[EL] Appointing a Lt. Gov.

[Goldfeder, Jerry H.]

The Virginia situation is similar to what occurred in New York in 2008-2009.  When Governor Eliot Spitzer resigned in 2008, Lt. Governor David Paterson became Governor and the position of Lt. Gov. became vacant.  Although no Governor had ever done so previously, Gov. Paterson appointed a new Lt. Gov.   Paterson’s action was challenged in court, and New York’s highest court upheld the Governor’s authority to do so.  Skelos v. Paterson, 13 N.Y3d 141 (2009).


Jerry H. Goldfeder
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From: Law-election <law-election-bounces at department-lists.uci.edu> On Behalf Of Rick Hasen
Sent: Monday, February 11, 2019 10:24 AM
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Subject: <EXTERNAL> [EL] ELB News and Commentary 2/11/19

Today’s Must-Read: “‘Private Mossad for Hire: Inside a plot to influence American elections, starting with one small-town race.”<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__electionlawblog.org_-3Fp-3D103568&d=DwMGaQ&c=gAzS7Z2sPulVLgfP0R9Uzw&r=-CRNZSPErWVMB5V0bj2p75oYF76E4WXiXcL2AHUhNTY&m=rgfYmVHzQPgZ-wXjLam5VxTV22KNJT-0B7csbLS8-ts&s=O6nPQWUsYNl1qNef58_f7GGSrvZxo9Tkyg12wBGVQlU&e=>
Posted on February 11, 2019 7:18 am<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__electionlawblog.org_-3Fp-3D103568&d=DwMGaQ&c=gAzS7Z2sPulVLgfP0R9Uzw&r=-CRNZSPErWVMB5V0bj2p75oYF76E4WXiXcL2AHUhNTY&m=rgfYmVHzQPgZ-wXjLam5VxTV22KNJT-0B7csbLS8-ts&s=O6nPQWUsYNl1qNef58_f7GGSrvZxo9Tkyg12wBGVQlU&e=> by Rick Hasen<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__electionlawblog.org_-3Fauthor-3D3&d=DwMGaQ&c=gAzS7Z2sPulVLgfP0R9Uzw&r=-CRNZSPErWVMB5V0bj2p75oYF76E4WXiXcL2AHUhNTY&m=rgfYmVHzQPgZ-wXjLam5VxTV22KNJT-0B7csbLS8-ts&s=DRl0nSW36GS4raWXBZWCRLERN8tFyENiYxVRf4GZukc&e=>

Adam Entous and Ronan Farrow in the New Yorker<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.newyorker.com_magazine_2019_02_18_private-2Dmossad-2Dfor-2Dhire-3Freload-3Dtrue&d=DwMGaQ&c=gAzS7Z2sPulVLgfP0R9Uzw&r=-CRNZSPErWVMB5V0bj2p75oYF76E4WXiXcL2AHUhNTY&m=rgfYmVHzQPgZ-wXjLam5VxTV22KNJT-0B7csbLS8-ts&s=CieaXwwa_jCEVNRG4pF0_tHLkolyTdUqigm6uoLNuRs&e=>:

Psy-Group’s larger ambition was to break into the U.S. election market. During the 2016 Presidential race, the company pitched members of Donald Trump’s campaign team on its ability to influence the results. Psy-Group’s owner, Joel Zamel, even asked Newt Gingrich, the former House Speaker, to offer Zamel’s services to Jared Kushner, Trump’s son-in-law. The effort to drum up business included brash claims about the company’s skills in online deception. The posturing was intended to attract clients—but it also attracted the attention of the F.B.I. Robert Mueller, the special counsel, has been examining the firm’s activities as part of his investigation into Russian election interference and other matters.

Psy-Group’s talks with Benzeevi, after the 2016 election, spurred the company to draw up a plan for developing more business at the state and local levels. No election was too small. One company document reported that Psy-Group’s influence services cost, on average, just three hundred and fifty thousand dollars—as little as two hundred and seventy-five dollars an hour. The new strategy called for pitching more than fifty individuals and groups, including the Republican National Committee, the Democratic National Committee, and major super pacs. The firm published a provocative brochure featuring an image of a goldfish with a shark fin tied to its back, below the tagline “Reality is a matter of perception.” Another brochure showed a cat that cast a lion’s shadow and listed “honey traps” among the firm’s services. (In the espionage world, a honey trap often involves deploying a sexually attractive operative to induce a target to provide information.)

Psy-Group put together a proposal for Benzeevi, promising “a coordinated intelligence operation and influence campaign” in Tulare to preserve Kumar’s seat on the hospital board. Operatives would use fake identities to “uncover and deliver actionable intelligence” on members of the community who appeared to be leading the recall effort, and would use unattributed Web sites to mount a “negative campaign” targeting “the opposition candidate.” All these activities, the proposal assured, would appear to be part of a “grass roots” movement in Tulare. The operation was code-named Project Mockingjay, a reference to a fictional bird in the “Hunger Games” novels, known for its ability to mimic human sounds….

Zamel had another opportunity to pitch his services in early August, 2016, when Erik Prince, the founder of the Blackwater security firm, helped arrange a meeting at Trump Tower among Zamel, Nader, and Donald Trump, Jr. (Prince, whose sister Betsy DeVos became Trump’s Education Secretary, was a major Trump donor and had access to members of his team.) In the meeting, Zamel told Trump, Jr., that he supported his father’s campaign, and talked about Psy-Group’s influence operations. (Zamel’s lawyer, Marc Mukasey, played down the encounter, insisting that Zamel made no formal proposals during the meeting.)

