[EL] ELB News and Commentary 9/7/17
Rick Hasen
rhasen at law.uci.edu
Thu Sep 7 07:27:01 PDT 2017
President Trump Nominates FEC Commissioner Matthew Petersen for Federal District Court Judgeship in DC<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=94654>
Posted on September 7, 2017 7:23 am<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=94654> by Rick Hasen<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Dave Levinthal<https://twitter.com/davelevinthal/status/905798128359624705> with the news, who also notes<https://twitter.com/davelevinthal/status/905797255483064321> that if Petersen is confirmed there would be only 4 commissioners on the 6-member commission, a bare quorum.
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Posted in federal election commission<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=24>
“Republicans split over gerrymandering case headed to Supreme Court”<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=94652>
Posted on September 7, 2017 7:15 am<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=94652> by Rick Hasen<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Bob Barnes<https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/courts_law/republicans-split-over-gerrymandering-case-headed-to-supreme-court/2017/09/06/b77bcc72-932f-11e7-8754-d478688d23b4_story.html?utm_term=.745bb81c5560> for WaPo:
A long list of prominent Republicans is urging the Supreme Court to find that extreme partisan gerrymandering is unconstitutional, saying the practice of drawing electoral lines to benefit one party or another is detrimental to democracy.
It puts those Republicans on opposing sides from groups such as the Republican National Committee and the party’s congressional campaign committee, which are supporting Wisconsin’s GOP-led legislature in a major high court case to be heard next month.
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Posted in redistricting<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=6>, Supreme Court<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=29>
“NYC Campaign Program Boosts Importance of Small Donors”<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=94650>
Posted on September 7, 2017 7:14 am<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=94650> by Rick Hasen<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
WSJ report.<https://www.wsj.com/articles/nyc-campaign-program-boosts-importance-of-small-donors-1504632487>
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Posted in campaign finance<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>
“Voting vulnerability: Study points to potential fraud in online voting registration systems”<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=94648>
Posted on September 7, 2017 7:12 am<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=94648> by Rick Hasen<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Phys.org:<https://phys.org/news/2017-09-voting-vulnerability-potential-fraud-online.html>
Online attackers may be able to purchase – for as little as a few thousand dollars – enough personal information to potentially alter voter registration information in as many as 35 states and the District of Columbia, according to a new Harvard study<https://techscience.org/a/2017090601/>.
Dubbed “voter<https://phys.org/tags/voter/> identity theft” by study authors Latanya Sweeney, Professor of Government and Technology in Residence, research analyst Ji Su Yoo and graduate student Jinyan Zang, the vulnerability could be exploited by attackers to attempt to disenfranchise many voters where voter registration information can be changed online. Armed with personal information obtained through legitimate or illegitimate sources, hackers could know enough to impersonate voters and change key information using online voter registration systems.
One tactic, researchers said, would be to simply change voters’ addresses, making it appear – to poll workers at least – as though they were voting at the wrong location. Those voters might be forced to cast provisional ballots, which in many circumstances are not counted. The study is described in a September 6 paper<https://techscience.org/a/2017090601/> published in the Journal of Technology Science.
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Posted in election administration<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18>, voting technology<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=40>
“New Senate Amendment Would Provide Resources To States For Election Cybersecurity”<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=94646>
Posted on September 7, 2017 7:08 am<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=94646> by Rick Hasen<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
A ChapinBlog.<http://editions.lib.umn.edu/electionacademy/2017/09/07/new-senate-amendment-would-provide-resources-to-states-for-election-cybersecurity/>
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Posted in election administration<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18>, The Voting Wars<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=60>
NH: “The People, No; Repressing the ballot in the Granite State”<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=94644>
Posted on September 7, 2017 7:06 am<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=94644> by Rick Hasen<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Zack Roth in The Baffler<https://thebaffler.com/salvos/the-people-no-roth?utm_campaign=Issue%2036%20Release&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=56033470&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_526HTMeIP1ccyC5bHzaMAqqgrJ_ZB25o-4kHKjbOa5nViSebzmvCKAoVGl_WxseakxgkCVi0hOWldi3N96r--lTqDXQ&_hsmi=56033470>.
