[EL] ELB News and Commentary 8/7/17

[Rick Hasen]

“Trump’s claim about voter fraud is bogus. Californians should open voting to noncitizens instead”<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=94201>
Posted on August 7, 2017 7:53 am<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=94201> by Rick Hasen<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Joe Mathews column.<http://www.desertsun.com/story/opinion/contributors/2017/08/06/trumps-claim-voter-fraud-bogus-californians-should-open-voting-noncitizens-instead/543132001/>

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Posted in voting<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=31>


“Trump Administration Stirs Alarm Over Voter Purges”<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=94199>
Posted on August 7, 2017 7:45 am<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=94199> by Rick Hasen<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
NBC News reports.<http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/supreme-court/trump-administration-stirs-alarm-over-voter-purges-n789706>
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Posted in The Voting Wars<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=60>


“The U.S. could be free of gerrymandering. Here’s how other countries do redistricting.”<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=94197>
Posted on August 7, 2017 7:43 am<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=94197> by Rick Hasen<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Bernie Grofman and German Feierherd for the Monkey Cage<https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/monkey-cage/wp/2017/08/07/the-supreme-court-will-soon-consider-gerrymandering-heres-how-changes-in-redistricting-could-reduce-it/?utm_term=.d66f544bd93e>.
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Posted in redistricting<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=6>


“Seventh Circuit Reverses Injunction On Illinois Same-Day Registration”<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=94195>
Posted on August 7, 2017 7:40 am<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=94195> by Rick Hasen<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Doug Chapin:<http://editions.lib.umn.edu/electionacademy/2017/08/07/seventh-circuit-reverses-injunction-on-illinois-same-day-registration/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+HHHElections+%28The+Election+Academy%29>
Last year, I wrote about<http://editions.lib.umn.edu/electionacademy/2016/09/28/e-41-courts-shift-registration-rules-in-illinois-and-georgia/> a federal court challenge to Illinois’ same-day registration law that resulted in an injunction because of concerns it would result in voters in larger counties having more opportunities to vote than those in smaller counties. That injunction was eventually stayed, and last week the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit overturned the injunction and sent the case back to the lower court. Courthouse News has more<https://www.courthousenews.com/seventh-circuit-upholds-day-illinois-voter-registration/>…
You can find the 7th Circuit’s opinion here<http://www.courthousenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/7thIllinoisVoting.pdf>.
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Posted in voter registration<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=37>


“The Congressional Map Is Historically Biased Against Democrats”<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=94193>
Posted on August 7, 2017 7:32 am<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=94193> by Rick Hasen<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
David Wasserman<https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/the-congressional-map-is-historically-biased-toward-the-gop/?ex_cid=538twitter>  for 538:
But there’s a larger, long-term trend at work too — one that should alarm Democrats preoccupied with the future of Congress and the Supreme Court.
In the last few decades, Democrats have expanded their advantages in California<http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/compare.php?year=2016&fips=6&f=0&off=0&elect=0&type=state> and New York<http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/comparegraphs.php?year=2016&fips=36&f=0&off=0&elect=0> — states with huge urban centers that combined to give Clinton a 6 million vote edge<https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/133Eb4qQmOxNvtesw2hdVns073R68EZx4SfCnP4IGQf8/edit#gid=19>, more than twice her national margin. But those two states elect only 4 percent of the Senate. Meanwhile, Republicans have made huge advances in small rural states — think Arkansas<http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/compare.php?year=2016&fips=5&f=0&off=0&elect=0&type=state>, North<http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/compare.php?year=2016&fips=38&f=0&off=0&elect=0&type=state> and South Dakota<http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/compare.php?year=2016&fips=46&f=0&off=0&elect=0&type=state>, Iowa<http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/compare.php?year=2016&fips=19&f=0&off=0&elect=0&type=state>, Louisiana<http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/compare.php?year=2016&fips=22&f=0&off=0&elect=0&type=state>, Montana<http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/compare.php?year=2016&fips=30&f=0&off=0&elect=0&type=state> and West Virginia<http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/compare.php?year=2016&fips=54&f=0&off=0&elect=0&type=state> — that wield disproportionate power in the upper chamber compared to their populations.
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Posted in Uncategorized<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=1>


