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Joshua Sellers' new article “Race, Reckoning, Reform, and the Limits of the Law of Democracy” is a timely reminder to all of us that the consequences of redistricting are not just about the health of our democracy. Partisan… Continue reading
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  1.  Sellers: The 2021 Redistricting Cycle Will Disparately Impact Black Communities<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8070316/https://electionlawblog.org/?p=126213>
  2.  David Perdue and Round-Robin Voting<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8070316/https://electionlawblog.org/?p=126211>
  3.  Pennsylvania Republicans Offer Citizen’s Map as Starting Point for Congressional Redistricting<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8070316/https://electionlawblog.org/?p=126209>
  4.  Virginia draft maps released<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8070316/https://electionlawblog.org/?p=126204>
  5.  Tournament Elections with Round-Robin Primaries (published version)<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8070316/https://electionlawblog.org/?p=126205>
  6.  “No one with power is listening”<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8070316/https://electionlawblog.org/?p=126202>
  7.  North Carolina Supreme Court Halts Candidate Filing (Again)<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8070316/https://electionlawblog.org/?p=126200>
  8.  “Nonpartisanship Works”<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8070316/https://electionlawblog.org/?p=126196>
  9.  “Addressing Insider Threats in Elections”<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8070316/https://electionlawblog.org/?p=126194>
  10. “Lawyer Lies and Political Speech”<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8070316/https://electionlawblog.org/?p=126192>
  11. “Government Watchdogs Sue FEC for Failure to Investigate Coordination between the Russian Government and President Trump’s 2016 Campaign”<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8070316/https://electionlawblog.org/?p=126190>
  12. Ninth Circuit panel finds Arizona’s election-day deadline to cure mail-in ballots lacking signatures passes constitutional scrutiny<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8070316/https://electionlawblog.org/?p=126188>
  13. The Constitutional Challenge to Alaska’s Major Political Reforms<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8070316/https://electionlawblog.org/?p=126184>

Sellers: The 2021 Redistricting Cycle Will Disparately Impact Black Communities<https://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=182544068&f=1116553&c=8070316&u=102231511>
By Tabatha Abu El-Haj, December 09, 2021
Joshua Sellers’ new article “Race, Reckoning, Reform, and the Limits of the Law of Democracy<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8070316_/~scholarship.law.upenn.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1238&context=penn_law_review_online>” is a timely reminder to all of us that the consequences of redistricting are not just about the health of our democracy. Partisan… Continue reading <https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8070316_/~electionlawblog.org/?p=126213>

David Perdue and Round-Robin Voting<https://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=182544072&f=1116553&c=8070316&u=102231511>
By Ned Foley, December 09, 2021
David Perdue is the self-proclaimed candidate of election subversion<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8070316_/~www.axios.com/david-perdue-georgia-2020-election-certification-56e54cd2-c0c1-41e8-a44e-f582335243da.html>, publicly declaring that unlike Brian Kemp (and Brian Raffensperger) he would have attempted to thwart Joe Biden’s recount-confirmed victory in Georgia last year, if he (Perdue) had been governor then.… Continue reading <https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8070316_/~electionlawblog.org/?p=126211>

Pennsylvania Republicans Offer Citizen’s Map as Starting Point for Congressional Redistricting<https://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=182544076&f=1116553&c=8070316&u=102231511>
By Tabatha Abu El-Haj, December 09, 2021
In an unexpected move<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8070316_/~www.inquirer.com/politics/election/pennsylvania-congressional-redistricting-house-republicans-map-20211208.html>, the Republican chair of the Pennsylvania House Committee on redistricting is planning to debate a citizen map as the starting point for the commonwealth’s congressional redistricting negotiations. The “citizen map” chosen by State Rep. Seth… Continue reading <https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8070316_/~electionlawblog.org/?p=126209>

Virginia draft maps released<https://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=182544080&f=1116553&c=8070316&u=102231511>
By Nicholas Stephanopoulos, December 08, 2021
Bernie Grofman and Sean Trende released<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8070316_/~www.vacourts.gov/courts/scv/districting/memorandum_re_va_redistricting_2021.pdf> their draft maps for the Virginia Supreme Court’s review. Of particular interest, they explicitly considered partisan fairness in their analysis of their maps, concluding that they were quite balanced. The Statutory Criteria also require… Continue reading <https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8070316_/~electionlawblog.org/?p=126204>

Tournament Elections with Round-Robin Primaries (published version)<https://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=182544084&f=1116553&c=8070316&u=102231511>
By Ned Foley, December 08, 2021
The Wisconsin Law Review has posted online the published version of my symposium essay<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8070316_/~wlr.law.wisc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/1263/2021/11/14-Foley-Camera-Ready.pdf> setting forth a majoritarian electoral system that uses Ranked Choice Voting ballots in a nonpartisan primary, with the general election being a face-off between the primary’s… Continue reading <https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8070316_/~electionlawblog.org/?p=126205>