Burstien said that his talks with the Trump campaign went nowhere; a representative for Zamel denied that his client engaged in any activity having to do with the election. But, according to the Nader representative, shortly after the election Zamel bragged to Nader that he had conducted a secret campaign that had been influential in Trump’s victory. Zamel agreed to brief Nader on how the operation had worked. During that conversation, Zamel showed Nader several analytical reports, including one that described the role of avatars, bots, fake news, and unattributed Web sites in assisting Trump. Zamel told Nader, “Here’s the work that we did to help get Trump elected,” according to the Nader representative. Nader paid Zamel more than two million dollars, but never received copies of the reports, that person said.
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“6 Days When 2020 Democratic Hopefuls Scored With Small Donors”<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__electionlawblog.org_-3Fp-3D103566&d=DwMGaQ&c=gAzS7Z2sPulVLgfP0R9Uzw&r=-CRNZSPErWVMB5V0bj2p75oYF76E4WXiXcL2AHUhNTY&m=rgfYmVHzQPgZ-wXjLam5VxTV22KNJT-0B7csbLS8-ts&s=bbuzs9bfaY6N29dGxFFQoujETgExiCIU-OHkVmAzd70&e=>
Posted on February 10, 2019 4:54 pm<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__electionlawblog.org_-3Fp-3D103566&d=DwMGaQ&c=gAzS7Z2sPulVLgfP0R9Uzw&r=-CRNZSPErWVMB5V0bj2p75oYF76E4WXiXcL2AHUhNTY&m=rgfYmVHzQPgZ-wXjLam5VxTV22KNJT-0B7csbLS8-ts&s=bbuzs9bfaY6N29dGxFFQoujETgExiCIU-OHkVmAzd70&e=> by Rick Hasen<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__electionlawblog.org_-3Fauthor-3D3&d=DwMGaQ&c=gAzS7Z2sPulVLgfP0R9Uzw&r=-CRNZSPErWVMB5V0bj2p75oYF76E4WXiXcL2AHUhNTY&m=rgfYmVHzQPgZ-wXjLam5VxTV22KNJT-0B7csbLS8-ts&s=DRl0nSW36GS4raWXBZWCRLERN8tFyENiYxVRf4GZukc&e=>

NYT<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.nytimes.com_2019_02_09_us_politics_democrats-2Ddonations-2D2020.html&d=DwMGaQ&c=gAzS7Z2sPulVLgfP0R9Uzw&r=-CRNZSPErWVMB5V0bj2p75oYF76E4WXiXcL2AHUhNTY&m=rgfYmVHzQPgZ-wXjLam5VxTV22KNJT-0B7csbLS8-ts&s=BE3O3XaqQF9tlGO4BQ4DiXK-Eb2XxM2K7-zC_B_408A&e=>:

In the 2020 race for the White House, small donors are expected to play a more significant role than ever before. With so many Democratic candidates running, and only so much money to go around, whom small donors choose to support will determine in part which contenders will have the cash to compete — and who will not.

So, what clicks with donors online?

The Times analyzed six years of online donations to potential 2020 candidates through ActBlue, the Democratic Party’s main donation-processing platform, to tally the number of donations each candidate has received by day.

[See the rankings of 2020 Democratic hopefuls with small donors.<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.nytimes.com_2019_02_09_us_politics_2020-2Ddemocrats-2Dcampaign-2Dfunding.html-3Fmodule-3Dinline&d=DwMGaQ&c=gAzS7Z2sPulVLgfP0R9Uzw&r=-CRNZSPErWVMB5V0bj2p75oYF76E4WXiXcL2AHUhNTY&m=rgfYmVHzQPgZ-wXjLam5VxTV22KNJT-0B7csbLS8-ts&s=_1GXkYZpuFLLnu5v7obWttnTj3D_KonQqalbCve47gw&e=>]

The findings show that the art of inspiring online donors is very much about timing: It’s about having a moment in the national spotlight — and then capitalizing on it. Also, small donors are just like the rest of us: procrastinators inspired by a looming deadline.

With that, here are six days when some current and potential Democratic candidates for president scored big online, and why:
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“House Democrats and HR 1: Voting rights expansion or federal power grab?”<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__electionlawblog.org_-3Fp-3D103564&d=DwMGaQ&c=gAzS7Z2sPulVLgfP0R9Uzw&r=-CRNZSPErWVMB5V0bj2p75oYF76E4WXiXcL2AHUhNTY&m=rgfYmVHzQPgZ-wXjLam5VxTV22KNJT-0B7csbLS8-ts&s=8_zSitV6QtGoTCXDsToLc0Az4iuNbYCbRx0yCjs2Q3o&e=>
Posted on February 10, 2019 4:46 pm<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__electionlawblog.org_-3Fp-3D103564&d=DwMGaQ&c=gAzS7Z2sPulVLgfP0R9Uzw&r=-CRNZSPErWVMB5V0bj2p75oYF76E4WXiXcL2AHUhNTY&m=rgfYmVHzQPgZ-wXjLam5VxTV22KNJT-0B7csbLS8-ts&s=8_zSitV6QtGoTCXDsToLc0Az4iuNbYCbRx0yCjs2Q3o&e=> by Rick Hasen<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__electionlawblog.org_-3Fauthor-3D3&d=DwMGaQ&c=gAzS7Z2sPulVLgfP0R9Uzw&r=-CRNZSPErWVMB5V0bj2p75oYF76E4WXiXcL2AHUhNTY&m=rgfYmVHzQPgZ-wXjLam5VxTV22KNJT-0B7csbLS8-ts&s=DRl0nSW36GS4raWXBZWCRLERN8tFyENiYxVRf4GZukc&e=>

Politifact analysis.<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.politifact.com_truth-2Do-2Dmeter_article_2019_feb_08_democrats-2Dseek-2Dexpand-2Dvoting-2Daccess-2D2020-2Delection-2D_&d=DwMGaQ&c=gAzS7Z2sPulVLgfP0R9Uzw&r=-CRNZSPErWVMB5V0bj2p75oYF76E4WXiXcL2AHUhNTY&m=rgfYmVHzQPgZ-wXjLam5VxTV22KNJT-0B7csbLS8-ts&s=9VN0BecpTA2Wj2TQsQtsXdZQmBlRHb692Pjo-EO_AMY&e=>
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Utah: “A state lawmaker says a San Juan County split should be on the table, after a court-ordered redistricting that ‘disenfranchised’ his voters”<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__electionlawblog.org_-3Fp-3D103562&d=DwMGaQ&c=gAzS7Z2sPulVLgfP0R9Uzw&r=-CRNZSPErWVMB5V0bj2p75oYF76E4WXiXcL2AHUhNTY&m=rgfYmVHzQPgZ-wXjLam5VxTV22KNJT-0B7csbLS8-ts&s=qyb65VWn3N1XDIGus0NuPhrYdsAA9yXO-AaiIWID50o&e=>
Posted on February 10, 2019 4:33 pm<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__electionlawblog.org_-3Fp-3D103562&d=DwMGaQ&c=gAzS7Z2sPulVLgfP0R9Uzw&r=-CRNZSPErWVMB5V0bj2p75oYF76E4WXiXcL2AHUhNTY&m=rgfYmVHzQPgZ-wXjLam5VxTV22KNJT-0B7csbLS8-ts&s=qyb65VWn3N1XDIGus0NuPhrYdsAA9yXO-AaiIWID50o&e=> by Rick Hasen<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__electionlawblog.org_-3Fauthor-3D3&d=DwMGaQ&c=gAzS7Z2sPulVLgfP0R9Uzw&r=-CRNZSPErWVMB5V0bj2p75oYF76E4WXiXcL2AHUhNTY&m=rgfYmVHzQPgZ-wXjLam5VxTV22KNJT-0B7csbLS8-ts&s=DRl0nSW36GS4raWXBZWCRLERN8tFyENiYxVRf4GZukc&e=>

