[EL] ELB News and Commentary 1/4/20

Sat Jan 4 09:46:46 PST 2020

"News coverage gets geo-fragmented"<https://electionlawblog.org/?p=108717>
Posted on January 4, 2020 9:45 am<https://electionlawblog.org/?p=108717> by Justin Levitt<https://electionlawblog.org/?author=4>

Madelyn Sanfilippo and Yafit Lev-Aretz reflect in NiemanLab<https://www.niemanlab.org/2020/01/news-coverage-gets-geo-fragmented/> on the impact of the structure of the news media market, and innovations in the delivery of news, on coverage of the 2020 elections.  The lede:

Coverage of the 2020 U.S. presidential election will mark the beginning of gerrymandered news coverage, as hyper-personalization and geotargeting are applied at scale in news apps and in mobile push notifications.

. . .

The 2018 midterm elections provided a first glimpse of location-based targeting in journalism, with major news apps and aggregators using location data to personalize push notifications. This was most prominent in the Florida gubernatorial race: National news outlets provided not only different push notifications at different times to local and national audiences - they also fragmented the state, with different alerts sent to users in Orlando and Tallahassee, Miami and Fort Myers.
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Posted in campaigns<https://electionlawblog.org/?cat=59>, Election Meltdown<https://electionlawblog.org/?cat=127>

"Democracy itself is literally on the ballot"<https://electionlawblog.org/?p=108715>
Posted on January 4, 2020 9:44 am<https://electionlawblog.org/?p=108715> by Justin Levitt<https://electionlawblog.org/?author=4>

Marc Elias in WaPo about his lawsuits on the ballot-order statutes<https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/democracy-itself-is-literally-on-the-ballot/2020/01/03/c38bbfe2-2da9-11ea-bcd4-24597950008f_story.html> giving unilateral pole position to candidates of one party.
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Posted in ballot access<https://electionlawblog.org/?cat=46>, election law and constitutional law<https://electionlawblog.org/?cat=55>, The Voting Wars<https://electionlawblog.org/?cat=60>

The presidential primary field narrows ... but it's also broader than you may realize<https://electionlawblog.org/?p=108713>
Posted on January 4, 2020 9:43 am<https://electionlawblog.org/?p=108713> by Justin Levitt<https://electionlawblog.org/?author=4>

There's been quite a bit of coverage on Julián Castro's recent exit<https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/02/us/politics/julian-castro-dropping-out.html> from the presidential race.

On a comparatively slow (election) news day, your reminder that the FEC notes we've got plenty of options left: as of today, they list 1042 total declared candidates for President<https://www.fec.gov/data/candidates/president/?election_year=2020&cycle=2020&election_full=true>.  I personally think "Chocolate Pancakes<https://www.fec.gov/data/candidates/president/?q=chocolate+pancakes&election_year=2020&cycle=2020&election_full=true>" makes for an intriguing dark horse.
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Posted in primaries<https://electionlawblog.org/?cat=32>

We're always in election season, example #927384<https://electionlawblog.org/?p=108711>
Posted on January 4, 2020 9:42 am<https://electionlawblog.org/?p=108711> by Justin Levitt<https://electionlawblog.org/?author=4>

The City<https://thecity.nyc/2020/01/five-trips-to-the-polls-to-pick-queens-borough-president.html> reports on what one attorney calls an "unusual electoral gauntlet":

Queens voters are being asked to head to the polls five times in less than two years to select a borough president to replace - and succeed - Melinda Katz.

The race's six current candidates are gearing up for a March special election to temporarily fill the seat. Then the results of the June primary and November general election will combine to determine who serves the final year remaining in Katz' term, which ends Dec. 31, 2021.

