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Indiana's voter purge law flunks its second test in the Seventh Circuit. Courthouse News reports on this decision.
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  1.  7th Circuit affirms LVW’s NVRA suit against Indiana<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7833162/https://electionlawblog.org/?p=123548>
  2.  Report on the Georgia hearing; what’s next?<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7833162/https://electionlawblog.org/?p=123546>
  3.  The Arizona Audit<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7833162/https://electionlawblog.org/?p=123541>
  4.  Has the Federalist Society Booted Insurrectionist John Eastman from His Leadership Role in the Organization, Or Just Hidden His Role?<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7833162/https://electionlawblog.org/?p=123540>
  5.  Guest Post/Poem from A Wuffle (footnotes by Bernie Grofman): Countdown to (VRA) Renewal<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7833162/https://electionlawblog.org/?p=123537>
  6.  NJ redistricting: 13 is an unlucky number this time<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7833162/https://electionlawblog.org/?p=123535>
  7.  2021 Supplement to Lowenstein, Hasen, Tokaji, and Stephanopoulos, Election Law–Cases and Materials, Now Available (Includes Brnovich and AFPF Edited Cases)<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7833162/https://electionlawblog.org/?p=123528>
  8.  Effect of Primaries on Electoral Outcomes?<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7833162/https://electionlawblog.org/?p=123516>
  9.  530 On the Importance of Competitive Elections<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7833162/https://electionlawblog.org/?p=123518>
  10. Deep dive on Arizona redistricting this cycle<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7833162/https://electionlawblog.org/?p=123514>
  11. DOJ Will Not Prosecute Trump Officials After IG Referred Findings of False Testimony on Census<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7833162/https://electionlawblog.org/?p=123512>

7th Circuit affirms LVW’s NVRA suit against Indiana<https://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=179579748&f=1116553&c=7833162&u=102231511>
By Ned Foley, July 20, 2021
Indiana’s voter purge law flunks its second test in the Seventh Circuit. Courthouse News <https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7833162_/~www.courthousenews.com/indiana-voter-purge-law-remains-blocked-per-7th-circuit-ruling/> reports on this decision<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7833162_/media.ca7.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/rssExec.pl?Submit=Display&Path=Y2021/D07-19/C:20-2816:J:Wood:aut:T:fnOp:N:2735302:S:0>.

Report on the Georgia hearing; what’s next?<https://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=179579750&f=1116553&c=7833162&u=102231511>
By Ned Foley, July 19, 2021
Washington Post summarizes<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7833162_/~www.washingtonpost.com/politics/senate-voting-hearing-georgia/2021/07/19/9be9c814-e89a-11eb-97a0-a09d10181e36_story.html>. Given the Republican non-participation, this doesn’t sound like an effective strategy to overcome a filibuster. USA Today reports<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7833162_/~www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2021/07/19/georgia-voting-rights-hearing-senate-democrats-take-issue-atlanta/8010940002/> that Senate Democrats, essentially abandoning S1, will turn instead to VRA reform “this autumn”; if true, this presumably… Continue reading <https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7833162_/~electionlawblog.org/?p=123546>

The Arizona Audit<https://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=179579752&f=1116553&c=7833162&u=102231511>
By Ned Foley, July 19, 2021
There is more news<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7833162_/~www.cnn.com/2021/07/18/politics/fact-check-maricopa-audit-arizona-cyber-ninjas-74000/index.html> about the seemingly endless Maricopa County pseudo-audit. Maybe I’m naive, but I’m inclined to ignore whatever “results” come from this inherently inappropriate process. If the so-called “results” are favorable to Trump, it’s meaningless. It’s equally meaningless… Continue reading <https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7833162_/~electionlawblog.org/?p=123541>

Has the Federalist Society Booted Insurrectionist John Eastman from His Leadership Role in the Organization, Or Just Hidden His Role?<https://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=179579756&f=1116553&c=7833162&u=102231511>
By Rick Hasen, July 19, 2021
This weekend I tangled with some folks on Twitter because I had the temerity to tweet <https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7833162_/~twitter.com/rickhasen/status/1416246107366072320?s=20> “Read this @Slate” with a link to Nicholas Wallace’s piece<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7833162_/~slate.com/news-and-politics/2021/07/federalist-society-insurrection-cowards.html> urging a boycott of the Federalist Society because it has not taken any actions… Continue reading <https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7833162_/~electionlawblog.org/?p=123540>

