[EL] ELB News and Commentary 11/19/19

Tue Nov 19 06:57:55 PST 2019

“Trump Poised to Flip 11th Circuit, Election Law Disputes on Tap”<https://electionlawblog.org/?p=108127>
Posted on November 19, 2019 6:52 am<https://electionlawblog.org/?p=108127> by Rick Hasen<https://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Bloomberg Law reports.<https://news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/trump-poised-to-flip-11th-circuit-election-law-disputes-on-tap>
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“Civil Rights Groups Sue Mississippi Secretary of State to Stop Proof of Citizenship Requirement for Naturalized Citizens”<https://electionlawblog.org/?p=108125>
Posted on November 18, 2019 3:06 pm<https://electionlawblog.org/?p=108125> by Rick Hasen<https://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Release:<https://lawyerscommittee.org/civil-rights-groups-sue-mississippi-secretary-of-state-to-stop-proof-of-citizenship-requirement-for-naturalized-citizens/>

Today, the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, together with the Mississippi Center for Justice, the Law Office of Robert McDuff, and law firm Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP, filed a lawsuit on behalf of the Mississippi Immigrants Rights Alliance against Secretary of State Delbert Hosemann over Mississippi’s discriminatory and unlawful proof of citizenship requirement for naturalized citizens.  The suit alleges that the requirement, which does not apply to U.S.-born citizens, violates the equal protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment and burdens naturalized citizens’ fundamental right to vote….

To read the full complaint, please click here<https://u7061146.ct.sendgrid.net/wf/click?upn=G62jSYfZdO-2F12d8lSllQB-2FhkIDvr3xVW5f7tp8mMZjTj-2FXFiXMgzhrUr-2FOkNU5KHaGWPKqTZMDhH546Gv1zDyPXlFM5AeBJbZLJIUJEf70I-3D_30ATbLgxLLmGH6tbAIrgS-2FZz9cMahU3t39B-2BCKucQKeGJzGfsSqN1sWC0I6M2zuv8PqPhIG-2FzqrK-2FcPCrvZpYnQfcC5gJOsDyNxgEnL5MdwmXk5G2b-2FiUekxtS7QgVjXVHdQugyQTwGcdFDUH0TEZLSM7TMIyYJsYs4oFlaMhIvhN8R9aBjkzP3i5gM7j-2BeHnEHZvKla5n6xqAO-2FsR95r5muK2HF7UTfggTGkqqt2BksxkbgpHkGAcC-2FBILFJ4EjUICUMGBWZo5m2Qj3JwrH1of6Wj-2BItGPtGmXEqc8dppDmYiaBLS2Paz-2BafgB48qQ4LKoKbvnaQC-2B-2B1usXuJ8q5Q5DCuCwqYQJaraNYQge-2FTY-3D>.
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Pildes, Tolson, and Ho in YLJ Forum on Voting Reform<https://electionlawblog.org/?p=108123>
Posted on November 18, 2019 12:57 pm<https://electionlawblog.org/?p=108123> by Rick Hasen<https://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

These all look very good:

COLLECTION

Election Reform<https://www.yalelawjournal.org/collection/election-reform>

As the first bill introduced in the current Congress, H.R. 1 seeks to revamp our democracy through sweeping electoral reforms. This Collection critiques small-donor-based public financing, argues for legislation mandating Election Day registration, and defends H.R. 1’s constitutionality based on Congress’s broad authority to regulate federal elections.

Small-Donor-Based Campaign-Finance Reform and Political Polarization<https://www.yalelawjournal.org/forum/small-donor-based-campaign-finance-reform-and-political-polarization>

Richard H. Pildes

Small-donor campaign-finance reform is supported by participatory, egalitarian, and anti-corruption values. But while reform advocates focus on these values, they ignore the evidence that such reforms might further fuel the ideological extremes in American politics. Small-donor campaign-finance reform requires confronting possible tradeoffs between internet-based political participation and ideological extremism.1

The Elections Clause and the Underenforcement of Federal Law<https://www.yalelawjournal.org/forum/the-elections-clause-and-the-underenforcement-of-federal-law>

Franita Tolson

Drawing on nineteenth-century federal voting-rights legislation, this Essay argues that challenges to federal authority over elections persist for two reasons. First, the Supreme Court has not fully delineated federal power under the Elections Clause. Second, Congress has never exercised its Elections Clause power to its full conceptual limits.

Election Day Registration and the Limits of Litigation<https://www.yalelawjournal.org/forum/election-day-registration-and-the-limits-of-litigation>

Dale E. Ho

This Essay examines Election Day registration (EDR)—the single reform that would do the most to improve U.S. voter turnout. While legislative reform efforts over the last decade have doubled the number of EDR states, litigation challenging registration deadlines has not yet succeeded, making federal legislation much needed.
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