[EL] ELB News and Commentary 1/4/19

Thu Jan 3 19:53:40 PST 2019

“Fight over NC 9th District election could drag on for months, with no one seated”<https://electionlawblog.org/?p=103059>
Posted on January 3, 2019 7:51 pm<https://electionlawblog.org/?p=103059> by Rick Hasen<https://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Charlotte Observer:<https://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/politics-government/election/article223872690.html#topicLink=election-fraud-investigation>

A new election might not take place in North Carolina’s disputed 9th District for months even if a new State Board of Elections orders a re-run of the contest, leaving local elections officials scrambling and constituents without representation in the U.S. House.

“The election might wind up in November,” said Gerry Cohen, former special counsel for the North Carolina General Assembly. “Obviously, people would like to have the vacant seat filled earlier. There’s a lot of moving pieces.”

And the timetable for seating a representative in the district that stretches from south Charlotte to Fayetteville got even murkier this week.
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Some Thoughts on What the Supreme Court Will Do with the Partisan Gerrymandering Cases Coming Before It<https://electionlawblog.org/?p=103057>
Posted on January 3, 2019 6:31 pm<https://electionlawblog.org/?p=103057> by Rick Hasen<https://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

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Former #NC09 Member of Congress Calls Person at Center of Absentee Ballot Scandal a “Political Prostitute”<https://electionlawblog.org/?p=103055>
Posted on January 3, 2019 4:43 pm<https://electionlawblog.org/?p=103055> by Rick Hasen<https://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
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“Wrong Votes and System Failures Mar South Carolina Elections, Report Finds”<https://electionlawblog.org/?p=103053>
Posted on January 3, 2019 1:57 pm<https://electionlawblog.org/?p=103053> by Rick Hasen<https://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

WhoWhatWhy:<https://whowhatwhy.org/2019/01/03/wrong-votes-and-system-failures-mar-south-carolina-elections-report-finds/>

South Carolina miscounted hundreds of votes in the 2018 primary and midterm elections, according to a new report<https://whowhatwhy.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Buell-LWVSC-Report-2018-SC-Election.pdf> by the League of Women Voters state chapter. The errors cast doubt on the quality of programming in the election computers, on the functionality of the old hardware, and on the state’s current election infrastructure itself. (Neither political party was favored by these problems.)

The state even upgraded the software on its voting machines before these elections, yet failed to fix basic problems.
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Posted in election administration<https://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18>

#NC09: “Harris files court documents asking for certification of 9th District results”<https://electionlawblog.org/?p=103051>
Posted on January 3, 2019 9:19 am<https://electionlawblog.org/?p=103051> by Rick Hasen<https://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

WSOC TV:<https://www.wsoctv.com/news/local/harris-files-court-documents-asking-for-certification-of-9th-district-results/898507021>

 Attorneys for Mark Harris filed legal documents Thursday morning with Wake County Superior Court, requesting the results in North Carolina’s controversial 9th Congressional District election in November be certified and Harris be declared the winner – despite a state investigation into the race.

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Harris, the Republican candidate, is currently leading the contested election and is petitioning the soon-to-be-disbanded North Carolina Board of Elections and Ethics Enforcement for a swift certification.
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“How New York Suppresses the Vote”<https://electionlawblog.org/?p=103049>
Posted on January 3, 2019 8:29 am<https://electionlawblog.org/?p=103049> by Rick Hasen<https://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Myrna Perez and Jerry Goldfeder for the NYLJ<https://www.stroock.com/siteFiles/Publications/HowNewYorkSuppressesTheVote.pdf>.
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