Guest Post/Poem from A Wuffle (footnotes by Bernie Grofman): Countdown to (VRA) Renewal<https://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=179579758&f=1116553&c=7833162&u=102231511>
By Rick Hasen, July 19, 2021
You can find the full text from A Wuffle (footnotes by Bernie Grofman) at this link.<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7833162_/~electionlawblog.org/wp-content/uploads/Wuffle-Countdown-to-Renewal.doc> *This essay in poetic form was written in 2006, two months prior to the congressional renewal of the VRA renewal. It is reproduced exactly… Continue reading <https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7833162_/~electionlawblog.org/?p=123537>

NJ redistricting: 13 is an unlucky number this time<https://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=179579760&f=1116553&c=7833162&u=102231511>
By Ned Foley, July 19, 2021
“This is the first time the two parties haven’t agreed on a 13th member for congressional redistricting.” That, for me, is the key quote from this report<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7833162_/~newjerseyglobe.com/fl/who-will-the-supreme-court-pick-as-the-congressional-redistricting-tiebreaker-15-questions-and-answers-about-what-comes-next/> on the need for the state’s Supreme Court to pick the thirteenth member… Continue reading <https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7833162_/~electionlawblog.org/?p=123535>

2021 Supplement to Lowenstein, Hasen, Tokaji, and Stephanopoulos, Election Law–Cases and Materials, Now Available (Includes Brnovich and AFPF Edited Cases)<https://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=179579762&f=1116553&c=7833162&u=102231511>
By Rick Hasen, July 19, 2021
The 2021 Supplement<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7833162_/~electionlawblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2021-election-law-supp-final.pdf> to Lowenstein, Hasen, Tokaji, and Stephanopoulos, Election Law–Cases and Materials<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7833162_/~cap-press.com/books/isbn/9781531004729/Election-Law-Sixth-Edition> (6th ed. 2017) is now available for free download at this link: https://electionlawblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2021-election-law-supp-final.pdf.<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7833162_/~electionlawblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2021-election-law-supp-final.pdf> The 2021 Supplement is up-to-date through the end of the Supreme Court’s October 2020… Continue reading <https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7833162_/~electionlawblog.org/?p=123528>

Effect of Primaries on Electoral Outcomes?<https://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=179579764&f=1116553&c=7833162&u=102231511>
By Ned Foley, July 19, 2021
Geoffrey Skelley at 538 has a piece <https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7833162_/~fivethirtyeight.com/features/changing-how-primaries-work-probably-wont-make-politics-less-divisive/?ex_cid=538twitter> on Lee Drutman’s very important new report analyzing the effect of primary elections on general election outcomes. (I mentioned this report in a previous blog post<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7833162_/~electionlawblog.org/?p=123283>.) As Skelley explains, Drutman’s report is… Continue reading <https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7833162_/~electionlawblog.org/?p=123516>

530 On the Importance of Competitive Elections<https://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=179579768&f=1116553&c=7833162&u=102231511>
By Richard Pildes, July 19, 2021
By Geoffrey Skelley<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7833162_/~fivethirtyeight.com/features/changing-how-primaries-work-probably-wont-make-politics-less-divisive/>: Incumbent politicians have moved further toward the political extremes in recent elections partly because they are worried about a primary challenge. But studies suggest that the primary electorate itself isn’t any more ideologically extreme than the… Continue reading <https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7833162_/~electionlawblog.org/?p=123518>

Deep dive on Arizona redistricting this cycle<https://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=179579772&f=1116553&c=7833162&u=102231511>
By Ned Foley, July 19, 2021
>From Carrie Levine at the Center for Public Integrity<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7833162_/~publicintegrity.org/politics/nonpartisan-arizona-redistricting/>.

DOJ Will Not Prosecute Trump Officials After IG Referred Findings of False Testimony on Census<https://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=179579778&f=1116553&c=7833162&u=102231511>
By Ned Foley, July 19, 2021
Government Executive<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7833162_/~www.govexec.com/management/2021/07/doj-will-not-prosecute-trump-officials-after-ig-referred-findings-false-testimony-census/183843/> reports.
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