[EL] ELB News and Commentary 1/9/20

[Daniel Tokaji]

Today’s House Hearing on Election Security
<https://electionlawblog.org/?p=108878>
Posted on January 9, 2020 8:01 am <https://electionlawblog.org/?p=108878>
by Dan Tokaji <https://electionlawblog.org/?author=5>

Going on now
<https://cha.house.gov/committee-activity/hearings/2020-election-security-perspectives-voting-system-vendors-and-experts>
before
the House Administration Committee, with testimony from the CEOs of the three
largest voting equipment vendors
<https://thehill.com/policy/technology/477455-voting-machine-vendors-to-testify-on-election-security>.
Expect a grilling
<https://www.politico.com/newsletters/morning-cybersecurity/2020/01/09/election-vendor-ceos-get-hill-grilling-784214>
.
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Posted in voting technology <https://electionlawblog.org/?cat=40>
“Florida ended a Jim Crow voting law. A year later, people are still
fighting for a voice” <https://electionlawblog.org/?p=108876>
Posted on January 9, 2020 7:55 am <https://electionlawblog.org/?p=108876>
by Dan Tokaji <https://electionlawblog.org/?author=5>

The Guardian
<https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/jan/09/florida-voting-rights-felons-amendement-4>
profiles
five people affected by Amendment 4.
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Posted in felon voting <https://electionlawblog.org/?cat=66>
“Voting rights group founded by Stacey Abrams reports raising $14.6M”
<https://electionlawblog.org/?p=108874>
Posted on January 9, 2020 7:52 am <https://electionlawblog.org/?p=108874>
by Dan Tokaji <https://electionlawblog.org/?author=5>

AP
<https://www.wjcl.com/article/voting-rights-group-founded-by-stacey-abrams-reports-raising-dollar146m/30453919>:
” A big chunk of Fair Fight’s haul came as a single $5 million donation
from Democratic presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg in December,
according to a report filed with the Georgia state ethics commission.”
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Posted in campaign finance <https://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>
Washington Post Interactive Election Simulator
<https://electionlawblog.org/?p=108872>
Posted on January 9, 2020 7:46 am <https://electionlawblog.org/?p=108872>
by Dan Tokaji <https://electionlawblog.org/?author=5>

Launched today
<https://www.washingtonpost.com/pr/2020/01/09/washington-post-opinions-launches-interactive-election-simulator/>:
” the ‘Post Opinions Simulator,’ an interactive tool that allows readers to
design their own 2020 Democratic primary and caucus scenarios to see a
likely range of outcomes. In this simulator, users can adjust data
including polling averages, fundraising numbers, the amount of time left
until Election Day and more to explore and better understand how elections
work.”
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Posted in Uncategorized <https://electionlawblog.org/?cat=1>
Douglas Op-Ed on Kentucky ID Bill <https://electionlawblog.org/?p=108870>
Posted on January 9, 2020 7:34 am <https://electionlawblog.org/?p=108870>
by Dan Tokaji <https://electionlawblog.org/?author=5>

Josh Douglas in the Courier-Journal
<https://www.courier-journal.com/story/opinion/2020/01/09/kentuckys-proposed-photo-id-law-would-make-harder-vote/4418267002/>
:

[T]he [proposed] law requires all voters to show a photo ID issued by the
federal or state government that lists an expiration date.
University-issued student IDs count. But IDs from the University of
Kentucky and University of Louisville do not have an expiration date. So it
is incorrect to claim that the law allows student IDs for voting: The IDs
issued by the state’s two largest universities simply won’t work….

My hope is that the legislature will revise the bill to (1) remove the
requirement that student IDs have an expiration date, (2) allow voters with
a reasonable impediment to fill out the affidavit at the polls and cast a
regular ballot, (3) remove the notarized affidavit requirement for absentee
ballots, and (4) delay the implementation until 2021.

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Posted in voter id <https://electionlawblog.org/?cat=9>
What’s up with Wisconsin’s voter purge?
<https://electionlawblog.org/?p=108868>
Posted on January 9, 2020 7:22 am <https://electionlawblog.org/?p=108868>
by Dan Tokaji <https://electionlawblog.org/?author=5>

A helpful rundown
<https://wisconsinexaminer.com/2020/01/09/whats-going-on-with-the-voter-purge/>
of
the administrative and legal proceedings so far, involving the possible
removal of over 200,000 voters from the rolls.
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Posted in voter registration <https://electionlawblog.org/?cat=37>
“Ohio elections officials put on guard amid Iran tensions”
<https://electionlawblog.org/?p=108866>
Posted on January 9, 2020 7:10 am <https://electionlawblog.org/?p=108866>
by Dan Tokaji <https://electionlawblog.org/?author=5>

Cleveland.com
<https://www.cleveland.com/open/2020/01/ohio-elections-officials-put-on-guard-amid-iran-tensions.html#main>:
“Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose, the state’s top elections official,
said Wednesday he’d directed county boards of elections to update their
computer firewalls to block a series of digital addresses tied to computers
in Iran.”
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Posted in election administration <https://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18>
Breaking: “Facebook sticking with policies on politicians’ lies and voter
targeting” <https://electionlawblog.org/?p=108864>
Posted on January 9, 2020 4:20 am <https://electionlawblog.org/?p=108864>
by Dan Tokaji <https://electionlawblog.org/?author=5>

>From Politico
<https://www.politico.com/news/2020/01/09/facebook-sticking-with-policies-on-politicians-lies-and-voter-targeting-096597?nname=playbook&nid=0000014f-1646-d88f-a1cf-5f46b7bd0000&nrid=0000014e-f0f3-dd93-ad7f-f8f712890001&nlid=630318>
:

Facebook is standing by its policies that allow politicians to lie to
voters, while targeting their ads at narrow subsets of the public —
decisions with vast implications for the more than $1 billion in online
campaign messaging expected in this year’s elections.

