[EL] What if...
larrylevine at earthlink.net
larrylevine at earthlink.net
Tue Dec 4 21:36:18 PST 2018
I agree. This kind of stuff serves no positive purpose and feeds public
distrust in the process and system.
Larry
From: Law-election <law-election-bounces at department-lists.uci.edu> On Behalf
Of Smith, Brad
Sent: Tuesday, 4 December 2018 9:21 PM
To: Rick Hasen <rhasen at law.uci.edu>; Election Law Listserv
<law-election at uci.edu>
Subject: Re: [EL] What if...
<https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=https%3a%2f%2felectionlawblog.org%2f%
3fp%3d102629&c=E,1,l-jL9CvRONG4iRGnr5ADaoGDeA7XGMLuCEtSrtT7sXOFFGoDWL6DusHaN
eu0tHRxcVZWghnuGzqBpqtO2parcBiwocel4VJrjtREMagiT_lR6wJa&typo=1> "What if
Trump loses but refuses to leave the White House? We have to start to
contemplate the possibility"
Stop. Just stop.
Or maybe run this headline: "Democrats, without evidence, suggest that Trump
may refuse to leave White House if he loses."
How about, "What if Trump wins re-election and Democrats refuse to accept
the result, engage in mass rioting in the streets? We have to start to
contemplate the possibility."
Or, "What if Trump rips off his mask, and is really Kang (or Kodos)? We have
to start to contemplate the possibility."
No, better my first impulse. Just stop.
Bradley A. Smith
Josiah H. Blackmore II/Shirley M. Nault
Professor of Law
Capital University Law School
303 E. Broad St.
Columbus, OH 43215
614.236.6317
http://law.capital.edu/faculty/bios/bsmith.aspx
_____
From: Law-election [law-election-bounces at department-lists.uci.edu] on behalf
of Rick Hasen [rhasen at law.uci.edu]
Sent: Tuesday, December 04, 2018 10:42 PM
To: Election Law Listserv
Subject: [EL] ELB News and Commentary 12/5/18
<https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=https%3a%2f%2felectionlawblog.org%2f%
3fp%3d102637&c=E,1,t1b1qLWc2iLZKzLnrJRFpQfg3UoQ_75X_6xIzsbSvDkFMkmj0_wbKgM6N
6fe3rPNRy1yLzSDv4gDDZ94QggMfOsCAe615x1zQbSmu5GqsPRU&typo=1> "Republican Brad
Raffensperger leads in runoff election for Georgia secretary of state"
Posted on
<https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=https%3a%2f%2felectionlawblog.org%2f%
3fp%3d102637&c=E,1,LSGjEDwGyLAXsd5wHq_mNF2X0ddTrIXrpmVhE8N235WgYXvq6jvOI3yYa
vR8nYorRM7uW9xjAHIEUIZU_RoHgEN7kyGK72pbmA8j4ESkrQiB2agQ8s8IYC4Xg7J7&typo=1>
December 4, 2018 7:34 pm by
<https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=https%3a%2f%2felectionlawblog.org%2f%
3fauthor%3d3&c=E,1,RGcbJGaRuZCkuXAlXBNDihGFvzpuxnz1ffdN2JeHbeBzDvcjYdJGdgs_o
VPig-n4NKU7YxXKoQS8h2b0fx7ZpJAsZOBd-N9aXzWALksD3Li7QnMK4wgqIqA,&typo=1> Rick
Hasen
<https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/republican-brad-raffensperger-leads
-in-runoff-election-for-georgia-secretary-of-state/2018/12/04/e64dfe90-f7d7-
11e8-8d64-4e79db33382f_story.html?utm_term=.9c9c6f42c8f6> WaPo:
Republican state Rep. Brad Raffensperger held a comfortable lead over former
Democratic congressman John Barrow on Tuesday in a runoff election for
<https://www.washingtonpost.com/election-results/georgia/?tid=a_inl_auto>
Georgia secretary of state that took place amid lingering concerns about
voter disenfranchisement in a state likely to remain a battleground in 2020.
Raffensperger's election would continue a losing streak for Democrats, who
have not won a statewide election in Georgia since 2010, and would ensure
that stricter election laws pushed by state Republicans remain in place
unless legal challenges overturn them.
<https://www.addtoany.com/share#url=https%3A%2F%2Felectionlawblog.org%2F%3Fp
%3D102637&title=%E2%80%9CRepublican%20Brad%20Raffensperger%20leads%20in%20ru
noff%20election%20for%20Georgia%20secretary%20of%20state%E2%80%9D>
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3fcat%3d18&c=E,1,DjyvppiOecEl9iwKp2dw4MsYMCoVWihmmd9Fm-L5IW_1wDoYuPpf7vAXJaS
He_6OgyRtda9wrYH-gPsT88NAIMNgfHe3v8WoN2FYsfayUKCSlPmMRhQ,&typo=1> election
administration
<https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=https%3a%2f%2felectionlawblog.org%2f%
3fp%3d102635&c=E,1,JwCcQ1rkUHSNwQLkgQBJeIg6HbawfZJWX8s1SM0WHmLduRcf3x-SgM0Lw
iXi5uolvcgT4UNwANRZtAM3CCVT1pXLyy0x2HpSmqeEzY1J8nic4-Y9Kg5YkQ,,&typo=1> "Who
is McCrae Dowless, man who appears to be center of 9th District
investigation?"
