[EL] FW: Election Law Blog: ELB News and Commentary
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>From the Desert News: Ranked choice voting made its debut across 21 Utah municipalities Tuesday. And while the results are still preliminary, we’re starting to gauge how Utah clerks, voters and candidates feel about the system that’s been touted ...
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1. “21 municipalities debuted ranked choice voting programs — how did it go?”<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8004262/https://electionlawblog.org/?p=125681>
2. “University of Florida Reverses Course to Allow Professors to Testify Against State”<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8004262/https://electionlawblog.org/?p=125678>
3. “‘Not a fair map.’ Lawsuit accuses NC Republicans of gerrymandering new districts”<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8004262/https://electionlawblog.org/?p=125675>
4. “Trump DOJ official who aided effort to overturn election declines to answer Jan. 6 questions; The chair of the Hill select panel probing the Capitol riot said a contempt of Congress referral for Jeffrey Clark is ‘on the table.'”<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8004262/https://electionlawblog.org/?p=125673>
5. “Virginia Gov.-elect Youngkin’s underaged son tried to vote in Tuesday’s election, elections officials said”<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8004262/https://electionlawblog.org/?p=125671>
6. “The 2020 vote and its aftermath have left many election workers beleaguered”<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8004262/https://electionlawblog.org/?p=125669>
7. “Dane County judge orders Wisconsin Republicans to turn over records related to election review”<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8004262/https://electionlawblog.org/?p=125667>
8. “Small Donor Public Financing Plays Role in Electing Most Diverse New York City Council”<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8004262/https://electionlawblog.org/?p=125665>
9. Conflicts Between Politicians who Draw Districts and Secretaries of State who have to Administer Elections<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8004262/https://electionlawblog.org/?p=125663>
10. “How ranked-choice voting saved the Virginia GOP from itself”<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8004262/https://electionlawblog.org/?p=125661>
“21 municipalities debuted ranked choice voting programs — how did it go?”<https://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=181867884&f=1116553&c=8004262&u=102231511>
By Richard Pildes, November 06, 2021
>From the Desert News:<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8004262_/~www.deseret.com/utah/2021/11/3/22761644/election-results-2021-what-happened-with-ranked-choice-voting-in-utah-salt-lake-city-council-slc> Ranked choice voting made its debut across 21 Utah municipalities Tuesday. And while the results are still preliminary, we’re starting to gauge how Utah clerks, voters and candidates feel about the system that’s been touted as… Continue reading <https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8004262_/~electionlawblog.org/?p=125681>
“University of Florida Reverses Course to Allow Professors to Testify Against State”<https://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=181867888&f=1116553&c=8004262&u=102231511>
By Rick Hasen, November 05, 2021
NYT:<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8004262_/~www.nytimes.com/2021/11/05/us/voting-rights-florida-professors-testify.html?smid=tw-share> Acceding to a storm of protest, the University of Florida abandoned efforts on Friday to keep three political science professors from testifying in a voting-rights lawsuit against the administration of Gov. Ron DeSantis.Hours later, however, the professors sued… Continue reading <https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8004262_/~electionlawblog.org/?p=125678>
“‘Not a fair map.’ Lawsuit accuses NC Republicans of gerrymandering new districts”<https://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=181867890&f=1116553&c=8004262&u=102231511>
By Rick Hasen, November 05, 2021
News & Observer<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8004262_/~www.newsobserver.com/news/politics-government/article255578216.html>: The first lawsuit challenging North Carolina’s new political districts as unconstitutional partisan gerrymandering was filed Friday by a group affiliated with former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder. State legislators passed the maps into law on… Continue reading <https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8004262_/~electionlawblog.org/?p=125675>
“Trump DOJ official who aided effort to overturn election declines to answer Jan. 6 questions; The chair of the Hill select panel probing the Capitol riot said a contempt of Congress referral for Jeffrey Clark is ‘on the table.'”<https://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=181867894&f=1116553&c=8004262&u=102231511>
