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

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>From Steve Rosenfeld, for Voting Booth: In November, the DOJ sued Texas after the adoption of 2021’s Senate Bill 1, which restricted voting options for people with disabilities—which also clashed with the Voting Rights Act (VRA). The new Texas… ...
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Election Law Blog: ELB News and Commentary
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  1.  “Biden Justice Department Voting Rights Strategy Comes Into Focus”<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8078972/https://electionlawblog.org/?p=126279>
  2.  New Political Maps May Kill Swing Districts, But Swing Districts May Not Save Us<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8078972/https://electionlawblog.org/?p=126271>
  3.  “Activists target corporate campaign cash in battle against voting restrictions”<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8078972/https://electionlawblog.org/?p=126274>
  4.  “Key Wisconsin Republican says her colleagues are making baseless attacks and need to wrap up election review”<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8078972/https://electionlawblog.org/?p=126272>
  5.  “USPS built and secretly tested a mobile voting system before 2020; Such systems are widely considered insecure against hacking”<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8078972/https://electionlawblog.org/?p=126269>
  6.  “Democratic governors worry about threat to democracy but don’t see it as a winning message for 2022”<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8078972/https://electionlawblog.org/?p=126267>
  7.  “New Data Tracks Polling Place Locations for 37 States”<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8078972/https://electionlawblog.org/?p=126265>
  8.  “The Jolt: 2020 controversy dominates Georgia’s 2022 GOP governor’s race”<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8078972/https://electionlawblog.org/?p=126263>
  9.  “America’s Anti-Democratic Movement; It’s Making Progress”<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8078972/https://electionlawblog.org/?p=126261>
  10. Thanks to Tabatha Abu el-Haj and Nick Stephanopoulos for Serving as Primary Bloggers These Last Few Weeks<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8078972/https://electionlawblog.org/?p=126259>
  11. “Election Surveillance”<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8078972/https://electionlawblog.org/?p=126257>
  12. “Now in Your Inbox: Political Misinformation”<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8078972/https://electionlawblog.org/?p=126255>
  13. “‘Conflicted Congress’: Key findings from Insider’s five-month investigation into federal lawmakers’ personal finances”<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8078972/https://electionlawblog.org/?p=126253>
  14. Plurality versus Majority<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8078972/https://electionlawblog.org/?p=126250>

“Biden Justice Department Voting Rights Strategy Comes Into Focus”<https://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=182646388&f=1116553&c=8078972&u=102231511>
By Richard Pildes, December 14, 2021
>From Steve Rosenfeld, for Voting Boo<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8078972_/~votingbooth.media/biden-justice-department-voting-rights-strategy-comes-into-focus/>th: In November, the DOJ sued<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8078972_/~www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-files-lawsuit-against-state-texas-protect-voting-rights> Texas after the adoption of 2021’s Senate Bill 1, which restricted<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8078972_/~www.texastribune.org/2021/09/01/texas-voting-bill-greg-abbott/> voting options for people with disabilities—which also clashed with the Voting Rights Act (VRA). The new Texas… Continue reading <https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8078972_/~electionlawblog.org/?p=126279>

New Political Maps May Kill Swing Districts, But Swing Districts May Not Save Us<https://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=182646390&f=1116553&c=8078972&u=102231511>
By Tabatha Abu El-Haj, December 13, 2021
The Wall Street Journal<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8078972_/~www.wsj.com/articles/new-political-maps-will-kill-swing-districts-from-coast-to-coast-11639305003?st=8b4edzhulopfvt2&reflink=article_copyURL_share> is not the first to lament that the 2021 redistricting cycle is not likely to produce very many competitive districts. But how much should we care? The call for competitive elections presumes that electoral accountability emerges… Continue reading <https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8078972_/~electionlawblog.org/?p=126271>

“Activists target corporate campaign cash in battle against voting restrictions”<https://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=182646392&f=1116553&c=8078972&u=102231511>
By Rick Hasen, December 13, 2021
Kira Lerner<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8078972_/~www.newsfromthestates.com/article/activists-target-corporate-campaign-cash-battle-against-voting-restrictions>: Members of the Defend Black Voters Coalition chose Detroit’s Huntington Center as their backdrop earlier this month when they issued a warning about the dangers<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8078972_/~michiganadvance.com/blog/coalition-calls-for-michigan-businesses-to-stop-funding-voter-suppression/> of “voter suppression legislation” backed by Republican state lawmakers. The building… Continue reading <https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8078972_/~electionlawblog.org/?p=126274>

“Key Wisconsin Republican says her colleagues are making baseless attacks and need to wrap up election review”<https://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=182646394&f=1116553&c=8078972&u=102231511>
By Rick Hasen, December 13, 2021
Patrick Marley<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8078972_/~www.jsonline.com/story/news/politics/2021/12/13/wisconsin-republican-kathy-bernier-calls-end-election-review-to-end/6494497001/> for the Journal-Sentinel: Republicans and Democrats alike Monday ripped into Wisconsin’s partisan review of the 2020 election, saying it was a baseless exercise that would needlessly damage faith in democracy.State Sen. Kathy Bernier, a Republican from Lake Hallie… Continue reading <https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8078972_/~electionlawblog.org/?p=126272>

