[EL] ELB News and Commentary 6/7/19

Thu Jun 6 19:35:38 PDT 2019

In 1987, Mitch McConnell, Now a Leading Opponent of Any Government Limits on Money in Politics, Proposed a Constitutional Amendment to Limit a Candidate’s Use of Personal Funds and Independent Expenditures as “Distort[ing]” the Political Process<https://electionlawblog.org/?p=105517>
Posted on June 6, 2019 7:31 pm<https://electionlawblog.org/?p=105517> by Rick Hasen<https://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

This is history<https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/5985578-1987-06-19-McConnell-Introduces-Constitutional.html> I did not know.
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It allowed for Congressional regulation of individual expenditures on their own campaigns (the so-called "millionaire's amendment") as well as congressional regulation of independent expenditures.

You can read it here: https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/5985578-1987-06-19-McConnell-Introduces-Constitutional.html …<https://t.co/qfhR1wm3kp>
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1987 06 19 McConnell Introduces Constitutional Amendment<https://t.co/qfhR1wm3kp>

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Thanks. Didn’t realize there was more than one page. I wonder what @rickhasen<https://twitter.com/rickhasen> thinks of that proposed amendment.
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Posted in campaign finance<https://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>

“Bill repealing GOP election-law changes headed for Sununu’s desk”<https://electionlawblog.org/?p=105515>
Posted on June 6, 2019 7:14 pm<https://electionlawblog.org/?p=105515> by Rick Hasen<https://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

New Hampshire Union Leader<https://www.unionleader.com/news/politics/state/bill-repealing-gop-election-law-changes-headed-for-sununu-s/article_aeb6b973-1fea-5a18-86dd-0a99a358ba5f.html>:

The effort by Democratic majorities in the state Legislature to rollback changes to election laws passed by Republicans last year continued on Thursday, as the Senate approved a House-passed bill regarding the definition of residence for voting purposes (HB 106).

Like most election-related bills, the measure passed along party lines, 14-10, with all Republicans opposed. If signed into law, it would repeal a bill passed last year, HB 1264.

“The most serious concern with HB 1264 is that it links the act of registering to vote with the obligations to register your vehicle and obtain a New Hampshire driver’s license, both of which can be very expensive for college students and will create a burden attached to voting that will turn some away from the polls,” said Sen. Tom Sherman, D-Rye, in introducing the bill.
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Posted in The Voting Wars<https://electionlawblog.org/?cat=60>

NC Rep. David Lewis Denies Deceiving Redistricting Court in Covington Case<https://electionlawblog.org/?p=105513>
Posted on June 6, 2019 7:10 pm<https://electionlawblog.org/?p=105513> by Rick Hasen<https://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

NYT:<https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/06/us/north-carolina-gerrymander-republican.html>

A leading Republican legislator involved in the redistricting, State Representative David R. Lewis, issued a sweeping denial of the charges in the filing, calling allegations of misrepresentation “a complete fabrication.”
“The legislative maps I presented in 2017 were drawn on a state computer using criteria adopted publicly by the redistricting committee,” he said in a news release late Thursday. “I had no input on or control of any play maps Dr. Hofeller may have drawn on his personal computer on his own time.” Mr. Lewis’s lawyer had speculated earlier that any maps related to the case on the backups had been drawn by Mr. Hofeller in his spare time, out of personal interest.
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Posted in Uncategorized<https://electionlawblog.org/?cat=1>

“Senate Intelligence Committee summons mysterious British security consultant”<https://electionlawblog.org/?p=105511>
Posted on June 6, 2019 12:46 pm<https://electionlawblog.org/?p=105511> by Rick Hasen<https://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Politico:<https://www.politico.com/story/2019/06/05/senate-intelligence-committee-british-security-consultant-1353675>

Senate investigators have added yet another name to the constantly evolving cast of characters in the Russia investigation.

On April 5, just 2 weeks after Special Counsel Robert Mueller submitted his final report on Russia’s election interference, the Senate Intelligence Committee sent a letter to a British security consultant named Walter Soriano asking for a voluntary, closed-door interview and documents with various Russia probe figures dating back to June 2015.

The letter, obtained by Politico, offers yet another window into the panel’s secretive — but largely bipartisan — two-year-old investigation, and reveals the investigators’ interest in what, if any, role Israel may have played in attempts to manipulate the 2016 election.

The panel’s interest in Soriano is not a mere fishing expedition, according to a source familiar with the investigators’ internal deliberations who requested anonymity to discuss them freely.
“They’re surprised by how connected he seems to several people of interest,” this person said, including the Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska — a former business associate of Trump’s campaign chairman Paul Manafort, who offered Deripaska private briefings about the campaign in 2016. Deripaska is believed to have worked with Soriano on corporate intelligence matters, this person said.
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Posted in campaigns<https://electionlawblog.org/?cat=59>, chicanery<https://electionlawblog.org/?cat=12>

Breaking: Plaintiffs in North Carolina Redistricting Case, Using Hofeller Files, Allege NC Republicans Lied To Federal Court in Covington Case About Timing of and Use of Race in Drawing District Maps<https://electionlawblog.org/?p=105505>
Posted on June 6, 2019 11:56 am<https://electionlawblog.org/?p=105505> by Rick Hasen<https://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

More major allegations coming out of the Hofeller hard drives.

See this pdf<https://www.scribd.com/document/412587846/cc-lewis>, beginning at Exhibit C, page 7 (page 113 of the pdf). Some snippets from the plaintiff’s letter:
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Posted in chicanery<https://electionlawblog.org/?cat=12>, redistricting<https://electionlawblog.org/?cat=6>

“Where a citizenship question could cause the census to miss millions of Hispanics — and why that’s a big deal”<https://electionlawblog.org/?p=105503>
Posted on June 6, 2019 11:44 am<https://electionlawblog.org/?p=105503> by Rick Hasen<https://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

WaPo deep dive.<https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/06/06/where-citizenship-question-could-cause-census-miss-millions-hispanics-why-thats-big-deal/?utm_term=.374941e53fe8>
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Posted in census litigation<https://electionlawblog.org/?cat=125>, Supreme Court<https://electionlawblog.org/?cat=29>

“Election Rules Are an Obstacle to Cybersecurity of Presidential Campaigns”<https://electionlawblog.org/?p=105501>
Posted on June 6, 2019 11:38 am<https://electionlawblog.org/?p=105501> by Rick Hasen<https://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

NYT reports.<https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/06/technology/ftc-rules-cyberattacks.html>
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Posted in chicanery<https://electionlawblog.org/?cat=12>, election administration<https://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18>, federal election commission<https://electionlawblog.org/?cat=24>, voting technology<https://electionlawblog.org/?cat=40>

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