Salt Lake Tribune<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.sltrib.com_news_politics_2019_02_06_state-2Dlawmaker-2Dsays-2Dsan_&d=DwMGaQ&c=gAzS7Z2sPulVLgfP0R9Uzw&r=-CRNZSPErWVMB5V0bj2p75oYF76E4WXiXcL2AHUhNTY&m=rgfYmVHzQPgZ-wXjLam5VxTV22KNJT-0B7csbLS8-ts&s=2rGGWsoDxg6HSyKoZMyyxcOq_WtUx5mxgWjJbYuTDbU&e=>:

After a landmark power shift that gave San Juan County its first majority Navajo Democrat commission, a state lawmaker from mostly white, Republican Blanding is broaching the subject of secession.

The sheer size of the state’s largest county, which has more land area than Massachusetts and takes about two hours to traverse from top to bottom, has prompted past conversations about carving out one or more new counties. Now, with a fresh sense of disenfranchisement permeating some San Juan communities, Rep. Phil Lyman says county division is something to consider.
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“Federal judges reject state of Ohio’s request to delay gerrymandering trial”<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__electionlawblog.org_-3Fp-3D103560&d=DwMGaQ&c=gAzS7Z2sPulVLgfP0R9Uzw&r=-CRNZSPErWVMB5V0bj2p75oYF76E4WXiXcL2AHUhNTY&m=rgfYmVHzQPgZ-wXjLam5VxTV22KNJT-0B7csbLS8-ts&s=WdOxFblLpS5GqfA1mGQNP4hghNjikSp7-y4zK6N1ok4&e=>
Posted on February 10, 2019 4:29 pm<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__electionlawblog.org_-3Fp-3D103560&d=DwMGaQ&c=gAzS7Z2sPulVLgfP0R9Uzw&r=-CRNZSPErWVMB5V0bj2p75oYF76E4WXiXcL2AHUhNTY&m=rgfYmVHzQPgZ-wXjLam5VxTV22KNJT-0B7csbLS8-ts&s=WdOxFblLpS5GqfA1mGQNP4hghNjikSp7-y4zK6N1ok4&e=> by Rick Hasen<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__electionlawblog.org_-3Fauthor-3D3&d=DwMGaQ&c=gAzS7Z2sPulVLgfP0R9Uzw&r=-CRNZSPErWVMB5V0bj2p75oYF76E4WXiXcL2AHUhNTY&m=rgfYmVHzQPgZ-wXjLam5VxTV22KNJT-0B7csbLS8-ts&s=DRl0nSW36GS4raWXBZWCRLERN8tFyENiYxVRf4GZukc&e=>

Cleveland.com:<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.cleveland.com_open_2019_02_federal-2Djudges-2Dreject-2Dstate-2Dof-2Dohios-2Drequest-2Dto-2Ddelay-2Dgerrymandering-2Dtrial.html&d=DwMGaQ&c=gAzS7Z2sPulVLgfP0R9Uzw&r=-CRNZSPErWVMB5V0bj2p75oYF76E4WXiXcL2AHUhNTY&m=rgfYmVHzQPgZ-wXjLam5VxTV22KNJT-0B7csbLS8-ts&s=VDMt1N6DjL4uuNyGEqCUjyBRq1lm44eqzBmnQyuLt9I&e=>

A three-judge federal panel on Friday rejected a request from the state of Ohio to delay a gerrymandering lawsuit that aims to put a new Ohio congressional district map in place in time for the 2020 election.

The state wanted to delay the trial, scheduled to start March 4, until after rulings are released this summer in two gerrymandering cases before the U.S. Supreme Court – one brought by Republicans in Maryland and one brought by Democrats in North Carolina.

But the judges in their Friday ruling cited time considerations. The state has said any changes to a map must be in place by Sept. 20, 2019, to get ready for the 2020 election.
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“FEC’s status quo is hazardous — proposed legislation would help fix it”<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__electionlawblog.org_-3Fp-3D103558&d=DwMGaQ&c=gAzS7Z2sPulVLgfP0R9Uzw&r=-CRNZSPErWVMB5V0bj2p75oYF76E4WXiXcL2AHUhNTY&m=rgfYmVHzQPgZ-wXjLam5VxTV22KNJT-0B7csbLS8-ts&s=zO04xboCx7WF3lH-Zvot9_JBxycJfLI5WjIp6E5u3A0&e=>
Posted on February 10, 2019 4:27 pm<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__electionlawblog.org_-3Fp-3D103558&d=DwMGaQ&c=gAzS7Z2sPulVLgfP0R9Uzw&r=-CRNZSPErWVMB5V0bj2p75oYF76E4WXiXcL2AHUhNTY&m=rgfYmVHzQPgZ-wXjLam5VxTV22KNJT-0B7csbLS8-ts&s=zO04xboCx7WF3lH-Zvot9_JBxycJfLI5WjIp6E5u3A0&e=> by Rick Hasen<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__electionlawblog.org_-3Fauthor-3D3&d=DwMGaQ&c=gAzS7Z2sPulVLgfP0R9Uzw&r=-CRNZSPErWVMB5V0bj2p75oYF76E4WXiXcL2AHUhNTY&m=rgfYmVHzQPgZ-wXjLam5VxTV22KNJT-0B7csbLS8-ts&s=DRl0nSW36GS4raWXBZWCRLERN8tFyENiYxVRf4GZukc&e=>