“USPS built and secretly tested a mobile voting system before 2020; Such systems are widely considered insecure against hacking”<https://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=182646396&f=1116553&c=8078972&u=102231511>
By Rick Hasen, December 13, 2021
WaPo<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8078972_/~www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/12/13/usps-built-secretly-tested-mobile-voting-system-before-2020/>: The U.S. Postal Service pursued a project to build and secretly test a blockchain-based mobile phone voting system before the 2020 election, experimenting with a technology that the government’s own cybersecurity agency says can’t be trusted to securely… Continue reading <https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8078972_/~electionlawblog.org/?p=126269>

“Democratic governors worry about threat to democracy but don’t see it as a winning message for 2022”<https://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=182646398&f=1116553&c=8078972&u=102231511>
By Rick Hasen, December 13, 2021
CNN<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8078972_/~www.cnn.com/2021/12/12/politics/democratic-governors-2022-messaging/index.html>: Democratic governors are facing a messaging conundrum: they say American democracy<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8078972_/~www.cnn.com/2021/09/15/politics/cnn-poll-most-americans-democracy-under-attack/index.html> may hinge on their elections in 2022, but they’re not sure they can get most voters to care.Attempts to meddle with the certification <https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8078972_/~www.cnn.com/2021/10/30/politics/kfile-john-eastman-said-pence-could-throw-election-to-house/index.html> of the Electoral… Continue reading <https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8078972_/~electionlawblog.org/?p=126267>

“New Data Tracks Polling Place Locations for 37 States”<https://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=182646400&f=1116553&c=8078972&u=102231511>
By Rick Hasen, December 13, 2021
Important work<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8078972_/~publicintegrity.org/politics/elections/ballotboxbarriers/new-data-tracks-polling-place-locations-for-37-states/> from the team at CPI.

“The Jolt: 2020 controversy dominates Georgia’s 2022 GOP governor’s race”<https://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=182646402&f=1116553&c=8078972&u=102231511>
By Rick Hasen, December 13, 2021
AJC:<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8078972_/~www.ajc.com/politics/politics-blog/the-jolt-2020-debacle-dominates-georgias-2022-gop-governors-race/NKGJPZ6CLBBPNNGVJVTZ23YSU4/?utm_source=Iterable&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=campaign_3366407> It was only one week ago that former U.S. Sen. David Perdue jolted Georgia by formally declaring he would challenge Gov. Brian Kemp in the GOP primary.And though he insisted in an interview<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8078972_/~www.ajc.com/politics/politics-blog/ajc-interview-inside-perdues-plan-to-defeat-kemp-in-2022/CYZFLSXL3RGHXG4IZUQIW7HKOY/> with the AJC that he’s “trying… Continue reading <https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8078972_/~electionlawblog.org/?p=126263>

“America’s Anti-Democratic Movement; It’s Making Progress”<https://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=182646404&f=1116553&c=8078972&u=102231511>
By Rick Hasen, December 13, 2021
David Leonhardt<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8078972_/~www.nytimes.com/2021/12/13/briefing/anti-democratic-movement-us-politics.html> synthesizes the latest reporting and analysis.

Thanks to Tabatha Abu el-Haj and Nick Stephanopoulos for Serving as Primary Bloggers These Last Few Weeks<https://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=182646406&f=1116553&c=8078972&u=102231511>
By Rick Hasen, December 13, 2021
I’ll be back in the saddle through the first week of January, and then there will be a new round of primary ELB bloggers in the new year. I so appreciate their help and hard work!

“Election Surveillance”<https://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=182646408&f=1116553&c=8078972&u=102231511>
By Rick Hasen, December 13, 2021
Important new paper <https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8078972_/~papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3982460> from Rebecca Green, forthcoming in the Wake Forest L. Rev. Here is the abstract For most of this country’s history we have relied on human eyes and ears to oversee our systems of elections. Modern surveillance… Continue reading <https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8078972_/~electionlawblog.org/?p=126257>

“Now in Your Inbox: Political Misinformation”<https://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=182646410&f=1116553&c=8078972&u=102231511>
By Rick Hasen, December 13, 2021
Maggie Astor for the NYT<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8078972_/~www.nytimes.com/2021/12/13/us/politics/email-political-misinformation.html>: A few weeks ago, Representative Dan Crenshaw, a Texas Republican, falsely claimed that the centerpiece of President Biden’s domestic agenda, a $1.75 trillion bill to battle climate change and extend the nation’s social… Continue reading <https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8078972_/~electionlawblog.org/?p=126255>

“‘Conflicted Congress’: Key findings from Insider’s five-month investigation into federal lawmakers’ personal finances”<https://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=182646412&f=1116553&c=8078972&u=102231511>
By Rick Hasen, December 13, 2021
Big project<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8078972_/~www.businessinsider.com/conflicted-congress-key-findings-stock-act-finances-investing-2021-12> from Dave Levinthal.

Plurality versus Majority<https://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=182646414&f=1116553&c=8078972&u=102231511>
By Ned Foley, December 13, 2021
On November 23, the Election Law at Ohio State<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8078972_/~moritzlaw.osu.edu/election-law> program held a webinar entitled “The Problem with Plurality-Winner Elections: And can requiring majority winners help save democracy?” It was a great conversation that included Rachel Kleinfeld, Derek Muller, and Franita… Continue reading <https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8078972_/~electionlawblog.org/?p=126250>
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