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Posted in election administration<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18>, The Voting Wars<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=60>
“Top Civil Rights Nominee Won’t Refute Trump Falsehood About Illegal Voting in 2016”<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=94642>
Posted on September 6, 2017 8:13 pm<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=94642> by Rick Hasen<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Pema Levy<http://www.motherjones.com/crime-justice/2017/09/charlottesville-and-voting-rights-loom-over-hearing-for-top-civil-rights-enforcer/> for Mother Jones:
Recent events loomed over the hearing. Dreiband faced questions about the violence in Charlottesville, which the division is investigating, and the rise of hate crimes. He was also asked about voting rights, amid moves by the Trump administration to crack down on voter fraud and potentially make it harder for many people, particularly minorities, to vote. Asked whether he agreed with Trump that millions of fraudulent ballots were cast in the 2016 elections, Dreiband answered simply that he was “unaware of the data about voter fraud in the United States.”
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Posted in Department of Justice<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=26>, The Voting Wars<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=60>
UC Irvine School of Law Dean Search Announcement<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=94640>
Posted on September 6, 2017 7:02 pm<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=94640> by Rick Hasen<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Please help spread the word about this<http://www.imsearch.com/searches/details/content/S6-305> wonderful opportunity<http://www.imsearch.com/modules/1/DisplaySearchPDF.aspx?itemID=s6-305>.
(I am on the dean search committee. Feel free to reach out with nominations.)
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Posted in Uncategorized<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=1>
Full List of Amicus Briefs Supporting Challengers in Wisconsin Partisan Gerrymandering Case<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=94638>
Posted on September 6, 2017 4:02 pm<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=94638> by Rick Hasen<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
My list yesterday was partial. I believe this is the full list:
Amicus Briefs in Support of Appellees
* Heather K. Gerken, Jonathan N. Katz, Gary King, Larry J. Sabato, and Samuel S.-H. Wang in Support of Appellees <https://www.brennancenter.org/sites/default/files/legal-work/Gill_AmicusBrief_HeatherK.GerkenEtAl_InSupportofAppellees.pdf> (August 30, 2017)
* Eric Lander in Support of Appellees <https://www.brennancenter.org/sites/default/files/legal-work/Gill_AmicusBrief_EricLander_InSupportofAppellees.pdf> (August 31, 2017)
* 44 Election Law, Scientific Evidence, and Empirical Legal Scholars in Support of Appellees<https://www.brennancenter.org/sites/default/files/legal-work/Gill_Amicus_Brief_44ElectionLawet.al_.LegalScholars.pdf> (September 1, 2017)
* NAACP LDF, et al. in Support of Appellees <https://www.brennancenter.org/sites/default/files/legal-work/Gill_AmicusBrief_LDF_InSupportofAppellees.pdf> (September 1, 2017)
* Colleagues of Professor Norman Dorsen in Support of Appellees<https://www.brennancenter.org/sites/default/files/legal-work/Gill_AmicusBrief_ColleaguesofProfNormanDorsen.pdf> (September 1, 2017)
* ACLU, New York Civil Liberties Union, and ACLU of the Wisconsin Foundation in Support of Appellees<https://www.brennancenter.org/sites/default/files/legal-work/Gill_AmicusBrief_ACLU_InSupportofAppelles.pdf> (September 1, 2017)
* Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law in Support of Appellees<http://www.brennancenter.org/sites/default/files/legal-work/Gill_AmicusBrief_BrennanCenterforJustice_InSupportofAppellees.pdf> (September 5, 2017)
* Republican Statewide Officials in Support of Appellees<http://www.brennancenter.org/sites/default/files/legal-work/Gill_AmicusBrief_Republican_Statewide_Officials_InSupportofAppellees.pdf> (September 5, 2017)
* Current Members of Congress and Bipartisan Former Members of Congress in Support of Appellees<http://www.brennancenter.org/sites/default/files/legal-work/Gill_AmicusBrief_Current%20Members%20of%20Congress%20and%20Bipartisan%20Former%20Members%20of%20Congress.pdf> (Constitutional Accountability Center) (September 5, 2017)
* Bipartisan Group of Current and Former Members of Congress in Support of Appellees<http://www.brennancenter.org/sites/default/files/legal-work/Gill_AmicusBrief_Bipartisan%20Group%20of%20Current%20and%20Former%20Members%20of%20Congress.pdf>(WilmerHale) (September 5, 2017)
* Senators John McCain and Sheldon Whitehouse in Support of Appellees<http://www.brennancenter.org/sites/default/files/legal-work/Gill_AmicusBrief_SenatorsJohnMcCain_and_SheldonWhitehouse_InSupportofAppellees.pdf> (September 5, 2017)
