[EL] ELB News and Commentary 7/5/18

Thu Jul 5 07:35:35 PDT 2018

“Five years ago, the FEC’s top lawyer resigned. No permanent replacement has yet been named.”<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=99912>
Posted on July 5, 2018 7:22 am<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=99912> by Rick Hasen<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

CPI reports.<https://www.publicintegrity.org/2018/07/05/21926/five-years-ago-fec-s-top-lawyer-resigned-no-permanent-replacement-has-yet-been>
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Posted in campaign finance<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>, federal election commission<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=24>

“Why one NC GOP official calls Republican Supreme Court candidate ‘the enemy'”<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=99910>
Posted on July 4, 2018 9:41 pm<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=99910> by Rick Hasen<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

News and Observer:<https://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/politics-government/election/article214261469.html>

North Carolina Republicans are crying foul over a candidate who could change the balance of the state Supreme Court. And that candidate is a Republican.

Raleigh attorney Chris Anglin filed at the last minute last week. He joined incumbent Justice Barbara Jackson, a Republican, and Democrat Anita Earls in the race.

But until June 7, Anglin was a registered Democrat. Republicans worry that by siphoning votes from Jackson, he could open the door for Democrat Earls. GOP executive director Dallas Woodhouse made it clear whom the party supports.

“The party has endorsed somebody, and (Anglin) will be treated like the enemy he is,” Woodhouse said.
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Posted in chicanery<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=12>, judicial elections<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=19>

Bloomingburg: “Real estate consultant pleads guilty to voter fraud scheme”<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=99908>
Posted on July 4, 2018 9:36 pm<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=99908> by Rick Hasen<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Lohud.com:<https://www.lohud.com/story/news/local/2018/07/04/real-estate-consultant-pleads-guilty-voter-fraud-scheme/757727002/>

Volvy Smilowitz, also known as Zev Smilowitz, 29, of Monroe, pleaded guilty June 18 in White Plains federal court to one count of conspiracy to corrupt the Bloomingburg village electoral process by falsely registering numerous voters who don’t live in the community.

Smilowitz, a real estate consultant, was indicted<https://www.lohud.com/story/news/crime/2016/12/15/monsey-developer-charged/95504404/> in 2016 along with two real estate developers, Kenneth Nakdimen of Monsey and Shalom Lamm of Bloomingburg, on charges of bribing people to unlawfully register and vote. ….

Smilowitz, Nakdimen and Lamm had planned housing development projects in Bloomingburg, but their plans met local opposition by late 2013. In an attempt to elect village officials who would be favorable to their projects, they bribed potential voters and falsely registered them in advance to the March 2014 village election. They took steps to cover up their scheme, including creating false leases and placing toothbrushes and toothpaste in unoccupied apartments, officials said.
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Posted in chicanery<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=12>

More Thoughts on What Justice Kennedy’s Successor Might Mean for Voting Rights and American Democracy<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=99906>
Posted on July 4, 2018 12:19 pm<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=99906> by Rick Hasen<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Here at Twitter.<https://twitter.com/rickhasen/status/1014581870300786688>
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Posted in Supreme Court<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=29>

“How Justice Kennedy’s Successor Could Play A Role In Voting Rights”<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=99904>
Posted on July 4, 2018 12:16 pm<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=99904> by Rick Hasen<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Here’s an interview<https://www.npr.org/2018/07/04/625890128/examining-how-justice-kennedy-s-successor-could-play-a-role-in-voting-rights?utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=morningedition&utm_term=nprnews&utm_content=20180704> I did on NPR’s Morning Edition.
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Posted in Supreme Court<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=29>, Voting Rights Act<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=15>

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