[EL] ELB News and Commentary 4/26/17

Tue Apr 25 20:38:59 PDT 2017

“NC Republicans override gov’s veto in latest partisan clash”<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=92239>
Posted on April 25, 2017 7:27 pm<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=92239> by Rick Hasen<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
AP:<https://apnews.com/f44a4270830f48239435fadbdfdf174b>
Republican lawmakers have voted to override new Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper’s veto of a bill that reduces his authority over state elections, the latest partisan clash in North Carolina over laws that chip away at executive branch power.
The House completed the override Tuesday, a day after the Senate cast a similar vote that exceeded the three-fifths majorities required to enact the law despite Cooper’s objections. The governor has threatened a legal challenge over the law, which takes effect early next week.
“Time and again their attempts to rig elections have been found unconstitutional. This bill simply repackages similar legislation that has already been struck down by the court,” Cooper spokesman Ford Porter said in a release, adding the governor “will continue to protect the right to vote and fight for fair elections.”
But legislative leaders rushed to courthouses within minutes of the override to ask judges to declare the new law satisfied their previous concerns about a similar elections law approved just before Cooper took office and that a three-judge panel overturned last month.
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Posted in election administration<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18>, The Voting Wars<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=60>

Judicial Watch, Which Backs Maryland Partisan Gerrymandering Claim, Objects to “Efficiency Gap” in WI Redistricting Litigation<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=92236>
Posted on April 25, 2017 1:41 pm<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=92236> by Rick Hasen<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Amicus brief.<http://electionlawblog.org/wp-content/uploads/Wisconsin-JW-AEF-Amicus-Brief.pdf>
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Posted in redistricting<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=6>, Supreme Court<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=29>

“Wisconsin DOJ: James O’Keefe’s Project Veritas tape did not show election law violations”<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=92234>
Posted on April 25, 2017 1:39 pm<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=92234> by Rick Hasen<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:<http://www.jsonline.com/story/news/politics/2017/04/25/wisconsin-doj-james-okeefes-project-veritas-tape-did-not-show-election-law-violations/100885192/>
Covert videos of Democratic activists released in the run-up to last year’s presidential election showed no violations of Wisconsin laws, a review by the attorney general’s office found.
The blunt conclusion is at odds with how Republican Attorney General Brad Schimel initially reacted to the videos by conservative provocateur James O’Keefe, who has a track record of mischaracterizing his recordings and was found guilty of a misdemeanor in 2010 over one of his operations. …
The videos concentrated on Wisconsin liberal activist Scott Foval, who bragged on tape about disrupting Republican events<http://www.jsonline.com/story/news/politics/2016/10/18/democrat-talks-disrupting-event/92381328/> and discussed busing people into Wisconsin<http://www.jsonline.com/story/news/politics/2016/10/24/campaign-accusations-flip-script/92694572/> from other states.
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Posted in chicanery<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=12>, election administration<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18>, The Voting Wars<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=60>

Howard Law Seeking a Visitor for AY 2017-2018<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=92229>
Posted on April 25, 2017 8:40 am<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=92229> by Anita Krishnakumar<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=16>
The Howard University School of Law invites applications for a visiting professor position for AY 2017-2018. The visitor should be able to teach some of the following courses: environmental law, administrative law, property, and legislation. Candidates should have a juris doctorate and teaching experience. Interested persons should send a CV and subject area preferences to Associate Dean Lisa Crooms-Robinson (lcrooms at law.howard.edu) or Prof. Josephine Ross, Initial Appointments Committee, c/o Donnice Butler, 2900 Van Ness Street NW, Washington, DC 20008 or, by email, to jross.howardlaw at gmail.com (electronic submissions preferred).
Howard University School of Law is committed to a diverse faculty, staff, and student body. Applications from women, minorities, persons with disabilities, and others whose background, experience, and viewpoints contribute to the diversity of our institution are encouraged.
Howard University is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the base of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, genetics, sexual orientation, gender, or veteran status.
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Posted in Uncategorized<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=1>

FairVote Talks to Editor of Slate France About Its Presidential Runoff System<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=92227>
Posted on April 25, 2017 7:46 am<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=92227> by Rick Hasen<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Interesting read.<http://www.fairvote.org/_it_really_makes_the_principle_one_people_one_vote_true_the_editor_of_slate_france_explains_his_country_s_presidential_election>
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Posted in alternative voting systems<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=63>

Giving Keynote Address at Northwestern: Annual Law in Motion Lecture (May 11)<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=92225>
Posted on April 25, 2017 7:42 am<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=92225> by Rick Hasen<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
I’ll be talking<http://www.legalstudies.northwestern.edu/about/events/law-in-motion--the-past,-present,-and-future-of-american-elections.html> at Northwestern’s annual Law in Motion conference about my draft paper<https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2912403> on race, party, and polarization in redistricting and voting cases (which Judge Jerry Smith recently discussed<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=92173> in detail in his dissent in a Texas redistricting case).
(Note this is on the main campus and not at the law school.)
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Posted in Uncategorized<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=1>

Bauer on Persily on Whether Democracy Can Survive the Internet<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=92223>
Posted on April 25, 2017 7:35 am<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=92223> by Rick Hasen<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Important<http://www.moresoftmoneyhardlaw.com/2017/04/social-media-politics-problem-fake-news/> but depressing.
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Posted in social media and social protests<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=58>

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