* Historians in Support of Appellees<http://www.brennancenter.org/sites/default/files/legal-work/Gill_AmicusBrief_Historians_InSupportofAppellees.pdf> (September 5, 2017)
* American Jewish Committee, et al. in Support of Appellees<https://www.brennancenter.org/sites/default/files/legal-work/Gill_AmicusBrief_AmericanJewishCommittee_et.al_InSupportofAppellees.pdf> (September 5, 2017)
* Political Science Professors in Support of Appeelles and Affirmance<https://www.brennancenter.org/sites/default/files/legal-work/Gill_AmicusBrief_PoliticalScienceProfessors_InSupportof%20Appellees.pdf> (September 5, 2017)
* Bipartisan Group of 65 Current and Former State Legislators in Support of Appellees<https://www.brennancenter.org/sites/default/files/legal-work/Gill_AmicusBrief_BipartisanLegislators_InSupportofAppellees.pdf>(September 5, 2017)
* Law Professors in Support of Appellees<https://www.brennancenter.org/sites/default/files/legal-work/Gill_AmicusBrief_Law%20Professors_InSupportofAppellees.pdf> (Karlan et al.) (September 5, 2017)
* Constitutional Law Professors in Support of Appellees<https://www.brennancenter.org/sites/default/files/legal-work/Gill_AmicusBrief_ConstitutionalLawProfessors_InSupportofAppellees.pdf> (Sullivan et al.) (September 5, 2017)
* Election Law and Constitutional Law Scholars in Support of Appellees<https://www.brennancenter.org/sites/default/files/legal-work/Gill_AmicusBrief_ElectionLawAndConstitutionalLawScholars_InSupportofAppellees.pdf> (First Amendment) (September 5, 2017)
* Common Cause in Support of Appellees<http://www.brennancenter.org/sites/default/files/legal-work/Gill_AmicusBrief_%20Common%20Cause_InSupportofAppellees.pdf> (September 5, 2017)
* Political Geography Scholars in Support of Appellees<http://www.brennancenter.org/sites/default/files/legal-work/Gill_AmicusBrief_%20Political%20Geography%20Scholars_InSupportofAppellees.pdf> (September 5, 2017)
* League of Conservation Voters, et al. in Support of Appelles<https://www.brennancenter.org/sites/default/files/legal-work/Gill_Amicus_Brief_LeagueOfConservationVoters_InSupportofAppellees.pdf> (September 5, 2017)
* David Boyle in Support of Appellees <https://www.brennancenter.org/sites/default/files/legal-work/Gill_AmicusBrief_DavidBoyle_InSupportofAppellees.pdf> (September 5, 2017)
* Represent.Us and Richard Painter in Support of Appellees <https://www.brennancenter.org/sites/default/files/legal-work/Gill_AmicusBrief_Represent.Us_and_RichardPainter_InSupportofAppellees.pdf> (September 5, 2017)
* International Municipal Lawyers Association, et al. in Support of Appellees<https://www.brennancenter.org/sites/default/files/legal-work/Gill_AmicusBrief_IMLAetal_InSupportofAppellees.pdf> (September 5, 2017)
* Robin Best, et al. in Support of Appellees <https://www.brennancenter.org/sites/default/files/legal-work/Gill_AmicusBrief_Bestetal_InSupportofAppellees.pdf> (September 5, 2017)
* States of Oregon, Alaska, California, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, Iowa, Kentucky, Maine, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Mexico, New York, Rhode Island, Vermont, Washington, and the District of Columbia in Support of Appellees<https://www.brennancenter.org/sites/default/files/legal-work/Gill_AmicusBrief_StatesOfOregonetal_InSupportofAppellees.pdf> (September 5, 2017)
* Center for Media and Democracy in Support of Appellees <https://www.brennancenter.org/sites/default/files/legal-work/Gill_AmicusBrief_CenterforMediaandDemocracy_InSupportofAppellees.pdf> (September 5, 2017)
* Georgia State Conference of the NAACP, et al. in Support of Appellees<https://www.brennancenter.org/sites/default/files/legal-work/Gill_AmicusBrief_GASt.Conf_.oftheNAACP_InSupportofAppellees.pdf> (September 5, 2017)
* California Citizens Redistricting Commission and FairDistricts Now Inc. in Support of Appellees<https://www.brennancenter.org/sites/default/files/legal-work/Gill_AmicusBrief_CARedistrictingCommissionandFairDistrictsNowInc_InSupportofAppellees.pdf> (September 5, 2017)
* Professor D. Theodore Rave in Support of Appellees<https://www.brennancenter.org/sites/default/files/legal-work/Gill_AmicusBrief_ProfessorDTheodoreRave_InSupportofAppellees.pdf> (September 5, 2017)
* FairVote and One Nation One Vote in Support of Appellees<http://www.brennancenter.org/sites/default/files/legal-work/Gill_AmicusBrief_Fairvote_and_OneNationOneVote_InSupportofAppellees.pdf> (September 5, 2017)
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Posted in Uncategorized<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=1>
Judge Posner Says He Plans to Manage His Cat’s Campaign for President in 2020<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=94636>
Posted on September 6, 2017 3:47 pm<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=94636> by Rick Hasen<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Chicago Daily Law Bulletin:<http://chicagolawbulletin.com/Articles/2017/09/06/Posner-bench-friction-9-6-17?utm_source=public&utm_medium=story&utm_content=Posner-bench-friction-9-6-17&utm_campaign=sampler>
In his e-mail, Posner wrote leaving the bench opens the way for him to assist Pixie, a Maine Coon cat who succeeded the late Dinah.
