[EL] ELB News and Commentary 11/29/18

Wed Nov 28 20:05:15 PST 2018

“N.C. officials investigating possible irregularities in 9th Congressional District election”<https://electionlawblog.org/?p=102526>
Posted on November 28, 2018 8:02 pm<https://electionlawblog.org/?p=102526> by Rick Hasen<https://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Kirk Ross at WaPo<https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/nc-officials-investigating-irregularities-in-9th-congressional-district-election/2018/11/28/e5d77070-f338-11e8-aeea-b85fd44449f5_story.html?utm_term=.6b75cb1963bc>:

North Carolina election officials are investigating possible irregularities with absentee ballots in the state’s 9th Congressional District, refusing to certify the race weeks after Election Day.

Unofficial results show Mark Harris, a Republican, defeating Democrat Dan McCready by 905 votes out of 282,717 cast. At a Tuesday meeting to certify statewide election results, the state Board of Elections and Ethics Enforcement declined to certify that race even as it signed off on the state’s other congressional contests.

The investigation appears to be focused on Bladen County, but an official in Robeson County said that county also has been contacted. State officials have given no other details. They cited a state law allowing them to go into closed session to ensure an election is “without taint of fraud or corruption and without irregularities that may have changed the result of an election.”
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Posted in chicanery<https://electionlawblog.org/?cat=12>

Read Sasha Samberg-Champion on the Texas Appellate Court Decision Upholding an Eight-Year Sentence for Voter Fraud Against Green Card Holding Mother of Four<https://electionlawblog.org/?p=102524>
Posted on November 28, 2018 7:45 pm<https://electionlawblog.org/?p=102524> by Rick Hasen<https://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Read Sasha’s thread starting here<https://twitter.com/ssamcham/status/1067967125107683329> about this new opinion<https://law.justia.com/cases/texas/second-court-of-appeals/2018/02-17-00039-cr.html> of the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals:
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The monsters who prosecuted this woman--who is guilty of nothing other than not understanding how the system works--to prove a political point should serve time in jail instead. https://patch.com/texas/downtownaustin/texas-court-upholds-8-year-jail-term-woman-voting-illegally …<https://t.co/nfGGQ2068N>
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Texas Court Upholds 8-Year Jail Term For Woman Voting Illegally<https://t.co/nfGGQ2068N>

Even amid pushback for harsh penalty viewed as disproportionate, AG Paxton applauds jailing of mother of four with a 6th-grade education.<https://t.co/nfGGQ2068N>
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Sasha Samberg-Champion at ssamcham<https://twitter.com/ssamcham>

I just read the decision of the Texas intermediate appellate court that affirmed this conviction. It's worse than I thought. https://law.justia.com/cases/texas/second-court-of-appeals/2018/02-17-00039-cr.html …<https://t.co/8zVETX7gtV>
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Rosa Maria Ortega v. The State of Texas Appeal from Criminal District Court No. 3 of Tarrant County...<https://t.co/8zVETX7gtV>

Rosa Maria Ortega v. The State of Texas Appeal from Criminal District Court No. 3 of Tarrant County<https://t.co/8zVETX7gtV>
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Posted in Uncategorized<https://electionlawblog.org/?cat=1>

I Talked to Mary Louise Kelly on NPR’s All Things Considered Discussing Stacey Abrams’ New Georgia Voting Rights Lawsuit<https://electionlawblog.org/?p=102522>
Posted on November 28, 2018 7:35 pm<https://electionlawblog.org/?p=102522> by Rick Hasen<https://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

NPR:<https://www.npr.org/2018/11/28/671675721/stacey-abrams-allies-suing-georgia-over-how-governor-s-race-was-run?utm_campaign=storyshare&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=social>

NPR’s Mary Louise Kelly talks with Professor Richard Hasen of the University of California, Irvine, about the lawsuit that allies of Stacey Abrams filed accusing Georgia of disenfranchising voters.
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Posted in The Voting Wars<https://electionlawblog.org/?cat=60>, Voting Rights Act<https://electionlawblog.org/?cat=15>

UCI Law IPAT Clinic: “Reflections from Election Night 2018”<https://electionlawblog.org/?p=102520>
Posted on November 28, 2018 7:30 pm<https://electionlawblog.org/?p=102520> by Rick Hasen<https://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

From the UCI Law IPAT Clinic<https://ipat.law.uci.edu/2018/11/08/reflections-from-election-night-2018/>:

Over the past year, the UCI Intellectual Property, Arts, and Technology Clinic has begun working with nonprofit organizations dedicated to improving our election systems and fixing problems with electronic voting. As part of that effort, on Election Night we took a trip to the Orange County Registrar’s Office to observe the ballot-counting process. We left informed—and inspired.
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Posted in Uncategorized<https://electionlawblog.org/?cat=1>

“Wisconsin Democrats fear GOP redistricting end-around”<https://electionlawblog.org/?p=102517>
Posted on November 28, 2018 1:13 pm<https://electionlawblog.org/?p=102517> by Rick Hasen<https://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

AP:<https://apnews.com/2f28ee1f0c5249e3bbf3515f58c8b299>

Wisconsin Democrats scored a huge win when Tony Evers captured the governor’s office last month. But an even bigger fight is looming as Republican lawmakers prepare to redraw legislative boundaries, stirring fears among Democrats that their rivals could take unprecedented steps to remove Evers from the process.

State law requires legislators to redraw the boundaries every 10 years to reflect population changes. It’s a high-stakes task since the party in control can craft maps that consolidate their power and lock in their majority for years.
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Posted in redistricting<https://electionlawblog.org/?cat=6>

Justice Kennedy Stands By the Correctness of His Citizens United Opinion<https://electionlawblog.org/?p=102515>
Posted on November 28, 2018 1:10 pm<https://electionlawblog.org/?p=102515> by Rick Hasen<https://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

NLJ:<https://www.law.com/nationallawjournal/2018/11/28/anthony-kennedy-walks-through-his-secret-retirement-plans/?kw=Anthony%20Kennedy%20Walks%20Through%20His%20Secret%20Retirement%20Plans&et=editorial&bu=NationalLawJournal&cn=20181128&src=EMC-Email&pt=BreakingNews>

When asked if, in the wake of the huge influx of money into elections, he had any regrets about his majority opinion in Citizens United v. FEC, he said the decision “stands for itself.”

“It’s true there’s a problem with money in politics, but I think we have to address it another way,” said Kennedy. He pointed to disclosure of the sources of the money. “Voters can vote against the candidate if they don’t like it.”
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Posted in campaign finance<https://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>, Supreme Court<https://electionlawblog.org/?cat=29>

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