Posted on
<https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=https%3a%2f%2felectionlawblog.org%2f%
3fp%3d102635&c=E,1,0I2F-gogRIZVSdXkVW7UsKhchnZZL4IwaObDZ9qKT5htXYmZqWPu6zx3g
lxhSWjU0tIktnVD2bsQyuzZPO8wQgeCeGSQyd5YjVBvi0kttBlbcja4MPp3&typo=1> December
4, 2018 7:27 pm by
<https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=https%3a%2f%2felectionlawblog.org%2f%
3fauthor%3d3&c=E,1,TmVlKWloYv3GpEjgAMSRLIZc7z4M_RvKBPLtXGmn0gB9Sfj3J4ufmqrvT
F0LGKvT9dmSV1LNPy7q9DAkDdUrFPHsvrFC108GdkUwLcv8lP7_CA,,&typo=1> Rick Hasen
<https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=https%3a%2f%2fwww.wsoctv.com%2fnews%2
flocal%2fman-in-center-of-voter-fraud-investigation-in-nc-district-9-race-ha
s-criminal-past%2f882190369&c=E,1,dvOQdkXCnQF2tgynajgM7xGl_RRSzdG14FofRz68l_
b_SXh-3jYKUuiQiOALXuA7gh1T0uEosq9jFFj2H239-Pd-_L204hTee6BeurrjjZosMw,,&typo=
1> WSOC reports.
<https://www.addtoany.com/share#url=https%3A%2F%2Felectionlawblog.org%2F%3Fp
%3D102635&title=%E2%80%9CWho%20is%20McCrae%20Dowless%2C%20man%20who%20appear
s%20to%20be%20center%20of%209th%20District%20investigation%3F%E2%80%9D>
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3fcat%3d59&c=E,1,r-a7yZ2j5df2sAAOzwOOaI6K6s4EP7p3g-kNVymnzZyGpKToJCPm3OimKyg
tiGBGvqYlAGKSnjvtFJLqVN1u1tiCG3Q_TRLbZUTLVMdr56j8VD2liSUzaPEA&typo=1>
campaigns,
<https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=https%3a%2f%2felectionlawblog.org%2f%
3fcat%3d12&c=E,1,mR4gDQiKv5a0288UsRB6nWv-MKQARQ6TUcjgiSu8jNH9QgSohE_nfTq1Lj2
We9Kt0FS8g23qeS7Avtj3H8kxJRmX45Uv_ynXifdlVkxkpoTDynTtTQ,,&typo=1> chicanery
<https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=https%3a%2f%2felectionlawblog.org%2f%
3fp%3d102633&c=E,1,kpodgozoigwInRYOrNoN_g78VYVi1sxuB9aiGMb94sD-XkIE0vO3_rvfW
wPZMYOIW2BbwIo3RV24EOm2PpsoEDyjJQBDZDQ2c240lGhzhWuNOnFTSxU,&typo=1> "U.S.
Supreme Court orders state of Utah to respond to GOP lawsuit challenging
election law"
Posted on
<https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=https%3a%2f%2felectionlawblog.org%2f%
3fp%3d102633&c=E,1,M7QLt_kruKEgOlbZBjQFY4wB7qNwjgUP32z6b78fHIBYQFst7BYGy3r34
1KVn7VjmdNe1rb7Xk70WyJA_MjRkQfBDH0g0aoyAfFUl30u5ZafcA,,&typo=1> December 4,
2018 7:25 pm by
<https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=https%3a%2f%2felectionlawblog.org%2f%
3fauthor%3d3&c=E,1,KMBAyWRkuvzOFLXgroAzWvb5huAe_EmwDbDPWidE9TqYLnWQa3SijJaTX
weMvggZGcJLzKre_bR6ecfYOv_P6BbUiRzgNKc8dCX0yS9lcllx8PoGDjlN&typo=1> Rick
Hasen
<https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=https%3a%2f%2fwww.sltrib.com%2fnews%2
fpolitics%2f2018%2f12%2f04%2fus-supreme-court-orders%2f&c=E,1,WII_iVE1BhNgs-
_FM9Jh0iv3ceKcwqH5ws0Fw2LYmXQGOn1E6R7WK7r5bjJnK5GVnk4S6iAMP9cGvRakfn_w_gm8cF
8cFre4MowISfULCQ,,&typo=1> The Salt Lake Tribune reports.
