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Tue Jun 18 21:39:34 PDT 2019

“A Foreigner Paid $200,000 for Tickets to Trump’s Inaugural. Now He Says He Was Duped.”<https://electionlawblog.org/?p=105667>
Posted on June 18, 2019 2:33 pm<https://electionlawblog.org/?p=105667> by Rick Hasen<https://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

NYT:<https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/18/us/politics/trump-inaugural-lawsuit-pavel-fuks.html?emc=rss&partner=rss>

A Ukrainian-Russian developer who wanted access to President Trump’s inauguration filed a lawsuit on Tuesday saying he was bilked out of the $200,000 he paid for what he thought would be V.I.P. tickets to the event.
The developer, Pavel Fuks, who once discussed a Moscow real estate project<https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/10/us/politics/ukraine-donald-trump-inauguration.html?module=inline> with Mr. Trump, said in the lawsuit, filed in the United States District Court for the Central District of California, that he had paid the money to a firm at the direction of Yuri Vanetik, a prominent Republican fund-raiser and sometime lobbyist. But, the lawsuit said, Mr. Vanetik failed to come through with the promised tickets, and Mr. Fuks ended up watching the inauguration from a Washington hotel bar.
The lawsuit<https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/6158888-Pavel-Fuks-sues-Yuri-Vanetik-Over-Trump.html> sheds new light on efforts to accommodate foreign politicians and business executives who sought to attend Mr. Trump’s inauguration to press their agendas, curry favor or make influential connections with the incoming administration.
It is illegal for foreign nationals to buy tickets from the committees that host the official parties and other events around United States presidential inaugurations, a ban intended to limit international influence in American politics and government. Foreigners have long flocked to inaugurations as guests of American donors, which is permitted.
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Top Recent Downloads in Election Law on SSRN<https://electionlawblog.org/?p=105662>
Posted on June 18, 2019 2:29 pm<https://electionlawblog.org/?p=105662> by Rick Hasen<https://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Here<http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/topten/topTenResults.cfm?groupingId=991929&netorjrnl=jrnl>:

Top Downloads For:

LSN: Election Law & Voting Rights (Topic)

Recent Top Papers (60 days)

As of: 19 Apr 2019 – 18 Jun 2019
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Ballot-Marking Devices (BMDs) Cannot Assure the Will of the Voters<https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3375755> <https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=3491233>
Andrew Appel<https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=3491233>, Richard DeMillo<https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=1864199> and Philip Stark<https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=3491238>
Princeton University, Georgia Institute of Technology and University of California, BerkeleyDate Posted: 21 May 2019
Last Revised: 21 May 2019
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Buckley 2.0: How Would The Buckley Court Decide Buckley Today?<https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3385843>
Miriam Galston<https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=286313>
George Washington University – Law SchoolDate Posted: 11 May 2019
Last Revised: 11 May 2019
61
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Framing Trans Rights<https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3389958>
Marie-Amelie George<https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=2462586>
Wake Forest University – School of LawDate Posted: 08 Jun 2019
Last Revised: 08 Jun 2019
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Gender Differences in Politician Persistence<https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3370587>
Melanie Wasserman<https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=2502768>
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) – Anderson School of ManagementDate Posted: 09 May 2019
Last Revised: 09 May 2019
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Counting Change: Ensuring an Inclusive Census for Communities of Color<https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3374954>
Janai S. Nelson<https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=661178>
NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund INC.Date Posted: 21 May 2019
Last Revised: 21 May 2019
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Finding Common Ground on Voter ID Laws<https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3390049>
Eugene D. Mazo<https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=568726>
Rutgers Law SchoolDate Posted: 21 May 2019
Last Revised: 21 May 2019
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7.
More than the Vote: The Nineteenth Amendment as Proxy for Gender Equality<https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3364546>
Tracy A. Thomas<https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=284134>
University of Akron School of LawDate Posted: 30 Apr 2019
Last Revised: 30 Apr 2019
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8.
Math for the People: Reining in Gerrymandering While Protecting Minority Rights<https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3340991>Gowri Ramachandran<https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=452607>
Southwestern Law School
Date Posted: 19 Apr 2019
Last Revised: 19 Apr 2019
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9.
Republicans and the Voting Rights Act<https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3373396>
Michael Morley<https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=2159971>
Florida State University – College of LawDate Posted: 08 May 2019
Last Revised: 11 May 2019
25
10.
Nonjudicial Solutions to Partisan Gerrymandering<https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3359739>
Derek T. Muller<https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=464341>
Pepperdine University – School of LawDate Posted: 24 Apr 2019
Last Revised: 28 Apr 2019
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