[EL] ELB News and Commentary 1/17/20

Fri Jan 17 07:26:35 PST 2020

“Pennsylvania’s 2020 election results could take days to count under a new law”<https://electionlawblog.org/?p=109044>
Posted on January 17, 2020 7:22 am<https://electionlawblog.org/?p=109044> by Rick Hasen<https://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Philadelphia Inquirer<https://www.inquirer.com/politics/election/pennsylvania-2020-presidential-election-results-absentee-ballots-20200117.html>:

People holding their breath to see how Pennsylvania votes in the 2020 presidential election might not want to wait up too late on election night.

While the unofficial and more immediately available results have accounted for the vast majority of votes cast in years past, a new law<https://www.inquirer.com/politics/pennsylvania/pa-election-reform-deal-20191023.html> means a significant share of ballots might not be tallied until after Election Day, according to county elections officials. Races with razor-thin margins may be too close to call for days.

It’s an unintended consequence of changes meant to make voting more flexible and accessible, including by making absentee ballots available to everyone. Many of those mail-in ballots won’t be counted on election night — even in counties that used to include them in their initial results.
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Posted in election administration<https://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18>

“Shelia Krumholz reveals the secrets behind money in politics”<https://electionlawblog.org/?p=109042>
Posted on January 17, 2020 7:19 am<https://electionlawblog.org/?p=109042> by Rick Hasen<https://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Marketplace reports<https://www.marketplace.org/2020/01/16/shelia-krumholz-reveals-the-secrets-behind-money-in-politics/> on the indispensable work of the Center for Responsive Politics. I relied most recently on their work in my Slate piece, The Decade of Citizens United<https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2019/12/citizens-united-devastating-impact-american-politics.html>.
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Posted in campaign finance<https://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>

“FBI plans to notify states about local election breaches”<https://electionlawblog.org/?p=109040>
Posted on January 17, 2020 7:16 am<https://electionlawblog.org/?p=109040> by Rick Hasen<https://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

AP reports.<https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/nation/2020/01/16/fbi-plans-notify-states-local-election-breaches/41013239/>
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Posted in chicanery<https://electionlawblog.org/?cat=12>, election administration<https://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18>, voting technology<https://electionlawblog.org/?cat=40>

Florida Governor DeSantis Tweets that Voting is a “Privilege” after State Supreme Court Backs Restrictive Interpretation of Felon Reenfranchisement Law Passed Overwhelmingly by Florida Voters<https://electionlawblog.org/?p=109038>
Posted on January 16, 2020 2:24 pm<https://electionlawblog.org/?p=109038> by Rick Hasen<https://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

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I am pleased that @FLCourts<https://twitter.com/flcourts> confirms that Amendment 4 requires fines, fees & restitution be paid to victims before their voting rights may be restored. Voting is a privilege that should not be taken lightly, and I am obligated to faithfully implement Amendment 4 as it is defined.
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Posted in Uncategorized<https://electionlawblog.org/?cat=1>

“Georgia election server showed signs of tampering: Expert”<https://electionlawblog.org/?p=109036>
Posted on January 16, 2020 12:54 pm<https://electionlawblog.org/?p=109036> by Rick Hasen<https://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

AP:<https://apnews.com/39dad9d39a7533efe06e0774615a6d05>

A computer security expert says he found that an election server central to a legal battle over the integrity of Georgia elections showed signs of tampering.

The server was left exposed to the open internet<https://apnews.com/b96f4825faa7439ab85af1d2459673c4/Georgia-official-discounts-threat-of-exposed-voter-records> for at least six months, a problem discovered in August 2016. It was subsequently wiped clean in mid-2017<https://apnews.com/877ee1015f1c43f1965f63538b035d3f/APNewsBreak:-Georgia-election-server-wiped-after-suit-filed> with no notice, just days after election integrity activists filed a lawsuit seeking an overhaul of what they called the state’s unreliable and negligently run election system.

In late December 2019, the plaintiffs were finally able to obtain a copy of the server’s contents that the FBI made in March 2017 and retained.

State officials have said they’ve seen no evidence that any election-related data was compromised.

Logan Lamb, a security expert for the plaintiffs, said in an affidavit filed in Atlanta federal court on Thursday that he found evidence suggesting the server was compromised in December 2014. Lamb said the evidence suggests an attacker exploited a bug that provided full control of the server.
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Posted in Uncategorized<https://electionlawblog.org/?cat=1>

“Not a Typo: States Made 2019 a Historic Year for Election Reform”<https://electionlawblog.org/?p=109034>
Posted on January 16, 2020 12:52 pm<https://electionlawblog.org/?p=109034> by Rick Hasen<https://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

George Pillsbury and Miles Rapoport for TAP<https://prospect.org/civil-rights/states-made-2019-a-historic-year-for-election-reform/>.
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Posted in election administration<https://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18>

“Ohio 2020 election targeted by national Obama / Holder redistricting group”<https://electionlawblog.org/?p=109032>
Posted on January 16, 2020 12:47 pm<https://electionlawblog.org/?p=109032> by Rick Hasen<https://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Cleveland.com reports.<https://www.cleveland.com/open/2020/01/ohio-2020-election-targeted-by-national-obama-holder-redistricting-group.html>
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Posted in redistricting<https://electionlawblog.org/?cat=6>

“Some Democrats don’t want corporate money. That’s not stopping corporations.”<https://electionlawblog.org/?p=109030>
Posted on January 16, 2020 12:45 pm<https://electionlawblog.org/?p=109030> by Rick Hasen<https://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Marketplace reports.<https://www.marketplace.org/2020/01/16/2020-democratic-race-corporate-money/>
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Posted in campaign finance<https://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>, campaigns<https://electionlawblog.org/?cat=59>

“Citizens United After 10 Years: More Speech, Better Democracy”<https://electionlawblog.org/?p=109028>
Posted on January 16, 2020 12:44 pm<https://electionlawblog.org/?p=109028> by Rick Hasen<https://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Scott Blackburn analysis<https://www.ifs.org/research/citizens-united-after-10-years-more-speech-better-democracy/> for IFS.
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Posted in campaign finance<https://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>, Supreme Court<https://electionlawblog.org/?cat=29>

Florida: “State Supreme Court agrees with Legislature: Felons must pay all costs to regain vote”<https://electionlawblog.org/?p=109025>
Posted on January 16, 2020 11:27 am<https://electionlawblog.org/?p=109025> by Rick Hasen<https://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Miami Herald:<https://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics-government/state-politics/article239355253.html>

In a setback to supporters of Amendment 4, the Florida Supreme Court on Thursday issued an opinion<https://www.floridasupremecourt.org/content/download/567884/6414200/file/sc19-1341.pdf> that the amendment’s definition of “all terms of sentence” included the payment of any financial obligations imposed during a felon’s sentence.

“We conclude that the phrase, when read and understood in context, plainly refers to obligations and includes ‘all’ — not some — LFOs [legal financial obligations] imposed in conjunction with an adjudication of guilt,” justices wrote.

Nearly two-thirds of Florida voters in 2018 approved Amendment 4, which restored the right to vote to nearly all felons who had completed “all terms of sentence.”
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Posted in felon voting<https://electionlawblog.org/?cat=66>

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