Dan Weiner oped<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__thehill.com_opinion_campaign_429294-2Dfecs-2Dstatus-2Dquo-2Dis-2Dhazardous-2Dproposed-2Dlegislature-2Dwould-2Dhelp-2Dfix-2Dit&d=DwMGaQ&c=gAzS7Z2sPulVLgfP0R9Uzw&r=-CRNZSPErWVMB5V0bj2p75oYF76E4WXiXcL2AHUhNTY&m=rgfYmVHzQPgZ-wXjLam5VxTV22KNJT-0B7csbLS8-ts&s=kCreXe_4dVjBxYZgLtOKipfTDits6PCKkI4zUZI5Upc&e=> in The Hill.
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Blackman: What happens if the Virginia Lieutenant Governor resigns?<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__electionlawblog.org_-3Fp-3D103554&d=DwMGaQ&c=gAzS7Z2sPulVLgfP0R9Uzw&r=-CRNZSPErWVMB5V0bj2p75oYF76E4WXiXcL2AHUhNTY&m=rgfYmVHzQPgZ-wXjLam5VxTV22KNJT-0B7csbLS8-ts&s=zQg6A9rjTi1y4DuMAS4w3pkKd2QQvnO6qYJFl_yLkus&e=>
Posted on February 8, 2019 6:40 pm<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__electionlawblog.org_-3Fp-3D103554&d=DwMGaQ&c=gAzS7Z2sPulVLgfP0R9Uzw&r=-CRNZSPErWVMB5V0bj2p75oYF76E4WXiXcL2AHUhNTY&m=rgfYmVHzQPgZ-wXjLam5VxTV22KNJT-0B7csbLS8-ts&s=zQg6A9rjTi1y4DuMAS4w3pkKd2QQvnO6qYJFl_yLkus&e=> by Rick Hasen<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__electionlawblog.org_-3Fauthor-3D3&d=DwMGaQ&c=gAzS7Z2sPulVLgfP0R9Uzw&r=-CRNZSPErWVMB5V0bj2p75oYF76E4WXiXcL2AHUhNTY&m=rgfYmVHzQPgZ-wXjLam5VxTV22KNJT-0B7csbLS8-ts&s=DRl0nSW36GS4raWXBZWCRLERN8tFyENiYxVRf4GZukc&e=>

The following is a guest post from Josh Blackman<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.joshblackman.com_blog_&d=DwMGaQ&c=gAzS7Z2sPulVLgfP0R9Uzw&r=-CRNZSPErWVMB5V0bj2p75oYF76E4WXiXcL2AHUhNTY&m=rgfYmVHzQPgZ-wXjLam5VxTV22KNJT-0B7csbLS8-ts&s=AkHH5L5b-qV7YbCbk6RRWzHyq8U7wVH6xRqSUaFBrx8&e=>:

In Virginia, the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, and Attorney General are all being called upon to resign. If the Governor resigns, Article V, Section 16<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__law.lis.virginia.gov_constitutionexpand_article5_&d=DwMGaQ&c=gAzS7Z2sPulVLgfP0R9Uzw&r=-CRNZSPErWVMB5V0bj2p75oYF76E4WXiXcL2AHUhNTY&m=rgfYmVHzQPgZ-wXjLam5VxTV22KNJT-0B7csbLS8-ts&s=qINunV118k_9mM4tmkd9ii0J7z7DfM0W8GAgQ2sygzI&e=> of the Virginia Constitution provides a fairly clear order of succession:

In the case of the removal of the Governor from office or in the case of his disqualification, death, or resignation, the Lieutenant Governor shall become Governor. If a vacancy exists in the office of Lieutenant Governor when the Lieutenant Governor is to succeed to the office of Governor or to serve as Acting Governor, the Attorney General, if he is eligible to serve as Governor, shall succeed to the office of Governor for the unexpired term or serve as Acting Governor. If the Attorney General is ineligible to serve as Governor, the Speaker of the House of Delegates, if he is eligible to serve as Governor, shall succeed to the office of Governor for the unexpired term or serve as Acting Governor. If a vacancy exists in the office of the Speaker of the House of Delegates or if the Speaker of the House of Delegates is ineligible to serve as Governor, the House of Delegates shall convene and fill the vacancy.

However, the Virginia Constitution does not explain what happens if the Lieutenant Governor resigns. The Virginia Attorney General recognized this gap in a 1982 opinion:

There is no provision in the Constitution of Virginia (1971) which expressly deals with filling a vacancy solely in the office of Lieutenant Governor. Article V, § 16 acknowledges the possibility of such a vacancy by providing that the Attorney General shall succeed to the office of Governor if a vacancy exists in the office of Lieutenant Governor when the Lieutenant Governor is to succeed to the office of Governor. Neither is there a statute which expressly deals with filling vacancies in the office of Lieutenant Governor.

What, then, happens if the Lieutenant Governor resigns? In the immediate aftermath of the vacancy, Section 24.2-212<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__law.lis.virginia.gov_vacode_title24.2_chapter2_section24.2-2D212_&d=DwMGaQ&c=gAzS7Z2sPulVLgfP0R9Uzw&r=-CRNZSPErWVMB5V0bj2p75oYF76E4WXiXcL2AHUhNTY&m=rgfYmVHzQPgZ-wXjLam5VxTV22KNJT-0B7csbLS8-ts&s=FKJt-Xt3gt9ks8_SfG1ZirXqj-BiWd7zQjM9QZTE-q4&e=> would kick in. It provides:

“When a vacancy occurs in the office of Lieutenant Governor, the duties of that office shall be discharged by the President pro tempore of the Senate, but he shall not by reason thereof be deprived of his right to act and vote as a member of the Senate.”

However, the Attorney General concluded that the President pro tempore would only serve until the Governor made a unilateral appointment pursuant to Article V, Section 7<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__law.lis.virginia.gov_constitutionexpand_article5_&d=DwMGaQ&c=gAzS7Z2sPulVLgfP0R9Uzw&r=-CRNZSPErWVMB5V0bj2p75oYF76E4WXiXcL2AHUhNTY&m=rgfYmVHzQPgZ-wXjLam5VxTV22KNJT-0B7csbLS8-ts&s=qINunV118k_9mM4tmkd9ii0J7z7DfM0W8GAgQ2sygzI&e=>. It provides:

“The Governor shall have power to fill vacancies in all offices of the Commonwealth for the filling of which the Constitution and laws make no other provision.”

The Attorney General concluded that:

“neither the Constitution nor § 24.1-84 [currently codified at 24.2-212] provides a method for filling a vacancy in the office of Lieutenant Governor. Consequently, I conclude that the Governor is empowered to fill such a vacancy under Art. V, § 7 and § 2.1-18.”

In other words, the Governor has the unilateral power to appoint the Lieutenant Governor—that is his successor.  And that person would serve until the next election.

There is another reading. The Virginia appointments clause gives the Governor plenary appointment powers  “for which the Constitution and laws make no other provision.” Would Section 24.2-212<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__law.lis.virginia.gov_vacode_title24.2_chapter2_section24.2-2D212_&d=DwMGaQ&c=gAzS7Z2sPulVLgfP0R9Uzw&r=-CRNZSPErWVMB5V0bj2p75oYF76E4WXiXcL2AHUhNTY&m=rgfYmVHzQPgZ-wXjLam5VxTV22KNJT-0B7csbLS8-ts&s=FKJt-Xt3gt9ks8_SfG1ZirXqj-BiWd7zQjM9QZTE-q4&e=> be such a law that “makes other provisions”? In other words, Section 24.2-212 would create a special carve-out to the Governor’s general unilateral power.

