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

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From: Election Law Blog <rhasen at law.uci.edu>
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Bob Bauer and Ben Ginsberg have written this oped for the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel. It begins: The recent pattern of attempted intimidation of state and local election officials, combined with attempts to inject partisan influence over the casting and ...
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  1.  “Intimidation of election officials in Wisconsin has to stop. It is corrosive to our democracy.”<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8086902/https://electionlawblog.org/?p=126379>
  2.  “A glimmer of hope on Joe Manchin and voting rights?”<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8086902/https://electionlawblog.org/?p=126377>
  3.  “Consultant’s memo to FPL exec’s email alias reveals strategies for secretive political spending”<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8086902/https://electionlawblog.org/?p=126375>
  4.  “Texas’ renewed voter citizenship review is still flagging citizens as “possible non-U.S. citizens””<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8086902/https://electionlawblog.org/?p=126371>
  5.  “Texas AG Paxton’s $2.2M voter fraud unit closed three cases in Texas in 2021. GOP lawmakers still boosted its budget.”<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8086902/https://electionlawblog.org/?p=126369>
  6.  “Settlement Reached in Election-Related Lawsuit Against USPS”<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8086902/https://electionlawblog.org/?p=126367>
  7.  “Kanye West’s ‘Independent’ Campaign Was Secretly Run by GOP Elites”<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8086902/https://electionlawblog.org/?p=126365>
  8.  “Dominion Voting wins key decision in lawsuit against Fox News”<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8086902/https://electionlawblog.org/?p=126363>

“Intimidation of election officials in Wisconsin has to stop. It is corrosive to our democracy.”<https://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=182734262&f=1116553&c=8086902&u=102231511>
By Rick Hasen, December 17, 2021
Bob Bauer and Ben Ginsberg have written this oped<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8086902_/~www.jsonline.com/story/opinion/2021/12/10/intimidation-wisconsin-election-officials-corrodes-democracy/6452887001/> for the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel. It begins: The recent pattern of attempted intimidation of state and local election officials, combined with attempts to inject partisan influence over the casting and counting of… Continue reading <https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8086902_/~electionlawblog.org/?p=126379>

“A glimmer of hope on Joe Manchin and voting rights?”<https://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=182734268&f=1116553&c=8086902&u=102231511>
By Rick Hasen, December 17, 2021
Greg Sargent:<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8086902_/~www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/12/17/joe-manchin-filibuster-voting-rights-still-possible/> I’m told Manchin and a dozen other Senate Democrats met with an expert on Senate rules and discussed various ways of carving out a filibuster exception or otherwise reforming it to allow passage of voting rights legislation.… Continue reading <https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8086902_/~electionlawblog.org/?p=126377>

“Consultant’s memo to FPL exec’s email alias reveals strategies for secretive political spending”<https://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=182734274&f=1116553&c=8086902&u=102231511>
By Rick Hasen, December 17, 2021
Orlando Sentinel:<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8086902_/~www.orlandosentinel.com/politics/os-ne-florida-power-and-light-matrix-dark-money-20211217-v64274eytjeb5hnstdognvqds4-story.html> Early in the evening of Nov. 26, 2019, the Tuesday of Thanksgiving week, a political consultant working for utility giant Florida Power & Light sent a pair of confidential documents to an email address created under the… Continue reading <https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8086902_/~electionlawblog.org/?p=126375>

“Texas’ renewed voter citizenship review is still flagging citizens as “possible non-U.S. citizens””<https://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=182734280&f=1116553&c=8086902&u=102231511>
By Rick Hasen, December 17, 2021
Texas Tribune<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8086902_/~www.texastribune.org/2021/12/17/texas-voter-roll-review/>: Texas’ last attempt to scour its voting rolls for noncitizens two years ago quickly devolved into a calamity.The state flagged nearly 100,000 voters for citizenship checks and set them up for possible criminal investigation based on… Continue reading <https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8086902_/~electionlawblog.org/?p=126371>

“Texas AG Paxton’s $2.2M voter fraud unit closed three cases in Texas in 2021. GOP lawmakers still boosted its budget.”<https://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=182734286&f=1116553&c=8086902&u=102231511>
By Rick Hasen, December 17, 2021
Houston Chronicle:<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8086902_/~www.houstonchronicle.com/politics/texas/article/Texas-AG-Paxton-s-2-2M-voter-fraud-unit-closed-16708051.php> Texas Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton has been one of former PresidentTexas PresidentDonald Trump’s most reliable allies in spreading the myth of widespread voter fraud,Donald particularly in the 2020 election, and frequently boasts that few states are… Continue reading <https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8086902_/~electionlawblog.org/?p=126369>

