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AP: Republicans have succeeded this year in passing a range of voting restrictions in states they control politically, from Georgia to Iowa to Texas. They’re not stopping there.Republicans in at least four states where Democrats control the ...
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  1.  “GOP uses voters to push election reforms in unlikely states”<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7983318/https://electionlawblog.org/?p=125415>
  2.  “Congress gives extra funding to the Pentagon but leaves elections vulnerable”<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7983318/https://electionlawblog.org/?p=125413>
  3.  “California politicians raising money for charity face new rules from ethics panel”<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7983318/https://electionlawblog.org/?p=125411>
  4.  “Internal Alarm, Public Shrugs: Facebook’s Employees Dissect Its Election Role; Company documents show that the social network’s employees repeatedly raised red flags about the spread of misinformation and conspiracies before and after the contested November vote.”<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7983318/https://electionlawblog.org/?p=125407>
  5.  “Ahead of Jan. 6, Willard hotel in downtown D.C. was a Trump team ‘command center’ for effort to deny Biden the presidency”<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7983318/https://electionlawblog.org/?p=125405>
  6.  “Nevada Republican who claimed someone stole dead wife’s ballot is charged with voter fraud”<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7983318/https://electionlawblog.org/?p=125402>
  7.  “How Election Law Grew From a Niche Practice to a Multimillion-Dollar Draw”<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7983318/https://electionlawblog.org/?p=125400>

“GOP uses voters to push election reforms in unlikely states”<https://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=181601398&f=1116553&c=7983318&u=102231511>
By Rick Hasen, October 23, 2021
AP:<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7983318_/~www.detroitnews.com/story/news/nation/2021/10/23/election-reform-voters-republican-gop-michigan-states/119075188/> Republicans have succeeded this year in passing a range of voting restrictions in states they control politically, from Georgia to Iowa to Texas. They’re not stopping there.Republicans in at least four states where Democrats control the governor’s office,… Continue reading <https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7983318_/~electionlawblog.org/?p=125415>

“Congress gives extra funding to the Pentagon but leaves elections vulnerable”<https://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=181601400&f=1116553&c=7983318&u=102231511>
By Rick Hasen, October 23, 2021
Votebeat:<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7983318_/~www.votebeat.org/2021/10/23/22742036/congress-election-funding-10-billion-defense-budget> Months after Democratic leaders in Congress backed away from<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7983318_/~www.votebeat.org/2021/9/10/22665863/secretaries-state-federal-election-funding-pelosi-schumer-letter> providing billions of badly needed dollars to support local election improvements, we now learn that the Senate plans to add the very same amount of money to the Defense… Continue reading <https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7983318_/~electionlawblog.org/?p=125413>

“California politicians raising money for charity face new rules from ethics panel”<https://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=181601402&f=1116553&c=7983318&u=102231511>
By Rick Hasen, October 23, 2021
Cal Matters:<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7983318_/~calmatters.org/politics/2021/10/california-politicians-charity-money/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=CalMatters+Newsletters&utm_campaign=b9c76d23d9-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2021_10_22_10_58&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_faa7be558d-b9c76d23d9-150223893&mc_cid=b9c76d23d9&mc_eid=0695eabae9> After more than 18 months of deliberation, California’s political ethics regulators voted today to approve new rules when elected officials raise money for charities that they or their family control.More public disclosure of their ties to the… Continue reading <https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7983318_/~electionlawblog.org/?p=125411>

“Internal Alarm, Public Shrugs: Facebook’s Employees Dissect Its Election Role; Company documents show that the social network’s employees repeatedly raised red flags about the spread of misinformation and conspiracies before and after the contested November vote.”<https://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=181601404&f=1116553&c=7983318&u=102231511>
By Rick Hasen, October 23, 2021
NYT:<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7983318_/~www.nytimes.com/2021/10/22/technology/facebook-election-misinformation.html> Sixteen months before last November’s presidential election<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7983318_/~www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/11/03/us/elections/results-president.html>, a researcher at Facebook described an alarming development. She was getting content about the conspiracy theory QAnon<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7983318_/~www.nytimes.com/article/what-is-qanon.html> within a week of opening an experimental account, she wrote in an internal report.On… Continue reading <https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7983318_/~electionlawblog.org/?p=125407>

“Ahead of Jan. 6, Willard hotel in downtown D.C. was a Trump team ‘command center’ for effort to deny Biden the presidency”<https://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=181601406&f=1116553&c=7983318&u=102231511>
By Rick Hasen, October 23, 2021
WaPo:<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7983318_/~www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/willard-trump-eastman-giuliani-bannon/2021/10/23/c45bd2d4-3281-11ec-9241-aad8e48f01ff_story.html> They called it the “command center,” a set of rooms and suites in the posh Willard hotel a block from the White House where some of President Donald Trump’s most loyal lieutenants were working day and night with… Continue reading <https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7983318_/~electionlawblog.org/?p=125405>

“Nevada Republican who claimed someone stole dead wife’s ballot is charged with voter fraud”<https://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=181601408&f=1116553&c=7983318&u=102231511>
By Rick Hasen, October 23, 2021
WaPo:<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7983318_/~www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/10/22/nevada-republican-who-claimed-someone-voted-his-dead-wife-is-charged-with-voter-fraud/> Donald Kirk Hartle looked troubled last November. It was a few days after Election Day and the Las Vegas man was telling a local news station that someone had stolen his late wife’s mail-in ballot and returned it… Continue reading <https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7983318_/~electionlawblog.org/?p=125402>

“How Election Law Grew From a Niche Practice to a Multimillion-Dollar Draw”<https://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=181601410&f=1116553&c=7983318&u=102231511>
By Rick Hasen, October 23, 2021
National Law Journal:<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7983318_/~www.law.com/nationallawjournal/2021/10/22/how-election-law-grew-from-a-niche-practice-to-a-multi-million-dollar-draw/?slreturn=20210923120532> After last year’s flurry of pre- and post-election lawsuits, election litigation has not relented as lawyers meet in courtrooms across the country to hammer out voting rights disputes, redistricting disagreements, and a host of other elections-related issues.Even… Continue reading <https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7983318_/~electionlawblog.org/?p=125400>
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