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In a recent post, Ned expresses skepticism about the House exercising its power to judge its members’ elections. I agree that it’s a difficult political question whether the House should invoke its Article I, Section 5 authority. But as I… ...
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  1.  More on the Judging Elections Clause<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7836178/https://electionlawblog.org/?p=123600>
  2.  Brennan Center Updates Report<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7836178/https://electionlawblog.org/?p=123599>
  3.  Nuanced Analysis of New Laws<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7836178/https://electionlawblog.org/?p=123593>
  4.  Fall 2021 Draft Election Law Course 3-Credit Syllabus<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7836178/https://electionlawblog.org/?p=123595>
  5.  Bloomberg Investigates Voter Fraud<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7836178/https://electionlawblog.org/?p=123591>
  6.  “The Democracy Constitution” proposal<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7836178/https://electionlawblog.org/?p=123589>
  7.  “America Has Too Frequent Elections”<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7836178/https://electionlawblog.org/?p=123585>
  8.  North Dakota must pay attorney fees, expenses in tribal voter ID lawsuits<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7836178/https://electionlawblog.org/?p=123586>
  9.  House terms are too short<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7836178/https://electionlawblog.org/?p=123583>
  10. Court concludes California candidate tax disclosure law applies only to gubernatorial primaries, not recalls<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7836178/https://electionlawblog.org/?p=123581>
  11. Can House hardball end gerrymandering?<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7836178/https://electionlawblog.org/?p=123575>
  12. You can’t have elections without election officials<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7836178/https://electionlawblog.org/?p=123573>
  13. “21st Century Jim Crow” or Electoral McCarthyism?<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7836178/https://electionlawblog.org/?p=123571>
  14. Pelosi rejects Banks & Jordan for 1/6 committee<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7836178/https://electionlawblog.org/?p=123569>

More on the Judging Elections Clause<https://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=179622518&f=1116553&c=7836178&u=102231511>
By Nicholas Stephanopoulos, July 22, 2021
In a recent post, Ned expresses skepticism<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7836178_/~electionlawblog.org/?p=123575> about the House exercising its power to judge its members’ elections. I agree that it’s a difficult political question whether the House should invoke its Article I, Section 5 authority. But as I… Continue reading <https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7836178_/~electionlawblog.org/?p=123600>

Brennan Center Updates Report<https://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=179622520&f=1116553&c=7836178&u=102231511>
By Ned Foley, July 22, 2021
Voting Laws Roundup: July 2021<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7836178_/~www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/voting-laws-roundup-july-2021>. I saw this just after posting on Politfact’s caution<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7836178_/~www.politifact.com/article/2021/jul/21/are-there-28-new-restrictive-voting-laws-not-exact/> on the need to be nuanced when characterizing these new state laws. To the Brennan Center’s credit, this July update prominently states up front: “The… Continue reading <https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7836178_/~electionlawblog.org/?p=123599>

Nuanced Analysis of New Laws<https://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=179622522&f=1116553&c=7836178&u=102231511>
By Ned Foley, July 22, 2021
Kudos to Politifact<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7836178_/~www.politifact.com/article/2021/jul/21/are-there-28-new-restrictive-voting-laws-not-exact/> for this careful and detailed explanation of the degree to which the new state laws on voting make it harder to vote in those states. Their analysis makes clear that they considered only the issue of retrogression:… Continue reading <https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7836178_/~electionlawblog.org/?p=123593>

Fall 2021 Draft Election Law Course 3-Credit Syllabus<https://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=179622524&f=1116553&c=7836178&u=102231511>
By Rick Hasen, July 22, 2021
In case this is of use to instructors. syllabus-election-law-2021<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7836178_/~electionlawblog.org/wp-content/uploads/syllabus-election-law-2021.docx>Download<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7836178_/~electionlawblog.org/wp-content/uploads/syllabus-election-law-2021.docx>

Bloomberg Investigates Voter Fraud<https://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=179622526&f=1116553&c=7836178&u=102231511>
By Ned Foley, July 22, 2021
Bottom line from nationwide deep dive<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7836178_/~news.bgov.com/ballots-and-boundaries/sparse-voter-fraud-cases-undercut-claims-of-widespread-abuses-1>: “the findings illustrate a lack of evidence to back up claims of widespread cheating.”

