[EL] ELB News and Commentary 4/25/17

Mon Apr 24 19:57:11 PDT 2017

“Montgomery election board to review registration practices”<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=92215>
Posted on April 24, 2017 7:52 pm<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=92215> by Rick Hasen<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
WaPo:<https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/md-politics/montgomery-election-board-to-review-registration-practices/2017/04/24/b9a3b034-2933-11e7-be51-b3fc6ff7faee_story.html?utm_term=.403a76644c3e>
Montgomery election officials said Monday they will review registration procedures in response to allegations from a conservative watchdog group that the county’s rolls are packed with ineligible voters.
Judicial Watch <http://www.judicialwatch.org/> said in a letter earlier this month there was “strong circumstantial evidence” that Montgomery’s lists are filled with names of voters who have died, moved out of state or are non-citizens. It said the charge is supported by data showing more registered voters in the county than there are citizens of voting age (18 and over).
The group said it would sue the state of Maryland <https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/md-politics/conservative-group-threatens-to-sue-maryland-alleging-poor-voter-registration-process/2017/04/18/7b592ac6-2446-11e7-a1b3-faff0034e2de_story.html?utm_term=.b48291d5d3ef> within 90 days unless officials show they have taken action to clean up voter lists and come into compliance with the National Voter Registration Act.
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Posted in election administration<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18>, NVRA (motor voter)<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=33>, The Voting Wars<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=60>

“Now we finally know how bad voter fraud is in North Carolina”<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=92213>
Posted on April 24, 2017 7:33 pm<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=92213> by Rick Hasen<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Charlotte Observer editorial:<http://www.charlotteobserver.com/opinion/editorials/article146486019.html>
At last, we know how badly photo voter ID is needed in North Carolina.
For years, Republicans in North Carolina have alleged that in-person fraudulent voting is widespread while Democrats have said it is non-existent. But no one knew for sure, leaving the two sides talking past each other on voter ID.
On Friday, the State Board of Elections released the results of an extensive, objective audit of the 2016 election. It found that 4,769,640 votes were cast in November and that one (1) would probably have been avoided with a voter ID law. One out of nearly 4.8 million.
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Posted in election administration<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18>, The Voting Wars<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=60>

“Dallas Voter Fraud Targets Elderly via Absentee Ballots”<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=92209>
Posted on April 24, 2017 7:29 pm<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=92209> by Rick Hasen<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Texas Standard reports.<http://www.texasstandard.org/stories/dallas-voter-fraud-targets-elderly-via-absentee-ballots/>
This is the TELL on voter fraud claims. Texas has strict voter id laws, which target non-existent fraud, but have done little on absentee ballot fraud.
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Posted in Uncategorized<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=1>

“A scholar asks, ‘Can democracy survive the Internet?’”<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=92207>
Posted on April 24, 2017 7:06 pm<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=92207> by Rick Hasen<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Dan Balz for WaPo:<https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/a-scholar-asks-can-democracy-survive-the-internet/2017/04/22/1915c0e8-2696-11e7-b503-9d616bd5a305_story.html?utm_term=.505d49d514e4>
In more innocent times, the rise of the Internet was seen by many people as a boon to democracy. Disruptive, yes, but the Web broadened the flow of information, introduced new voices into the political debates, empowered citizens and even provided a powerful fundraising tool for some lesser-known candidates such as Barack Obama and Bernie Sanders.
Now, in what are clearly less innocent times, the Internet is viewed as a far less benign force. It can be a haven for spreading fake news and rewarding the harshest and most divisive of political rhetoric. It is a medium, for all its benefits, that has dark corners populated by anonymous actors (some not even real people) whose influence appears to be growing but not easily measured.
Nathaniel Persily, a law professor at Stanford University, is among the many — academics, political practitioners, journalists, law enforcement officials and others — who are attempting to understand better the consequences of conducting campaigns and governance here and around the world in the Internet age. He has written about this in a forthcoming issue of the Journal of Democracy in an article with a title that sums up his concerns: “Can Democracy Survive the Internet?”
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Posted in social media and social protests<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=58>

“Lawsuit: 2015 Redistricting Violated Black Voters’ Rights”<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=92204>
Posted on April 24, 2017 1:34 pm<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=92204> by Rick Hasen<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
AP:<https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/georgia/articles/2017-04-24/lawsuit-2015-redistricting-violated-black-voters-rights>
Georgia lawmakers violated federal voting rights law by moving black voters out and white voters in to two state House districts in 2015, according to a lawsuit filed Monday that calls the mid-decade redistricting an effort to protect white Republican incumbents.
The Washington, D.C.-based Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under the Law filed the federal lawsuit against the state of Georgia on behalf of the state chapter of the NAACP and five residents of the affected districts. Secretary of State Brian Kemp, the state’s top elections official, also is named in the suit.
You can find the complaint here.<http://electionlawblog.org/wp-content/uploads/ga-Complaint.pdf>
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Posted in redistricting<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=6>, voting<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=31>, Voting Rights Act<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=15>

Plutocrats United Gets Scribes Book Award Honorable Mention<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=92202>
Posted on April 24, 2017 1:25 pm<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=92202> by Rick Hasen<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
I’m please to announce that Plutocrats United <https://www.amazon.com/Plutocrats-United-Campaign-Distortion-Elections/dp/0300223544> received honorable mention for the 2017 Scribes Book Award<https://www.scribes.org/book-award>. Scribes is the American Society of Legal Writers.
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Posted in Plutocrats United<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=104>

Save the Date of July 10 for 7th Annual UCI Law Supreme Court Term in Review<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=92200>
Posted on April 24, 2017 8:10 am<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=92200> by Rick Hasen<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Should be a great one<http://www.law.uci.edu/events/supreme-court-term-review/2017.html>:
7th Annual Supreme Court Term in Review
Monday, July 10, 2017, 10:30 a.m.–12:00 p.m. Pacific Time
Irvine Barclay Theatre (Map<http://www.thebarclay.org/irvine-barclay-theatre.asp?n=plan-your-visit&n1=directions>)
This exciting and entertaining program reviews the Supreme Court’s key cases decided in the October 2016 term, with an all-star panel of Supreme Court practitioners, journalists, and academics.
Panelists

  *   Erwin Chemerinsky<http://www.law.uci.edu/faculty/full-time/chemerinsky/index.html>, UCI Law
  *   Hon. Alex Kozinski<https://www.fjc.gov/history/judges/kozinski-alex>, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
  *   Hon. Leondra R. Kruger<http://www.courts.ca.gov/33016.htm>, Supreme Court of California
  *   Leah Litman<http://www.law.uci.edu/faculty/full-time/litman/index.html>, UCI Law
  *   Greg Stohr<https://www.bloomberg.com/authors/ABoe0szR3_0/greg-stohr>, Bloomberg
  *   Moderated by Rick Hasen<http://www.law.uci.edu/faculty/full-time/hasen/index.html>, UCI Law
Viewers may submit questions via Twitter (@UCILaw<http://twitter.com/ucilaw> or @rickhasen<https://twitter.com/rickhasen>), using the hash tag #ucilawscotus at the end of your question.
This event is approved for 1.5 hours of Minimum Continuing Legal Education Credit by the State Bar of California.
UC Irvine School of Law is a State Bar-approved MCLE provider.
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Posted in Supreme Court<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=29>

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