That will be followed by next year's primary and general election for a full four years in office, beginning Jan. 1, 2022. Katz recently stepped down after winning election as the borough's district attorney.
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Posted in Uncategorized<https://electionlawblog.org/?cat=1>

"Election controversies, other concerns prompt potential Virginia voting changes in 2020"<https://electionlawblog.org/?p=108709>
Posted on January 4, 2020 9:41 am<https://electionlawblog.org/?p=108709> by Justin Levitt<https://electionlawblog.org/?author=4>

This seems like a good roundup<https://wtop.com/virginia/2020/01/virginia-voting-changes-possible-in-2020/> of many of the electoral proposals on the agenda in Virginia for the coming legislative session.
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Posted in election administration<https://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18>, redistricting<https://electionlawblog.org/?cat=6>

"Sponsor says Alaska elections initiative has enough signatures to be placed on ballot"<https://electionlawblog.org/?p=108707>
Posted on January 4, 2020 9:41 am<https://electionlawblog.org/?p=108707> by Justin Levitt<https://electionlawblog.org/?author=4>

Alaska Public Media<https://www.alaskapublic.org/2020/01/03/sponsor-says-alaska-elections-initiative-has-enough-signatures-to-be-placed-on-ballot/> reports on the progress of a proposition<http://www.elections.alaska.gov/petitions/19AKBE/19AKBE-TheBill.pdf> calling for a top-four primary, ranked-choice voting, changes to appointments to local election boards, and campaign finance reform, among others.
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Posted in alternative voting systems<https://electionlawblog.org/?cat=63>, campaign finance<https://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>, direct democracy<https://electionlawblog.org/?cat=62>, election administration<https://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18>, Uncategorized<https://electionlawblog.org/?cat=1>

Election-related options still to come at AALS<https://electionlawblog.org/?p=108705>
Posted on January 3, 2020 4:47 pm<https://electionlawblog.org/?p=108705> by Justin Levitt<https://electionlawblog.org/?author=4>

Rick already mentioned a few<https://electionlawblog.org/?p=108491> of the exceptional election-related events at AALS so far.

There are still several to come, including my stint tomorrow at 8:30 as least valuable player on a 2020 census panel<https://memberaccess.aals.org/eweb/DynamicPage.aspx?webcode=SesDetails&ses_key=1e75f006-e9e6-40be-b4c6-538bf8ee8ece> with Dale Ho, Christina Mora, and Franita Tolson, moderated by Rachel Moran.

Then stick around for a 10:30 panel on the 15th and 19th Amendments<https://memberaccess.aals.org/eweb/DynamicPage.aspx?webcode=SesDetails&ses_key=a1a6f5a4-2f83-4b5a-86c8-3c5a75e6e400> with Atiba Ellis, Catherine Powell, Camille Gear Rich, Jorge Roig, Ciara Torres-Spelliscy, and Sarah Catherine Walker, moderated by Marc-Tizoc Gonzalez.   And a 1:30 program on partisan politics and our democratic order<https://memberaccess.aals.org/eweb/DynamicPage.aspx?webcode=SesDetails&ses_key=7deb4df3-da67-4aa4-9655-2cd254a44736>, with andré douglas pond cummings, Emma Jordan, Yvonne Lindgren, and Gerald Torres, moderated by Steven Ramirez.   And another 1:30 program on litigating voting rights remedies in the Trump era<https://memberaccess.aals.org/eweb/DynamicPage.aspx?webcode=SesDetails&ses_key=e56994ef-f2c4-431e-97c5-955a5d7fd72b>, with Elise Boddie, Guy-Uriel Charles, John Harrison, and Pam Karlan, moderated by Alexandra Lahav.  And a 3:30 program on discussing socioeconomic issues in the context of a polarized and polarizing election season<https://memberaccess.aals.org/eweb/DynamicPage.aspx?webcode=SesDetails&ses_key=0ed77791-72f0-42c7-ae0b-be5cbd733631>, with Natalie Gomez-Velez, Susan Kuo, and Bertrall Ross, moderated by Deleso Alford and June Rose Carbone.

And the big presidential program tomorrow at 1:30, on representation, voting, and sustainable constitutional democracy<https://memberaccess.aals.org/eweb/DynamicPage.aspx?webcode=SesDetails&ses_key=9ba0f208-e95f-4a06-ba73-bf962caeda06>, with Guy, Pam, Michael Morley, and Kim Lane Scheppele, moderated by Thomas Ginsburg.

Among (many) others.  If you're in the Wardman Park area, come join!
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Posted in census litigation<https://electionlawblog.org/?cat=125>, election law and constitutional law<https://electionlawblog.org/?cat=55>, The Voting Wars<https://electionlawblog.org/?cat=60>, theory<https://electionlawblog.org/?cat=41>, voting<https://electionlawblog.org/?cat=31>

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