[EL] ELB News and Commentary 7/24/18

Tue Jul 24 00:42:37 PDT 2018

Watch for Juicy Stories Tuesday on the Census Department Adding Citizenship Question to 2020 Census<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=100222>
Posted on July 24, 2018 12:41 am<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=100222> by Rick Hasen<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

With the release of a mountain of emails and documents<https://t.co/exkZ3GcJQQ> in discovery over the citizenship question on the census, expect to see a lot more like this:
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[🚨]NEW: @uscensusbureau<https://twitter.com/uscensusbureau> analysis of adding citizenship question, in memo to Sec. Ross:

"very costly, harms the quality of the census count, and would use substantially less accurate citizenship status data than are available from administrative sources."http://www.osec.doc.gov/opog/FOIA/Documents/CensusProd001.zip …<https://t.co/exkZ3GcJQQ>
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[🚨]NEW: @uscensusbureau<https://twitter.com/uscensusbureau> analysis of adding citizenship question, in memo to Sec. Ross:

"very costly, harms the quality of the census count, and would use substantially less accurate citizenship status data than are available from administrative sources."http://www.osec.doc.gov/opog/FOIA/Documents/CensusProd001.zip …<https://t.co/exkZ3GcJQQ> pic.twitter.com/BRKwAoRkiC<https://t.co/BRKwAoRkiC>
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Ross claimed the citizenship question was added to the #Census<https://twitter.com/hashtag/Census?src=hash> due to a DOJ request in December of 2017.

but here's Ross in MAY of 2017:

"I am mystified why nothing have been done in response to my months old request that we include the citizenship question. Why not?" pic.twitter.com/pTTt58Hbl0<https://t.co/pTTt58Hbl0>
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Census official complains internally that no one at @AEI<https://twitter.com/AEI> would comment favorably on including citizenship question on census. pic.twitter.com/5422V1atJE<https://t.co/5422V1atJE>
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“Nevada tightens election security in years after targeting of 2016 Democratic data”<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=100220>
Posted on July 24, 2018 12:38 am<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=100220> by Rick Hasen<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

The Las Vegas Sun reports.<https://m.lasvegassun.com/news/2018/jul/20/nevada-tightens-election-security-in-years-after-t/>
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‘NH officials say college students don’t have standing to sue over election law”<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=100218>
Posted on July 24, 2018 12:36 am<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=100218> by Rick Hasen<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Union Leader:<http://www.unionleader.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20180724/NEWS06/180729744/-1/mobile&template=mobileart>

Six college students listed as plaintiffs in a lawsuit that challenges the Senate Bill 3<http://gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0883&sy=2017&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2017&txtbillnumber=sb3> election reform bill are legally able to vote in New Hampshire and lack the standing necessary to challenge the law, New Hampshire officials said in recent court filings.

The six produced proof of dormitory addresses, leases or New Hampshire driver licenses during the discovery process, when lawyers queried the opposing party about claims made in the lawsuit. Under the law, the documents are enough to prove residency for voting purposes.
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“Despite ‘sore loser’ law, Don Blankenship trying third party bid for US Senate in West Virginia”<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=100216>
Posted on July 24, 2018 12:34 am<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=100216> by Rick Hasen<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

ABC News:<https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/sore-loser-law-don-blakenship-party-bid-us/story?id=56767760>

In a statement posted on Facebook<https://www.facebook.com/DonLBlankenship/posts/2083086275096308>, Blankenship conceded that he does not expect the filing to be certified due to West Virginia’s “sore loser” law<https://sos.wv.gov/elections/forms/Documents/Running%20for%20Office/2018%20RFO%20FINAL%20DRAFT.pdf> that prohibits candidates that lost in a primary to run in the general election, but that he believes his name will be on the ballot in November.
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“Drive Against Gerrymandering Finds New Life in Ballot Initiatives”<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=100214>
Posted on July 24, 2018 12:32 am<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=100214> by Rick Hasen<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Michael Wines reports<https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/23/us/gerrymandering-states.html> for the NY Times.
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“‘It looks kind of skeevy’: Illinois governor shamed by cash giveaway”<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=100212>
Posted on July 23, 2018 3:11 pm<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=100212> by Rick Hasen<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Politico:<https://www.politico.com/story/2018/07/23/illinois-governor-rauner-cash-giveaway-736244>

Gov. Bruce Rauner, who’s campaigning as an anti-corruption crusader, today found himself fending off attacks on his own ethics after attending an event where a political ally handed out $300,000 in cash.

The cash giveaway happened after the Republican governor spoke to a church on Chicago’s South Side on Sunday along with Willie Wilson, a onetime presidential candidate and 2019 challenger to Mayor Rahm Emanuel.

Both Rauner and Wilson, political allies, addressed the congregation with the governor stating: “We’re honored to help you pay your property taxes. Happy to do it.” It was a reference, his campaign later explained, to Rauner’s work with Wilson’s private foundation.

Wilson then stood inside the church holding stacks of cash and handed out bills to passersby.

Wilson told POLITICO that the money was from his foundation — and that $100,000 of it came from Rauner himself.

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NC: “Lawmakers will return to write constitutional amendment ballot descriptions”<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=100210>
Posted on July 23, 2018 12:47 pm<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=100210> by Rick Hasen<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

News & Observer:<https://www.newsobserver.com/news/politics-government/article215357305.html>

The state legislature will return to Raleigh on Tuesday to write short introductions to six constitutional amendments after a high-ranking House Republican voiced suspicions about a special three-member commission responsible for writing them.

The legislature “must prevent outside attempt to politicize what should be a quick and straightforward administrative process by the commission,” House Speaker Tim Moore said in a statement Monday announcing the special session.

The Republican-led legislature moved to put six constitutional amendments on the fall ballot, and some are controversial. For example, one proposed change would strip the governor of appointment powers, while another would require voters show photo ID when they go to the polls.

Two of the three members of the Constitutional Amendments Publication Commission are Democrats — Secretary of State Elaine Marshall and Attorney General Josh Stein. Legislative Services Officer Paul Coble rounds out the group.
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