[EL] ELB News and Commentary 7/15/19

Mon Jul 15 11:16:41 PDT 2019

"Roberts gave GOP cover on gerrymandering"<https://electionlawblog.org/?p=106312>
Posted on July 15, 2019 11:08 am<https://electionlawblog.org/?p=106312> by Justin Levitt<https://electionlawblog.org/?author=4>

Gene Nichol, in the News & Observer<https://www.newsobserver.com/opinion/article232590797.html>, with a local's view on Rucho (feat. Shelby County).
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Posted in political parties<https://electionlawblog.org/?cat=25>, redistricting<https://electionlawblog.org/?cat=6>
"Florida's New Poll Tax"<https://electionlawblog.org/?p=106309>
Posted on July 15, 2019 11:03 am<https://electionlawblog.org/?p=106309> by Justin Levitt<https://electionlawblog.org/?author=4>

Herman Schwartz blogs at Balkinization<https://balkin.blogspot.com/2019/07/floridas-new-poll-tax.html> on the legislative cutbacks to Florida's Amendment 4 for people with convictions who still owe fines or fees.

And The Intercept has a piece on some prosecutors' attempts<https://theintercept.com/2019/07/15/florida-voting-rights-amendment-4/> to reduce the fines and fees, in part driven by the controversy.
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Posted in direct democracy<https://electionlawblog.org/?cat=62>, felon voting<https://electionlawblog.org/?cat=66>
Prison gerrymandering and the impact on cities<https://electionlawblog.org/?p=106307>
Posted on July 15, 2019 11:03 am<https://electionlawblog.org/?p=106307> by Justin Levitt<https://electionlawblog.org/?author=4>

The Philadelphia Inquirer's editorial board<https://www.inquirer.com/opinion/editorials/prison-gerrymandering-pennsylvania-villanova-philadelphia-census-editorial-20190715.html> discusses the consequences when redistricting counts people temporarily incarcerated at a place far from home.
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Posted in redistricting<https://electionlawblog.org/?cat=6>
"North Carolina Gerrymandering Trial Could Serve As Blueprint For Other States"<https://electionlawblog.org/?p=106305>
Posted on July 15, 2019 11:02 am<https://electionlawblog.org/?p=106305> by Justin Levitt<https://electionlawblog.org/?author=4>

Morning Edition<https://www.npr.org/2019/07/15/740842847/north-carolina-gerrymandering-trial-could-serve-as-blueprint-for-other-states> on Common Cause v. Lewis<http://redistricting.lls.edu/cases-NC.php#NClewis>, the North Carolina partisan gerrymandering case in state court, heading into trial today.
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Posted in political parties<https://electionlawblog.org/?cat=25>, redistricting<https://electionlawblog.org/?cat=6>
More on citizenship and redistricting<https://electionlawblog.org/?p=106303>
Posted on July 15, 2019 11:02 am<https://electionlawblog.org/?p=106303> by Justin Levitt<https://electionlawblog.org/?author=4>

TPM dives in<https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/citizenship-data-states-redistricting-bureau-directed-data> on the citizenship-data Paperwork Reduction Act filing<https://assets.documentcloud.org/documents/6192581/2020-Census-Supporting-Statement-A-Revised-July.pdf> spotted<https://electionlawblog.org/?p=106251> over the weekend.

And Reuters reviews<https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-census-redistricting/trump-may-face-more-court-battles-over-giving-citizenship-data-to-states-idUSKCN1UA0XI> the legal battles that might result.
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Posted in census litigation<https://electionlawblog.org/?cat=125>, redistricting<https://electionlawblog.org/?cat=6>
"Presidential popular vote compact would lead to chaos"<https://electionlawblog.org/?p=106301>
Posted on July 15, 2019 11:01 am<https://electionlawblog.org/?p=106301> by Justin Levitt<https://electionlawblog.org/?author=4>

Sean Parnell, over at The Hill<https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/452467-presidential-popular-vote-compact-would-lead-to-chaos>, notes some concerns about the National Popular Vote compact.

Some of these concerns have to do with the fact that different states have different rules for administering elections.  I've got mixed emotions about NPV myself, but I'm not sure why the simple fact of different rules in each state necessarily implies more trouble in ascertaining the total.  Or why a vote with consequences calibrated to the national total necessarily implies a perfectly uniform set of national rules.
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Posted in electoral college<https://electionlawblog.org/?cat=44>
"A question to repeal national popular vote compact in Colorado is poised for 2020 ballot"<https://electionlawblog.org/?p=106299>
Posted on July 15, 2019 11:01 am<https://electionlawblog.org/?p=106299> by Justin Levitt<https://electionlawblog.org/?author=4>

Advocates say they've got the signatures<https://coloradosun.com/2019/07/15/national-popular-vote-repeal-colorado-2020-ballot/>.

An extra note of significance:

If certified for the ballot, it would be the first time since The Great Depression that Colorado voters would decide whether to repeal or reaffirm a law approved by the General Assembly and signed by the governor. In 1932, voters repealed a law that increased the tax on oleomargarine.
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Posted in electoral college<https://electionlawblog.org/?cat=44>, referendum<https://electionlawblog.org/?cat=56>
New volume of the Harvard Law & Policy Review is out<https://electionlawblog.org/?p=106297>
Posted on July 15, 2019 11:00 am<https://electionlawblog.org/?p=106297> by Justin Levitt<https://electionlawblog.org/?author=4>

