[EL] ELB News and Commentary 1/4/18

Thu Jan 4 08:59:41 PST 2018

“Voting in 2018 and Beyond” Symposium at Hastings January 26<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=96726>
Posted on January 4, 2018 8:57 am<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=96726> by Rick Hasen<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
I’m very much looking forward to participating in this event (click here<https://www.eventbrite.com/e/voting-in-2018-and-beyond-ensuring-access-and-accountability-of-the-ballot-in-america-tickets-40716776976> to RSVP):
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“Trump’s explanation for shutting down his voter fraud commission is just as untrue and partisan”<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=96724>
Posted on January 4, 2018 8:50 am<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=96724> by Rick Hasen<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Philip Bump<https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/politics/wp/2018/01/04/trumps-explanation-for-shutting-down-his-voter-fraud-commission-is-just-as-untrue-and-partisan/?utm_term=.03993d3eb436> for Wapo’s The Fix.
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“Trump Disbands Commission on Voter Fraud”<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=96722>
Posted on January 4, 2018 8:49 am<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=96722> by Rick Hasen<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
NYT:<https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/03/us/politics/trump-voter-fraud-commission.html>
President Trump on Wednesday abruptly shut down a White House commission he had charged with investigating voter fraud, ending a brief quest for evidence of election theft that generated lawsuits, outrage and some scholarly testimony, but no real evidence that American elections are corrupt.
On Thursday, Mr. Trump called for requiring voter identification in a pair of Twitter posts<https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/948872192284155904> because the voting system “is rigged.” “Push hard for Voter Identification!” Mr. Trump wrote<https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/948874586006925313>.
Mr. Trump did not acknowledge the commission’s inability to find evidence of fraud, but cast the closing as a result of continuing legal challenges.
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Republican Wins Random Draw in VA Suit Determining Control of state House of Delegates; Democrat Not Ready to Give Up Possible Second Recount<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=96720>
Posted on January 4, 2018 8:47 am<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=96720> by Rick Hasen<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
21m<https://twitter.com/reemadamin/status/948956364679864320>
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Simonds still won’t say if she’ll definitely ask for a recount. Here’s her discussing why she thinks power-sharing in the House would have been important: pic.twitter.com/Vy7iOs6Hbu<https://t.co/Vy7iOs6Hbu>
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[https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/940468618600566784/bDktkESc_normal.jpg]Reema Amin<https://twitter.com/reemadamin>
✔@reemadamin<https://twitter.com/reemadamin>
She clarified after a reporter asked: she is not conceding. She’s “reflecting on an interesting race” and highlighting issues like healthcare. Started her comments by saying this loss is probably bad news for healthcare expansion.
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Trump Team Debating Whether to Remove Katie Walsh from Outside Super PAC Supporting Him, But That Seems Illegal Because Group Must Be Independent<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=96718>
Posted on January 4, 2018 8:44 am<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=96718> by Rick Hasen<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
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✔@marceelias<https://twitter.com/marceelias>
Should we assume from this that the White House "controls" this so-called "outside group"? See 11 CFR 300.2(c). cc: @rickhasen<https://twitter.com/rickhasen>https://www.axios.com/scoop-white-house-officials-discuss-removing-katie-walsh-from-outside-group-2522396631.html?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=twsocialshare&utm_campaign=organic …<https://t.co/2CjL3wVWQn>
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Scoop: White House officials discuss removing Katie Walsh from outside group<https://t.co/2CjL3wVWQn>
After she reportedly made disparaging comments about Trump to author Michael Wolff<https://t.co/2CjL3wVWQn>
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Posted in campaign finance<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>

“Ohio Voter Challenges Election Roll Purge in Supreme Court Clash”<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=96716>
Posted on January 4, 2018 8:40 am<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=96716> by Rick Hasen<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Greg Stohr <https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-01-04/ohio-voter-challenges-election-roll-purge-in-supreme-court-clash> for Bloomberg.

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Posted in election administration<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18>, NVRA (motor voter)<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=33>

“Should voters who don’t vote stay on voter rolls?”<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=96714>
Posted on January 4, 2018 8:36 am<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=96714> by Rick Hasen<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Steven Mazie <https://www.economist.com/news/united-states/21734019-ohio-voter-purge-case-national-implications-comes-supreme-court-should> for the Economist on the upcoming Husted case, and the Sam Bagenstos brief I flagged here. <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=95103>
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Kobach Says ICE Will Carry On Pence-Kobach Role<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=96712>
Posted on January 4, 2018 8:33 am<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=96712> by Rick Hasen<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Politico:<https://www.politico.com/story/2018/01/03/trump-disbands-voter-fraud-commission-322621>
Democrats and liberal groups rejoiced over the commission’s demise Wednesday, but in an interview with POLITICO Wednesday night, Kobach said that exuberance is misplaced.
“Anyone on the left needs to realize that by throwing the food in the air, they just lost a seat at the table,” Kobach said.
The Kansas official said he expects officials from Immigration and Customs Enforcement and political appointees overseeing that agency to take over the commission’s work and begin efforts to match state voter rolls to federal databases of noncitizens. He insisted he was not disappointed with the president’s decision.
“It’s the right move,” Kobach said. “It’s a shifting in tactics from having the investigation be done by a federal commission to having it be done by a federal agency. The agency has a greater ability to move quickly to get the investigation done.”
Kobach acknowledged that ICE has little expertise in other types of potential voter fraud, such as multiple voting or voting by felons who’ve been disenfranchised, but he noted DHS has a broad mandate to address election security issues as critical U.S. infrastructure.
I’m skeptical, for reasons I’ll be explaining in a piece posting soon.
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“The Changing Dynamics of Campaign Finance in the U.S.”<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=96710>
Posted on January 4, 2018 8:31 am<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=96710> by Rick Hasen<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Event <https://bipartisanpolicy.org/events/the-changing-dynamics-of-campaign-finance-in-the-u-s/> on new Bauer-Ginsburg-Persily report coming January 19 to the Bipartisan Policy Center.
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Posted in campaign finance<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>

“Farewell (So It Seems) to Pence Kobach”<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=96708>
Posted on January 4, 2018 8:30 am<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=96708> by Rick Hasen<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Bauer blogs.<http://www.moresoftmoneyhardlaw.com/2018/01/farewell-seems-pence-kobach/>
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WH Official Calls Pence-Kobach a “Shitshow” as VP Pence Tries to Distance Himself from It<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=96705>
Posted on January 4, 2018 8:28 am<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=96705> by Rick Hasen<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
CNN:<http://www.cnn.com/2018/01/03/politics/presidential-election-commission/index.html>
In the wake of the announcement, advisers outlined hesitation from within the White House for months about the commission.
“It’s a s–t show,” said one White House adviser to CNN, adding that the commission went “off the rails.”…
A source close to Pence said chairing the commission “wasn’t something that (Pence) asked for,” but that the vice president has a “workman-like attitude” about these things, and so he took on the job….
The senior adviser lamented how far down the road the White House and Vice President’s office had gotten with the commission.
“VP’s team, though, should have seen that assignment as a s–t sandwich and treated it like a book report,” the adviser said. “Avoid trouble, cite real instances of voter fraud, address structural and technology problems, make recommendations and move on.”
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