Monthly Archives: December 2014

“Kansas and Arizona Request Rehearing in Tenth Circuit in Lawsuit Over Federal Voter Registration Forms” [corrected]

December 22, 2014, 5:59 pmElections Clause, NVRA (motor voter), The Voting Wars, voter registrationRick Hasen

BAN reports. [An earlier version, relying on the BAN report, said that rehearing was being sought en banc. It is a request for a panel rehearing.]

Supreme Court to Hear Arizona Redistricting Case March 2

December 22, 2014, 10:58 amredistricting, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

So reports Kimberly Robinson.

“A GOP attack on the Government Accountability Board”

December 22, 2014, 9:58 amcampaign finance, election administrationRick Hasen

Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel editorial: “Republicans in Wisconsin have been out to get the Government Accountability Board for a while now — and some of them believe a recent audit of the state’s unique ethics and elections agency may provide an… Continue reading

More on Wisconsin GAB Controversy

December 22, 2014, 9:50 amcampaign financeRick Hasen

See this WSJ editorial, and Wisconsin Reporter posts here, here, and here.

“Shirley Abrahamson could be forced out of Supreme Court chief justice role”

December 22, 2014, 8:30 amjudicial electionsRick Hasen

Wow: “The legislative session that convenes in January could be the beginning of the end for state Supreme Court Chief Justice Shirley Abrahamson.”

“Commissioner Goodman passes baton after stellar chairmanship”

December 22, 2014, 8:22 amcampaign finance, Fixing Election AdministrationRick Hasen

Paul Jossey blogs at RNLA.

Pro-Ben Carson Super PAC Has Raised More Money than “Ready for Hillary”

December 22, 2014, 8:21 amcampaign finance, campaignsRick Hasen

Fascinating Trip Gabriel piece.

“Here’s Where Campaign Finance Reform May Move Ahead As Congress Dithers”

December 22, 2014, 8:16 amcampaign financeRick Hasen

Paul Blumenthal writes for HuffPo.

“Independence of independent expenditure groups called into question”

December 22, 2014, 8:09 amcampaign financeRick Hasen

Richmond Confidential: Richmond’s 2014 election was defined by Chevron Corp.’s failed effort to get their favored candidates elected despite spending more than $3 million through an array of independent expenditure committees. But instances observed during the campaign raise questions about… Continue reading

“Advocacy Groups Tell Lawmakers To Back Off”

December 22, 2014, 8:07 amcampaign finance, campaignsRick Hasen

Peter Overby: Three advocacy organizations — across ideological lines — are telling congressional investigators to back off in a probe of EPA ties to a leading environmental group, the Natural Resources Defense Council. Republican Rep. Darrell Issa of California… Continue reading

“NC Supreme Court upholds GOP-drawn legislative, congressional districts”

December 21, 2014, 3:20 pmredistricting, Supreme Court, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

News and Observer: Twelve months after hearing arguments in the case, the N.C. Supreme Court issued a ruling Friday upholding the Republican-led redrawing of state congressional and legislative districts in 2011. But the NAACP and other organizations that challenged… Continue reading

“Supreme Court Eyes Review of Case Challenging FEC Corporate PAC Rules”

December 21, 2014, 3:03 pmcampaign finance, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

Bloomberg BNA: The Supreme Court is set to consider at the justices’ private conference Jan. 9 whether to review a long-running constitutional challenge to campaign finance restrictions on corporate political action committees, which was brought by the PAC of… Continue reading

AZ Commission Goes to Ninth Circuit In Political Committee Case

December 21, 2014, 2:58 pmcampaign financeRick Hasen

Statement from AZ Clean Elections Commission: On December 5, 2014, Judge James Teilborg released his most recent order in the case Galassini v. Fountain Hills. The scope of that order and its effect remain subject to further litigation. The… Continue reading

True the Vote Calls EAC Nominee Matthew Butler a “Book Burner”

December 21, 2014, 2:53 pmchicanery, The Voting WarsRick Hasen