The online giant announced Thursday morning that it is not changing the
most controversial elements of its approach to campaign ads, after months
of a debate that has divided Silicon Valley and brought Facebook a barrage
of criticism from Democrats. The critics have been most incensed by
Facebook’s refusal to fact-check politicians’ claims, accusing the company
of knowingly profiting from deception.

More coverage from NYT
<https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/09/technology/facebook-political-ads-lies.html>
, WSJ
<https://www.wsj.com/articles/facebook-to-keep-targeted-political-ads-but-will-give-users-more-control-11578567603>
, WaPo
<https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2020/01/09/facebook-wont-limit-political-ad-targeting-or-stop-pols-lying/>
, NBC
<https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/facebook-s-final-word-political-ads-no-changes-microtargeting-more-n1112746>,
and Vox
<https://www.vox.com/recode/2020/1/9/21057737/facebook-political-ads-policy-targeting-change>
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Posted in chicanery <https://electionlawblog.org/?cat=12>
“California governor won’t call special election for Duncan Hunter’s seat”
<https://electionlawblog.org/?p=108862>
Posted on January 9, 2020 4:03 am <https://electionlawblog.org/?p=108862>
by Dan Tokaji <https://electionlawblog.org/?author=5>

The Hill
<https://thehill.com/homenews/house/477428-california-governor-wont-call-special-election-for-duncan-hunter>
:

California Gov. Gavin Newsom <https://thehill.com/people/gavin-newsom> (D)
will not call for a special election in the district held by resigning
Rep. Duncan
Hunter <https://thehill.com/people/duncan-hunter> (R-Calif.), a
spokesperson confirmed Wednesday…

Hunter announced Tuesday he plans to resign
<https://thehill.com/homenews/house/477211-rep-duncan-hunter-plans-to-resign-next-week>
effective
next Monday after pleading guilty last year to charges of campaign finance
violations.

The constituents of California’s 50th Congressional District, which
encompasses the northeastern part of San Diego County, will be without a
representative in the House until next year.

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Posted in Uncategorized <https://electionlawblog.org/?cat=1>
“How A Raucous Convention Revolutionized Our Primary System”
<https://electionlawblog.org/?p=108860>
Posted on January 9, 2020 3:56 am <https://electionlawblog.org/?p=108860>
by Dan Tokaji <https://electionlawblog.org/?author=5>

A 538 video
<https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/how-a-raucous-convention-revolutionized-our-primary-system/>,
with more to come:

By casting a ballot in a primary or caucus, voters in the U.S. have the
chance to decide who will vie to lead the free world. But that wasn’t
always the case. The rules governing our primary system aren’t in the
Constitution, and average Americans have only been able to have their vote
guaranteed to count since the 1970s. This monumental change might not have
happened if it weren’t for a disastrous convention in 1968.

Over the next few weeks, we’ll be looking into how our our modern system of
primaries and caucuses came to be as part of our podcast and video series,
The Primary Project. This episode is about that 1968 convention, and in the
following episodes, we’ll ask if the system we have today works as well as
we’d like.

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Posted in political parties <https://electionlawblog.org/?cat=25>, primaries
<https://electionlawblog.org/?cat=32>
19th Amendment Symposium at Seattle U.
<https://electionlawblog.org/?p=108854>
Posted on January 9, 2020 3:37 am <https://electionlawblog.org/?p=108854>
by Dan Tokaji <https://electionlawblog.org/?author=5>

>From the announcement and call for papers
<https://electionlawblog.org/wp-content/uploads/19th-A-Symposium-Proposal.docx>
for
the event, scheduled for April 3, 2020:

*The Seattle University Law Review is excited to announce a symposium in
celebration of the 100th anniversary of the ratification of the 19th
Amendment, in partnership with the Federal Bar Association for the Western
District of Washington, to be held at Seattle University School of Law in
Seattle, Washington on April 3, 2020. *

…. *Those wishing to present a paper for discussion should submit an
abstract by January 31st, 2020.*

We welcome symposium papers in a wide variety of lengths and styles…. We
will select papers to be presented by February 14th, 2020. Please send all
submissions or related questions to Emma Wright, Editor in Chief [Seattle
University Law Review] ….

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Posted in 19th Amendment <https://electionlawblog.org/?cat=128>, election
law biz <https://electionlawblog.org/?cat=51>
“Shadow Group Provides Sanders Super PAC Support He Scorns”
<https://electionlawblog.org/?p=108850>
Posted on January 9, 2020 3:25 am <https://electionlawblog.org/?p=108850>
by Dan Tokaji <https://electionlawblog.org/?author=5>

AP <https://apnews.com/345bbd1af529cfb1e41305fa3ab1e604>:

Bernie Sanders says he doesn’t want a super PAC. Instead, he has Our
Revolution, a nonprofit political organization he founded that functions
much the same as one….

Now, with less than one month to go before the Iowa caucuses, Our
Revolution appears to be skirting campaign finance law, which forbids
groups founded by federal candidates and officeholders from using large
donations to finance federal election activity, including Sanders’ 2020 bid.

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Posted in campaign finance <https://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>

Daniel P. Tokaji

Associate Dean for Faculty | Ebersold Professor of Constitutional Law

The Ohio State University | Moritz College of Law

55 W. 12th Ave. | Columbus, OH 43210

614.292.6566 | tokaji.1 at osu.edu

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