[EL] ELB News and Commentary 3/22/19

[Rick Hasen]

“The Electoral College’s Real Problem: It’s Biased Toward the Big Battlegrounds”<https://electionlawblog.org/?p=104316>
Posted on March 22, 2019 8:12 am<https://electionlawblog.org/?p=104316> by Rick Hasen<https://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Nate Cohn<https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/22/upshot/electoral-college-votes-states.html> for NYT’s The Upshot.
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Posted in electoral college<https://electionlawblog.org/?cat=44>


“Historic Do-Over Election in North Carolina Brings Out Bruising Politics”<https://electionlawblog.org/?p=104314>
Posted on March 22, 2019 8:04 am<https://electionlawblog.org/?p=104314> by Rick Hasen<https://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

WSJ reports<https://www.wsj.com/articles/historic-do-over-election-in-north-carolina-brings-out-bruising-politics-11553176496?emailToken=0b6307edb38c869acc3d507d92cc1ba9jkQb6a+llQNMdCjqLFhEg4pCWepBuWdTluKybvi57WoxPmuFe2xW+bZYXMa6pcjfhOx7QeMqyv+SgZhuc+FR2KeUMsDnkubvmZJzAIfSGCox049XdGYI3H2LDP4sZ5IlxOqe20+QWUwkrqcNrnjnDQ%3D%3D&reflink=article_email_share>.
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Posted in campaigns<https://electionlawblog.org/?cat=59>


“Election Reforms Really Mattered in 2018”<https://electionlawblog.org/?p=104312>
Posted on March 22, 2019 7:48 am<https://electionlawblog.org/?p=104312> by Rick Hasen<https://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Miles Rapoport<https://prospect.org/article/election-reforms-really-mattered-2018> for TAP.
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Posted in election administration<https://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18>


“Civil Rights Groups Call ‘Election Integrity’ Bill a ‘Dangerous New Assault on Voting Rights in Texas’”<https://electionlawblog.org/?p=104306>
Posted on March 21, 2019 1:01 pm<https://electionlawblog.org/?p=104306> by Rick Hasen<https://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Texas Observer:<https://www.texasobserver.org/civil-rights-groups-call-election-integrity-bill-a-dangerous-new-assault-on-voting-rights-in-texas/>

A coalition of civil rights groups is warning that a new GOP bill winding its way through the Texas Legislature imposes substantial and unnecessary burdens on voters.

Among other provisions, Senate Bill 9<https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/86R/analysis/html/SB00009I.htm>, an omnibus “election integrity” bill filed by state Senator Bryan Hughes, R-Mineola, would raise criminal penalties for certain election-related offenses; establish tighter rules for assisting disabled, elderly or absentee voters; and increase the likelihood that people who mistakenly violate election laws face criminal prosecution.

In a Tuesday letter urging Hughes to radically change or withdraw SB 9, the coalition, which includes the Texas Civil Rights Project and MOVE Texas, called the bill a “dangerous new assault on voting rights in Texas.”
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Posted in The Voting Wars<https://electionlawblog.org/?cat=60>


“Momentum Builds To Eliminate The Electoral College”<https://electionlawblog.org/?p=104304>
Posted on March 21, 2019 12:58 pm<https://electionlawblog.org/?p=104304> by Rick Hasen<https://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

NPR reports<https://www.npr.org/2019/03/21/705395107/momentum-builds-to-eliminate-the-electoral-college?utm_campaign=storyshare&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=social>.
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Posted in electoral college<https://electionlawblog.org/?cat=44>



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