[EL] ELB News and Commentary 5/5/17

Thu May 4 20:17:26 PDT 2017

“Supreme Court Protesters Plead Guilty To Misdemeanor Charges”<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=92383>
Posted on May 4, 2017 8:14 pm<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=92383> by Rick Hasen<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Zoe Tillman<https://www.buzzfeed.com/zoetillman/supreme-court-protesters-plead-guilty-to-misdemeanor-charges?utm_term=.yce7e8rvk#.yfk8qmE6y> for BuzzFeed:
Five people who disrupted proceedings at the US Supreme Court to protest the Citizens United decision pleaded guilty on Thursday to two misdemeanor charges, one month after losing a constitutional challenge to part of the case.
The defendants face up to a year in prison. There was no plea deal, and the lawyers did not offer any hints about what they would seek at sentencing. A sentencing hearing is scheduled for July 24.
Shortly before arguments began at the Supreme Court on April 1, 2015, but after the justices entered the courtroom, the defendants one-by-one stood up and made statements or sang in protest of the Citizens United decision and the influence of money in politics. The protest was tied to the first anniversary of another high court decision on campaign finance laws.
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Posted in social media and social protests<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=58>, Supreme Court<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=29>

Court Rejects Right to Travel Argument in Fish v. Kobach Proof of Citizenship Case<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=92381>
Posted on May 4, 2017 3:52 pm<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=92381> by Rick Hasen<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
This<http://www.politico.com/f/?id=0000015b-d579-d192-a75f-fd7b094d0002> disposes of one of plaintiffs’ arguments in this litigation.
(Via Josh Gerstein<https://twitter.com/joshgerstein/status/860252752605270018>)
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Posted in election administration<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18>, The Voting Wars<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=60>

“Federal judge orders Georgia to re-open voter registration ahead of 6th District runoff”<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=92376>
Posted on May 4, 2017 12:13 pm<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=92376> by Rick Hasen<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Atlanta Journal-Constitution:<http://www.ajc.com/news/state--regional-govt--politics/federal-judge-orders-georgia-open-voter-registration-ahead-6th-district-runoff/ZeJBoBDNllqHU7JGtnUzcN/>
A federal judge on Thursday ordered Georgia to temporarily reopen voter registration ahead of a hotly contested congressional runoff in the 6th District.<http://politics.blog.ajc.com/2017/05/01/poll-ossoff-in-dead-heat-with-handel-in-georgias-6th/>
U.S. District Judge Timothy Batten made the ruling as part of a broader lawsuit by a Washington-based advocacy group, which last month accused Georgia of violating federal law by reducing the amount of time residents have to register to vote.<http://www.myajc.com/news/state--regional-govt--politics/suit-claims-georgia-voter-registration-violates-federal-law/5boPRxoDMGhK8wM8ecSyoK/>
 Update: You can read the court’s 19-page order and opinion at this link.<http://electionlawblog.org/wp-content/uploads/ga-naacp.pdf>
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Posted in election administration<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18>, NVRA (motor voter)<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=33>

“An Update on Ranked Choice Voting”<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=92374>
Posted on May 4, 2017 10:36 am<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=92374> by Rick Hasen<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
That’s the lead story in this week’s Electionline Weekly.<http://www.electionline.org/index.php/electionline-weekly>
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Posted in alternative voting systems<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=63>, election administration<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18>

“Shareholders Demand Disclosure — and Republicans Push Back”<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=92372>
Posted on May 4, 2017 9:43 am<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=92372> by Rick Hasen<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Eliza Newlin Carney reports.<http://prospect.org/article/shareholders-demand-disclosure-and-republicans-push-back>
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Posted in campaign finance<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>

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