[EL] FW: Election Law Blog: ELB News and Commentary

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N.Y. Times Members of the congressional committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack at the Capitol are pressing to address ambiguities in “the complex and little-known law that former President Donald J. Trump and his allies tried to use to overturn… ...
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  1.  Reforms to Electoral Count Law On Table, Maybe<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8061792/https://electionlawblog.org/?p=126099>
  2.  “NC judges won’t block primary election preparation over redistricting cases”<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8061792/https://electionlawblog.org/?p=126097>
  3.  Texas’ bid to dismiss challenge to its maps fails<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8061792/https://electionlawblog.org/?p=126095>
  4.  Lawfare to consolidate significant Jan. 6 developments in one place<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8061792/https://electionlawblog.org/?p=126093>
  5.  Breaking–“Washington Supreme Court declines to redraw political maps, accepts redistricting commission’s work”<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8061792/https://electionlawblog.org/?p=126091>
  6.  “Eastman takes the Fifth with Jan. 6 committee”<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8061792/https://electionlawblog.org/?p=126089>

Reforms to Electoral Count Law On Table, Maybe<https://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=182443024&f=1116553&c=8061792&u=102231511>
By Tabatha Abu El-Haj, December 04, 2021
N.Y. Times<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8061792_/~www.nytimes.com/2021/12/04/us/jan-6-electoral-count-act.html> Members of the congressional committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack at the Capitol are pressing to address ambiguities in “the complex and little-known law that former President Donald J. Trump and his allies tried to use to overturn… Continue reading <https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8061792_/~electionlawblog.org/?p=126099>

“NC judges won’t block primary election preparation over redistricting cases”<https://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=182443026&f=1116553&c=8061792&u=102231511>
By Tabatha Abu El-Haj, December 03, 2021
News and Observer<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8061792_/~www.newsobserver.com/news/politics-government/article256309297.html> The three-judge panel in North Carolina charged with reviewing the challenge to the state’s new maps refused today to grant a preliminary injunction blocking the congressional and legislative maps approved last month . The decision can and… Continue reading <https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8061792_/~electionlawblog.org/?p=126097>

Texas’ bid to dismiss challenge to its maps fails<https://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=182443028&f=1116553&c=8061792&u=102231511>
By Tabatha Abu El-Haj, December 03, 2021
Three-judge district court panel<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8061792_/~storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.txwd.1150387/gov.uscourts.txwd.1150387.58.0.pdf> rejects Texas’ preposterous argument that VRA precludes private enforcement of Section 2. I love the wry sarcasm, “it would be ambitious indeed for a district court-even a three judge court-to deny a private right of action… Continue reading <https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8061792_/~electionlawblog.org/?p=126095>

Lawfare to consolidate significant Jan. 6 developments in one place<https://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=182443030&f=1116553&c=8061792&u=102231511>
By Tabatha Abu El-Haj, December 03, 2021
A big thank you to Lawfare, <https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8061792_/~www.lawfareblog.com/introducing-january-6-project> which has announced its new initiative to consolidate information and developments arising out of the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol and democracy. “Lawfare is launching The January 6 Project, which compiles Lawfare’s coverage,… Continue reading <https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8061792_/~electionlawblog.org/?p=126093>

Breaking–“Washington Supreme Court declines to redraw political maps, accepts redistricting commission’s work”<https://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=182443032&f=1116553&c=8061792&u=102231511>
By Tabatha Abu El-Haj, December 03, 2021
Seattle Times<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8061792_/~www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/washington-supreme-court-declines-to-redraw-political-maps-accepts-redistricting-commissions-work/?utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=owned_echobox_tw_m&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1638553742-1> “The Washington Supreme Court will not exercise its authority to redraw the state’s congressional and legislative district maps, leaving in place the work of the bipartisan redistricting commission.In a unanimous ruling Friday, the court found the commission had… Continue reading <https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8061792_/~electionlawblog.org/?p=126091>

“Eastman takes the Fifth with Jan. 6 committee”<https://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=182443034&f=1116553&c=8061792&u=102231511>
By Rick Hasen, December 03, 2021
Politico:<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8061792_/~www.politico.com/news/2021/12/03/eastman-takes-the-fifth-with-jan-6-committee-523712?nname=playbook-pm&nid=0000015a-dd3e-d536-a37b-dd7fd8af0000&nrid=0000014e-f109-dd93-ad7f-f90d0def0000&nlid=964328> John Eastman, the attorney who helped former President Donald Trump pressure then-Vice President Mike Pence to overturn the 2020 election, has asserted his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination, according to a letter he delivered to the Jan. 6 committee… Continue reading <https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8061792_/~electionlawblog.org/?p=126089>
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