[EL] ELB News and Commentary 11/2/17

Wed Nov 1 20:38:23 PDT 2017

“Why has Kris Kobach’s voter fraud commission disappeared?”<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=95790>
Posted on November 1, 2017 8:32 pm<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=95790> by Rick Hasen<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
KC Star editorial:<http://www.kansascity.com/opinion/editorials/article182150656.html>
Some may take solace in the commission’s quixotic search for non-existent evidence. Perhaps the commission is fading into well-deserved oblivion.
We’re more worried. The commission’s lack of transparency and visible accomplishment could be a smoke-screen designed to protect it from criticism and embarrassment until next year, when it can drop dubious recommendations and unsubstantiated claims just weeks before the mid-term elections.
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Posted in fraudulent fraud squad<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=8>, The Voting Wars<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=60>

“These Are the Ads Russia Bought on Facebook in 2016”<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=95787>
Posted on November 1, 2017 8:29 pm<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=95787> by Rick Hasen<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
This one<https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/01/us/politics/russia-2016-election-facebook.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Fpolitics&action=click&contentCollection=politics&region=stream&module=stream_unit&version=latest&contentPlacement=3&pgtype=sectionfront> is my favorite so far:
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Posted in Uncategorized<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=1>

“‘Not going to be a cakewalk’: Social media sites face hurdles curbing foreign political ads”<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=95785>
Posted on November 1, 2017 8:22 pm<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=95785> by Rick Hasen<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
CBC News reports.<http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/facebook-twitter-google-foreign-election-ads-1.4381109>

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Posted in campaign finance<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>, chicanery<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=12>, social media and social protests<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=58>

“Vote Dissociation”<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=95783>
Posted on November 1, 2017 8:06 pm<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=95783> by Rick Hasen<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Dan Tokaji has posted this draft<https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3059569> on SSRN (forthcoming Yale Law Journal Forum). Here is the abstract:
The most recent presidential election highlighted deep seated problems in American democracy that existing voting rights law cannot fix. This Essay employs the term “vote dissociation” to refer to a species of voting rights injury that is qualitatively different from both vote denial and vote dilution. A growing body of social science research documents the severance of the vote from its central function of ensuring that all members of our political community are accorded equal concern by elected officials. At the core of vote dissociation is the manner in which concentrated wealth translates into political power, with the concomitant effects of disconnecting less affluent voters from policymaking and exacerbating political polarization. Combatting vote dissociation requires that we understand the diminished political influence of less affluent voters as an injury to the constitutional right to vote.
Looking forward to reading this!
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Posted in voting<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=31>

“Georgia attorney general quits defense in server wiping case”<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=95781>
Posted on November 1, 2017 8:03 pm<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=95781> by Rick Hasen<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
AP:<https://apnews.com/0b9004bc3828468d9dc636054140a047>
The Georgia attorney general’s office will no longer represent the state’s top elections official in an elections integrity lawsuit filed three days before a crucial computer server was quietly wiped clean.
The lawsuit aims to force Georgia to retire its antiquated and heavily questioned touchscreen election technology, which does not provide an auditable paper trail.
The server in question was a statewide staging location for key election-related data. It made headlines in June after a security expert disclosed a gaping security hole that wasn’t fixed for six months after he first reported it to election authorities. Personal data was exposed for Georgia’s 6.7 million voters, as were passwords used by county officials to access files.
No explanation given. This seems very unusual.
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Posted in Uncategorized<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=1>

“Emails, documents are stark reminder of Ohio’s secret gerrymandering process – Out of Line: Impact 2017 and Beyond”<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=95779>
Posted on November 1, 2017 8:24 am<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=95779> by Rick Hasen<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Cleveland.com reports.<http://www.cleveland.com/datacentral/index.ssf/2017/11/emails_documents_disclose_ohio.html>

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Posted in redistricting<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=6>

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