As a structural matter, this alternate reading makes sense. Consider the 25th Amendment as an analogy. It provides:  “Whenever there is a vacancy in the office of the Vice President, the President shall nominate a Vice President who shall take office upon confirmation by a majority vote of both Houses of Congress.” After the resignation of Vice President Spiro Agnew, President Nixon was only able to select then-House Minority Leader Gerald Ford as his VP with the consent of Congress. It would have been untenable for Nixon to select a crony who would replace him following resignation. This situation somewhat resembles the crisis in Virginia, where the Governor is also under calls to resign.

If the Lieutenant Governor resigns, and the Governor makes an appointment, the President Pro Tempore would have standing to challenge his displacement from office.
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The Impact of Partisan Gerrymandering on Political Parties — Part II<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__electionlawblog.org_-3Fp-3D103552&d=DwMGaQ&c=gAzS7Z2sPulVLgfP0R9Uzw&r=-CRNZSPErWVMB5V0bj2p75oYF76E4WXiXcL2AHUhNTY&m=rgfYmVHzQPgZ-wXjLam5VxTV22KNJT-0B7csbLS8-ts&s=Yb8XmHDZFgD1_8ZVDF85k13QqonQRv7AvsecRJnE5O4&e=>
Posted on February 8, 2019 2:27 pm<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__electionlawblog.org_-3Fp-3D103552&d=DwMGaQ&c=gAzS7Z2sPulVLgfP0R9Uzw&r=-CRNZSPErWVMB5V0bj2p75oYF76E4WXiXcL2AHUhNTY&m=rgfYmVHzQPgZ-wXjLam5VxTV22KNJT-0B7csbLS8-ts&s=Yb8XmHDZFgD1_8ZVDF85k13QqonQRv7AvsecRJnE5O4&e=> by Nicholas Stephanopoulos<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__electionlawblog.org_-3Fauthor-3D12&d=DwMGaQ&c=gAzS7Z2sPulVLgfP0R9Uzw&r=-CRNZSPErWVMB5V0bj2p75oYF76E4WXiXcL2AHUhNTY&m=rgfYmVHzQPgZ-wXjLam5VxTV22KNJT-0B7csbLS8-ts&s=ldrXTmy3oCYiTAOw5nyg5-5b76jps6niCFtDORgYxXc&e=>

In yesterday’s post<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__electionlawblog.org_-3Fp-3D103535&d=DwMGaQ&c=gAzS7Z2sPulVLgfP0R9Uzw&r=-CRNZSPErWVMB5V0bj2p75oYF76E4WXiXcL2AHUhNTY&m=rgfYmVHzQPgZ-wXjLam5VxTV22KNJT-0B7csbLS8-ts&s=-smTff1Jd4I-jWu-4zl2rg5A0WTWQzSEtOEdXENV5lo&e=>, I described the data and methods that Chris Warshaw and I use in a new paper<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__poseidon01.ssrn.com_delivery.php-3FID-3D213111027084002123067078115077070111054012095037049059100028103027113019105022085112107031020125060007097094089073100019117124010025006078000121086069017080122098088038083126027002005102099007098026091097098000068095076015102017099031096101093126102-26EXT-3Dpdf&d=DwMGaQ&c=gAzS7Z2sPulVLgfP0R9Uzw&r=-CRNZSPErWVMB5V0bj2p75oYF76E4WXiXcL2AHUhNTY&m=rgfYmVHzQPgZ-wXjLam5VxTV22KNJT-0B7csbLS8-ts&s=stXaC4A37vxXKN6IR4_woAlBMPdbQYebPAKQlAoIKmw&e=>on the effects of partisan gerrymandering on parties’ associational activities. Today I’ll discuss our findings and their implications. In a nutshell, parties that are victimized by gerrymandering areimpaired in their performance of several key associational functions. These handicaps, moreover, are substantively large, statistically significant no matter how gerrymandering is measured, and roughly equal in size at the congressional and state house levels. Justice Kagan’s speculation in Whitfordabout the associational harms of gerrymandering thus appears to be entirely correct.

Start with our first outcome variable: the difference between the parties’ respective shares of contested seats. When our aggregate measure of gerrymandering increases by one standard deviation, the disadvantaged party contests three percentage points fewer state house seats relative to the advantaged party. The point estimates are very similar at the congressional level and if gerrymandering is assessed using a particular (rather than an aggregate) metric.

Next consider our other proxy for candidate recruitment: the difference between the overall quality of each party’s candidates. A one-standard-deviation rise in our aggregate gerrymandering metric is associated with roughly a nine-percentage-point decline in the relative quality of a party’s candidates. A party that is the victim of gerrymandering, in other words, runs many fewer incumbents and quality challengers than its opponent.

The story is much the same with fundraising. When our aggregate gerrymandering metric goes up by one standard deviation, the share of total campaign contributions received by a party’s candidates goes down by about five percentage points. Donors, that is, give substantially less money to candidates with lower odds of winning seats and capturing a legislative majority.

Lastly, our results for ordinary voters (as opposed to candidates and donors) are smaller in scale but still statistically significant. A one-standard-deviation increase in our aggregate gerrymandering metric is linked to around a half-percentage-point drop in a party’s statewide vote share. Thus through some combination of lower turnout and actual conversion, voters become somewhat less likely to support a party that is disadvantaged by a district map.

In our view, our findings strongly confirm Justice Kagan’s hypothesis in Whitford. She predicted that backers of a “‘disfavored party’” would “face difficulties fundraising . . . generating support from independents, and recruiting candidates to run for office”—and that is precisely what our analyses showed. Accordingly, our findings should be helpful to plaintiffs currently pursuing associational challenges to district plans. To date, these litigants have relied primarily on qualitative testimony from voters, candidates, and party officials about how their associational activities have been impeded. This evidence may now be complemented by our data-driven conclusion that, across many states and years, partisan gerrymandering systematically undermines party health.

