[EL] ELB News and Commentary 1/2/18

Tue Jan 2 07:53:15 PST 2018

Doing My First Reddit AMA Over at “Neutral Politics” Today at Noon Eastern<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=96675>
Posted on January 2, 2018 7:50 am<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=96675> by Rick Hasen<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Over here<https://www.reddit.com/r/NeutralPolitics/>.
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Posted in Uncategorized<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=1>

“‘Fake News’: Wide Reach but Little Impact, Study Suggests”<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=96673>
Posted on January 2, 2018 7:50 am<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=96673> by Rick Hasen<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
NYT:<https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/02/health/fake-news-conservative-liberal.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Fpolitics&action=click&contentCollection=politics&region=stream&module=stream_unit&version=latest&contentPlacement=1&pgtype=sectionfront&_r=0>
But now the first hard data on fake-news consumption has arrived. Researchers last week posted an analysis<http://www.dartmouth.edu/~nyhan/fake-news-2016.pdf> of the browsing histories of thousands of adults during the run-up to the 2016 election — a real-time picture of who viewed which fake stories, and what real news those people were seeing at the same time.
The reach of fake news was wide indeed, the study found, yet also shallow. One in four Americans saw at least one false story, but even the most eager fake-news readers — deeply conservative supporters of President Trump — consumed far more of the real kind, from newspaper and network websites and other digital sources.
While the research can’t settle the question of whether misinformation was pivotal in the 2016 election, the findings give the public and researchers the first solid guide to asking how its influence may have played out. That question will become increasingly important as online giants like Facebook and Google turn to shielding their users from influence by Russian operatives and other online malefactors.
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Posted in campaigns<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=59>

“Want to thank black voters for defeating Roy Moore? Tackle voter suppression”<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=96671>
Posted on January 2, 2018 7:47 am<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=96671> by Rick Hasen<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Mikki Kendall <https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/posteverything/wp/2017/12/15/want-to-thank-black-voters-for-saving-america-from-roy-moore-do-something-about-voter-suppression/?utm_term=.0d70e07e6922> for Post Everything.
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Posted in The Voting Wars<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=60>

“Voter purges: U.S. Supreme Court to decide if Ohio illegally purged voters”<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=96669>
Posted on January 2, 2018 7:44 am<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=96669> by Rick Hasen<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
AP:<https://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/politics/2018/01/02/voter-purges-u-s-supreme-court-decide-if-ohio-illegally-purged-voters/995247001/>
The case has taken on added importance because the parties have squared off over ballot access across the country. Democrats have accused Republicans of trying to suppress votes from minorities and poorer people who tend to vote for Democrats. Republicans have argued that they are trying to promote ballot integrity and prevent voter fraud. Only a handful of states use a process similar to Ohio’s, but others could join in if the high court sides with the state.
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Posted in election administration<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18>, NVRA (motor voter)<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=33>

“How far into 2018 before NC knows shape of election districts in gerrymander case?”<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=96667>
Posted on January 1, 2018 1:54 pm<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=96667> by Rick Hasen<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
News and Observer:<http://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/article192390699.html>
At the 9:30 a.m. hearing in Greensboro on Friday, the judges will hear arguments for and against Persily’s proposed election district changes in Cumberland, Guilford, Hoke, Mecklenburg, Wake, Bladen, Sampson and Wayne counties.
In his 69-page report to the judges in early December with maps and explanations of his proposed changes, Persily said his recommended plan eliminates “all of the constitutional infirmities the Court has identified in the plans enacted by the North Carolina General Assembly in 2017.”
Persily said his plans “represent a limited response to a select number of districts that require alteration to comply with the law.”
The judges asked the lawmakers and challengers to provide them with any questions for Persily by Dec. 27, and if they were deemed appropriate by the court, they would have him respond to them.
Phil Strach, the Raleigh-based attorney representing the lawmakers, posed 42 questions. They sought information about organizations and people consulted by Persily, if he did so between Oct. 26 and Dec. 1, when the report was submitted to the court.
Specific organizations highlighted were: the Campaign Legal Center, a nonprofit that pushes for stricter rules governing money in politics; the state and national NAACP, which have challenged the North Carolina GOP agenda in several court cases; Democracy NC, a voting rights organization that challenged the lawmakers’ election law overhaul in 2013; Common Cause NC and the national organization; as well as the National Democratic Redistricting Trust.
The lawmakers have asked Persily to acknowledge whether he used racial data to draw district lines and to state whether incumbency was considered in some of his proposed districts.
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Posted in redistricting<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=6>

Pence-Kobach Fraudulent Fraud Squad Will Meet Again in January, But That’s News to at Least One Commission Member<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=96662>
Posted on January 1, 2018 9:55 am<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=96662> by Rick Hasen<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Topeka Capital-Journal:<http://cjonline.com/news/state-government/2017-12-29/kobach-voter-integrity-commission-stalled-lawsuits-will-meet>
President Donald Trump’s controversial commission on election integrity should meet again in January after being delayed for months because of eight lawsuits demanding its staff’s time, the group’s de facto leader, Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach, said this week.

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[https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/822587126478962688/cPpiM1Wi_normal.jpg]Jessica Huseman<https://twitter.com/JessicaHuseman>
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Trumps voter fraud commission will meet in January, Kobach says. Matt Dunlap, the commissioner who sued the commission and won because he was being excluded, tells me he didn’t know about this meeting until he read this article. http://cjonline.com/news/state-government/2017-12-29/kobach-voter-integrity-commission-stalled-lawsuits-will-meet …<https://t.co/jRqmmFCQvz>
1:15 PM - Dec 31, 2017<https://twitter.com/JessicaHuseman/status/947577088667738112> · Dallas, TX<https://twitter.com/search?q=place%3A18810aa5b43e76c7>
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Kobach voter integrity commission, stalled by lawsuits, will meet in January<https://t.co/jRqmmFCQvz>
President Donald Trump’s controversial commission on election integrity should meet again in January after being delayed for months because of eight lawsuits demanding its staff’s time, the group’s...<https://t.co/jRqmmFCQvz>
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