Pixie intends to run for president in 2020, Posner wrote in the e-mail.
As a judge, he clarified, he could not manage or otherwise participate in Pixie’s bid last year for the highest office in the land. Pixie lost to real estate mogul Trump, despite writers at the Above The Law blog endorsing the cat.
Posner plans to take a leading role in Pixie’s 2020 campaign.
“I am optimistic that by then the public will be fed up with human presidential candidates, whether named Trump or Clinton,” he wrote.
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Posted in campaigns<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=59>, election law "humor"<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=52>
Agenda for Pence-Kobach Commission Meeting in NH<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=94630>
Posted on September 6, 2017 3:00 pm<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=94630> by Rick Hasen<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Lopsided indeed.<https://twitter.com/pamelafessler/status/905544584326995968>
Very disappointed to see people like Kim Brace, Andrew Appel and Ron Rivest participating in this charade.
Update: This<https://twitter.com/rickhasen/status/905555083638611969> from Michael McDonald is troubling.
More McDonald: <https://twitter.com/ElectProject/status/905555748276592640>
NH SoS Gardner told me this would be the “Democratic” meeting of commission and he’d have control of agenda. Doesn’t seem to have panned out
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Posted in fraudulent fraud squad<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=8>
Would Russian Paid Facebook Ads to Help Elect Trump Be Illegal?<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=94626>
Posted on September 6, 2017 2:18 pm<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=94626> by Rick Hasen<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Today’s news reveals<https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/facebook-says-it-sold-political-ads-to-russian-company-during-2016-election/2017/09/06/32f01fd2-931e-11e7-89fa-bb822a46da5b_story.html?utm_term=.2e96ecbeb78e> that Facebook got money, likely from sources connected to the Russian government, to spend ads likely intended to benefit Trump’s election. Is this illegal?
The issue is complicated and below I reproduce a footnote from my Cheap Speech paper<https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3017598> spelling out some of the particulars. But here are the basics:
1. Federal law makes it illegal for a foreign individual, entity, or government to pay for ads independently expressly advocating the election or defeat of a candidate (e.g., Vote for Smith). If any Facebook ads did that, it is illegal.
2. Federal law makes it illegal for a foreign individual, entity or government to contribute to a U.S. candidate campaign/party. Spending money in coordination with a campaign counts as a contribution. So if a campaign told the Russian entity where/who/when/how to place the ads, that would be illegal, even if the ads did not contain express advocacy. That seems to be the next question for investigators: how would the Russians know where to target the ads?
3. The more difficult question is whether federal law prohibits, and if so if it is constitutional to prohibit, spending on elections that do not expressly advocate the election or defeat of a candidate (and don’t count as tv/radio electioneering communications) if those ads are intended to influence the outcome of the election. If the Facebook ads just riled up people on guns but did not mention Trump for example, but were intended to help Trump get elected, can those be illegal? That’s the harder question.
For those wanting more, the footnote is below the fold:
Continue reading →<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=94626#more-94626>
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Posted in chicanery<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=12>
“Facebook says it sold political ads to Russian company during 2016 election”<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=94624>
Posted on September 6, 2017 1:10 pm<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=94624> by Rick Hasen<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
WaPo:<https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/facebook-says-it-sold-political-ads-to-russian-company-during-2016-election/2017/09/06/32f01fd2-931e-11e7-89fa-bb822a46da5b_story.html?utm_term=.b86d0456fd81>
Representatives of Facebook told congressional investigators Wednesday that it has discovered it sold ads during the U.S. presidential election to a shadowy Russian company seeking to target voters, according to several people familiar with the company’s findings.
