[EL] ELB News and Commentary 11/28/16

[Daniel Tokaji]

“Texas Elector Who Criticized Trump Says He’s Resigning”
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=89531>
Posted on November 28, 2016 8:58 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=89531>
by Dan Tokaji <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=5>

Politico
<http://www.politico.com/story/2016/11/art-sisneros-texas-electoral-college-resigns-231874>
on
Art Sisneros.
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Posted in electoral college
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=44>
Today’s Incident at Ohio State <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=89529>
Posted on November 28, 2016 8:39 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=89529>
by Dan Tokaji <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=5>

Many of you by now have heard about the incident this morning on the Ohio
State campus
<http://nbc4i.com/2016/11/28/active-shooter-reported-at-osu-campus/>,
involving an active shooter who is now reportedly dead.  At least eight
people have reportedly been hospitalized.  I’m fine — thanks to those of
you who have asked — and as far as I know so is everyone at the law
school.  I wasn’t far from the place to which the shooter apparently fled,
about to park my car, when I got the text alert and saw the sirens, then
headed straight home.  The shelter-in-place order at the university has now
been lifted, though classes have been cancelled for the rest of the day.
Like everyone else, I’m sure, my thoughts and prayers are with those who
have been injured and their families.
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Posted in Uncategorized <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=1>
Reaction to Trump Vote Fraud Tweets <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=89523>
Posted on November 28, 2016 8:23 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=89523>
by Dan Tokaji <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=5>

CNN
<http://www.cnn.com/2016/11/28/politics/pushback-trump-vote-fraud-allegations/>
, LAT
<http://www.latimes.com/nation/politics/trailguide/la-na-trailguide-updates-trump-california-fraud-voting-illegally-padilla-statement-htmlstory.html>
, NYT
<http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/27/us/politics/trump-adviser-steps-up-searing-attack-on-romney.html?&hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=a-lede-package-region&region=top-news&WT.nav=top-news&_r=0>
, WaPo
<https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/11/28/donald-trump-is-making-a-strong-case-for-a-recount-of-his-own-2016-election-win/>.
Lots more out there on this baseless claim if you care to look for it.
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Posted in fraudulent fraud squad <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=8>,
recounts
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=50>
Why the Recount Won’t Matter <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=89524>
Posted on November 28, 2016 8:03 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=89524>
by Dan Tokaji <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=5>

Josh Douglas at CNN
<http://www.cnn.com/2016/11/27/opinions/recount-hopeless-for-clinton-douglas-opinion/index.html>
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Posted in recounts
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=50>
Bauer on Presidents and Conflicts of Interest
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=89521>
Posted on November 28, 2016 5:45 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=89521>
by Dan Tokaji <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=5>

MSMHL
<http://www.moresoftmoneyhardlaw.com/2016/11/presidents-conflicts-interest/>:
“There
is evidence that the norms may be fading and that, in the matters of gifts
and the release of tax information, reliance on presidential discretion is
not enough. So the time appears to have arrived to give thoroughgoing
consideration to replacing the norms with reasonably drawn rules.”
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Posted in conflict of interest laws
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=20>
“Recounts Rarely Reverse Election Results”
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=89519>
Posted on November 28, 2016 4:18 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=89519>
by Dan Tokaji <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=5>

538
<http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/recounts-rarely-reverse-election-results/>,
relying on data from FairVote <http://www.fairvote.org/>:  “Recounts …
typically don’t change the margin by an amount that would be large enough
to affect the result of this year’s presidential election. The mean swing
between the top two candidates in the 27 recounts was 282 votes, with a
median of 219.”
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Posted in recounts
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=50>
Wesleyan Post-Election Conference <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=89517>
Posted on November 28, 2016 4:11 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=89517>
by Dan Tokaji <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=5>

Next Monday
<http://engageduniversity.blogs.wesleyan.edu/2016/11/22/government-deptartmentwes-media-project-post-election-conference/>,
with panels on campaign finance and governing.
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Posted in election law biz
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=51>
Off the Grid for a Week; Dan Tokaji Filling In (@title52law)
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=89514>
Posted on November 27, 2016 7:02 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=89514>
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Dan Tokaji will be guest blogging.

See you in a week.
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Posted in Uncategorized <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=1>
“Trump falsely claims millions voted illegally; Without putting forth any
evidence, the president-elect says he actually won the popular vote.”
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=89512>
Posted on November 27, 2016 2:02 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=89512>
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Politico:
<http://www.politico.com/story/2016/11/trump-illegal-voting-clinton-231860>

Donald Trump tweeted without evidence on Sunday that millions of people
voted illegally in November’s presidential election.

“In addition to winning the Electoral College in a landslide, I won the
popular vote if you deduct the millions of people who voted illegally,”
Trump wrote on Twitter.

There is no evidence to support Trump’s claim, which marks an unprecedented
rebuke of the U.S. voting system for a president-elect.

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Posted in Uncategorized <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=1>
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