[EL] ELB News and Commentary 7/18/17

Mon Jul 17 22:13:35 PDT 2017

Texas: District Court Should Give Up Jurisdiction in Voter ID Case, Impose No More Remedies<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=93912>
Posted on July 17, 2017 10:09 pm<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=93912> by Rick Hasen<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Brief.<https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/3896478-document-18187329.html>
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Posted in The Voting Wars<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=60>, voter id<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=9>

“We disrupted the U.S. Supreme Court to protest money in politics, and are being sentenced today.”<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=93910>
Posted on July 17, 2017 10:03 pm<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=93910> by Rick Hasen<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Matt Kresling statement.<https://medium.com/@mattkresling/we-disrupted-the-u-s-601a96d947b5>
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Posted in campaign finance<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>, Supreme Court<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=29>

“Trump’s voter commission says it doesn’t need to make privacy impact assessment”<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=93908>
Posted on July 17, 2017 9:45 pm<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=93908> by Rick Hasen<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Wash Times:<http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/jul/17/election-integrity-commission-says-it-doesnt-need-/>
In a court filing on Monday, the commission<http://www.washingtontimes.com/topics/trumps-advisory-commission-on-election-integrity/> argued federal law doesn’t require it to perform a privacy risk assessment before collecting voter data, which was a key argument in one of the first lawsuits brought by the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) earlier this month.
After Kris W. Kobach, the panel vice chairman, asked states to turn over names, partial Social Security numbers, birthdays, political party affiliations, military status and other public information last month, EPIC filed suit, hoping to force the commission<http://www.washingtontimes.com/topics/trumps-advisory-commission-on-election-integrity/> to complete a Privacy Impact Assessment before gathering the personal data.
EPIC quickly scored a win when the commission<http://www.washingtontimes.com/topics/trumps-advisory-commission-on-election-integrity/> suspended its collection of state voter information earlier this month until a judge rules on the matter.
On Monday the commission<http://www.washingtontimes.com/topics/trumps-advisory-commission-on-election-integrity/> asked the judge to deny EPIC’s request for a restraining order on the gathering of data, arguing that the pro-privacy group doesn’t have the legal right, or “standing,” to file the lawsuit.
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Posted in fraudulent fraud squad<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=8>, The Voting Wars<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=60>

New Details on December Hack of U.S. Election Assistance Comm’n, as House Republicans Try to Shut It Down<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=93906>
Posted on July 17, 2017 9:27 pm<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=93906> by Rick Hasen<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
WSJ:<https://www.wsj.com/articles/gop-seeks-to-close-federal-election-agency-1500325218>
The hack appeared to include a breach of the EAC’s administrative-access credentials as well as access to nonpublic reports on flaws in voting machines, according to Andrei Barysevich, an analyst with cybersecurity firm Recorded Future.
Access to the reports could have allowed someone to exploit flaws in voting machines, Mr. Barysevich said. The stolen credentials could have been used to install malicious code on the EAC site, thus potentially infecting any user of it. The users could include state election officials, who might then use a thumb memory stick to interact with other machines, such as ballot machines not connected to the internet.
The security firm, which assessed the hack as having likely occurred in November, turned the information over to law enforcement in December, and Mr. Barysevich has been cooperating with the FBI on its probe.
As far as the House Republicans trying to shut the EAC, it is hard to imagine a worse Idea. As I wrote Sunday:<https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/15/opinion/sunday/dont-let-our-democracy-collapse.html?_r=0>
Meanwhile, House Republicans are moving<http://m.govexec.com/management/2017/06/house-republicans-want-eliminate-federal-election-assistance-agency/139123/> to abolish the United States Election Assistance Commission, a bipartisan federal agency that serves as a clearinghouse for information about best voting practices and certifies the security of voting machines. Does that sound like a good idea right now?
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Posted in Election Assistance Commission<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=34>, The Voting Wars<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=60>

John Fortier Interviews Michael Chertoff About Voter Registration Data and Election Security<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=93903>
Posted on July 17, 2017 12:51 pm<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=93903> by Rick Hasen<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Watch.<https://bipartisanpolicy.org/discussing-data-security-with-former-sec-michael-chertoff/>
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Posted in election administration<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18>

