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Congratulations to Former ELS President Jeff Palmore!

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We’re getting ready for the upcoming year and preparing lots of original articles covering the moving pieces of election law in the states.  However, big news just hit us and we wanted to share it with everyone.

Jeff Palmore (W&M Law ‘09), a former President of the law school’s Election Law Society, is now Deputy Counselor to Governor McDonnell.  Read more on the link here: http://www.governor.virginia.gov/news/viewRelease.cfm?id=311. Congratulations, Jeff!

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Redistricting Litigation: What Every Judge Should Know

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The William and Mary Election Law Program and the National Center for State Courts, as part of their election law litigation educational series, have just posted three new videos discussing the finer points of redistricting litigation. If you are a judge, lawyer, or law student interested in election law, I strongly recommend you watch these videos.

The speakers in the videos are Jessica Amunson, J. Gerald Hebert, Trevor Potter, and John Hardin Young, who also spoke at the 2010 Election Law Symposium at William & Mary.

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Weekly Wrap Up

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–  On June 8th, California voters will weigh in on two election reform measures, Propositions 14 and 15. Proposition 14 would create a single ballot for primary elections. The two candidates who received the most votes would face off in the general election, regardless of their party affiliation. Theoretically, this could result in a general election contest between two members of the same party. Prop 14 also allows candidates to choose to keep their party affiliation off the primary ballot.

Proposition 15, also known as the California Fair Elections Act, would repeal California’s ban on public funding for elections.  Candidates for Secretary of State would be eligible to up to 1,000,000 dollars in public funding for primary elections, and 1,300,000 in public funding for the general election.  Candidates who accepted the funds would be prohibited from raising or spending any money beyond what they receive from the public fund.

–  On May 29th, Florida governor Charlie Crist signed a far-reaching elections bill.  The bill will have a number of effects, including a requirement that any group engaging in political advertising disclose their source of funding. The bill will also make it easier for overseas and military voters to cast their ballots. Interestingly, HB 131 has been criticized by the ACLU for failing to provide adequate voting machines for disabled voters.

– The California State Senate has approved a bill to allow Election Day voter registration.

–  In Ohio, a redistricting reform bill has stalled in the legislature.


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Synergy and Citizens United

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Before coming to law school, I worked as a fundraising and communications consultant for a number of House and Senate campaigns.  Sometimes, being involved in one race would lend opportunities to help a client in another.  For example, I would sometimes have clients in nearby districts who would do joint events, or who would each take a turn with a visiting speaker or leader during the same trip.

Most common, however, would be when one prominent figure (usually a sitting Congressman or popular party leader) would agree to write a fundraising email or letter for one client, and I would convince that figure to allow me to send a second letter on behalf of another client while we were at it.  My clients were often unaware that I was performing this service, but it’s actually quite common: the world of DC fundraisers is surprisingly incestuous, with fundraisers each attending events hosted by their colleagues and regular donors.  Think about it: if a campaign fundraising consultant doesn’t regularly attend events at the home of a prominent  donor, what are the odds of developing a close relationship with that donor and getting her to host an event for your clients down the line?  It’s also about networking: at some point, each of us found that we had to turn down a prospective client (for whatever reason–everything from ideological disagreement to prior commitments in the race), so we’d pass their information to a colleague and hope for reciprocity down the line.  It’s just good business. [Read more…] about Synergy and Citizens United

Weekly Wrap Up

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Every week, State of Elections brings you the latest news in state election law.

– Soon, even a candidate’s tweets will be governed by a legion of rules and regulations.  The Maryland Board of Elections is attempting to devise rules for the use of social media by candidates.

– The Tennessee Senate has passed a bill that would require potential voters to show proof of citizenship before registering.  The state Attorney General believes that the law could potentially violate the federal Motor Voter Act.

– Congressman Michael Capuano has written an editorial for the Boston Herald about Citizens United and the proposed Shareholder Protection Act.  For more about shareholder protection and Citizens United, see this post by William and Mary law professor William Van Alstyne.

– The recent British election and the swift transfer of power from Gordon Brown to David Cameron has some wondering how the U.S. could reduce the time between elections and inaugurations.  See this article from Slate for a proposal for how such a reduction could be accomplished without a constitutional amendment.

– Pedro A. Cortés, Pennsylvania’s Secretary of the Commonwealth and the top election official in that state, has resigned. Cortés will be pursuing opportunities in the private sector, as vice president of a voting technology company.

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