<https://www.addtoany.com/share#url=https%3A%2F%2Felectionlawblog.org%2F%3Fp
%3D102633&title=%E2%80%9CU.S.%20Supreme%20Court%20orders%20state%20of%20Utah
%20to%20respond%20to%20GOP%20lawsuit%20challenging%20election%20law%E2%80%9D
>
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3fcat%3d25&c=E,1,rWErIuB4WuPtSCFHhOReLkfDfEjqflkW74U3Aw0m58n4pS79srXVEzgnsGb
2YjEJgr64KDdgKQUnDSfESiaDZlrqu3xbQXukw9wEjpreVliVh9yS8fGkS3S6&typo=1>
political parties,
<https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=https%3a%2f%2felectionlawblog.org%2f%
3fcat%3d32&c=E,1,f-E2WxjLWf6zWvDJuf1drCwvQ6p0Mn_P5HFzNlbjGt0JetId3aLbz9xRd_Z
jlOwDzkZgArFt04LhUgZWSywXuclDzSVLfnL3pPq4R-97Ew,,&typo=1> primaries
<https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=https%3a%2f%2felectionlawblog.org%2f%
3fp%3d102631&c=E,1,_VcORP4XBMeKryCTYjtNI4LtizNlKotNi-U6i7yxU6NuZ_XyFH15dYEJx
K866eDTHhd1CXCWGMXvgkpPbr641BzC0koju1uQoq84VCI_21LfukY,&typo=1> "Do State
Legislators have Standing to Appeal a District Court Racial Gerrymandering
Ruling?"
Posted on
<https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=https%3a%2f%2felectionlawblog.org%2f%
3fp%3d102631&c=E,1,cI0wwH7gH82IK-P1qCpdU3xWkvfxlX-zS0tlpkmuc13xieSdvWC_kX0BR
fOXursF_gs8ZQQw8YRf_6mxp3vHvzlmv2QxR1Pep46Uqktc11fbA5HyoqQf&typo=1> December
4, 2018 5:09 pm by
<https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=https%3a%2f%2felectionlawblog.org%2f%
3fauthor%3d3&c=E,1,VGBgM2STvOpb1SzLhYyQ9wIKPW96_T0zrJ4SCVVbJpLMKjWM6R2Q_lQfH
ZfbOkTMWMkUMkP-n8KYYi9fdnXMojdPaR6ZQc8XnBSGrbdandmyvOvgD4X36DjqPg,,&typo=1>
Rick Hasen
<https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=http%3a%2f%2felectls.blogs.wm.edu%2f2
018%2f12%2f04%2fstate-legislators-standing-appeal-district-court-racial-gerr
ymandering-ruling%2f&c=E,1,fKICJ2VF4ldOZebFOIK745iA5aMcwzWU8zPXtJlBt8prXqwFF
KZO34XhQsVK3VBV5JTlQx-Fsu7yclj1JflRGJrDaQn_gFux5rkHzHDCa-5_WY-c&typo=1> New
post at State of Elections.
<https://www.addtoany.com/share#url=https%3A%2F%2Felectionlawblog.org%2F%3Fp
%3D102631&title=%E2%80%9CDo%20State%20Legislators%20have%20Standing%20to%20A
ppeal%20a%20District%20Court%20Racial%20Gerrymandering%20Ruling%3F%E2%80%9D>
Posted in
<https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=https%3a%2f%2felectionlawblog.org%2f%
3fcat%3d6&c=E,1,2Ce_8x2cXNzW6aOTlkM59g0UK783TH-Tr4_FxGGherMJVQsD-uk3iu_nyFMx
T5_mhphmFsoRF-QbrrWGYEW0hx05E9JxrEYferV32zjFi9-0T8J7FUY2KYk,&typo=1>
redistricting
<https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=https%3a%2f%2felectionlawblog.org%2f%
3fp%3d102629&c=E,1,l-jL9CvRONG4iRGnr5ADaoGDeA7XGMLuCEtSrtT7sXOFFGoDWL6DusHaN
eu0tHRxcVZWghnuGzqBpqtO2parcBiwocel4VJrjtREMagiT_lR6wJa&typo=1> "What if
Trump loses but refuses to leave the White House? We have to start to
contemplate the possibility"
Posted on
<https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=https%3a%2f%2felectionlawblog.org%2f%
3fp%3d102629&c=E,1,p-sUeFBwTFI7FPdg8hXagrA94hecd32WNWCZx8-2rvSD2LT5KiCFue5M3
c_xusemaHqw0usU6XgPJkBjR0N8GkEQqt9fMrl6cR1HHLVyp1WQDe4WXE6cdsm7VO3X&typo=1>
December 4, 2018 3:03 pm by
<https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=https%3a%2f%2felectionlawblog.org%2f%
3fauthor%3d3&c=E,1,pmTC8s4gguqA8diqc4qfaDNJyVGUFV0T4euUz9iowqhH74sI-wzV9NSBm
GG32VDaG9v3fg4ltdBXK2p3oRhWmvBSb3GzflbpKebodgzKblJQQvMcw4qP&typo=1> Rick
Hasen
<https://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/ny-oped-what-if-trump-loses-but-refuses
-to-leave-the-white-house-20181127-story.html> Jerry Goldfeder and Lincoln
Mitchel NYDN oped.
