[EL] ELB News and Commentary 11/30/17

Thu Nov 30 07:28:11 PST 2017

“Senate GOP campaign arm stole donor data from House Republican”<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=96173>
Posted on November 30, 2017 7:11 am<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=96173> by Rick Hasen<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Politico:<https://www.politico.com/story/2017/11/29/campaign-data-stolen-republicans-house-senate-196238>
Staffers for Senate Republicans’ campaign arm seized information on more than 200,000 donors from the House GOP campaign committee over several months this year by breaking into its computer system, three sources with knowledge of the breach told POLITICO.
The unauthorized raid on the National Republican Congressional Committee’s data created a behind-the-scenes rift with the National Republican Senatorial Committee, according to the sources, who described NRCC officials as furious. It comes at a time when House Republicans are focused on preparing to defend their 24-seat majority in the 2018 midterm elections. And it has spotlighted Senate Republicans’ deep fundraising struggles this year, with the NRSC spending more than it raised for four months in a row.
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Posted in campaigns<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=59>, chicanery<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=12>

“Santa Fe ordered to implement ranked choice voting”<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=96171>
Posted on November 29, 2017 12:53 pm<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=96171> by Rick Hasen<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Albuquerque Journal reports<https://www.abqjournal.com/1099320>.
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Posted in alternative voting systems<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=63>

Update on DNC v. RNC Consent Decree: “Judge allows DNC to depose Spicer on election night activities”<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=96169>
Posted on November 29, 2017 12:43 pm<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=96169> by Rick Hasen<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Politico<https://www.politico.com/states/new-jersey/story/2017/11/29/judge-allows-dnc-to-depose-sean-spicer-on-election-night-activities-125849>:
A federal judge said Wednesday that he’ll allow the Democratic National Committee to depose Sean Spicer, the former Republican National Committee communications director and White House spokesman, on whether he violated a 35-year-old consent decree<https://www.politico.com/story/2017/11/10/sean-spicer-gq-magazine-story-fallout-244784> barring the RNC from engaging in ballot security or voter suppression efforts.
But the judge, Michael Vazquez, denied a DNC request for an evidentiary hearing on whether the RNC violated the consent decree.
The consent decree, which originated from RNC actions in New Jersey’s 1981 gubernatorial election, is set to expire on Friday, but its future is uncertain. Vazquez said he’s not yet ready to rule on whether it will expire on Friday.
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Posted in The Voting Wars<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=60>

House Oversight Committee Holding Hearing Today on Voting Machine Cybersecurity<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=96166>
Posted on November 29, 2017 8:01 am<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=96166> by Rick Hasen<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Details.<https://oversight.house.gov/hearing/cybersecurity-voting-machines/>
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Posted in election administration<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18>, The Voting Wars<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=60>

“RNC on verge of escaping aging court decree on ‘ballot security'”<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=96164>
Posted on November 29, 2017 7:00 am<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=96164> by Rick Hasen<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Josh Gerstein for Politico.<https://www.politico.com/story/2017/11/29/republicans-ballot-security-267717>
See also my earlier Slate piece on this. <http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/jurisprudence/2017/11/donald_trump_will_supercharge_voter_suppression_if_the_rnc_consent_decree.html>
We will know more after the Judge’s conference call with the lawyers today.
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