Facebook officials reported that they traced the ad sales, totaling $100,000, to a Russian “troll farm” with a history of pushing pro-Kremlin propaganda, these people said.
A small portion of the ads, which began in the summer of 2015, directly named Republican nominee Donald Trump and Democrat Hillary Clinton, the people said. Most of the ads focused on pumping politically divisive issues such as gun rights and immigration fears, as well as gay rights and racial discrimination.
The acknowledgment by Facebook comes as congressional investigators and special counsel Robert Mueller are probing Russian interference in the U.S. election, including allegations that the Kremlin may have coordinated with the Trump campaign.
This is a big deal. I address the legality and danger of this Russian interference in my Cheap Speech<https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3017598>paper.
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Posted in campaign finance<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>, campaigns<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=59>, chicanery<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=12>
5th Circuit Sets Oral Argument in Texas Voter ID Case for December, After First Setting It in November<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=94622>
Posted on September 6, 2017 12:12 pm<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=94622> by Rick Hasen<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Chuck Lindell<https://twitter.com/chucklindell/status/905469747139026944> with the schedule.
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Posted in The Voting Wars<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=60>, voter id<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=9>
Supreme Court Will Hear Ohio Voter Purge Case November 8<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=94620>
Posted on September 6, 2017 12:06 pm<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=94620> by Rick Hasen<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Amy Howe<http://amylhowe.com/2017/08/31/supreme-court-releases-november-argument-calendar/> with the November calendar.
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Posted in Supreme Court<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=29>
“Exclusive: First look at paper-ballot machines that Georgia is testing”<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=94617>
Posted on September 6, 2017 10:43 am<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=94617> by Rick Hasen<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
AJC:<http://www.myajc.com/news/state--regional-govt--politics/exclusive-first-look-paper-ballot-machines-that-georgia-testing/fKMlpVvFX7ZNwyLAI2089K/>
The test of the system, demonstrated exclusively Tuesday for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution and WSB-TV, came as early voters in Conyers will begin Oct. 16 to use the ballots along with new electronic record, voting and tabulating machines ahead of a Nov. 7 election for mayor and two City Council seats.
If all goes as planned, it’s the first time voters — excluding absentee voters — will have cast ballots on a system with a paper component since 2008. Back then, officials attached paper spools for a local election on some of the state’s existing electronic voting machines but decided the process was too cumbersome to proceed<http://www.myajc.com/news/state--regional-govt--politics/georgia-voting-machines-face-criticism-but-state-says-they-secure/rcxCNafPMorse73l6Gu75M/>.
It also sets the stage for conversations at the state Capitol about how Georgia can transition away from the aging election system it currently uses. The state last overhauled its system in 2002, at a cost of at least $54 million, when it committed to the now-familiar touch-screen electronic voting machines that millions of voters here still use today.
At the same time, it eliminated a paper trail of recorded votes — something election experts now warn against<http://www.myajc.com/news/state--regional-govt--politics/experts-push-paper-ballot-trail-after-alleged-breach-georgia-data/thLj12kL5AcuWl3i8p53oN/>.
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“Civil Rights Groups File Lawsuit Challenging Removal of Voters from New York Poll Books”<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=94615>
Posted on September 6, 2017 10:39 am<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=94615> by Rick Hasen<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Release:<https://lawyerscommittee.org/press-release/civil-rights-groups-file-lawsuit-challenging-removal-voters-new-york-poll-books/>
The Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law (Lawyers’ Committee), together with LatinoJustice PRLDEF and the law firm of Dechert LLP, filed suit in federal court in New York on Wednesday on behalf of Common Cause New York to restore the voting rights of millions of New Yorkers ahead of the 2018 election.
The suit against the New York State Board of Elections alleges that certain eligible but “inactive” voters are improperly removed from poll books throughout New York State in violation of the National Voter Registration Act (NVRA). This causes the disenfranchisement of New Yorkers who are incorrectly told by poll workers that they are not eligible to vote or forced to vote an affidavit ballot rather than a regular ballot. The NVRA, however, precludes removal of eligible voters from the voting rolls unless they fail to respond to a postcard from election officials seeking to verify their address and also fail to vote in two consecutive federal election cycles.
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