Chock full<https://harvardlpr.com/print-archive/volume-13-2/> of election-law goodies.  Among other pieces:
*         Elizabeth Warren<https://harvardlpr.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/20/2019/07/Foreword.pdf>, Foreword (on corruption and faith in government)
*         Jeffrey Clements<https://harvardlpr.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/20/2019/07/Clements.pdf>, "But It Will Happen": A Constitutional Amendment to Secure Political Equality in Election Spending and Representation
*         Viki Harrison<https://harvardlpr.com/print-archive/volume-13-2/>, How One State Legislature Grappled with Creating an Ethics Commission
*         Karl Racine & Elizabeth Wilkins<https://harvardlpr.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/20/2019/07/Racine-Wilkins.pdf>, Enforcing the Anti-Corruption Provisions of the Constitution
*         Ciara Torres-Spelliscy<https://harvardlpr.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/20/2019/07/Torres-Spelliscy.pdf>, Deregulating Corruption
*         Nicholas Stephanopoulos<https://harvardlpr.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/20/2019/07/Stephanopoulos.pdf>, The Dance of Partisanship and Districting
*         Daniel Tokaji<https://harvardlpr.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/20/2019/07/Tokaji.pdf>, Denying Systemic Equality: The Last Words of the Kennedy Court
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Posted in campaign finance<https://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>, ethics investigations<https://electionlawblog.org/?cat=42>, political equality<https://electionlawblog.org/?cat=69>, political parties<https://electionlawblog.org/?cat=25>, redistricting<https://electionlawblog.org/?cat=6>, Supreme Court<https://electionlawblog.org/?cat=29>
Last week at the FEC<https://electionlawblog.org/?p=106295>
Posted on July 15, 2019 10:57 am<https://electionlawblog.org/?p=106295> by Justin Levitt<https://electionlawblog.org/?author=4>

Here's last week's roundup<https://www.fec.gov/updates/week-of-july-8-12-2019/> of the latest at the FEC.

Includes, among other things, an advisory opinion allowing a vendor to offer cybersecurity services to campaigns at low- to no-cost, and an advisory opinion allowing a congressional campaign to distribute "valueless digital blockchain tokens as an incentive to engage in volunteer activities."
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Posted in campaign finance<https://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>, federal election commission<https://electionlawblog.org/?cat=24>
Zombie campaigns<https://electionlawblog.org/?p=106293>
Posted on July 15, 2019 10:56 am<https://electionlawblog.org/?p=106293> by Justin Levitt<https://electionlawblog.org/?author=4>

A nice summary here<https://floridapolitics.com/archives/301005-big-name-politicians-respond-to-fecs-zombie-campaigns-action> of some of the various reasons why campaign accounts may stay open long after the campaigners are out of office.
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Posted in campaign finance<https://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>
"Thinking small: Why Bernie Sanders and other 2020 candidates seek low-dollar campaign contributions"<https://electionlawblog.org/?p=106291>
Posted on July 15, 2019 10:56 am<https://electionlawblog.org/?p=106291> by Justin Levitt<https://electionlawblog.org/?author=4>

And a nice summary here<https://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/article/2019/jul/15/thinking-small-why-bernie-sanders-and-other-2020-c/> of some of the various reasons for seeking grassroots contributions.
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Posted in campaign finance<https://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>
Protecting the 2020 Election from Manipulation by the President<https://electionlawblog.org/?p=106289>
Posted on July 15, 2019 10:56 am<https://electionlawblog.org/?p=106289> by Justin Levitt<https://electionlawblog.org/?author=4>

Protect Democracy has a new white paper<https://protectdemocracy.org/update/white-paper-preventing-president-trump-from-manipulating-the-2020-election/> with suggestions for what to do when the call is coming from inside the house.
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Posted in chicanery<https://electionlawblog.org/?cat=12>
"Most Americans say no statehood for the District of Columbia, poll shows"<https://electionlawblog.org/?p=106287>
Posted on July 15, 2019 10:56 am<https://electionlawblog.org/?p=106287> by Justin Levitt<https://electionlawblog.org/?author=4>

The latest polling numbers<https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/dc-politics/most-americans-say-no-statehood-for-the-district-of-columbia-poll-shows/2019/07/13/d053f350-a4c1-11e9-b8c8-75dae2607e60_story.html?utm_term=.fb2dce6a1f5f> in the fight for representation for DC residents.  That's consistent with past polls ... which have also showed a majority favoring full voting rights for DC.
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Posted in political equality<https://electionlawblog.org/?cat=69>
"With straight-ticket voting gone, Texas House down-ballot races hang in the balance"<https://electionlawblog.org/?p=106284>
Posted on July 15, 2019 10:55 am<https://electionlawblog.org/?p=106284> by Justin Levitt<https://electionlawblog.org/?author=4>

Commentary on the impact of the demise of straight-ticket voting options<https://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/commentary/2019/07/15/straight-ticket-voting-gone-texas-house-ballot-races-hang-balance> in Texas.
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Posted in political parties<https://electionlawblog.org/?cat=25>, political polarization<https://electionlawblog.org/?cat=68>
Interesting suit against AZ initiative signature law<https://electionlawblog.org/?p=106281>
Posted on July 14, 2019 12:52 pm<https://electionlawblog.org/?p=106281> by Justin Levitt<https://electionlawblog.org/?author=4>

Arizona law invalidates any signatures collected for a citizens' initiative, referedum, or recall by a particular circulator, if the circulator is paid or from out of state, and if that circulator is subpoenaed in a challenge and can't appear in court. A new lawsuit<https://electionlawblog.org/wp-content/uploads/miracle-v-hobbs-complaint.pdf> filed this past week challenges that law. Should be interesting.
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Posted in ballot access<https://electionlawblog.org/?cat=46>, direct democracy<https://electionlawblog.org/?cat=62>, recall elections<https://electionlawblog.org/?cat=11>, referendum<https://electionlawblog.org/?cat=56>

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