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Linda Greenhouse on Brnovich: Justice Samuel Alito’s opinion for the six-justice majority insisted that the law should pay little mind to the occasional “inconvenience” of casting a ballot. Justice Elena Kagan’s dissenting opinion, joined by two ...
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  1.  “On Voting Rights, Justice Alito Is Stuck in the 1980s”<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7825811/https://electionlawblog.org/?p=123418>
  2.  “Biden must embrace his own logic on voting rights”<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7825811/https://electionlawblog.org/?p=123416>
  3.  “Biden’s Demagogic Voting Speech”<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7825811/https://electionlawblog.org/?p=123414>
  4.  “Activist Shareholders Score Wins on Election Spending After Riot”<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7825811/https://electionlawblog.org/?p=123412>
  5.  “Rep. Clyburn’s false claim that ‘no Democrat’ has opposed voter ID laws”<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7825811/https://electionlawblog.org/?p=123410>
  6.  “More than 150 companies back update to Voting Rights Act”<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7825811/https://electionlawblog.org/?p=123408>
  7.  “Audit finds folds behind New Hampshire election miscount”<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7825811/https://electionlawblog.org/?p=123406>
  8.  “Michigan GOP official: Trump a ‘malignancy’ who spouts ‘lies’ about election”<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7825811/https://electionlawblog.org/?p=123404>
  9.  “By the numbers: Voting, redistricting wars fought in least-white states”<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7825811/https://electionlawblog.org/?p=123402>
  10. Read My Testimony Before Senate Judiciary Subcommittee for Hearing on Voting Rights After Brnovich and Shelby County (and Link to Livestream of Hearing)<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7825811/https://electionlawblog.org/?p=123399>

“On Voting Rights, Justice Alito Is Stuck in the 1980s”<https://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=179487017&f=1116553&c=7825811&u=102231511>
By Dan Tokaji, July 15, 2021
Linda Greenhouse on Brnovich<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7825811_/~www.nytimes.com/2021/07/15/opinion/Voting-rights-supreme-court.html?action=click&module=Opinion&pgtype=Homepage>: Justice Samuel Alito’s opinion for the six-justice majority insisted that the law should pay little mind to the occasional “inconvenience” of casting a ballot. Justice Elena Kagan’s dissenting opinion, joined by two other justices, accused… Continue reading <https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7825811_/~electionlawblog.org/?p=123418>

“Biden must embrace his own logic on voting rights”<https://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=179487019&f=1116553&c=7825811&u=102231511>
By Dan Tokaji, July 15, 2021
E.J. Dionne<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7825811_/~www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/07/14/biden-must-embrace-his-own-logic-voting-rights/>: Biden’s speech assailing “merchants of fear and peddlers of lies” was refreshingly candid about the threats posed to democracy. They include the violent Jan. 6<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7825811_/~www.washingtonpost.com/nation/interactive/2021/capitol-insurrection-visual-timeline/?itid=lk_inline_manual_16> attack on the Capitol<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7825811_/~www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/2021/01/16/video-timeline-capitol-siege/?itid=lk_inline_manual_16>, Donald Trump’s scandalous falsehoods about the 2020… Continue reading <https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7825811_/~electionlawblog.org/?p=123416>

“Biden’s Demagogic Voting Speech”<https://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=179487021&f=1116553&c=7825811&u=102231511>
By Dan Tokaji, July 15, 2021
Rich Lowry of National Review, in Politico Magazine<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7825811_/~www.politico.com/news/magazine/2021/07/14/bidens-demagogic-voting-speech-499727>: The presumption that marginal changes in election laws measurably affect turnout, a key assumption of the Democratic case against GOP election bills, is simply erroneous. Voter ID laws haven’t suppressed turnout<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7825811_/~www.nber.org/system/files/working_papers/w25522/w25522.pdf>… Continue reading <https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7825811_/~electionlawblog.org/?p=123414>

“Activist Shareholders Score Wins on Election Spending After Riot”<https://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=179487023&f=1116553&c=7825811&u=102231511>
By Dan Tokaji, July 15, 2021
Bloomberg<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7825811_/~news.bloomberglaw.com/securities-law/activist-shareholders-score-wins-on-election-spending-after-riot>: Like Duke Energy, shareholders at Netflix Inc., United Airlines Holdings Inc., and Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd., and others have endorsed political spending disclosures in the sixth months since the riot, according to Bloomberg’s Proxy Tracker. The Netflix proposal… Continue reading <https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7825811_/~electionlawblog.org/?p=123412>

