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Jon Gould and I wrote this column in the Atlantic about election reforms that Congress could pursue through budget reconciliation. This is definitely a Plan B compared to enacting the For the People Act and the John Lewis VRA through… Continue reading
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Election Law Blog: ELB News and Commentary
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  1.  “Pay People to Vote”<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7867502/https://electionlawblog.org/?p=124007>
  2.  Colorado Redistricting & Competitiveness<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7867502/https://electionlawblog.org/?p=124004>
  3.  ELB Book Corner: Kurt Lash (Post 2 of 3): Documenting the Second Founding: The Road From the Founding to the Thirteenth, Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7867502/https://electionlawblog.org/?p=123853>
  4.  “What Redistricting Looks Like in Every State”<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7867502/https://electionlawblog.org/?p=123968>
  5.  “As extremes shape voter ID debate, the rules keep getting stricter”<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7867502/https://electionlawblog.org/?p=123971>
  6.  “Census experts puzzled by high rate of unanswered questions”<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7867502/https://electionlawblog.org/?p=123977>
  7.  I Talked to “High School SCOTUS” About the Origins of ELB, My Writing Style, and Negotiating the Gap Between the Ivory Tower and the Real World<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7867502/https://electionlawblog.org/?p=123998>
  8.  House elections are unnecessarily uncompetitive<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7867502/https://electionlawblog.org/?p=123994>
  9.  Mesa County, Colorado election clerk under investigation for security breach<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7867502/https://electionlawblog.org/?p=123986>
  10. Sixth Circuit affirms convictions for unlawful contributions to Kentucky candidate for U.S. Senate<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7867502/https://electionlawblog.org/?p=123983>
  11. North Carolina pilots risk-limiting audits in upcoming election<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7867502/https://electionlawblog.org/?p=123974>

“Pay People to Vote”<https://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=179980720&f=1116553&c=7867502&u=102231511>
By Nicholas Stephanopoulos, August 10, 2021
Jon Gould<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7867502_/~www.law.berkeley.edu/our-faculty/faculty-profiles/jonathan-gould/> and I wrote this column<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7867502_/~www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/08/pay-people-vote-budget-reconciliation/619706/> in the Atlantic about election reforms that Congress could pursue through budget reconciliation. This is definitely a Plan B compared to enacting the For the People Act and the John Lewis VRA through… Continue reading <https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7867502_/~electionlawblog.org/?p=124007>

Colorado Redistricting & Competitiveness<https://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=179980722&f=1116553&c=7867502&u=102231511>
By Ned Foley, August 10, 2021
I’m circling back to a post<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7867502_/~electionlawblog.org/?p=123918> that Rick Pildes did on the role of competitiveness in the drawing of new congressional maps for Colorado. Here’s one more point along the same lines, based on the numerical analysis<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7867502_/~www.axios.com/competitive-state-redistricting-gerrymandering-2022-election-7bc35796-a65c-4d41-a23d-dc126cb7372c.html> that Election Law… Continue reading <https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7867502_/~electionlawblog.org/?p=124004>

ELB Book Corner: Kurt Lash (Post 2 of 3): Documenting the Second Founding: The Road From the Founding to the Thirteenth, Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments<https://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=179980724&f=1116553&c=7867502&u=102231511>
By Rick Hasen, August 10, 2021
I’m delighted to welcome my friend and former colleague Kurt Lash<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7867502_/~law.richmond.edu/faculty/klash/> to the ELB Book Corner, for the second of three guest posts on his exceedingly important collection, The Reconstruction Amendments: Essential Documents<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7867502_/~press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/R/bo48885453.html>. Here’s Kurt: The adoption of the… Continue reading <https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7867502_/~electionlawblog.org/?p=123853>

“What Redistricting Looks Like in Every State”<https://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=179980726&f=1116553&c=7867502&u=102231511>
By Derek Muller, August 10, 2021
FiveThirtyEight has launched a new site<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7867502_/~projects.fivethirtyeight.com/redistricting-2022-maps/> dedicated to examining congressional redistricting.