<https://www.addtoany.com/share#url=https%3A%2F%2Felectionlawblog.org%2F%3Fp
%3D102629&title=%E2%80%9CWhat%20if%20Trump%20loses%20but%20refuses%20to%20le
ave%20the%20White%20House%3F%20We%20have%20to%20start%20to%20contemplate%20t
he%20possibility%E2%80%9D>
Posted in
<https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=https%3a%2f%2felectionlawblog.org%2f%
3fcat%3d60&c=E,1,zwKRHYssFvTvedopKnKet4OKaDJsKyKwiai-jV43C31_pBRoemEFtLjRxkL
ZfWUkl_YLweuUsUZh7-9dk2kOd-bqc5FeNQ3o7QkzNvT-Zg,,&typo=1> The Voting Wars
<https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=https%3a%2f%2felectionlawblog.org%2f%
3fp%3d102627&c=E,1,FuEJIlUmlBw6vzOo6GZuXkLBLqs99-vc2blGXzkwo9Qm3RJW_jr20HDi8
hW9IOY50osZnZKdKLn8YNpziDUoaMCb2R_3GcAXcdXqeKKxpw,,&typo=1> Smart David
Pozen on the Use of 501(c)(4)s to Fund Trump "Resistance" Groups
Posted on
<https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=https%3a%2f%2felectionlawblog.org%2f%
3fp%3d102627&c=E,1,EY5CvJwGhiotBvblEQZF5tfQ8l2Ngj7iiLgOwR4tJbhZXLGojNlhb8_qx
xn-q4vhOe8v4tR69zMXAuGTM4UpdgNMJ9N8ak804LsRxqg-5A,,&typo=1> December 4, 2018
12:44 pm by
<https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=https%3a%2f%2felectionlawblog.org%2f%
3fauthor%3d3&c=E,1,qfeo26OzxQkQxgUfW4P2s7quZCpXlqTNNiCWd4X8v2VpYL30w5pTyShNJ
iC6SxRzMRw4om-nn6NTQW_JCDE6VBDXraZC4RYKq-AImJLro3htbLX11w,,&typo=1> Rick
Hasen
I missed linking earlier t
<https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2018/11/501c3-501c4-activists-and
-tax-code/576364/> o this smart Atlantic piece from David:
This model had been fraying long before the Trump presidency. Labor unions,
under sustained attack from the right, suffered a steep decline in
membership and clout over the latter half of the 20th century. Public
charities continued to proliferate, but as progress on racial integration
stalled out and levels of economic inequality and partisan polarization
crept up and up, many on the left began to question whether a court-centric
approach was capable of producing lasting social change.
The 2016 election pushed these concerns past the breaking point. Thousands
upon thousands of well-established public charities, after all, didn't
translate into robust voter turnout. Nor did they halt the ascent of a
demagogue. And with Brett Kavanaugh's recent confirmation, whatever remained
of the left's faith in the Supreme Court as an engine of justice has
crumbled. While lawsuits may be crucial for challenging certain flagrant
abuses of power, many resistance groups feel compelled to participate
directly in the rough-and-tumble of electoral politics.
And so they have turned to . section 501(c)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code.
Many of the key groups founded to resist Trump, including Indivisible
Project, Onward Together, Our Revolution, Sixteen Thirty Fund, Stand Up
America, and Women's March, are abandoning the 501(c)(3) public-charity
route and incorporating as 501(c)(4) "social welfare" organizations instead.
Social-welfare organizations are also exempt from federal income tax, but
they have fewer fiscal privileges. Donations to them are not deductible. Yet
unlike public charities, they may lobby as much as they wish, and they may
engage in partisan political work-from asking candidates to sign pledges to
registering like-minded voters to endorsing specific pieces of
legislation-as long as that work is not their "primary" purpose or activity
(a requirement so hard to define and enforce that, in the
<https://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2013/05/15/does-the-irs-scandal-prove
-that-501c4s-should-be-eliminated/the-irs-should-eliminate-501c4-organizatio
ns> words of one leading nonprofit tax scholar, it "virtually invites
wholesale noncompliance"). Since this past summer, social-welfare
organizations have also been
<https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-drop/rp-18-38.pdf> allowed to withhold the
names of their donors from the Internal Revenue Service.
Together with affiliated political-action committees (pacs), conservative
social-welfare organizations such as Americans for Prosperity and Crossroads
GPS spent massive amounts over the past several election cycles. Liberals
initially responded with alarm at the "
<http://www.latimes.com/opinion/editorials/la-ed-irs-political-donations-sup
reme-court-20131204-story.html> politicization" of the 501(c)(4) category.
Now they are following suit.
