tokaji The primary goal in our earlier post was to bring greater policy and legal realism to discussions of Section 5 — both in terms of (1) historical perspective on what Section 5 actually did… Continue reading

Ginni Thomas(Justice Thomas’s Spouse) Quote of the Day

August 21, 2013, 8:06 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

“Okay, Let’s talk about the world view of the left compared to the American world view…”

“Against a ‘Post-Racial’ Voting Rights Act”

August 21, 2013, 8:00 amSupreme Court, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Spencer Overton writes at TAP.

“Colorado: Another legal challenge? Colorado law mandates a vote on the recall question for a successor vote to count”

August 21, 2013, 7:52 amrecall electionsRick Hasen

Josh Spivak: The Citizen Center’s Marilyn Marks has pointed out that the Colorado Recall requires that voters must cast a ballot on the yes-or-no recall question if they want to vote for a successor candidate. Just to be clear:… Continue reading