Mississippi Law Journal Symposium on the Voting Rights Act<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=93901>
Posted on July 17, 2017 12:03 pm<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=93901> by Rick Hasen<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

85 MISSISSIPPI LAW JOURNAL, NO. 6, PP. 1039-1478, 2017.
Voting Rights Act Symposium. 85 Miss. L.J. 1039-1393 (2017). [H<http://www.heinonline.org/HOL/OneBoxCitation?cit_string=85%20Miss.%20L.J.%201039&collection=journals&base=js>]|[L<http://advance.lexis.com/laapi/search?q=85%20Miss.%20L.J.%201039>]|[W<http://a.next.westlaw.com/Link/Document/FullText?findType=Y&cite=85+Miss.+L.J.+1039>]
George C. Cochran. Foreword. 85 Miss. L.J. 1039-1046 (2017). [H<http://www.heinonline.org/HOL/OneBoxCitation?cit_string=85%20Miss.%20L.J.%201039&collection=journals&base=js>]|[L<http://advance.lexis.com/laapi/search?q=85%20Miss.%20L.J.%201039>]|[W<http://a.next.westlaw.com/Link/Document/FullText?findType=Y&cite=85+Miss.+L.J.+1039>]
George C. Cochran. In memoriam: Frank Ruff Parker. 85 Miss. L.J. 1047-1052 (2017). [H<http://www.heinonline.org/HOL/OneBoxCitation?cit_string=85%20Miss.%20L.J.%201047&collection=journals&base=js>]|[L<http://advance.lexis.com/laapi/search?q=85%20Miss.%20L.J.%201047>]|[W<http://a.next.westlaw.com/Link/Document/FullText?findType=Y&cite=85+Miss.+L.J.+1047>]
Delbert Hosemann. Not our grandfather’s Mississippi anymore: implementing Mississippi’s voter identification requirement. 85 Miss. L.J. 1053-1091 (2017). [H<http://www.heinonline.org/HOL/OneBoxCitation?cit_string=85%20Miss.%20L.J.%201053&collection=journals&base=js>]|[L<http://advance.lexis.com/laapi/search?q=85%20Miss.%20L.J.%201053>]|[W<http://a.next.westlaw.com/Link/Document/FullText?findType=Y&cite=85+Miss.+L.J.+1053>]
Benjamin E. Griffith, Lauren E. Ward. The forbidden fruit of Alabama Legislative Black Caucus v. State of Alabama: racial predominance in redistricting. 85 Miss. L.J. 1093-1161 (2017). [H<http://www.heinonline.org/HOL/OneBoxCitation?cit_string=85%20Miss.%20L.J.%201093&collection=journals&base=js>]|[L<http://advance.lexis.com/laapi/search?q=85%20Miss.%20L.J.%201093>]|[W<http://a.next.westlaw.com/Link/Document/FullText?findType=Y&cite=85+Miss.+L.J.+1093>]
Joaquin Avila, Barbara Phillips, Molly Matter. How a targeted triggering approach can repair the Voting Rights Act: Congress can eliminate the blight of voting discrimination once and for all! 85 Miss. L.J. 1163-1177 (2017). [H<http://www.heinonline.org/HOL/OneBoxCitation?cit_string=85%20Miss.%20L.J.%201163&collection=journals&base=js>]|[L<http://advance.lexis.com/laapi/search?q=85%20Miss.%20L.J.%201163>]|[W<http://a.next.westlaw.com/Link/Document/FullText?findType=Y&cite=85+Miss.+L.J.+1163>]
Armand Derfner. How the courts keep ex-felons disenfranchised. 85 Miss. L.J. 1179-1191 (2017). [H<http://www.heinonline.org/HOL/OneBoxCitation?cit_string=85%20Miss.%20L.J.%201179&collection=journals&base=js>]|[L<http://advance.lexis.com/laapi/search?q=85%20Miss.%20L.J.%201179>]|[W<http://a.next.westlaw.com/Link/Document/FullText?findType=Y&cite=85+Miss.+L.J.+1179>]
Tommie Cardin. Mississippi legislative redistricting in the new millennium. 85 Miss. L.J. 1193-1225 (2017). [H<http://www.heinonline.org/HOL/OneBoxCitation?cit_string=85%20Miss.%20L.J.%201193&collection=journals&base=js>]|[L<http://advance.lexis.com/laapi/search?q=85%20Miss.%20L.J.%201193>]|[W<http://a.next.westlaw.com/Link/Document/FullText?findType=Y&cite=85+Miss.+L.J.+1193>]