“The Democracy Constitution” proposal<https://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=179622528&f=1116553&c=7836178&u=102231511>
By Ned Foley, July 22, 2021
Rick’s new essay<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7836178_/~electionlawblog.org/?p=123583> on the length of House terms got me thinking about the project recently undertaken by the Democracy to draft a proposed whole new constitution<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7836178_/~democracyjournal.org/magazine/61/a-new-constitution-for-the-united-states/> for the United States. I don’t recall seeing mention of this project on… Continue reading <https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7836178_/~electionlawblog.org/?p=123589>

“America Has Too Frequent Elections”<https://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=179622532&f=1116553&c=7836178&u=102231511>
By Richard Pildes, July 22, 2021
My new piece<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7836178_/~www.nytimes.com/2021/07/21/opinion/house-elections-constitution.html> in the NYT highlights how institutional design choices, which we come to take for granted as the background features of American democracy, dramatically shape the kind of politics and governance we end up with: The ability of… Continue reading <https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7836178_/~electionlawblog.org/?p=123585>

North Dakota must pay attorney fees, expenses in tribal voter ID lawsuits<https://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=179622534&f=1116553&c=7836178&u=102231511>
By Ned Foley, July 22, 2021
Bismark Tribune<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7836178_/~bismarcktribune.com/news/local/tribal-news/north-dakota-must-pay-attorney-fees-expenses-in-tribal-voter-id-lawsuits/article_e0e4b115-98e2-5259-b604-81986731db7b.html>: An 8th U.S. Circuit of Appeals panel on Friday upheld a federal judge’s May 2020 order that the state pay $452,983. The state in February 2020 agreed to settle longstanding legal disputes with Turtle Mountain Band of… Continue reading <https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7836178_/~electionlawblog.org/?p=123586>

House terms are too short<https://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=179622536&f=1116553&c=7836178&u=102231511>
By Ned Foley, July 22, 2021
Rick Pildes in The NY Times<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7836178_/~www.nytimes.com/2021/07/21/opinion/house-elections-constitution.html> makes a strong case on this point. As he acknowledges, however, a constitutional amendment to redress this problem seems out of reach for the foreseeable future.

Court concludes California candidate tax disclosure law applies only to gubernatorial primaries, not recalls<https://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=179622538&f=1116553&c=7836178&u=102231511>
By Derek Muller, July 21, 2021
California recently enacted a law<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7836178_/~leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB27> to compel presidential candidates and gubernatorial candidates to disclose their tax returns as a condition for appearing on the primary ballot. The presidential rule was targeted at Donald Trump; the gubernatorial rule added at the… Continue reading <https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7836178_/~electionlawblog.org/?p=123581>

Can House hardball end gerrymandering?<https://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=179622542&f=1116553&c=7836178&u=102231511>
By Ned Foley, July 21, 2021
An ELB reader kindly pointed me to this piece<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7836178_/~www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/gerrymandering-redistricting-census-congress/2020/07/17/d1002146-c6f5-11ea-8ffe-372be8d82298_story.html>. (Thanks for the tip.) Written by distinguished authors whom I greatly admire, the argument is in my view gravely mistaken. First, let me try to summarize it fairly: the claim… Continue reading <https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7836178_/~electionlawblog.org/?p=123575>

You can’t have elections without election officials<https://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=179622544&f=1116553&c=7836178&u=102231511>
By Ned Foley, July 21, 2021
CNN reports<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7836178_/~www.cnn.com/2021/07/21/politics/election-officials-exodus/> on the risk of “a mass exodus” among election administrators, threatening the ability to run elections in the future. A snippet: “Everything I’ve heard from state officials and from locals is how unbelievably stressful it is, that they… Continue reading <https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7836178_/~electionlawblog.org/?p=123573>

“21st Century Jim Crow” or Electoral McCarthyism?<https://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=179622548&f=1116553&c=7836178&u=102231511>
By Ned Foley, July 21, 2021
This op-ed in The Washington Post<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7836178_/~www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/07/20/are-our-election-laws-here-illinois-also-21st-century-jim-crow/>, by John C. Ackerman, an Illinois county clerk, argues that calling the new state laws that cut back on voting opportunities “21st century Jim Crow” is a “vilification campaign” aiming “to smear Republicans… Continue reading <https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7836178_/~electionlawblog.org/?p=123571>

Pelosi rejects Banks & Jordan for 1/6 committee<https://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=179622550&f=1116553&c=7836178&u=102231511>
By Ned Foley, July 21, 2021
Breaking news.<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7836178_/~www.washingtonpost.com/politics/pelosi-mccarthy-jan6-committee/2021/07/21/21722d44-ea41-11eb-84a2-d93bc0b50294_story.html>
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