“Rep. Clyburn’s false claim that ‘no Democrat’ has opposed voter ID laws”<https://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=179487025&f=1116553&c=7825811&u=102231511>
By Dan Tokaji, July 15, 2021
WaPo fact checker<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7825811_/~www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/07/15/clyburns-false-claim-that-no-democrat-has-opposed-voter-id-laws/>: Clyburn is trying to have his cake and eat it, too. He routinely decries “voter ID” laws, but at the same time he insisted on Fox News that he has never opposed such laws — and… Continue reading <https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7825811_/~electionlawblog.org/?p=123410>

“More than 150 companies back update to Voting Rights Act”<https://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=179487031&f=1116553&c=7825811&u=102231511>
By Dan Tokaji, July 14, 2021
NBC News<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7825811_/~www.nbcnews.com/politics/elections/more-150-companies-back-update-voting-rights-act-n1273919>: More than 150 companies<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7825811_/~www.nbcnews.com/politics/elections/corporate-america-wading-voting-rights-brawl-here-s-why-n1262974>, including PepsiCo, Amazon and Target, threw their support behind updating the Voting Rights Act in a letter released Wednesday.The signatories, all U.S. employers, urged Congress to enact the John Lewis Voting Rights… Continue reading <https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7825811_/~electionlawblog.org/?p=123408>

“Audit finds folds behind New Hampshire election miscount”<https://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=179487037&f=1116553&c=7825811&u=102231511>
By Dan Tokaji, July 14, 2021
AP<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7825811_/~apnews.com/article/government-and-politics-elections-election-recounts-new-hampshire-7f3e5a832e2ba32306661b303c62d126>: “Auditors concluded that miscounts in a New Hampshire election<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7825811_/~apnews.com/article/donald-trump-new-hampshire-election-recounts-campaign-2016-election-2020-83a1ba7e2e47065382b14dc59a7e10f5> were primarily caused by the way ballots were folded, according to a report released Tuesday.” You can find the report here<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7825811_/~www.doj.nh.gov/sb43/documents/20210713-sb43-forensic-audit-report.pdf>.

“Michigan GOP official: Trump a ‘malignancy’ who spouts ‘lies’ about election”<https://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=179487039&f=1116553&c=7825811&u=102231511>
By Dan Tokaji, July 14, 2021
The Detroit News reports<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7825811_/~www.detroitnews.com/story/news/politics/2021/07/13/michigan-gop-official-donald-trump-malignancy-who-spouts-election-lies/7952592002/> on the remarks from Tony Daunt of the Board of State Canvassers: Tony Daunt, who’s also a member of the Michigan GOP’s state committee, made the comments after a presentation by state Sen. Ed McBroom, R-Vulcan,… Continue reading <https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7825811_/~electionlawblog.org/?p=123404>

“By the numbers: Voting, redistricting wars fought in least-white states”<https://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=179487041&f=1116553&c=7825811&u=102231511>
By Dan Tokaji, July 14, 2021
Axios<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7825811_/~www.axios.com/voting-redistricting-least-white-states-texas-georgia-aa30fed5-5823-4bfd-87f0-41fc8b968f7e.html>: “Texas, Georgia, Florida and Arizona have been at the center of a partisan war over voting rules that could impact voters of color — they’re also among the top 10 states with the lowest percentage of white residents.”

Read My Testimony Before Senate Judiciary Subcommittee for Hearing on Voting Rights After Brnovich and Shelby County (and Link to Livestream of Hearing)<https://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=179487045&f=1116553&c=7825811&u=102231511>
By Rick Hasen, July 14, 2021
You can find my testimony at this link<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7825811_/~electionlawblog.org/wp-content/uploads/hasen-testimony-senate-brnovich-final.pdf>. All of the testimony will be posted here<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7825811_/~www.judiciary.senate.gov/meetings/restoring-the-voting-rights-act-after-brnovich-and-shelby-county>, and you can use the same lin<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7825811_/~www.judiciary.senate.gov/meetings/restoring-the-voting-rights-act-after-brnovich-and-shelby-county>k to watch the hearing starting around 2:45 pm ET.
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