[EL] Newsom recall lawsuit

D. A. Holtzman d at LAvoteFIRE.org
Tue Aug 17 13:43:59 PDT 2021


Richard writes, "if a court wanted to, it could order the write-in tally 
for Newsom counted."  But would a court be *allowed* to?
   - david h.

On 8/17/2021 11:04 AM, Richard Winger wrote:
> California permits write-in votes in the bottom half of recall 
> elections.  Although California requires write-in candidates to file a 
> declaration of candidacy if they want their write-ins counted, 
> nevertheless in theory Gavin Newsom and his supporters were always 
> free to urge voters to write-in Gavin Newsom in the write-in space. 
> Vote-counting equipment does electronically know which ballots have a 
> write-in choice written in, and if a court wanted to, it could order 
> the write-in tally for Newsom counted.
>
> Richard Winger 415-922-9779 PO Box 470296, San Francisco Ca 94147
>
>
> On Tuesday, August 17, 2021, 11:00:06 AM PDT, Christopher S. Elmendorf 
> <cselmendorf at ucdavis.edu> wrote:
>
>
> Apropos Ned’s post below, some of you may be interested in the 
> exchange Michael Morley and I had about this via Twitter. (See here 
> <https://twitter.com/CSElmendorf/status/1425689773058904071> and here 
> <https://twitter.com/CSElmendorf/status/1425865285819457542>.) We both 
> think the problem with the CA’s recall election procedure would be 
> better analyzed through the lens of the ballot-access precedents, not 
> 1p1v. I think there’s a constitutional problem; Michael is more 
> skeptical.
>
> Chris
>
> ------
>
> Christopher S. Elmendorf
>
> Martin Luther King, Jr. Professor of Law
>
> UC Davis School of Law
>
> *From: *Law-election <law-election-bounces at department-lists.uci.edu> 
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> *Date: *Tuesday, August 17, 2021 at 8:36 AM
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> To build off Ned's post, and setting aside the major laches problem to 
> this lawsuit, Vik Amar and Evan Caminker at Justia have a pretty 
> thorough defense of California's process, a process that disqualifies 
> a recalled governor from seeking… Continue ...
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>  1. Qualifications for candidates running in California’s
>     gubernatorial recall
>     <https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7878314/https://electionlawblog.org/?p=124133>
>  2. Newsom recall lawsuit
>     <https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7878314/https://electionlawblog.org/?p=124129>
>  3. Bernie Grofman: “How Best to do Prison Population Data
>     Reallocation, i.e., How Best to Mitigate Prison Gerrymandering?”
>     <https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7878314/https://electionlawblog.org/?p=124127>
>  4. 2021 Election Law Teacher Database Now Available
>     <https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7878314/https://electionlawblog.org/?p=124125>
>  5. What new census data tell us about Pa.’s politics: More influence
>     for Philly and Latinos, and a shrinking white vote
>     <https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7878314/https://electionlawblog.org/?p=124120>
>  6. “Protect Democracy Joins Defamation Suit Against Project Veritas:
>     Right-Wing Group Maliciously Lied About a PA Postmaster In the
>     Aftermath of 2020 Election”
>     <https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7878314/https://electionlawblog.org/?p=124121>
>
>
> Qualifications for candidates running in California’s gubernatorial 
> recall<https://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=180112500&f=1116553&c=7878314&u=102231511>
>
> /By Derek Muller, August 17, 2021/
>
> To build off 
> Ned<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7878314_/~electionlawblog.org/?p=124129>‘s 
> post, and setting aside the major 
> laches<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7878314_/~reason.com/volokh/2020/11/27/laches-and-the-pennsylvania-election-litigation/>problem 
> to this lawsuit, Vik Amar and Evan Caminker at 
> Justia<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7878314_/~verdict.justia.com/2021/08/16/deja-vu-all-over-again-californias-upcoming-recall-vote-for-governor-is-resurfacing-some-old-and-flawed-constitutional-critiques>have 
> a pretty thorough defense of California’s process, a process that 
> disqualifies a recalled governor from seeking… Continue reading 
> <https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7878314_/~electionlawblog.org/?p=124133>
>
>
> Newsom recall 
> lawsuit<https://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=180112502&f=1116553&c=7878314&u=102231511>
>
> /By Ned Foley, August 17, 2021/
>
> Politico<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7878314_/~www.politico.com/states/california/story/2021/08/16/federal-lawsuit-challenges-california-recall-as-unconstitutional-1390127>has 
> a story on a new federal lawsuit raising a constitutional challenge to 
> the procedures that California uses for its gubernatorial recall. The 
> lawsuit follows upon a NY Times 
> op-ed<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7878314_/~www.nytimes.com/2021/08/11/opinion/california-recall-election-newsom.html>from 
> last week by Erwin Chemerinsky and Aaron Edlin,… Continue reading 
> <https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7878314_/~electionlawblog.org/?p=124129>
>
>
> Bernie Grofman: “How Best to do Prison Population Data Reallocation, 
> i.e., How Best to Mitigate Prison 
> Gerrymandering?”<https://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=180112504&f=1116553&c=7878314&u=102231511>
>
> /By Rick Hasen, August 16, 2021/
>
> The following is a guest post from my UCI colleague Bernie 
> Grofman<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7878314_/www.socsci.uci.edu/~bgrofman/>: 
> There are now eleven states that committed to using data on past home 
> addresses of prisoners and locating them for redistricting purposes 
> not in the prison but… Continue reading 
> <https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7878314_/~electionlawblog.org/?p=124127>
>
>
> 2021 Election Law Teacher Database Now 
> Available<https://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=180112506&f=1116553&c=7878314&u=102231511>
>
> /By Rick Hasen, August 16, 2021/
>
> You can download it at this 
> link<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7878314_/~electionlawblog.org/wp-content/uploads/Election-Law-Database-2021.xlsx>. 
>
>
>
> What new census data tell us about Pa.’s politics: More influence for 
> Philly and Latinos, and a shrinking white 
> vote<https://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=180112510&f=1116553&c=7878314&u=102231511>
>
> /By Tabatha Abu El-Haj, August 16, 2021/
>
> From Jonathan Tamari and Jonathan Lai at the Philadelphia 
> Inquirer<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7878314_/~www.inquirer.com/politics/election/pa-politics-geography-census-redistricting-data-20210815.html#loaded>: 
> An interesting in-depth analysis of the potential political 
> consequences of demographic changes in Pennsylvania—sadly, behind a 
> firewall. Two key points beyond the headline: “Philadelphia and 
> suburban Bucks, Chester, Delaware,… Continue reading 
> <https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7878314_/~electionlawblog.org/?p=124120>
>
>
> “Protect Democracy Joins Defamation Suit Against Project Veritas: 
> Right-Wing Group Maliciously Lied About a PA Postmaster In the 
> Aftermath of 2020 Election” 
> <https://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=180112516&f=1116553&c=7878314&u=102231511>
>
> /By Rick Hasen, August 16, 2021/
>
> Release: 
> <https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7878314_/~protectdemocracy.org/update/protect-democracy-joins-ogg-murphy-perkosky-p-c-in-defamation-suit-against-project-veritas-right-wing-group-maliciously-lied-about-a-pa-postmaster-in-the-aftermath-of-2020-election/> Today, 
> a Pennsylvania judge granted a postmaster’s motion to file an amended 
> complaint in a lawsuit filed against the rightwing video production 
> house Project Veritas and several individuals. The lawsuit concerns a 
> series of defamatory videos, maliciously produced and… Continue 
> reading 
> <https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7878314_/~electionlawblog.org/?p=124121>
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