<https://www.addtoany.com/share#url=https%3A%2F%2Felectionlawblog.org%2F%3Fp
%3D102627&title=Smart%20David%20Pozen%20on%20the%20Use%20of%20501(c)(4)s%20t
o%20Fund%20Trump%20%E2%80%9CResistance%E2%80%9D%20Groups>
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3fcat%3d22&c=E,1,jG-yamQTCdpcI09YS45ElLPP5tul8WcATwjR0sw4rZ2OyJDKn_kGwaROTpx
3heBQPoJT1KSSPFOdxKxbc8ZGbGrdREcXLLawJCDZ0tjVHO8pz2VI3HcP&typo=1> tax law
and election law
<https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=https%3a%2f%2felectionlawblog.org%2f%
3fp%3d102625&c=E,1,10sm6QQbO2K5g9VrYwfqcNXrMhOTEVAPgjzPG8mccdlVlmCbNkcmZs8ss
VJNKmFMRRyz6kcYIgPfG2a32Gq0iD1db9gOkywK6HXStVfBS13I8QbxlQnOJXPCuG0,&typo=1>
"NC GOP Trying Again To Cement Control Of Local Elections Boards During
Election Years"
Posted on
<https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=https%3a%2f%2felectionlawblog.org%2f%
3fp%3d102625&c=E,1,TTyLI6LZBCEcWpIZjci8pYEdYhFdp8eubQYZ-RpJ2YIWiQlQw9aVV8lEY
VElc9Pbl1stnULWjuugoFh3TpnGQ509RbgBYRSCNTql7gRkXFzNy5HsdaA,&typo=1> December
4, 2018 11:21 am by
<https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=https%3a%2f%2felectionlawblog.org%2f%
3fauthor%3d3&c=E,1,bX_vSUcj5G_-Ismkwcy_aUGj_9s7TmUtDKK6hOdT--ur13xEBCk_SersY
g-CAiSVST1Bb1F5RQgqwq10ICqdbk0PVyemti38dP2VufVVRFM,&typo=1> Rick Hasen
<https://talkingpointsmemo.com/muckraker/nc-gop-trying-again-to-cement-contr
ol-of-local-elections-boards-during-election-years> Tierney Sneed:
Even after a court called such a scheme unconstitutional, the GOP-controlled
North Carolina legislature will try again to design county election boards
to guarantee that Republicans have the chair in election years.
The provision is included in election
<https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=https%3a%2f%2fwww.ncleg.net%2fSession
s%2f2017%2fBills%2fHouse%2fPDF%2fH1117v1.pdf&c=E,1,i1Pwz6Ohcje7btiIl3_xkY3UT
aPXrrG-p7TUwzmobNFYUGFcPlM0Z4JKWqY46wHKrgWvHzFK3Uvi2D56xi9y_H_NNPs_mAOqXp3FX
gU2iXVw1UMe&typo=1> legislation released Monday evening that walked back
some of the power-grabbing moves the legislature attempted in 2016, after
Democrat Roy Cooper (pictured above) won the governorship. The legislature,
however, is holding on to a provision that set up a rotation system for
county boards that would guarantee that Republicans controlled the county
boards in years with statewide elections.
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%3D102625&title=%E2%80%9CNC%20GOP%20Trying%20Again%20To%20Cement%20Control%2
0Of%20Local%20Elections%20Boards%20During%20Election%20Years%E2%80%9D>
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wYoJPni9tIGqdAcAfnprAelW33BS_FQK2s_BxzOtRmKZVFhsTkBZKWk3VnN7p8,&typo=1>
"Democrats could refuse to seat North Carolina Republican, Hoyer says"
Posted on
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3fp%3d102623&c=E,1,fMFDC2rKOZcNHIx9bZtADEPi8jZTpbQzQsRoFsqk-AOiUnR1ltlrTdNXY
3AGdr_Jeg7npmLMVSQNzi64e_KURw4MokCMVuEijxkjAH1FKg,,&typo=1> December 4, 2018
9:54 am by
<https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=https%3a%2f%2felectionlawblog.org%2f%
3fauthor%3d3&c=E,1,wVKYJDstXgE8HdMhxJ8HGnnbjK0rRUT7E1zXLcOGb54tbKiaJPY0b9RFY
sSnFVopoV_stmDd76Us-ESbe-BaSj9ewH_GWEZ3sC6oiLW3Fb7Co4mT&typo=1> Rick Hasen
<https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/democrats-could-refuse-to-seat-nor
th-carolina-republican-hoyer-says/2018/12/04/71fe2b12-f7e3-11e8-863c-9e2f864
d47e7_story.html?utm_term=.466a9aff79a2> WaPo:
The incoming House majority leader said Democrats might refuse to seat a
North Carolina Republican next year unless and until "substantial"
<https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/north-carolina-election-fraud-inves
tigation-centers-on-operative-with-criminal-history-who-worked-for-gop-congr
essional-candidate/2018/12/03/7b270a90-f6aa-11e8-8c9a-860ce2a8148f_story.htm
l> questions about the integrity of his election are resolved.
Rep. Steny H. Hoyer (D-Md.), the current minority whip, made the comments to
reporters Tuesday as
<https://www.washingtonpost.com/election-results/north-carolina/?tid=a_inl_a
uto> North Carolina election officials investigate whether an operative
hired by Republican candidate Mark Harris illegally collected incomplete
ballots from voters.
The probe has delayed the certification of Harris's narrow victory in North
Carolina's 9th Congressional District, and the state officials could decide
to call for a new election. Harris and Democrat Dan McCready are separated
by 905 votes, according to unofficial returns.
But Hoyer's comments throw into doubt whether, if Harris's win is ultimately
certified, he would be sworn in as a member.
