[EL] ELB News and Commentary 1/31/19

Thu Jan 31 07:40:15 PST 2019

"Stacey Abrams to Take to Georgia Airwaves During Super Bowl"<https://electionlawblog.org/?p=103397>
Posted on January 31, 2019 7:33 am<https://electionlawblog.org/?p=103397> by Rick Hasen<https://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

AP reports.<https://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2019/01/31/us/ap-us-abrams-super-bowl-ad.html>

Stacey Abrams is taking her voting rights campaign to the airwaves in her home state during the Super Bowl.
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Posted in The Voting Wars<https://electionlawblog.org/?cat=60>

"Texas Officials Begin Walking Back Allegations About Noncitizen Voters"<https://electionlawblog.org/?p=103395>
Posted on January 31, 2019 7:26 am<https://electionlawblog.org/?p=103395> by Rick Hasen<https://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

NPR reports.<https://www.npr.org/2019/01/30/690023531/texas-officials-begin-walking-back-allegations-about-noncitizen-voters>
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Posted in fraudulent fraud squad<https://electionlawblog.org/?cat=8>

"More Voter Fraud Misinformation from Trump"<https://electionlawblog.org/?p=103393>
Posted on January 31, 2019 7:25 am<https://electionlawblog.org/?p=103393> by Rick Hasen<https://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Factcheck.org<https://www.factcheck.org/2019/01/more-voter-fraud-misinformation-from-trump/>:

President Donald Trump wrongly claims that "58,000 non-citizens voted in Texas, with 95,000 non-citizens registered to vote." This latest voter fraud misinformation from the president is based on the state's efforts to match driver's license and state ID card applications from noncitizens to voter registration rolls.

However, the Texas director of elections warns the lists provided to county elections officials represent "WEAK matches" (the capitalization and emphasis is the state's) and does not account for the possibility that many people on the list may have simply become naturalized citizens after having obtained a driver's license.

History tells us to be wary of these numbers. In Florida, when officials similarly matched driver's license and voter registration data in 2012 in an attempt to remove noncitizens from voter rolls, an initial list of more than 180,000 names was ultimately whittled down to less than 100.
Nevertheless, Trump, who has long warned - without evidence - about widespread voter fraud, claimed via Twitter that Texas had found evidence that tens of thousands of noncitizens have voted illegally in U.S. elections. Trump claimed Texas' discovery was "just the tip of the iceberg" and that "voter fraud is rampant" around the country. It "Must be stopped," he wrote, with "Strong voter ID!"
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Posted in fraudulent fraud squad<https://electionlawblog.org/?cat=8>

"Tim Scott still opposes Thomas Farr, and has sharp words for conservative critics"<https://electionlawblog.org/?p=103391>
Posted on January 30, 2019 2:29 pm<https://electionlawblog.org/?p=103391> by Rick Hasen<https://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

McClatchy reports<https://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/politics-government/congress/article225279815.html>.
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Posted in election law biz<https://electionlawblog.org/?cat=51>

"The Law of Politics: Elections, Parties and Money in Australia, 2nd edition"<https://electionlawblog.org/?p=103389>
Posted on January 30, 2019 11:28 am<https://electionlawblog.org/?p=103389> by Rick Hasen<https://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Just out today is the second edition of Graeme Orr's important book, The Law of Politics.<http://www.federationpress.com.au/bookstore/book.asp?isbn=9781760021917>
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Posted in comparative election law<https://electionlawblog.org/?cat=107>

"Albany's Progress on Voting: Two Cheers for Now"<https://electionlawblog.org/?p=103387>
Posted on January 30, 2019 11:25 am<https://electionlawblog.org/?p=103387> by Rick Hasen<https://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Jerry Goldfeder NYT letter to the editor.<https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/24/opinion/letters/new-york-state-voting-elections.html>
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Posted in Uncategorized<https://electionlawblog.org/?cat=1>

"Why the 2020 Iowa Democratic caucuses could become a definitive showcase for online voting"<https://electionlawblog.org/?p=103385>
Posted on January 30, 2019 11:23 am<https://electionlawblog.org/?p=103385> by Rick Hasen<https://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Steven Rosenfeld reports.<https://www.salon.com/2019/01/30/why-the-2020-iowa-democratic-caucuses-could-become-a-definitive-showcase-for-online-voting_partner/>
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Posted in election administration<https://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18>, voting technology<https://electionlawblog.org/?cat=40>

Video Now Available of My UCI Law MLK Day Morning Plenary Talk: "Civil Right No. 1:" Dr. King's Unfinished Voting Rights Revolution<https://electionlawblog.org/?p=103383>
Posted on January 30, 2019 11:20 am<https://electionlawblog.org/?p=103383> by Rick Hasen<https://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

You can watch the video at this link.<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RiFXkhWFdvQ&feature=youtu.be>

The video is based on this pape<https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3107752>r in the University of Memphis Law Review, part of this symposium <https://www.memphis.edu/law/documents/tableofcontentsbook1.pdf> on Dr. King's legacy.
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Posted in Voting Rights Act<https://electionlawblog.org/?cat=15>

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