[EL] ELB News and Commentary 12/5/19

Thu Dec 5 07:11:37 PST 2019

Why is ballot harvesting a bad idea. Is it nothing more than an addition to the get-out-the-vote programs of campaigns? For decades, campaigns have been offering perceived favorable voters rides to the polls on Election Day. With the increase in absentee voting (voting by mail), or ballot drop-off points, isn’t ballot harvesting just an evolutionary addition to helping people cast their ballots. If that’s all they are doing?

Larry

From: Law-election <law-election-bounces at department-lists.uci.edu> On Behalf Of Ilya Shapiro
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I generally think allowing ballot harvesting is a very bad idea, but regardless why is it only those on the left who hear racist dog whistles?

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On Dec 4, 2019, at 11:57 PM, Rick Hasen <rhasen at law.uci.edu <mailto:rhasen at law.uci.edu> > wrote:

 <https://electionlawblog.org/?p=108289> “Law Professor Gives Damning Testimony On Trump Soliciting Foreign Election Interference”

Posted on  <https://electionlawblog.org/?p=108289> December 4, 2019 8:47 pm by  <https://electionlawblog.org/?author=3> Rick Hasen

 <https://www.huffpost.com/entry/pamela-karlan-impeachment-testimony_n_5de7da58e4b0913e6f893888> HuffPost:

Impeachment hearings continue on the Hill Wednesday, with a panel of legal scholars testifying before the House Judiciary Committee what exactly constitutes impeachable behavior.

Among them is Stanford Law professor Pamela S. Karlan, who used a domestic analogy to help explain why  <https://www.huffpost.com/news/topic/donald-trump> President Donald Trump’s pressuring and withholding of aid to Ukraine was controversial.

“To see why, imagine living in a part of Louisiana or Texas that’s prone to devastating hurricanes and flooding,” Karlan said. “What would you think if, when your governor asked the federal government for the disaster assistance that Congress has provided, the President responded, ‘I would like you to do us a favor. I’ll meet with you and send the disaster relief once you brand my opponent a criminal?’”

“Wouldn’t you know in your gut that such a president had abused his office, betrayed the national interest and tried to corrupt the electoral process?” 

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 <https://electionlawblog.org/?p=108287> Publisher’s Weekly Calls My Upcoming Book, Election Meltdown, “Bracing and Comprehensive”

Posted on  <https://electionlawblog.org/?p=108287> December 4, 2019 8:43 pm by  <https://electionlawblog.org/?author=3> Rick Hasen

You can read the review  <https://www.publishersweekly.com/9780300248197> here, and preorder at Amazon  <https://www.amazon.com/Election-Meltdown-Distrust-American-Democracy/dp/0300248199/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=hasen+election+meltdown&qid=1565015345&s=digital-text&sr=1-1-catcorr> here.

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Posted in  <https://electionlawblog.org/?cat=127> Election Meltdown

 <https://electionlawblog.org/?p=108285> “Civil rights activists seek block on state’s voter ID law. Judge in Winston-Salem says she will decide quickly.”

Posted on  <https://electionlawblog.org/?p=108285> December 4, 2019 11:26 am by  <https://electionlawblog.org/?author=3> Rick Hasen

 <https://www.journalnow.com/news/local/civil-rights-activists-seek-block-on-state-s-voter-id/article_1f1c1d1f-7618-58d1-8001-cc8163b20429.html?utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=user-share> Winston-Salem Journal:

For the second time in four years, a version of North Carolina’s election law was in federal court, this time based on allegations that if enacted, black and Latino voters would be disenfranchised.

Attorneys for the North Carolina NAACP and several local chapters, including Winston-Salem, were in a Winston-Salem courtroom Tuesday asking U.S. District Judge Loretta C. Biggs to grant a preliminary injunction that would block the law from going into effect for the March 3, 2020, primary elections.

They argued that black and Latino voters disproportionately lack the photo IDs required under the law and face more obstacles to obtaining those photo IDs. The law would result in black and Latino voters being denied the right to vote at the polls, they argued. They further argued that state Republicans intentionally put the law into place to racially discriminate against black and Latino voters. The North Carolina NAACP filed a federal lawsuit against the law in December 2018.

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Posted in  <https://electionlawblog.org/?cat=9> voter id,  <https://electionlawblog.org/?cat=15> Voting Rights Act

 <https://electionlawblog.org/?p=108282> Ninth Circuit Panel, in Unpublished Opinion, Unanimously (and Briefly) Rejects Constitutional Challenge to California Voting Rights Act

Posted on  <https://electionlawblog.org/?p=108282> December 4, 2019 10:26 am by  <https://electionlawblog.org/?author=3> Rick Hasen

You can find the four page opinion  <https://electionlawblog.org/wp-content/uploads/higginson-9th.pdf> here.

This is a big deal. This is a major case brought by Ed Blum (who has brought us Shelby County, the Fisher affirmative action case, and others) and litigated by William Consovoy, who also represents President Trump. I was surprised that the arguments did not get greater analysis.

There will no doubt be further appeals, but this non-pub makes it less likely the Supreme Court would get involved. (It still could happen.)

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Posted in  <https://electionlawblog.org/?cat=15> Voting Rights Act

 <https://electionlawblog.org/?p=108280> Kentucky Governor Bevin Makes Unsupported Voter Fraud Charges Again, This Time with a Racist Dog Whistle

Posted on  <https://electionlawblog.org/?p=108280> December 4, 2019 9:45 am by  <https://electionlawblog.org/?author=3> Rick Hasen

 <https://wfpl.org/bevin-says-he-lost-because-democrats-harvested-votes-in-urban-communities/> WFPL:

During a series of interviews on talk radio shows Wednesday morning, outgoing Republican Gov. Matt Bevin said that he lost his race for reelection because the Democratic Party “harvested votes in urban communities.”…

“They were able to go into urban communities where people are densely populated on college campuses and public housing projects.”

Bevin has repeatedly questioned the outcome of the election, suggesting — without evidence — that voter fraud took place…

Vote harvesting refers to collecting absentee or mail-in ballots in order to sway an election. The practice is illegal in some states, but Kentucky is  <http://www.ncsl.org/research/elections-and-campaigns/returning-absentee-ballots.aspx> one of 27 states that allows absentee ballots to be returned by a designated agents….

During the interview on 55KRC, Bevin said that he was encouraged by his supporters on Election Day, but that Democrats brought “more less-informed people” to the polls.

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Posted in  <https://electionlawblog.org/?cat=12> chicanery,  <https://electionlawblog.org/?cat=8> fraudulent fraud squad

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