[EL] ELB News and Commentary 9/18/18

Mon Sep 17 20:39:28 PDT 2018

Federal Court Denies Request to Enjoin Electronic Voting in Georgia for 2018 Midterm Elections<https://electionlawblog.org/?p=101197>
Posted on September 17, 2018 8:10 pm<https://electionlawblog.org/?p=101197> by Rick Hasen<https://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

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BREAKING: Federal judge in Atlanta denies motion for preliminary injunction to force the state of Georgia to switch to paper ballots for the 2018 midterms. But Judge Totenberg warned the state "further delay is not tolerable" in confronting election security.
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“Fans of Ranked Voting See an Opportunity in Massachusetts”<https://electionlawblog.org/?p=101195>
Posted on September 17, 2018 8:08 pm<https://electionlawblog.org/?p=101195> by Rick Hasen<https://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

NYT:<https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/17/us/politics/massachusetts-voting-lori-trahan.html>

Nearly two weeks after voters went to the polls, Lori Trahan emerged Monday as the official winner of a crowded, 10-person Democratic primary for the congressional seat based in Lowell, Mass., held for a decade by Representative Niki Tsongas, who is retiring.

The sprawling district, north of Boston, is reliably Democratic and is expected to stay in the party’s hands in November. What makes the race interesting is its potential for changing the way Massachusetts votes in future elections.

After a recount of votes was finished Monday, Ms. Trahan, a former congressional aide and now a business consultant, was declared the winner — with less than 21 percent of the vote, according to the secretary of state. That slim margin could strengthen calls for Massachusetts or some of its municipalities to convert to a system known as ranked choice voting, which ensures that the eventual winner earns a majority of votes.

Advocates say this system is more democratic than relying on a mere plurality, which often does not reflect the will of most voters.
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More Evidence Commerce Secretary Ross Lied to Congress in Saying DOJ Wanted Citizenship Question on Census<https://electionlawblog.org/?p=101193>
Posted on September 17, 2018 4:26 pm<https://electionlawblog.org/?p=101193> by Rick Hasen<https://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
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Right. For those who have not been following this closely, Secretary Ross initially said -- including in sworn congressional testimony -- that DOJ initially approached him about adding the citizenship question. This email, among others, show that story was, um, not true.
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This email shows that Commerce Sec's claim that DOJ first requested citizenship question to better enforce Voting Rights Act was a total lie https://twitter.com/dan_f_jacobson/status/1041797632706977792 …<https://twitter.com/AriBerman/status/1041811549487292419>

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1/ In our Census case, we just got this email to Wilbur Ross that the court ordered the Govt to unredact. It shows that when Commerce first asked DOJ to come up w/a pretext for adding the citizenship q, DOJ balked b/c it was already getting bad press with "the whole Comey matter"
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“Election Equipment Vendors Play a Key, and Underexamined, Role in U.S. Democracy”<https://electionlawblog.org/?p=101191>
Posted on September 17, 2018 3:57 pm<https://electionlawblog.org/?p=101191> by Rick Hasen<https://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

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“Reversing Course, Chris Collins Will Seek 4th House Term Despite Indictment”<https://electionlawblog.org/?p=101189>
Posted on September 17, 2018 10:10 am<https://electionlawblog.org/?p=101189> by Rick Hasen<https://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

NYT:<https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/17/nyregion/chris-collins-congress-election-campaign.html?action=click&module=In%20Other%20News&pgtype=Homepage&action=click&module=Latest&pgtype=Homepage>

Representative Chris Collins, the New York Republican indicted on insider trading charges last month, reversed course on Monday and planned to announce he would seek another term, according to two Republicans familiar with his plans.

Mr. Collins opted to stay on the ballot on the advice of lawyers who said his removal — a Byzantine procedure governed by New York’s complex election laws — would most likely face a Democratic lawsuit<https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/10/nyregion/chris-collins-congress-replacement.html>, and would muddle the election for his replacement, ultimately leaving the Western New York seat vulnerable to Democrats, according to one of the Republicans.
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“Ted Cruz Campaign is Mailing Donation Requests Described as Legal Summonses”<https://electionlawblog.org/?p=101187>
Posted on September 17, 2018 10:08 am<https://electionlawblog.org/?p=101187> by Rick Hasen<https://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Newsweek:<https://www.newsweek.com/ted-cruz-beto-orourke-texas-election-midterms-letters-1123146>

Ted Cruz’s Texas senatorial campaign has sent hundreds of thousands of mailers seeking donations that are meant to look like official county summons, a high-ranking campaign official confirmed to Newsweek.

The brown envelopes read “SUMMONS ENCLOSED-OPEN IMMEDIATELY” in large black letters, and have a return address of “official county summons.”

While the letter inside the envelope was a donation form for the Cruz campaign, there was some fear that some voters might be confused by the mailer and believe that they were required by law to pay a fee.
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