We also think our findings are relevant to political scientists. Until now, they have mostly focused on other gerrymandering issues, like measuring<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__gking.harvard.edu_symmetry&d=DwMGaQ&c=gAzS7Z2sPulVLgfP0R9Uzw&r=-CRNZSPErWVMB5V0bj2p75oYF76E4WXiXcL2AHUhNTY&m=rgfYmVHzQPgZ-wXjLam5VxTV22KNJT-0B7csbLS8-ts&s=Fuf6nttJsCPeq42q1lQgSYVB_EEpx93cLSAPN1Nq6uA&e=> the concept and distinguishing<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__sites.tufts.edu_vrdi_files_2018_06_Chen-2DRodden-2Dunintentional.pdf&d=DwMGaQ&c=gAzS7Z2sPulVLgfP0R9Uzw&r=-CRNZSPErWVMB5V0bj2p75oYF76E4WXiXcL2AHUhNTY&m=rgfYmVHzQPgZ-wXjLam5VxTV22KNJT-0B7csbLS8-ts&s=V3g8Mp6zQE5NznIjOCIhquzFkbMpaboIPAj_T4t1Quw&e=> it from the impact of political geography. These are certainly important topics, but unfortunately they have overshadowed the equally vital question of how gerrymandering affects the rest of our political system. Our paper makes progress toward answering this question by exploring the relationships between gerrymandering and various associational functions performed by parties. But this literature is still in its infancy—despite Justice Kagan’s plea for exactly these sorts of studies—and much more work remains to be done.
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North Carolina Cites ELB Blog Post by Nick Stephanopoulos to Argue Court Intervention in Partisan Gerrymandering Cases is Unnecessary<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__electionlawblog.org_-3Fp-3D103549&d=DwMGaQ&c=gAzS7Z2sPulVLgfP0R9Uzw&r=-CRNZSPErWVMB5V0bj2p75oYF76E4WXiXcL2AHUhNTY&m=rgfYmVHzQPgZ-wXjLam5VxTV22KNJT-0B7csbLS8-ts&s=bHMNAjrB0FUkH5ABZtDyqUH3Idyu_hEaPA3AprBbubs&e=>
Posted on February 8, 2019 1:13 pm<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__electionlawblog.org_-3Fp-3D103549&d=DwMGaQ&c=gAzS7Z2sPulVLgfP0R9Uzw&r=-CRNZSPErWVMB5V0bj2p75oYF76E4WXiXcL2AHUhNTY&m=rgfYmVHzQPgZ-wXjLam5VxTV22KNJT-0B7csbLS8-ts&s=bHMNAjrB0FUkH5ABZtDyqUH3Idyu_hEaPA3AprBbubs&e=> by Rick Hasen<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__electionlawblog.org_-3Fauthor-3D3&d=DwMGaQ&c=gAzS7Z2sPulVLgfP0R9Uzw&r=-CRNZSPErWVMB5V0bj2p75oYF76E4WXiXcL2AHUhNTY&m=rgfYmVHzQPgZ-wXjLam5VxTV22KNJT-0B7csbLS8-ts&s=DRl0nSW36GS4raWXBZWCRLERN8tFyENiYxVRf4GZukc&e=>

From the opening brief:<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.brennancenter.org_sites_default_files_legal-2Dwork_2019-2D02-2D08-2DRucho-2520Opening-2520Brief.pdf&d=DwMGaQ&c=gAzS7Z2sPulVLgfP0R9Uzw&r=-CRNZSPErWVMB5V0bj2p75oYF76E4WXiXcL2AHUhNTY&m=rgfYmVHzQPgZ-wXjLam5VxTV22KNJT-0B7csbLS8-ts&s=GcdNlgePIr_jxPpHxA1xu2pkWG3p5dBeYaMvN4bUFSA&e=>
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“The Civil Rights Division Bails Out of Bail-In in Texas”<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__electionlawblog.org_-3Fp-3D103547&d=DwMGaQ&c=gAzS7Z2sPulVLgfP0R9Uzw&r=-CRNZSPErWVMB5V0bj2p75oYF76E4WXiXcL2AHUhNTY&m=rgfYmVHzQPgZ-wXjLam5VxTV22KNJT-0B7csbLS8-ts&s=fXRowJpSDwDPq8Y5o7GvynKinjrLJdDwo_EL11AmkWs&e=>
Posted on February 8, 2019 1:12 pm<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__electionlawblog.org_-3Fp-3D103547&d=DwMGaQ&c=gAzS7Z2sPulVLgfP0R9Uzw&r=-CRNZSPErWVMB5V0bj2p75oYF76E4WXiXcL2AHUhNTY&m=rgfYmVHzQPgZ-wXjLam5VxTV22KNJT-0B7csbLS8-ts&s=fXRowJpSDwDPq8Y5o7GvynKinjrLJdDwo_EL11AmkWs&e=> by Justin Levitt<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__electionlawblog.org_-3Fauthor-3D4&d=DwMGaQ&c=gAzS7Z2sPulVLgfP0R9Uzw&r=-CRNZSPErWVMB5V0bj2p75oYF76E4WXiXcL2AHUhNTY&m=rgfYmVHzQPgZ-wXjLam5VxTV22KNJT-0B7csbLS8-ts&s=KZevTcHNLrpaaWS-j8n2eWC55h7r_7OohEiIFmB843I&e=>

Justin here. I’ve got a new post<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__takecareblog.com_blog_the-2Dcivil-2Drights-2Ddivision-2Dbails-2Dout-2Dof-2Dbail-2Din-2Din-2Dtexas&d=DwMGaQ&c=gAzS7Z2sPulVLgfP0R9Uzw&r=-CRNZSPErWVMB5V0bj2p75oYF76E4WXiXcL2AHUhNTY&m=rgfYmVHzQPgZ-wXjLam5VxTV22KNJT-0B7csbLS8-ts&s=rwi6WzZYzwH0a99VJcj8_HUU-d6Lk4rqFpuH7MYc3cY&e=> up at the Take Care blog, on a filing last week from DOJ’s Civil Rights Division. It’s a reversal of position, signed by a political appointee rather than career staff, of a request for VRA bail-in in Texas on the redistricting case. And it’s an attempt to ensure that there are no meaningful consequences for intentional racial discrimination. (I’m not a fan.)

Some snippets:

On Tuesday, the Department of Justice filed a brief<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__big.assets.huffingtonpost.com_athena_files_2019_01_30_5c511fd7e4b00906b26e78b6.pdf&d=DwMGaQ&c=gAzS7Z2sPulVLgfP0R9Uzw&r=-CRNZSPErWVMB5V0bj2p75oYF76E4WXiXcL2AHUhNTY&m=rgfYmVHzQPgZ-wXjLam5VxTV22KNJT-0B7csbLS8-ts&s=l2UaiYds8-St6Ri83GunjWHhqBWjGq_xO084yeje8wU&e=> reversing position in a case it brought six years ago.  . . . Civil Rights Division now argues that Texas should be let off the hook for its repeated intentional efforts to minimize the voting power of its minority population.  Nonpartisan career staff apparently refused to do this dirty work — and rightly so.