<https://www.addtoany.com/share#url=https%3A%2F%2Felectionlawblog.org%2F%3Fp
%3D102623&title=%E2%80%9CDemocrats%20could%20refuse%20to%20seat%20North%20Ca
rolina%20Republican%2C%20Hoyer%20says%E2%80%9D>
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3fcat%3d1&c=E,1,4NX4SQRHzJr_j3EguUxN5wI0stBg2jybRx9_K-5wYak3ZA_wbVeb27urWjLk
yPWbGpM59KMKQFyQHokBpbfMC9gL49_iPe51dXygyta9zYoael8,&typo=1> Uncategorized
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3fp%3d102621&c=E,1,usp1zyl2Cq3w8OnE4QaH801SuwplnJGsa7q7th6ELw5Kmm3RGYDo00f9t
J9Ljb5XmL4WdGRF5iFRidUO5d74FVhq-clWzim8VyaHl9g_eBihdQ,,&typo=1> "Exclusive:
Emails of top NRCC officials stolen in major 2018 hack"
Posted on
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3fp%3d102621&c=E,1,kEfoDOGqacM3vN52JraP2TkWhnYDIn5faZ91XxTrnj1qdpZE1Oy4Hqo3d
F7BgwVBe4f3vg_vDW8ewIpSmFxfSrOKJZB-kdTPVEBjG_0aX0w6zrEJOcJpQtE,&typo=1>
December 4, 2018 9:53 am by
<https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=https%3a%2f%2felectionlawblog.org%2f%
3fauthor%3d3&c=E,1,fDdDBpPgzF4E41gwoKrQ942PofcHPKHwaRXYmaiX69qVrHDqKJExyDhoO
WvIYfi0IIUFe-UJL-AxKLXZJDlS3-S7AywvqxvfwDD07ldPOA,,&typo=1> Rick Hasen
<https://www.politico.com/story/2018/12/04/exclusive-emails-of-top-nrcc-offi
cials-stolen-in-major-2018-hack-1043309> Politico:
The House GOP campaign arm suffered a major hack during the 2018 election,
exposing thousands of sensitive emails to an outside intruder, according to
three senior party officials.
The email accounts of four senior aides at the National Republican
Congressional Committee were surveilled for several months, the party
officials said. The intrusion was detected in April by an NRCC vendor, who
alerted the committee and its cybersecurity contractor. An internal
investigation was initiated and the FBI was alerted to the attack, said the
officials, who requested anonymity to discuss the incident.
However, senior House Republicans - including Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.),
House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) and Majority Whip Steve
Scalise (R-La.) - were not informed of the hack until POLITICO contacted the
NRCC on Monday with questions about the episode. Rank-and-file House
Republicans were not told, either.
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%3D102621&title=%E2%80%9CExclusive%3A%20Emails%20of%20top%20NRCC%20officials
%20stolen%20in%20major%202018%20hack%E2%80%9D>
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3fcat%3d59&c=E,1,YYe8rAUQSC4Ml6JknjbLt8U3uiS72C_GO9Q-_bozsFRX8DDOGW2kHHfoBhv
PnfIW6P8tT58mmddxFcfJEc-aEAUbQGpdpazCWhsh7Xr9LO7Oiy1naVWLjA,,&typo=1>
campaigns,
<https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=https%3a%2f%2felectionlawblog.org%2f%
3fcat%3d12&c=E,1,h7PqxOMUzPnByJc4c5ccscn-g_rIHvghWeCswCLger1IKCRrcwrVaLJYDuF
RfzYPlbe49fjW37Tm82ltLoRjJ0e4516FaYO5ALV8vCoH1R6ffQ,,&typo=1> chicanery
<https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=https%3a%2f%2felectionlawblog.org%2f%
3fp%3d102619&c=E,1,CgxeaD9hovNuAVgeu1xV8LQGNXhr5HOc7PZWgcNeSR9P1zbVir2wy0mXx
LHqlZjmTvoWcBNObHgCaHiTeST6fkeBMEsjpA3yhwmDdhvl05wlD7bewVviIL8H2w,,&typo=1>
"Improve Elections, Fully Confirm Election Assistance Commission Before
2020"
Posted on
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3fp%3d102619&c=E,1,Pl28FiitCzzVZa0agzfO6D6JIAo4UZvNmgP7MmAaFQ4OdGkokcgF2LEF9
PV_ptTO6oQko5_mnRKkfHYI6ESdAiBij-qQ9yxs_5RZ_Ktcf0W82A,,&typo=1> December 4,
2018 9:49 am by
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3fauthor%3d3&c=E,1,SLAq0MaeBNQnbC6uxnfhubocz2AZLa0i9ET_mlmNkoqh-w4--1RLzio3M
UXFPBNGcsq0c7Av0-KU1JAzXm3a8fUCT7KSGZC2WUZuwyrKf5kpPejtV_juljP4s-ha&typo=1>
Rick Hasen
<https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=https%3a%2f%2fbipartisanpolicy.org%2f
blog%2fimprove-elections-fully-confirm-election-assistance-commission-before
-2020%2f&c=E,1,wUD2blNSiCVwYu_SbCXuG5p5U7c-kLFUk04mtot3EgWdJP_KXzEowL-_Rb2sY
DeY4ckGK5JfL-IIt4DfrNh5HJhgIZVvVjsFXYRSq_w0vkrc&typo=1> Matt Weil for BPC:
It's hard to make progress when you have both hands tied behind your back a
third of the time. Voters want more secure and better functioning elections,
and Congress can act right now to accomplish that. In the swirl of election
security concerns, ballot design problems, and vote counting confusion, the
Senate should take up the two pending nominees to the United States Election
Assistance Commission (EAC) before adjourning this month..