Carroll Rhodes. Federal appellate courts push back against states’ voter suppression laws. 85 Miss. L.J. 1227-1269 (2017). [H<http://www.heinonline.org/HOL/OneBoxCitation?cit_string=85%20Miss.%20L.J.%201227&collection=journals&base=js>]|[L<http://advance.lexis.com/laapi/search?q=85%20Miss.%20L.J.%201227>]|[W<http://a.next.westlaw.com/Link/Document/FullText?findType=Y&cite=85+Miss.+L.J.+1227>]
Steven J. Mulroy. Coloring outside the lines: erasing “one-person, one-vote” & Voting Rights Act line-drawing dilemmas by erasing district lines. 85 Miss. L.J. 1271-1304 (2017). [H<http://www.heinonline.org/HOL/OneBoxCitation?cit_string=85%20Miss.%20L.J.%201271&collection=journals&base=js>]|[L<http://advance.lexis.com/laapi/search?q=85%20Miss.%20L.J.%201271>]|[W<http://a.next.westlaw.com/Link/Document/FullText?findType=Y&cite=85+Miss.+L.J.+1271>]
C. Robert Heath. Applying the Voting Rights Act in an ethnically diverse nation. 85 Miss. L.J. 1305-1331 (2017). [H<http://www.heinonline.org/HOL/OneBoxCitation?cit_string=85%20Miss.%20L.J.%201305&collection=journals&base=js>]|[L<http://advance.lexis.com/laapi/search?q=85%20Miss.%20L.J.%201305>]|[W<http://a.next.westlaw.com/Link/Document/FullText?findType=Y&cite=85+Miss.+L.J.+1305>]
Terry Ao Minnis. No longer invisible: engaging the growing Asian American electorate in the South. 85 Miss. L.J. 1333-1356 (2017). [H<http://www.heinonline.org/HOL/OneBoxCitation?cit_string=85%20Miss.%20L.J.%201333&collection=journals&base=js>]|[L<http://advance.lexis.com/laapi/search?q=85%20Miss.%20L.J.%201333>]|[W<http://a.next.westlaw.com/Link/Document/FullText?findType=Y&cite=85+Miss.+L.J.+1333>]
Roger Clegg, Hans A. von Spakovsky. “Disparate impact” and Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act. 85 Miss. L.J. 1357-1372 (2017). [H<http://www.heinonline.org/HOL/OneBoxCitation?cit_string=85%20Miss.%20L.J.%201357&collection=journals&base=js>]|[L<http://advance.lexis.com/laapi/search?q=85%20Miss.%20L.J.%201357>]|[W<http://a.next.westlaw.com/Link/Document/FullText?findType=Y&cite=85+Miss.+L.J.+1357>]
Hans A. von Spakovsky, Roger Clegg. Felon voting and unconstitutional congressional overreach. 85 Miss. L.J. 1373-1393 (2017). [H<http://www.heinonline.org/HOL/OneBoxCitation?cit_string=85%20Miss.%20L.J.%201373&collection=journals&base=js>]|[L<http://advance.lexis.com/laapi/search?q=85%20Miss.%20L.J.%201373>]|[W<http://a.next.westlaw.com/Link/Document/FullText?findType=Y&cite=85+Miss.+L.J.+1373>]

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Posted in pedagogy<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=23>

“Can Federalism Cope with Russian Election Meddling?”<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=93899>
Posted on July 17, 2017 12:00 pm<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=93899> by Rick Hasen<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Ciara Torres-Spelliscy blogs.<https://www.brennancenter.org/blog/can-federalism-cope-russian-election-meddling>

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Posted in election administration<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18>, The Voting Wars<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=60>

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