[EL] ELB News & Commentary 10/8/17

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    Notorious RBG holds forth on partisan gerrymandering, among other
    things <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=95349>

Posted onOctober 8, 2017 1:15 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=95349>byJustin Levitt 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=4>

Or, at least, theKate McKinnon SNL version 
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uyay0nH7L3c>did.

“That’s not a district, that’s a tapeworm.”  Looking forward to more 
Ginsburns in the future.

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Posted inelection law "humor" 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=52>,redistricting 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=6>


    “The people paying for California political ads might be easier to
    identify under this new state law” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=95346>

Posted onOctober 8, 2017 1:14 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=95346>byJustin Levitt 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=4>

Governor Brownsigned 
<http://www.latimes.com/politics/essential/la-pol-ca-essential-politics-updates-the-people-paying-for-california-1507408236-htmlstory.html>theCalifornia 
DISCLOSE Act 
<https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB249>yesterday, 
including provisions to specifically identify in ads the largest 
contributors to the entities producing them.  (I’ve written about 
similar provisions,here 
<https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1676108>.)  Common 
Cause ispleased 
<http://www.commoncause.org/press/press-releases/governor-brown-strengthens-democracy-by-signing-california-disclose-act.html>.

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Posted incampaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>


    “Ranked-choice voting alters calculus in Minneapolis, St. Paul
    races” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=95344>

Posted onOctober 8, 2017 1:14 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=95344>byJustin Levitt 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=4>

The Star-Tribune 
<http://www.startribune.com/minneapolis-and-st-paul-candidates-rethink-campaigns-in-an-election-with-ranked-choice-voting/449918633/>gives 
local flavor to the campaign incentives under ranked choice voting, with 
an intriguing contrast of races in which there’s an incumbent and races 
without.

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Posted inalternative voting systems 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=63>,campaigns 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=59>


    “Facebook tells advertisers more scrutiny is coming”
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=95342>

Posted onOctober 8, 2017 1:13 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=95342>byJustin Levitt 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=4>

Axios 
<https://www.axios.com/scoop-facebook-tells-advertisers-more-scrutiny-is-coming-2493827891.html>:

    Facebook is going to require ads that are targeted to people based
    on “politics, religion, ethnicity or social issues” to be manually
    reviewed before they go live, according to an email sent to
    advertisers and obtained by Axios. That’s a higher standard than
    that required of most Facebook ads, which are bought and uploaded to
    the site through an automated system. It’s also warning that it
    expects the new policy to slow down the launch of new ad campaigns.

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Posted incampaigns <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=59>


    NAACP sues Commerce Dept for 2020 Census records
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=95340>

Posted onOctober 8, 2017 1:12 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=95340>byJustin Levitt 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=4>

Missed this on Thursday: The NAACP hasfiled a FOIA case 
<http://www.naacp.org/latest/naacp-sues-u-s-commerce-department-refusal-disclose-records-preparations-2020-census/>to 
get records about preparations for the 2020 Census.

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    “In Manhattan, mayoral candidate only needs one vote”
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=95338>

Posted onOctober 8, 2017 1:11 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=95338>byJustin Levitt 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=4>

Fascinating 
<https://www.bozemandailychronicle.com/news/in-manhattan-mayoral-candidate-only-needs-one-vote/article_ea75085e-7abc-568f-96ba-630135f7c155.html>.

    Under Montana law, if Clements had applied to be a formal candidate
    in the mayor’s race, all write-in names would have counted. But
    because he’s the only registered write-in candidate and no one is on
    the regular ballot, none of the other write-in names can be counted.

    “As long as he votes for himself, he’ll be the mayor,” said
    Charlotte Mills, Gallatin County clerk and recorder.

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Posted inballot access <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=46>


    “Russians Still Have An Open Path To U.S. Election Subversion”
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=95336>

Posted onOctober 8, 2017 1:11 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=95336>byJustin Levitt 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=4>

Anunfortunate Newsweek headline 
<http://www.newsweek.com/spy-talk-jeff-stein-donald-trump-russia-homeland-security-election-russia-680179>for 
an article about filling Homeland Security positions to assist with 
cyberdefense.

The federal government could certainly play a role in assisting on 
cybersecurity matters, and probably should do so.  But aside from the 
fact that federal government entities still operate even without 
confirmed political leadership, the headline seems to forget about state 
and local officials.  And what little we know about cybersecurity in the 
2016 election indicates that attempted infiltration in most states 
failed precisely due to measures that state and local officials already 
had in place.

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Posted invoting technology <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=40>


    “The Impact of Close Races on Electoral College and Popular Vote
    Conflicts in US Presidential Elections”
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=95334>

Posted onOctober 8, 2017 1:09 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=95334>byJustin Levitt 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=4>

Here’s the paper 
<http://election.princeton.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/bakthavachalam_fuentes17_MEVC_popular-electoral-split-model-8oct2017.pdf>behind 
the reportI mentioned yesterday <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=95312>, 
finding that one out of every three presidential elections where the 
popular vote margin is within 3% will feature a mismatch between the 
popular vote and the electoral college.

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    “American plutocrats are running for political office across the
    country. Will democracy survive?” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=95332>

Posted onOctober 8, 2017 1:09 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=95332>byJustin Levitt 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=4>

Part of my role here in temporarily manning the helm of the ELB is to 
think What Would Rick Do? And so I can’t let this piece onplutocratic 
candidates 
<https://www.salon.com/2017/10/08/camericas-plutocrats-are-running-for-political-office-across-the-country-can-our-democracy-survive_partner/>pass.

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Posted inPlutocrats United <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=104>


    “Political Road Map: How California went from worst to first in
    drawing fair political maps” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=95330>

Posted onOctober 8, 2017 1:08 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=95330>byJustin Levitt 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=4>

John Myers for the LA Times,with a little history 
<http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-pol-ca-road-map-california-redistricting-supreme-court-20171008-story.html>.

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    Even more on Gill <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=95328>

Posted onOctober 8, 2017 1:08 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=95328>byJustin Levitt 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=4>

Asher Steinbergblogs 
<http://narrowestgrounds.blogspot.com/2017/10/a-miscellany-of-thoughts-on-justice.html>up 
astorm 
<http://narrowestgrounds.blogspot.com/2017/10/partisan-gerrymanders-arent-intentional.html>.

And the Detroit Free Presshighlights 
<http://www.freep.com/story/opinion/columnists/brian-dickerson/2017/10/08/gerrymandering-supreme-court/737243001/>Eric 
Lander’s brief and the role of science.

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