“Settlement Reached in Election-Related Lawsuit Against USPS”<https://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=182734292&f=1116553&c=8086902&u=102231511>
By Rick Hasen, December 17, 2021
Release: On behalf of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8086902_/~u7061146.ct.sendgrid.net/ls/click?upn=4tNED-2FM8iDZJQyQ53jATUfcOc0n-2BY6dR1MurCw4dUYM-3DemT6_LYw3uDP5U2cmeBBe07KqI8AzZYA0AXw8fCnkHEVTP6A2alsIgMDEZK5-2BwN9FSk7CSrS0TWT5YvIs-2B1o7-2Bal4gzFfsbeoNjzt9jOhCnX-2BsqJNz4-2FcB5QTGnm4VtoP1fnz6tiBwyfKMRV5nhzyfP5gBi0-2B53jgzHx7QvNp4NFxxLU-2BGV-2F1f-2FgaEr6Wo8Z-2BS2ocYx6SdScaqu-2FMNzfMbrdOMgcHPxA680qV-2Fsd7pjIYwXOsHPcpsKKUiF5zPALzscRFuA-2B-2BMzdXI3V8yOD8Z8BZu-2F0d0uOY77g3oHgVmjs-2FZwaH2F-2BVcFkLdtTb2xr-2FhKqLjEqv-2FEC7aSdDFu5ocEKJHwM7xvmy73A7v1opsIFP8Rs-3D> (NAACP), Public Citizen Litigation Group<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8086902_/~u7061146.ct.sendgrid.net/ls/click?upn=4tNED-2FM8iDZJQyQ53jATUZCZCuywUD9QyxluwD4kviN1kkbM3c2NW4pU6WDLLZRB2md4GqT8-2BKpebGXF-2BF4WSg-3D-3DlM0h_LYw3uDP5U2cmeBBe07KqI8AzZYA0AXw8fCnkHEVTP6A2alsIgMDEZK5-2BwN9FSk7CSrS0TWT5YvIs-2B1o7-2Bal4gzFfsbeoNjzt9jOhCnX-2BsqJNz4-2FcB5QTGnm4VtoP1fnz6tiBwyfKMRV5nhzyfP5gBi0-2B53jgzHx7QvNp4NFxxLU-2BGV-2F1f-2FgaEr6Wo8Z-2BS2ocA017HEUH7Vp0l5DZPJ-2BM51o5S9HWjw-2BQzD2SWI3-2Bib9yok-2B9bRH5m5aPHF1UJNk1dO5qFsx3B-2FFWVvImgcQjNhE72G73j1PBwhqA-2FWnudV4ikI9XY269ikkm-2B9cY9qB4D16uwh4iEMyhxE-2FzeHSC3pBLcQHn0hGys0vgEGWnpV4-3D> and the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc.<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8086902_/~u7061146.ct.sendgrid.net/ls/click?upn=TeZUXWpUv-2B6TCY38pVLo9me67QQpgBf6XxJtjS3-2B5hy7KMYEhkMXBwGqgs7XuhDHmT8U_LYw3uDP5U2cmeBBe07KqI8AzZYA0AXw8fCnkHEVTP6A2alsIgMDEZK5-2BwN9FSk7CSrS0TWT5YvIs-2B1o7-2Bal4gzFfsbeoNjzt9jOhCnX-2BsqJNz4-2FcB5QTGnm4VtoP1fnz6tiBwyfKMRV5nhzyfP5gBi0-2B53jgzHx7QvNp4NFxxLU-2BGV-2F1f-2FgaEr6Wo8Z-2BS2ocXyOg03IEez1co9Le0Hvj-2F36-2FeoYAIuJGDr6Za3jiVT1C2zaRBnMBPfV0vQ04-2B6P9nYeaeUXpObIB3BuQBvKmNvUCdGEA0jB0j2-2Fy6c5zNH5zbs6csQOSAH0USnM5M8fGPJPrwakiUC6DA-2F1p93TRc0yQakWyNEj4ZsIe5GbXhk0-3D> (LDF) announced today a settlement<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8086902_/~u7061146.ct.sendgrid.net/ls/click?upn=4tNED-2FM8iDZJQyQ53jATUZCZCuywUD9QyxluwD4kviMhLMEChQC2Gchz2STbntCWseom7JIdGAVVLuDUODIcKSUQwLbf1MjT8GerUdmfQQE-2F7Dd6WWjqs1Ob2oC-2Bimi1CRlw_LYw3uDP5U2cmeBBe07KqI8AzZYA0AXw8fCnkHEVTP6A2alsIgMDEZK5-2BwN9FSk7CSrS0TWT5YvIs-2B1o7-2Bal4gzFfsbeoNjzt9jOhCnX-2BsqJNz4-2FcB5QTGnm4VtoP1fnz6tiBwyfKMRV5nhzyfP5gBi0-2B53jgzHx7QvNp4NFxxLU-2BGV-2F1f-2FgaEr6Wo8Z-2BS2oc1C5NEDOo-2Bs1AMR-2BQQ-2FF1ZHjFJTNpLyKNfOAkCXqBkAgunYqxrqpXbD-2F7AOxai8-2BGRSsBw8zTlV0QDOTu60zltR6z7S7a2ZTcMMitwuHA0d1JGlYXxqR4QcIQcoZPqNvlFPGwos-2FXtBmfpBlfHmNrzhO-2BCOsFO0eK6pstIedUjUQ-3D> in the case NAACP v. United States Postal… Continue reading <https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8086902_/~electionlawblog.org/?p=126367>

“Kanye West’s ‘Independent’ Campaign Was Secretly Run by GOP Elites”<https://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=182734296&f=1116553&c=8086902&u=102231511>
By Rick Hasen, December 17, 2021
Daily Beast:<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8086902_/~www.thedailybeast.com/kanye-wests-independent-campaign-was-secretly-run-by-gop-elites?ref=author> New documents show Kanye West’s doomed White House campaign—styled as an “independent” third-party effort—appears to have disguised potentially millions of dollars in services it received from a secretive network of Republican Party operatives, including advisers to the… Continue reading <https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8086902_/~electionlawblog.org/?p=126365>

“Dominion Voting wins key decision in lawsuit against Fox News”<https://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=182734302&f=1116553&c=8086902&u=102231511>
By Rick Hasen, December 17, 2021
CNN<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8086902_/~www.cnn.com/2021/12/16/media/fox-news-court-dominion/index.html>:  A judge in Delaware has found that Fox News’ coverage of election fraud after the 2020 election may have been inaccurate, and is allowing a major defamation case against the right-wing TV network to move forward.Judge Eric Davis… Continue reading <https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8086902_/~electionlawblog.org/?p=126363>
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