“No one with power is listening”<https://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=182544088&f=1116553&c=8070316&u=102231511>
By Nicholas Stephanopoulos, December 08, 2021
An illuminating CNN report<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8070316_/~www.cnn.com/2021/12/08/politics/redistricting-black-political-power/index.html> on the attacks on minority political power that are occurring, especially at the local level, now that Section 5 is no longer operative. I wrote about these dynamics in this article<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8070316_/~papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2336749> in Shelby County’s aftermath. Nicole… Continue reading <https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8070316_/~electionlawblog.org/?p=126202>

North Carolina Supreme Court Halts Candidate Filing (Again)<https://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=182544092&f=1116553&c=8070316&u=102231511>
By Nicholas Stephanopoulos, December 08, 2021
In an order<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8070316_/~appellate.nccourts.org/orders.php?t=P&court=1&id=395562&pdf=1&a=0&docket=1&dev=1> this evening, the North Carolina Supreme Court delayed the state’s primary until May 17, 2022, halted candidate filing, and ordered the trial court to reach a ruling on the merits of the plaintiffs’ redistricting claims by mid-January.… Continue reading <https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8070316_/~electionlawblog.org/?p=126200>

“Nonpartisanship Works”<https://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=182544096&f=1116553&c=8070316&u=102231511>
By Nicholas Stephanopoulos, December 08, 2021
The Election Reformers Network published this useful discussion<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8070316_/~electionreformers.org/nonpartisanship-works/> of nonpartisan election administration in Canada. As many scholars have argued, nonpartisan election administration is obviously preferable to the U.S. model of partisans running elections. If only we could solve the here-to-there… Continue reading <https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8070316_/~electionlawblog.org/?p=126196>

“Addressing Insider Threats in Elections”<https://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=182544100&f=1116553&c=8070316&u=102231511>
By Nicholas Stephanopoulos, December 08, 2021
Larry Norden and Derek Tisler posted this analysis<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8070316_/~www.brennancenter.org/our-work/analysis-opinion/addressing-insider-threats-elections> of one way in which election subversion could occur — undemocratic activities by rogue election officials. What happens if such people are entrusted with administering our elections? We are witnessing the first… Continue reading <https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8070316_/~electionlawblog.org/?p=126194>

“Lawyer Lies and Political Speech”<https://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=182544104&f=1116553&c=8070316&u=102231511>
By Nicholas Stephanopoulos, December 08, 2021
Renee Knake Jefferson published this piece<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8070316_/~www.yalelawjournal.org/forum/lawyer-lies-and-political-speech> in the Yale Law Journal Forum. Abstract below. Lawyer lies designed to sabotage valid election results are not protected political speech under the First Amendment. Ethics rules governing candor and frivolous litigation require sanctions,… Continue reading <https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8070316_/~electionlawblog.org/?p=126192>

“Government Watchdogs Sue FEC for Failure to Investigate Coordination between the Russian Government and President Trump’s 2016 Campaign”<https://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=182544108&f=1116553&c=8070316&u=102231511>
By Nicholas Stephanopoulos, December 08, 2021
Free Speech For People and Campaign for Accountability filed suit<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8070316_/~freespeechforpeople.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/fsfp-v-fec-russia-trump-cplt-2021-12-08-as-filed.pdf> against the FEC today over its failure to investigate a now five-year-old complaint regarding Russia’s financial involvement in the 2016 election and contact between Russian officials and the Trump campaign.… Continue reading <https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8070316_/~electionlawblog.org/?p=126190>

Ninth Circuit panel finds Arizona’s election-day deadline to cure mail-in ballots lacking signatures passes constitutional scrutiny<https://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=182544112&f=1116553&c=8070316&u=102231511>
By Derek Muller, December 08, 2021
Mail-in ballots in Arizona must be returned with the voter’s signature on the outer envelope. If there is a missing signature, voters may correct it by submitting a signed replacement ballot by election day. A district court concluded that this… Continue reading <https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8070316_/~electionlawblog.org/?p=126188>

The Constitutional Challenge to Alaska’s Major Political Reforms<https://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=182544116&f=1116553&c=8070316&u=102231511>
By Richard Pildes, December 08, 2021
In what some have described as “the biggest win yet for political reform,<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8070316_/~www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2021/01/congress-reform-ranked-choice-voting/617821/>” voters in Alaska in the 2020 elections adopted a ballot measure that replaced partisan primaries with a “top-four” primary election and ranked choice voting in… Continue reading <https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8070316_/~electionlawblog.org/?p=126184>
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