“As extremes shape voter ID debate, the rules keep getting stricter”<https://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=179980728&f=1116553&c=7867502&u=102231511>
By Derek Muller, August 10, 2021
PolitiFact<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7867502_/~www.politifact.com/article/2021/aug/09/extremes-shape-voter-id-debate-rules-keep-getting/>, with this bottom line: Efforts to tighten identification requirements for voting, largely driven by Republicans, have been under way for about two decades, but they accelerated this year in the wake of the 2020 election.While the debate over… Continue reading <https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7867502_/~electionlawblog.org/?p=123971>

“Census experts puzzled by high rate of unanswered questions”<https://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=179980730&f=1116553&c=7867502&u=102231511>
By Derek Muller, August 10, 2021
Associated Press<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7867502_/~apnews.com/article/technology-health-coronavirus-pandemic-census-2020-5e0dd5b710f1ab0ff23a8272078d5528>: Census Bureau statisticians and outside experts are trying to unravel a mystery: Why were so many questions about households in the 2020 census left unanswered?Residents did not respond to a multitude of questions about sex, race, Hispanic… Continue reading <https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7867502_/~electionlawblog.org/?p=123977>

I Talked to “High School SCOTUS” About the Origins of ELB, My Writing Style, and Negotiating the Gap Between the Ivory Tower and the Real World<https://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=179980732&f=1116553&c=7867502&u=102231511>
By Rick Hasen, August 09, 2021
Elise Spenner is a great interviewer. Read the interview here<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7867502_/~highschoolscotus.wordpress.com/2021/08/10/interview-rick-hasen/>.

House elections are unnecessarily uncompetitive<https://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=179980734&f=1116553&c=7867502&u=102231511>
By Ned Foley, August 09, 2021
This Washington Post column<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7867502_/~www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/08/09/house-representatives-redistricting-responsive-gerrymandering/> builds on a numerical comparison<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7867502_/~www.axios.com/competitive-state-redistricting-gerrymandering-2022-election-7bc35796-a65c-4d41-a23d-dc126cb7372c.html> of 2020 House and Senate elections that the Election Law at Ohio State team has developed. In addition to the example of Georgia discussed in the column, it’s worth considering the… Continue reading <https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7867502_/~electionlawblog.org/?p=123994>

Mesa County, Colorado election clerk under investigation for security breach<https://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=179980736&f=1116553&c=7867502&u=102231511>
By Derek Muller, August 09, 2021
Developing story in Colorado. First from the Denver Post<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7867502_/~www.denverpost.com/2021/08/09/election-security-mesa-county-jena-griswold-dominion-colorado/>: Mesa County’s election office is being investigated after passwords for its election equipment allegedly were posted on social media and a right-wing blog earlier this month.The Colorado Secretary of State’s… Continue reading <https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7867502_/~electionlawblog.org/?p=123986>

Sixth Circuit affirms convictions for unlawful contributions to Kentucky candidate for U.S. Senate<https://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=179980738&f=1116553&c=7867502&u=102231511>
By Derek Muller, August 09, 2021
The opinion in United States v. Emmons is here<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7867502_/~www.opn.ca6.uscourts.gov/opinions.pdf/21a0178p-06.pdf>. Alison Lundergan Grimes from Kentucky challenged Mitch McConnell in 2014 for a U.S. Senate seat. Her father (who ran a closely-held business) and a family friend were found guilty<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7867502_/~www.courier-journal.com/story/news/politics/2020/07/16/jerry-lundergan-gets-21-months-election-finance-violation/5454300002/> of… Continue reading <https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7867502_/~electionlawblog.org/?p=123983>

North Carolina pilots risk-limiting audits in upcoming election<https://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=179980740&f=1116553&c=7867502&u=102231511>
By Derek Muller, August 09, 2021
Good news detailed here<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7867502_/~carolinapublicpress.org/47584/officials-say-new-voting-audits-offer-trust-and-transparency-in-elections/>, as states have slowly begun to build such programs (NCSL has other details<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7867502_/~www.ncsl.org/research/elections-and-campaigns/risk-limiting-audits.aspx>).
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