“AALS Call for Papers: “New Voices in Legislation””<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=94191>
Posted on August 6, 2017 8:51 pm<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=94191> by Rick Hasen<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Announcement via email:
AALS Call for Papers: “New Voices in Legislation”
AALS 2018 Annual Meeting
The AALS Section on Legislation & Law of the Political Process is pleased to announce that it will host a “New Voices in Legislation” program during the 2018 AALS Annual Meeting in San Diego, CA.  This works-in-progress program will bring together junior and senior scholars in the field of legislation for the purpose of providing the junior scholars with feedback and guidance on their draft articles.  Scholars whose papers are selected will present their work in small panel sessions.  A senior scholar will moderate each panel and lead discussion about the draft article.
Eligibility:  The New Voices Program will be open to full-time faculty members from AALS member schools who are untenured or have been tenured for two years or less.   All scholars, whether or not presenting a paper or moderating a discussion, are welcome to attend the program and participate in discussions.
Submission Requirements: Submissions should be drafts of articles relating to legislation and the law of the political process, including articles related to legislative structure, the legislative process, the budget process, statutory interpretation, and deliberation.  Submissions should be near completion and should not exceed 30,000 words, including footnotes.  The purpose of the program is to provide junior scholars with feedback that can be incorporated into their works-in-progress; as a result, articles are ineligible for the program if they are expected to be in print at the time of the program in January 2018.  However, articles that already have been submitted to journals for publication, and accepted for publication, are not ineligible for this reason.
Submission Process: To be considered for participation in the program, please email a copy of the paper and abstract to Evan Zoldan, evan.zoldan at utoledo.edu<mailto:evan.zoldan at utoledo.edu> by Sunday, October 1, 2017.  Selected participants will be notified in early November 2017.  Final drafts of those who are selected must be submitted by December 15, 2017.
Senior Scholars: If you are interested is serving as a commentator for one of the junior papers, please contact Evan Zoldan, evan.zoldan at utoledo.edu<mailto:evan.zoldan at utoledo.edu>.
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Posted in legislation and legislatures<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=27>, pedagogy<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=23>


“Professor David T. Canon Appointed New Editor-in-Chief of Election Law Journal: Rules, Politics, and Policy”<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=94189>
Posted on August 4, 2017 10:07 am<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=94189> by Rick Hasen<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Announcement via email:
We are very pleased to announce that Professor David T. Canon, University of Wisconsin, Madison, has been appointed to assume the role of Editor-in-Chief of Election Law Journal: Rules, Politics, and Policy<http://click.liebertpubmail.com/?qs=12bf2b71a075aaf07566d9dd7b457dd0bd48269fcbd30a9a6653ef8e6c3c37273481ea2f61fd3a8f59712e46a5ea5e36> beginning September 1, 2017. Professor Paul Gronke, who has provided excellent leadership for the journal for many years, will be stepping down from his role as Editor-in-Chief and will remain as an Editorial Board Member on the journal.
David T. Canon is a professor in the Political Science Department at the University of Wisconsin, Madison and served as Chair of the department from 2014–2017. His teaching and research interests are in American political institutions, especially Congress. His more specific research interests include election administration, racial representation, partisan realignments, political careers, and the historical study of Congress, especially congressional committees.
Congratulations David!  And Kudos to Paul for a successful run!
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Posted in election law biz<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=51>


On What States Does Partisan Control of the House Turn?<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=94187>
Posted on August 4, 2017 9:17 am<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=94187> by Richard Pildes<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=7>
In a fascinating analysis<http://cookpolitical.com/story/10436> in The Cook Political Report, Richard E. Cohen explores which areas of the country have essentially become locked-up by either the Democrats or the Republicans, and which areas remain fluid enough to provide the marginal forces that determine national political outcomes.  For the House, he concludes that six states essentially determine which party controls that chamber:  Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Florida, Pennsylvania, and Virginia.
Then he goes on to offer the following perspective on the distribution of control over these seats from 2008-today:
Following the 2008 election, those six states had 51 Democrats and 46 Republicans in the Democratic-controlled House. The huge turnover in the 2010 election shifted 21 of those seats to the Republicans, with a five-seat GOP gain in both Ohio and Pennsylvania and at least a two-seat gain in each of the other four states. Strikingly, that 67- to 30-seat Republican control in those states barely shifted following the 2012 redistricting and the three subsequent elections. The 2016 results yielded a 64- to 31-seat advantage for Republicans. (The states have lost two House seats as a result of reapportionment shifts between the states.)
In addition, he notes:
Of those 31 Democratic-held House seats, each is in a large metropolitan area— either in a dominant city or close-in suburbs. Republicans control all of the exurban and rural districts in the six states.
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Posted in Uncategorized<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=1>


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