* * *
After Perez, from the perspective of legislators bent on preserving power at minorities’ expense, there remains just one serious practical deterrent to giving discrimination a shot: bail-in under section 3(c).  A finding of intentional discrimination renders the jurisdiction eligible for federal supervision.  If bail-in has no teeth, there’s nothing keeping officials with a demonstrated history of wrongdoing from their worst instincts.

Which brings us to Texas.  The state has a serious problem<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__gould.usc.edu_students_journals_rlsj_issues_assets_docs_issue-5F17_06-5FTexas-5FMacro.pdf&d=DwMGaQ&c=gAzS7Z2sPulVLgfP0R9Uzw&r=-CRNZSPErWVMB5V0bj2p75oYF76E4WXiXcL2AHUhNTY&m=rgfYmVHzQPgZ-wXjLam5VxTV22KNJT-0B7csbLS8-ts&s=RRuvnOcbInrF263y-zaievOXLgMyKEuCjp4KlCuAo8w&e=> with discrimination against its minority citizens.  The problem spans decades, but it’s not just ancient history.
* * *

This is the behavior of a jurisdiction with a problem, and one that does not appear willing or able to contain its worst impulses on its own.  Yes, the impact of both the redistricting lines and the voter ID law have since been mitigated, but only after Texas was repeatedly dragged kicking and screaming into federal court.  In the criminal justice system, the Texas government would be labeled a recalcitrant recidivist.

* * *
The pattern in Texas redistricting . . . demands systemic intervention.  2011 was discriminatory, and no court has overturned that finding.  2003 was discriminatory, and no court has overturned that finding either.  And tragically, the DOJ brief identifies absolutely no reason to believe that Texas won’t try in 2021 exactly what it did in 2011 and 2003.
“Baby, I swear I won’t do it again.”
And the DOJ says Texans should just trust that promise.  Actually, it’s stronger: the DOJ says, based on one sentence in Veasey ripped out of its proper context, that Texans are legally bound to trust that promise.

* * *
The weakness of the DOJ’s filing has one other tell, and it may be the most significant.  Trial briefs are normally signed by the career attorneys who do the bulk of the work.  . . . Mr. Gore signed the DOJ’s filing personally<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__big.assets.huffingtonpost.com_athena_files_2019_01_30_5c511fd7e4b00906b26e78b6.pdf-23page-3D12&d=DwMGaQ&c=gAzS7Z2sPulVLgfP0R9Uzw&r=-CRNZSPErWVMB5V0bj2p75oYF76E4WXiXcL2AHUhNTY&m=rgfYmVHzQPgZ-wXjLam5VxTV22KNJT-0B7csbLS8-ts&s=RPTEs1aP50ZRp6T2lrHRtT2L-S8kzihCgc7TF8sxGfw&e=> on Tuesday.  This is not the new convention of the Civil Rights Division in the Trump era.  . . . I have no inside information about the anomalies, but I read them as statements.  The career attorneys know that Tuesday’s filing is wrong.  They’ll sign the final page’s certificate of service, because they can truthfully say that they sent the brief into the court’s e-filing system.  But they can’t truthfully say that they believe the legal argument in the remaining 12 pages.
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North Carolina Poll Worker Pleads Guilty to Advising Noncitizen to Register and Vote; DOJ Press Release Misleadingly Refers to Worker as a “Board of Elections Election Official”<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__electionlawblog.org_-3Fp-3D103545&d=DwMGaQ&c=gAzS7Z2sPulVLgfP0R9Uzw&r=-CRNZSPErWVMB5V0bj2p75oYF76E4WXiXcL2AHUhNTY&m=rgfYmVHzQPgZ-wXjLam5VxTV22KNJT-0B7csbLS8-ts&s=wGqKgixsiGpHUERdlhrbvGwWJ4-uc95d6aE-dY9vaOo&e=>
Posted on February 8, 2019 11:40 am<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__electionlawblog.org_-3Fp-3D103545&d=DwMGaQ&c=gAzS7Z2sPulVLgfP0R9Uzw&r=-CRNZSPErWVMB5V0bj2p75oYF76E4WXiXcL2AHUhNTY&m=rgfYmVHzQPgZ-wXjLam5VxTV22KNJT-0B7csbLS8-ts&s=wGqKgixsiGpHUERdlhrbvGwWJ4-uc95d6aE-dY9vaOo&e=> by Rick Hasen<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__electionlawblog.org_-3Fauthor-3D3&d=DwMGaQ&c=gAzS7Z2sPulVLgfP0R9Uzw&r=-CRNZSPErWVMB5V0bj2p75oYF76E4WXiXcL2AHUhNTY&m=rgfYmVHzQPgZ-wXjLam5VxTV22KNJT-0B7csbLS8-ts&s=DRl0nSW36GS4raWXBZWCRLERN8tFyENiYxVRf4GZukc&e=>

The DOJ press release<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.justice.gov_usao-2Dednc_pr_former-2Dnorth-2Dcarolina-2Dboard-2Delections-2Delection-2Dofficial-2Dsentenced-2Dprison-2Daiding-2Dand&d=DwMGaQ&c=gAzS7Z2sPulVLgfP0R9Uzw&r=-CRNZSPErWVMB5V0bj2p75oYF76E4WXiXcL2AHUhNTY&m=rgfYmVHzQPgZ-wXjLam5VxTV22KNJT-0B7csbLS8-ts&s=aj28NeNXCqtdEGXLSS-qBM2vqCgBfeU88SqWCtxqztY&e=> headline refers to the worker as a “Board of Elections Election Official” but that seems incorrect.

From an earlier HuffPost piece<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.huffingtonpost.com_entry_voter-2Dfraud-2Dimmigrants-2Ddoj-2Dtrump-5Fus-5F5b859e78e4b0162f471d233c&d=DwMGaQ&c=gAzS7Z2sPulVLgfP0R9Uzw&r=-CRNZSPErWVMB5V0bj2p75oYF76E4WXiXcL2AHUhNTY&m=rgfYmVHzQPgZ-wXjLam5VxTV22KNJT-0B7csbLS8-ts&s=1-Gv5GugflwOkGPiyvWcb161F4ZLjZOqXsp1v8fDXHA&e=>:

The sole U.S. citizen facing charges ― Denslo Allen Paige, a 66-year-old Walmart worker who lives in Raleigh ― told HuffPost she helped her boyfriend register in the weeks before the 2016 general election because he had been talking a lot about politics. Paige wasn’t sure if her boyfriend, a legal permanent resident, was eligible to vote, so when she filled out a voter registration form at an early voting site with him, she left the box asking about his citizenship blank. A copy of the form provided to HuffPost by the North Carolina State Board of Elections and Ethics Enforcement shows a checkmark in the “yes” box asking if the person is a U.S. citizen, but Paige insists she did not check it.

