[EL] ELB News and Commentary 7/14/19

Sun Jul 14 11:09:09 PDT 2019

“What the French Revolution teaches us about the dangers of gerrymandering”<https://electionlawblog.org/?p=106279>
Posted on July 14, 2019 11:07 am<https://electionlawblog.org/?p=106279> by Justin Levitt<https://electionlawblog.org/?author=4>

Rebecca Spang<https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2019/07/14/what-french-revolution-teaches-us-about-dangers-gerrymandering/> with a Bastille Day connection to unabashed partisan redistricting.
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Posted in political parties<https://electionlawblog.org/?cat=25>, political polarization<https://electionlawblog.org/?cat=68>, redistricting<https://electionlawblog.org/?cat=6>
“How white supremacy shaped the original census — centuries before the citizenship debate”<https://electionlawblog.org/?p=106277>
Posted on July 14, 2019 11:07 am<https://electionlawblog.org/?p=106277> by Justin Levitt<https://electionlawblog.org/?author=4>

The WaPo sees a through-line<https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2019/07/12/how-white-supremacy-shaped-original-census-centuries-before-citizenship-debate/> in debates about race and the census.  Janai Nelson has a deeper look in the Columbia Law Review<https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3374954>.
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Posted in census litigation<https://electionlawblog.org/?cat=125>, political equality<https://electionlawblog.org/?cat=69>
Citizenship data and the redistricting fight<https://electionlawblog.org/?p=106275>
Posted on July 14, 2019 11:06 am<https://electionlawblog.org/?p=106275> by Justin Levitt<https://electionlawblog.org/?author=4>

The Nation<https://www.thenation.com/article/trump-census-citizenship-data-gerrymander-democracy/> picks up the redistricting thread.
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Posted in census litigation<https://electionlawblog.org/?cat=125>, redistricting<https://electionlawblog.org/?cat=6>
“How Trump can mitigate the damage of folding on the census”<https://electionlawblog.org/?p=106273>
Posted on July 14, 2019 11:06 am<https://electionlawblog.org/?p=106273> by Justin Levitt<https://electionlawblog.org/?author=4>

Hugh Hewitt’s op-ed<https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/07/13/how-trump-can-mitigate-damage-folding-census/> suggests that the president should have refused to quit on the census case, and calls for a motion for reconsideration in the Supreme Court.

For perspective, it also claims that “the Supreme Court sat on the decision with the clock ticking,” and that the “White House counsel’s office has slowed to a crawl on judicial nominees.”
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Posted in census litigation<https://electionlawblog.org/?cat=125>, chicanery<https://electionlawblog.org/?cat=12>
“If the Supreme Court Won’t Prevent Gerrymandering, Who Will?”<https://electionlawblog.org/?p=106271>
Posted on July 14, 2019 11:05 am<https://electionlawblog.org/?p=106271> by Justin Levitt<https://electionlawblog.org/?author=4>

Sam Wang in the NYT looks to the states<https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/13/opinion/sunday/partisan-gerrymandering.html>.
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Posted in redistricting<https://electionlawblog.org/?cat=6>
“For Democratic presidential hopeful Steve Bullock, it’s all about the ‘dark money’”<https://electionlawblog.org/?p=106269>
Posted on July 14, 2019 11:05 am<https://electionlawblog.org/?p=106269> by Justin Levitt<https://electionlawblog.org/?author=4>

Spotlight<https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/for-democratic-presidential-hopeful-steve-bullock-its-all-about-the-dark-money/2019/07/13/a8e6362c-9da8-11e9-b27f-ed2942f73d70_story.html> on Bullock’s spotlight on campaign finance and the Copper Kings.
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Posted in campaign finance<https://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>
“Taking political financing private may be legal, but looks wrong for Gillum”<https://electionlawblog.org/?p=106267>
Posted on July 14, 2019 11:05 am<https://electionlawblog.org/?p=106267> by Justin Levitt<https://electionlawblog.org/?author=4>

One Floridian commentator’s take<https://www.tallahassee.com/story/news/politics/cotterell/2019/07/13/taking-financing-private-may-legal-but-looks-wrong-gillum/1717944001/> on the flow of funds between PACs and c4s.

FWIW, I’m not sure the particular objection highlighted here makes much sense.  It protests the funding of a c4 from donations collected for a PAC, on the basis that the funding isn’t transparent.  That PAC money has all been disclosed – it’s likely the most transparent of the money the c4 is collecting.
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Posted in campaign finance<https://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>
“California lawmakers consider new rules for political ads”<https://electionlawblog.org/?p=106264>
Posted on July 14, 2019 11:04 am<https://electionlawblog.org/?p=106264> by Justin Levitt<https://electionlawblog.org/?author=4>

The AP reports<https://www.apnews.com/45518f0a8c7b4a6f949b73714139474a> on new proposals for disclaimers on Facebook ads about pending legislation.
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Posted in campaign finance<https://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>
“W.Va. Secretary of State: Russians Meddled in Social Media, Not Voting Machines”<https://electionlawblog.org/?p=106261>
Posted on July 14, 2019 11:04 am<https://electionlawblog.org/?p=106261> by Justin Levitt<https://electionlawblog.org/?author=4>

Mac Warner’s point<http://www.theintelligencer.net/news/top-headlines/2019/07/w-va-secretary-of-state-russians-meddled-in-social-media-not-voting-machines/> is absolutely right: in 2016, the most meaningful system hacked was us.  Humans were the most vulnerable link.

And as for securing the non-human component, election officials know<https://twitter.com/juddrchoate/status/1150440465180893186> that there’s been an enormous amount of work done.
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Posted in chicanery<https://electionlawblog.org/?cat=12>, voting technology<https://electionlawblog.org/?cat=40>
“Oklahoma City artist visiting 36 states for 19th amendment tribute flag”<https://electionlawblog.org/?p=106258>
Posted on July 14, 2019 11:03 am<https://electionlawblog.org/?p=106258> by Justin Levitt<https://electionlawblog.org/?author=4>

Four states down<https://oklahoman.com/article/5636166/oklahoma-city-artist-visiting-36-states-for-19th-amendment-tribute-flag>, 32 to go.
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Posted in political equality<https://electionlawblog.org/?cat=69>
“What Really Happened With West Virginia’s Blockchain Voting Experiment?”<https://electionlawblog.org/?p=106256>
Posted on July 13, 2019 2:25 pm<https://electionlawblog.org/?p=106256> by Justin Levitt<https://electionlawblog.org/?author=4>

Slate says ¯\_(ツ)_/¯<https://slate.com/technology/2019/07/west-virginia-blockchain-voting-voatz.html>
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Posted in internet voting<https://electionlawblog.org/?cat=49>, voting technology<https://electionlawblog.org/?cat=40>

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