Monthly Archives: October 2014

Breaking News: SCOTUS issues NC order, restrictions back in effect

October 8, 2014, 4:19 pmelection law and constitutional law, provisional ballots, Supreme Court, The Voting Wars, voter registrationJustin Levitt

Sure, just after Rick leaves. Late Wednesday, the Supreme Court stayed the 4th Circuit’s earlier opinion blocking North Carolina’s rollback of same-day registration and its decision to no longer count ballots cast out-of-precinct. Free of the double negatives: the full… Continue reading

Heeeeere’s Justin

October 8, 2014, 2:44 pmUncategorizedRick Hasen

Back with you soon.

“Wisconsin Club for Growth asks full appeals court to reconsider John Doe ruling”

October 8, 2014, 2:33 pmcampaign finance, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

AP reports.

Robert Mutch: Buying the Vote

October 8, 2014, 2:32 pmcampaign financeRick Hasen

[This is the latest in a series of short reflections on new books in campaign finance which I am working my way through as I write my own manuscript on the subject.] Robert Mutch, who wrote the leading historical … Continue reading

“Trailing in polls, California candidate offers scholarships, gift cards”

October 8, 2014, 11:27 amcampaigns, vote buyingRick Hasen

Reuters: “Trailing in the polls and getting little media coverage, California’s Republican candidate for governor handed out $40,000 in scholarships on Tuesday, just two weeks after offering gift cards to attendees at a campaign event.”

ACLU Flags Judge Easterbrook’s Factual Inaccuracies in Horrendous WI Voter ID Decision

October 8, 2014, 11:11 amelection administration, Supreme Court, The Voting Wars, voter id, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Press release about Judge Easterbrook’s terrible analysis: The motion filed today also notes factual inaccuracies in the appeals panel’s ruling, including: “The Seventh Circuit also could not fathom that so many registered Wisconsin voters lack a photo ID ‘in… Continue reading

“Secretly Buying Access to a Governor”

October 8, 2014, 10:49 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

NYT editorial.

“State Voting Laws in Legal Limbo”

October 8, 2014, 10:46 amelection administration, Supreme Court, The Voting Wars, voter id, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

WSJ’s Washington Wire reports.

What’s Up With the Texas Voter ID Case?

October 8, 2014, 10:35 amelection administration, Supreme Court, The Voting Wars, voter id, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Back on September 22, when the federal district court in Corpus Christi heard closing arguments in the case arguing that Texas’s strict voter id law violated the Constitution’s equal protection clause and the Voting Rights Act’s section 2, I wrote… Continue reading

“Democracy Facts:” From Law Professor Suggestion to Reality

October 8, 2014, 9:55 amcampaign finance, campaignsRick Hasen

Press release from San Francisco Ethics Commission via email: BEFORE YOU VOTE, READ THE LABEL ETHICS COMMISSION “NUTRITION LABEL” REVEALS TOP FIVE “INGREDIENTS” OF BALLOT MEASURE CAMPAIGNS Today, the San Francisco Ethics Commission published “Democracy Facts,” an interactive on-line tool… Continue reading

Breaking: WI Voter ID Challengers File New Stay Request at #SCOTUS

October 8, 2014, 9:40 amelection administration, Supreme Court, The Voting Wars, voter id, voter registration, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

This new request from the challengers to Wisconsin’s voter id law seeks a stay of the judgment on the merits issued by the 7th Circuit while the first stay request was pending before the Supreme Court. (Here is my analysis… Continue reading

GAO Report on Voter ID Laws Finds Laws Can Decrease Voter Turnout, Finds Measuring In Person Voter Fraud Difficult

October 8, 2014, 8:36 amelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter idRick Hasen

From the summary of the report, Issues Related to State Voter Identification Laws: What GAO Found The studies GAO reviewed on voter ownership of certain forms of identification (ID) documents show that most registered voters in the states that… Continue reading

Texas Appeals Court Sides with Texas Democrats Over King Street Patriots in Campaign Finance Case

October 8, 2014, 8:27 amcampaign finance, chicanery, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

You can read the 30 page opinion at this link. King Street Patriots engages in “poll watching” and other activities and has leadership overlapping with True the Vote.

“NC says it’s making plans to comply with voter law”

October 8, 2014, 8:06 amelection administration, Supreme Court, The Voting Wars, voter id, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

WRAL: North Carolina is moving ahead with plans to comply with an appeals court ruling that restores same-day registration and counting out-of-precinct ballots for the fall election, a state attorney told a federal judge Tuesday. But members of civil… Continue reading