Paige said she had served as a poll worker before, and she thought someone would flag the application and send her to a separate table to inquire about her boyfriend’s citizenship status. But she said when she asked if her boyfriend could vote, a poll worker accepted the form and indicated he could cast his ballot, so she thought everything was OK.
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“Georgia voters suing for paper ballots win appeal to 11th Circuit”<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__electionlawblog.org_-3Fp-3D103543&d=DwMGaQ&c=gAzS7Z2sPulVLgfP0R9Uzw&r=-CRNZSPErWVMB5V0bj2p75oYF76E4WXiXcL2AHUhNTY&m=rgfYmVHzQPgZ-wXjLam5VxTV22KNJT-0B7csbLS8-ts&s=OdqAorFPhvXhfE9oasXapQGr-oq0e5KyI43UOeKbuXk&e=>
Posted on February 8, 2019 9:58 am<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__electionlawblog.org_-3Fp-3D103543&d=DwMGaQ&c=gAzS7Z2sPulVLgfP0R9Uzw&r=-CRNZSPErWVMB5V0bj2p75oYF76E4WXiXcL2AHUhNTY&m=rgfYmVHzQPgZ-wXjLam5VxTV22KNJT-0B7csbLS8-ts&s=OdqAorFPhvXhfE9oasXapQGr-oq0e5KyI43UOeKbuXk&e=> by Rick Hasen<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__electionlawblog.org_-3Fauthor-3D3&d=DwMGaQ&c=gAzS7Z2sPulVLgfP0R9Uzw&r=-CRNZSPErWVMB5V0bj2p75oYF76E4WXiXcL2AHUhNTY&m=rgfYmVHzQPgZ-wXjLam5VxTV22KNJT-0B7csbLS8-ts&s=DRl0nSW36GS4raWXBZWCRLERN8tFyENiYxVRf4GZukc&e=>

AJC<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.ajc.com_news_state-2D-2Dregional-2Dgovt-2D-2Dpolitics_georgia-2Dvoters-2Dsuing-2Dfor-2Dpaper-2Dballots-2Dwin-2Dappeal-2D11th-2Dcircuit_1HWhP8xNy081ONfesFxLOM_&d=DwMGaQ&c=gAzS7Z2sPulVLgfP0R9Uzw&r=-CRNZSPErWVMB5V0bj2p75oYF76E4WXiXcL2AHUhNTY&m=rgfYmVHzQPgZ-wXjLam5VxTV22KNJT-0B7csbLS8-ts&s=RZSgRw4FoU_2ofxdTTQvTcwF1kMLvqyhf2edI28pHPk&e=>:

A federal appeals court on Thursday upheld a judge’s ruling that said Georgia’s electronic voting system poses a “concrete risk”<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.ajc.com_news_state-2D-2Dregional-2Dgovt-2D-2Dpolitics_judge-2Dsays-2Dgeorgia-2Delections-2Drisk-2Dbut-2Drules-2Dagainst-2Dpaper-2Dballots_TL0QqSqu9YRoEN3flnBopI_&d=DwMGaQ&c=gAzS7Z2sPulVLgfP0R9Uzw&r=-CRNZSPErWVMB5V0bj2p75oYF76E4WXiXcL2AHUhNTY&m=rgfYmVHzQPgZ-wXjLam5VxTV22KNJT-0B7csbLS8-ts&s=UG7tAiQbAn9crMsdDE3HTbEaI0GzEm42CNC_HS69EUY&e=> to secure elections.

The decision from the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals allows the voting system lawsuit to move forward.
The plaintiffs, who are election integrity advocates and concerned voters, want U.S. District Judge Amy Totenberg to switch Georgia’s statewide voting system to hand-marked paper ballots<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.ajc.com_news_state-2D-2Dregional-2Dgovt-2D-2Dpolitics_georgia-2Dlawmakers-2Dprepare-2Dfor-2Dfight-2Dover-2Dswitch-2Dpaper-2Dballots_55mAQSHQPFSqniXARCbxzN_&d=DwMGaQ&c=gAzS7Z2sPulVLgfP0R9Uzw&r=-CRNZSPErWVMB5V0bj2p75oYF76E4WXiXcL2AHUhNTY&m=rgfYmVHzQPgZ-wXjLam5VxTV22KNJT-0B7csbLS8-ts&s=9t17JLOu_SBY8U5uZ2sy-JnFbJ5wMsoHaePHl_IH0n4&e=>.

Totenberg ruled<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.ajc.com_news_state-2D-2Dregional-2Dgovt-2D-2Dpolitics_federal-2Djudge-2Drejects-2Dpaper-2Dballot-2Deffort-2Dfor-2D2018-2Dgeorgia-2Delection_MPNGITqPbZ9wYfZ0NEP1IJ_&d=DwMGaQ&c=gAzS7Z2sPulVLgfP0R9Uzw&r=-CRNZSPErWVMB5V0bj2p75oYF76E4WXiXcL2AHUhNTY&m=rgfYmVHzQPgZ-wXjLam5VxTV22KNJT-0B7csbLS8-ts&s=fGkkHR2XuZxxdiD9uVMiHjpOxybVBCGNTvnDSCpR-Gs&e=> in September that the plaintiffs will likely succeed in the lawsuit, but she denied their request to immediately switch to paper ballots so close to November’s midterm elections.

You can find the unanimous per curiam opinion by Judges Pryor, Rosenbaum, and Moore at this link<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__media.ca11.uscourts.gov_opinions_unpub_files_201813951.pdf&d=DwMGaQ&c=gAzS7Z2sPulVLgfP0R9Uzw&r=-CRNZSPErWVMB5V0bj2p75oYF76E4WXiXcL2AHUhNTY&m=rgfYmVHzQPgZ-wXjLam5VxTV22KNJT-0B7csbLS8-ts&s=paRP54xwga0ATvfXTCLf-dS0xf-yrmGafxeFesH56JA&e=>. “As set forth below, we affirm in part and dismiss in part because the State Defendants are neither entitled to Eleventh Amendment immunity nor legislative immunity and their standing arguments are not yet reviewable. “
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