Why do we need a quorum at the EAC? A fully functioning Commission would
likely move new voting systems guidelines soon after being reconstituted.
These guidelines have not received substantial revisions since 2005. The
Commission has been hard at work at a revamped set of guidelines since it
regained a quorum in 2014. Those revisions are nearly complete but require
commissioners to vote on implementation. Additionally, a quorum would allow
the Commission to more effectively lead on election security, voter
registration modernization, and expanding access to voting while preserving
the integrity of the system.
<https://www.addtoany.com/share#url=https%3A%2F%2Felectionlawblog.org%2F%3Fp
%3D102619&title=%E2%80%9CImprove%20Elections%2C%20Fully%20Confirm%20Election
%20Assistance%20Commission%20Before%202020%E2%80%9D>
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3fcat%3d18&c=E,1,1IEkFd7T2juG4aYX__tCliU3jY3_UrdgmY-XU4icpfAcO_ED-e3YXpb2Jcn
HsIzkUhJ0c7rNo369eEU0f1z-IYnGNQ5oTS9DRxNiJodk4rfFDhxmCRDg&typo=1> election
administration,
<https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=https%3a%2f%2felectionlawblog.org%2f%
3fcat%3d34&c=E,1,pWdhEeJNji8vc7BgNEzwup-lKuecpscGUZC6a7fzFYqkaOqXZIG5FIcDo-_
B_YCyU-9TErRuP0ruhnGqyfvJslnhjpHN1bW7k_QaCCoGU3wbl5If6FyS&typo=1> Election
Assistance Commission
<https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=https%3a%2f%2felectionlawblog.org%2f%
3fp%3d102616&c=E,1,31ak8-FvHFyiOoCQIdLhklb89ew7v6QyfzaHfKrnlzI3tWff-HzWRKtzb
rZIZKudeEdVz19HCHLhcV4m9iuu-zna9xqRud87ayoD-9XIxrWZ&typo=1> "Poliquin's
election challenge faces long odds; Wednesday's hearing is the start of a
push to make Maine the national, legal test case for ranked-choice voting in
any federal election."
Posted on
<https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=https%3a%2f%2felectionlawblog.org%2f%
3fp%3d102616&c=E,1,AmyF5dvo78IGmr2Z7VXA2firPUl4E_R2eOoUaR2-S44eYJlbLa4bsHens
N4kUKs1I_FagoZDLf3fqceac7VHdh9Z2eOEz0-8jjdgsKHutN_ebtI,&typo=1> December 4,
2018 7:46 am by
<https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=https%3a%2f%2felectionlawblog.org%2f%
3fauthor%3d3&c=E,1,ujhN4Xml5yiOLD6cUpppWlx4ZepLrIJg8q87QgPNFvYJNkMDNbjEnUeQ5
psDpz-3LD9yxIvxWScuLrnXLYUdMspFDwM8RXmR7TT9GeQrhZSXThN7if7dRXcLrVM,&typo=1>
Rick Hasen
<https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=https%3a%2f%2fwww.pressherald.com%2f2
018%2f12%2f03%2franked-choice-voting-put-to-national-test%2f&c=E,1,3cdzuFfdA
Y47ux6KXh6XN8H-QZ2PoQv_3PMUIa655HPQ4Z5EDCevqqnMPurlWJ6LMuY_Vta6uqGLOLljDJ-o7
tGn2GeinYsIoho0FVn0M8-gKY98qz2Al722lg,,&typo=1> The Press Herald reports.
<https://www.addtoany.com/share#url=https%3A%2F%2Felectionlawblog.org%2F%3Fp
%3D102616&title=%E2%80%9CPoliquin%E2%80%99s%20election%20challenge%20faces%2
0long%20odds%3B%20Wednesday%E2%80%99s%20hearing%20is%20the%20start%20of%20a%
20push%20to%20make%20Maine%20the%20national%2C%20legal%20test%20case%20for%2
0ranked-choice%20voting%20in%20any%20federal%20election.%E2%80%9D>
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3fcat%3d63&c=E,1,ppGr0uUZU2dxrLOqPv7bN6ixtRn5Qp0NWkuNqyCAsTVaRtOfWsFcRE8xba7
qly3P3ztJENpRz4a2RJwEjPEll-WD-vKsFIJL2mr8mADxhhyFkFT6z3DfECj6&typo=1>
alternative voting systems,
<https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=https%3a%2f%2felectionlawblog.org%2f%
3fcat%3d50&c=E,1,3waNvYOWKDkPTYrlyxmyBL-BHXV864mJsrHltyIKBRaYFtqYqeSMXGqps9N
sPzO6EcvX4VkTGuKKFRiXMCCtehImq_4HfWNSLPGqPwoq3kUX&typo=1> recounts
<https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=https%3a%2f%2felectionlawblog.org%2f%
3fp%3d102614&c=E,1,fNvUOqTvz1cNYO66XzepTOsDMShKXf57C69e8HNCdnU8Zv7NTaff1jzdq
vrq663uQoW_qUM3K_3G_NB0G16yHv78au_X0ogVi9vhKTVEqWuoT5bmCA,,&typo=1>
Wisconsin: "Republicans plan vote Tuesday on curbing powers of Gov.-elect
Tony Evers, limiting early voting"
Posted on
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3fp%3d102614&c=E,1,RIaTQyt4Ln-gBiiBPoagXgwCixA-zSO6h4Z2pbvcCbDOw7G6dKke3fu--
fuJgvrkhpnk4rtcRY055G8Nluc0XkwSF-EQgfeVO6WeTOE0-BgFj3ftKTKoYUC33w,,&typo=1>
December 4, 2018 7:43 am by
<https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=https%3a%2f%2felectionlawblog.org%2f%
3fauthor%3d3&c=E,1,goMh7MSCk3deHGfuYOl0bT-vL30vKVWoY76YcAKOs5mr9Kh__zwxLYBzY
RZdQYo9hMIF855fn_tXRHOyyHlcTb5TW7q_m2Y8z4IykggTR89tpJWj91CeO1iX&typo=1> Rick
Hasen
<https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/politics/elections/2018/12/04/republica
ns-vote-tuesday-curbing-powers-tony-evers-limiting-early-voting/2198624002/>
Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel:
Wisconsin lawmakers are set to take up plans Tuesday to diminish the powers
of the incoming Democratic governor and attorney general that brought
opponents to the state Capitol this week to protest on its steps and pound
on hearing room doors.