By Rick Hasen, November 05, 2021
Politico<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8004262_/~www.politico.com/news/2021/11/05/jeffrey-clark-doj-hill-deposition-519703>: A top Trump Justice Department official who aided the former president’s quest to overturn the 2020 election refused to answer substantive questions in a meeting with congressional investigators on Friday.The former official, Jeffrey Clark, instead delivered a 12-page <https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8004262_/~www.politico.com/f/?id=0000017c-f16d-df97-a9ff-fd7ff3d70000> … Continue reading <https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8004262_/~electionlawblog.org/?p=125673>
“Virginia Gov.-elect Youngkin’s underaged son tried to vote in Tuesday’s election, elections officials said”<https://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=181867898&f=1116553&c=8004262&u=102231511>
By Rick Hasen, November 05, 2021
WaPo:<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8004262_/~www.washingtonpost.com/local/virginia-politics/glenn-youngkin-son-vote-election/2021/11/05/f5eb7ce0-3e62-11ec-8ee9-4f14a26749d1_story.html> The 17-year-old son of Virginia Gov.-elect Glenn Youngkin (R) tried to cast a ballot in Tuesday’s gubernatorial election twice despite being too young to vote, Fairfax County officials said in a statement released Friday.The statement, which identified the teen… Continue reading <https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8004262_/~electionlawblog.org/?p=125671>
“The 2020 vote and its aftermath have left many election workers beleaguered”<https://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=181867904&f=1116553&c=8004262&u=102231511>
By Rick Hasen, November 05, 2021
NPR<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8004262_/~www.npr.org/2021/11/05/1052435775/texas-election-workers?utm_term=nprnews&utm_campaign=politics&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com> reports.
“Dane County judge orders Wisconsin Republicans to turn over records related to election review”<https://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=181867908&f=1116553&c=8004262&u=102231511>
By Rick Hasen, November 05, 2021
Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel:<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8004262_/~www.jsonline.com/story/news/politics/2021/11/05/dane-county-judge-orders-wisconsin-republicans-to-turn-over-election-review-records/6303457001/> A Dane County judge on Friday ordered Assembly Speaker Robin Vos to turn over records within 10 days about a secretive review of the 2020 election that Republicans have been conducting since this summer.Circuit Judge Valerie Bailey-Rihn ruled… Continue reading <https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8004262_/~electionlawblog.org/?p=125667>
“Small Donor Public Financing Plays Role in Electing Most Diverse New York City Council”<https://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=181867912&f=1116553&c=8004262&u=102231511>
By Rick Hasen, November 05, 2021
Brennan Center report<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8004262_/~www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/small-donor-public-financing-plays-role-electing-most-diverse-new-york>.
Conflicts Between Politicians who Draw Districts and Secretaries of State who have to Administer Elections<https://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=181867916&f=1116553&c=8004262&u=102231511>
By Richard Pildes, November 05, 2021
This story out of Mass. highlights the problems that can arise when legislators split election precincts to pursue their own ends in redistricting. From MassLive<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8004262_/~www.masslive.com/politics/2021/11/as-massachusetts-gov-charlie-baker-oks-new-districts-secretary-of-state-william-galvin-warns-of-chaos.html>: New political boundaries for the Massachusetts House and Senate became official Thursday as Gov.… Continue reading <https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8004262_/~electionlawblog.org/?p=125663>
“How ranked-choice voting saved the Virginia GOP from itself”<https://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=181867920&f=1116553&c=8004262&u=102231511>
By Richard Pildes, November 05, 2021
Terrific WP<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8004262_/~www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/how-ranked-choice-voting-saved-the-virginia-gop-from-itself/2021/11/05/6d1aa738-3dc2-11ec-8ee9-4f14a26749d1_story.html> piece by Ray LaRaja and Alexander Theodoridis on how the VA GOP found its way to a more electable nominee for governor through the use of ranked-choice voting. The story does not highlight this additional fact: party leaders… Continue reading <https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8004262_/~electionlawblog.org/?p=125661>
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