perez. mr. clement? >> the judicial maps drawn here are truly remarkable. they reflect the reality that the district court below lost sight of first principles. the court repeatedly invoked the principle that these were only interim maps, but that obscures

mr. perez previously served as the department of maryland's regulations which -- he has spent his entire career in public service as a county councilmember and president, a career attorney and a federal prosecutor with the d.o.j. civil rights division. aag perez addressed this group last winter. we have asked him to talk about the enforcement problems for 2012 and how the -- section 203 language, minority changes, the nvra. please join me in welcoming assistant attorney general tom perez. >> good afternoon. it's great to be back here, i was here friday talking about the election directors and it was a very productive session and i look forward to this as well. i remember our meeting a year ago and that was also very productive and i want to thank you at the outset for all of your hard work. we all have a shared interest and i know we take that responsibility to ensure the right to vote very seriously, whether it's in the move act context, whether it's in the nvra context, every voting context w

mr. perez spoke about section 7 enforcement, which, of course, is the welfare agency voter registration provisions, but there's only been one case essentially, united states versus missouri on section 8 enforcement regarding the cleansing and purging of voter rolls. i think that you're going to almost certainly see in this election cycle very aggressive efforts by third-party groups perhaps with some political affiliation to bring cases against counties in most instances that are out of compliance with section 8 of nvra. there is a perception, not entirely divorced from reality, that many voter rolls in the country are corrupted with large numbers of dead and ineligible voters. secretary hoseman is not in the room, but counties in mississippi have upwards of 120 and 140% of voter registration that aren't allowed to vote. his office is aware of the problem and has fought to get something fixed. mississippi is not the only place there's a problem, and that's a situation a lot of folks on my side

. >> save that one for mr. perez. >> if i could, you know, offer some further clarification on the question. i think we heard from bob carry thishat the secretaries of state or the states are liable is because that is what the federal law says, the federal law says that the states are liable for the voters ensuring that the ballots go out on type. every state has a different set of rules, as you are aware of as a former secretary of state, and in many cases we are being held accountable for things we do not have control over. and the idea that the members of congress that work on the issues, and it sounds -- we have all worked at different levels of government and we know the states could not -- do not all t the same. i never handle a ballot. they are all done locally. so to be held liable for something that we have no control over, seems to be a disconnect between how the law is perceived in terms of its implementation at the local level and state level and how the federal government believes it should be implemente

perez. mr. clement? >> the judicial maps drawn here are truly remarkable.y reflect the reality that the district court below lost sight of first principles. the court repeatedly invoked the principle that these were only interim maps, but that obscures the reality that the accord has the authority to draw up an election map, one of the most powerful tools only if it is identifying specific statutory or constitutional violations or a likelihood thereof. >> section 5 says you cannot draw new maps unless they have been cleared. the only thing that exists are old maps until you get the pre- clearance. i don't see how we can give deference to an enacted, new map give iton 5 says don't affect until it is been pre- cleared. >> section 5 is clear that the new map drawn by the legislature cannot take effect of their own force. that does not answer the question of whether a judge, when having to impose a remedial map to address a one-person, one-boat problem with the bench men can look to the new maps which can also remedy that the problem for guidance in this court

perez: that is not enough. you actually have to reach out. vice chair joseph: mr. chang, has any member of thestaf hetertaicommissi contacted you about this permit? >> yes. vice chairjoseen did they contact you the first time? >> october. vice chair joseph: they toyo you could not erate less you had a permit. did you stop operating? >> y i just want to do the restaurant. iconf that i still need an entertainment license for that. ice aijose:do you represent him? do you want to speak into the microphone? >>i amtryito clarify maybe a couple of things that were not made clear. mr.chanhas an upper ridding restaurant right now. what he wants to do is to enhance for revenue, to e for e custer i wasot aware that it was not filled out properly. he has an existing karaoke siness vice cirosepe doesno ave an existing carriers to business. >> in the sunset. vice chair joseph: 0 in a different location? do you know where at is locate on the caravel -- on taravel. vice chair joseph: is there anything further? anything further? >> on the application some areas are not filled out b

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perez and the consolidated cases. >> mr. chief justice and may it please the court.the judicial maps drawn here are truly remarkable. they reflect the reality that the district court below lost sight of the first principles. to court repeatedly invoked the principle that these were only interim maps and not remedial maps, but that obscures the reality that a court has the authority to draw an election map, surely one of the most powerful tools in the judicial arsenal only identifying specific statutory or constitutional violations or a substantial likelihood there up. >> mr. clement section 5 says you can't draw new maps unless they have been -- you can put them -- so the only thing is to get the preclearance. i don't see how we can give deference to an enacted new map if section 5 says don't give it a fad until it is preclear. >> justice sotomayor section 5 is clear that the new map drawn by the texas legislature, the new maps cannot take affect of their own force, but that doesn't answer the question of whether a judge having to impose a remedial math to address wh

mr. young, do we have many other items before us? >> that includes the agenda. supervisor chu: thank you. we are adjourned. commissioner newlin: january 10, please call the role. >> commissioner perez. here. commissioner hyde, here. commissioner joseph >> here. commissioner tan, present. commissioner newlin. we have a quorum. let the record show that commissioner cavellini is absent. >> i would like to introduce two new commissioners, one has been sworn in. and the other one will be seriously considering it after tonight's meeting. [laughter] commissioner newlin: on my left is brian pan, welcome and in the audience is stephen lee. [applause] commissioner newlin: welcome. all right, we are going to continue until the end of the meeting to review and approve the minutes and continue item three, report of the executive director and call item number 4, police department comments and questions. >> richard carrea and i wanted to introduce to you inspector richard van cole who will be taking over the duties formerly handled by another officer. it's good we have dave downstairs at southern and rich is 31 years in the police department. a lot of experience in financial crimes. and i think y