To Democrats, the plan is a repudiation of the Nov. 6 election that felled
Gov. Scott Walker and swept Democrats into state offices. To Republicans,
it's the only way to ensure major changes enacted over the past eight years
won't evaporate overnight.
Republican lawmakers will huddle behind closed doors Tuesday as they
finalize their plans to clip the powers of Gov.-elect Tony Evers and
incoming Attorney General Josh Kaul, limit early voting and give Republicans
control of the state's job-creation agency.
<https://www.addtoany.com/share#url=https%3A%2F%2Felectionlawblog.org%2F%3Fp
%3D102614&title=Wisconsin%3A%20%E2%80%9CRepublicans%20plan%20vote%20Tuesday%
20on%20curbing%20powers%20of%20Gov.-elect%20Tony%20Evers%2C%20limiting%20ear
ly%20voting%E2%80%9D>
Posted in
<https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=https%3a%2f%2felectionlawblog.org%2f%
3fcat%3d60&c=E,1,iLxdyliaAdIPgj1oDgp2Xk_OLnsfWy0Wulvfdw7GMOLYA8yrWrV58Q5d_Ek
x0RFmcEvDp50d3uj9PZnnB3Tg3QsAcJNJXub7X2AQT_mtzTqG&typo=1> The Voting Wars
<https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=https%3a%2f%2felectionlawblog.org%2f%
3fp%3d102612&c=E,1,TwcwVXOWXPJpCBxY-Wn_4qai3wuH6_hW3xIuHUf4Hzc1hk6a71VJuEIMx
Jd2aeo-1I5I_NxjBB_95NHt569A7d5leTEXIxkmHzIUhoaJftROmBFULy9iWFY,&typo=1>
"Republicans Finally Have a Voter Fraud Scandal. And None of Them Want to
Talk About It."
Posted on
<https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=https%3a%2f%2felectionlawblog.org%2f%
3fp%3d102612&c=E,1,EE2WDBSxzn6wMCxm8HVDRTOSYrKQ-ZlfrWBeddGRX9REa1GzpI1nphDvs
cjDgDoIfc1TV4UZXcx8EOgt_yR7VdO9ei3OLC68VK-8bfRCbGxq&typo=1> December 4, 2018
7:37 am by
<https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=https%3a%2f%2felectionlawblog.org%2f%
3fauthor%3d3&c=E,1,BmJB7laDcY7Jk15uPvTsRGmw2yH9eonItVGNwlGGZlHdq3SvqodtXefe5
xEZb6t8d3Fv2Kqe2a8bdlVRWV66Ywdmry9wXeY96USVj5GliE0NE_SKOQ,,&typo=1> Rick
Hasen
<https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2018/12/republicans-finally-have-a-vot
er-fraud-scandal-and-none-of-them-want-to-talk-about-it/> Pema Levy for
Mother Jones.
<https://www.addtoany.com/share#url=https%3A%2F%2Felectionlawblog.org%2F%3Fp
%3D102612&title=%E2%80%9CRepublicans%20Finally%20Have%20a%20Voter%20Fraud%20
Scandal.%20And%20None%20of%20Them%20Want%20to%20Talk%20About%20It.%E2%80%9D>
Posted in
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3fcat%3d8&c=E,1,KCqatj-3M_IPo-Iggpyihdhq5sdsi93ne0Oe9TPAS_plTKqFcuyEFGIRnv3V
2DDUFweL2d6XbiTQ1Q16pvDl7qYSyfQ904dZPMsJztAtgg1LqQksdhMM5p4,&typo=1>
fraudulent fraud squad,
<https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=https%3a%2f%2felectionlawblog.org%2f%
3fcat%3d60&c=E,1,UtS84sPKM8sBxaCiQjuYDgqxUCVaMf2fm-wVEkXyXQgM6fIhabITOXLQdZC
cykHwOU9NDXWK2KgOxPjcLIrCQlCMOGLz9_YZ3HmXTPCfNsasqtg,&typo=1> The Voting
Wars
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