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WaPo: A group of Democratic senators — including key centrist Joe Manchin III of West Virginia — introduced a pared-down voting rights, campaign finance and government ethics bill Tuesday in hopes of building momentum for its passage through a ...
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  1.  “Revised Democratic voting bill drops controversial provisions, tweaks others as pressure for action mounts”<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7921640/https://electionlawblog.org/?p=124565>
  2.  “Election Fraud Cases Sow Doubts About Legal Profession’s Future”<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7921640/https://electionlawblog.org/?p=124563>
  3.  Freedom to Vote Act and Same-Day Registration?<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7921640/https://electionlawblog.org/?p=124561>
  4.  Sept. 20 Virtual Event: “FEFS | Global Elections II: Germany”<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7921640/https://electionlawblog.org/?p=124558>
  5.  Governor Wolf Creates Redistricting Advisory Council to Help Evaluate Fairness in Upcoming Congressional Redistricting Map<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7921640/https://electionlawblog.org/?p=124554>
  6.  “Arizona mystery: Did the Cyber Ninjas botch another 2020 presidential recount attempt?”<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7921640/https://electionlawblog.org/?p=124551>
  7.  “The F.E.C. dismisses claims that Twitter illegally blocked a Hunter Biden article.”<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7921640/https://electionlawblog.org/?p=124547>
  8.  How best to end “Electoral McCarthyism”?<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7921640/https://electionlawblog.org/?p=124540>

“Revised Democratic voting bill drops controversial provisions, tweaks others as pressure for action mounts”<https://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=180645812&f=1116553&c=7921640&u=102231511>
By Rick Hasen, September 14, 2021
WaPo:<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7921640_/~www.washingtonpost.com/politics/revised-democratic-voting-bill-drops-controversial-provisions-tweaks-others-as-pressure-for-action-mounts/2021/09/14/6c59def8-150a-11ec-9589-31ac3173c2e5_story.html> A group of Democratic senators — including key centrist Joe Manchin III of West Virginia — introduced a pared-down voting rights, campaign finance and government ethics bill Tuesday in hopes of building momentum for its passage through a closely… Continue reading <https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7921640_/~electionlawblog.org/?p=124565>

“Election Fraud Cases Sow Doubts About Legal Profession’s Future”<https://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=180645814&f=1116553&c=7921640&u=102231511>
By Rick Hasen, September 14, 2021
Bloomberg Law:<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7921640_/~www.bloomberglaw.com/bloomberglawnews/exp/eyJjdHh0IjoiTFdOVyIsImlkIjoiMDAwMDAxN2ItOWM0ZS1kZGZkLWEzN2ItYmM3ZWM2ZjIwMDAxIiwic2lnIjoiVC9TcUNQdzlod3JiY1p4TXlETTBqMEtmSk5FPSIsInRpbWUiOiIxNjMxNjE5Mzg0IiwidXVpZCI6IjFHYUlaY3lwWExibVVBN1BMQU5RR0E9PS9WMjl6aGFDT0FTelE5M2RYdzc2Nnc9PSIsInYiOiIxIn0=?bwid=0000017b-9c4e-ddfd-a37b-bc7ec6f20001&cti=LSCH&emc=blwnw_nl%3A2&et=NEWSLETTER&isAlert=false&item=headline&qid=7169597&region=featured-story&source=newsletter&uc=1320041183&udvType=Alert&usertype=External> Penalties and discipline against a dozen attorneys over Trump-fueled election challenges probably won’t discourage similar fraud suits in the future, legal experts say.Lawyers behind dismissed cases in several states have been cited for violating professional standards requiring candor… Continue reading <https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7921640_/~electionlawblog.org/?p=124563>

Freedom to Vote Act and Same-Day Registration?<https://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=180645816&f=1116553&c=7921640&u=102231511>
By Ned Foley, September 14, 2021
NPR is reporting this morning <https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7921640_/~www.npr.org/2021/09/14/1036812609/senate-democrats-offer-a-new-voting-bill-but-a-gop-filibuster-likely-blocks-the-> that the newly unveiled electoral reform bill put together by Senate Democrats, including Manchin and Klobuchar, would “ensure every state offers same-day voter registration.” I did not see that particular provision mentioned in this morning’s… Continue reading <https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7921640_/~electionlawblog.org/?p=124561>

Sept. 20 Virtual Event: “FEFS | Global Elections II: Germany”<https://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=180645818&f=1116553&c=7921640&u=102231511>
By Rick Hasen, September 13, 2021
Join us<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7921640_/~calendar.law.uci.edu/event/fefs_global_elections_ii?utm_campaign=widget&utm_medium=widget&utm_source=UC+Irvine+School+of+Law+Events#.YT_mD55KjuQ> at the Fair Elections and Free Speech Center at UCI Law: Germany faces its most important election in a generation, as the September 26th ballot is the first one that Chancellor Angela Merkel will not contest since she… Continue reading <https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7921640_/~electionlawblog.org/?p=124558>

Governor Wolf Creates Redistricting Advisory Council to Help Evaluate Fairness in Upcoming Congressional Redistricting Map<https://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=180645820&f=1116553&c=7921640&u=102231511>
By Tabatha Abu El-Haj, September 13, 2021
Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf announced<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7921640_/~www.governor.pa.gov/newsroom/governor-wolf-creates-redistricting-advisory-council-to-help-evaluate-fairness-in-upcoming-congressional-redistricting-map/> the creation of a Redistricting Advisory Council as part of his commitment to a fair and transparent redistricting process that will involve the public. The Advisory Council has been tasked with: reviewing the processes in… Continue reading <https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7921640_/~electionlawblog.org/?p=124554>

“Arizona mystery: Did the Cyber Ninjas botch another 2020 presidential recount attempt?”<https://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=180645822&f=1116553&c=7921640&u=102231511>
By Rick Hasen, September 13, 2021
Steven Rosenfeld<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7921640_/~www.rawstory.com/arizona-ballot-audit-2654971745/>: Did the Cyber Ninjas botch another attempt to recount Maricopa County’s 2020 presidential ballots—an attempt that, so far, has escaped wide media coverage?It appears, at the very least, that a contract<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7921640_/~embed.documentcloud.org/documents/21053139-arizona-senate-records-regarding-maricopa-county-election-audit-part-9_part3#document/p221> signed on July 28 by the… Continue reading <https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7921640_/~electionlawblog.org/?p=124551>

“The F.E.C. dismisses claims that Twitter illegally blocked a Hunter Biden article.”<https://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=180645824&f=1116553&c=7921640&u=102231511>
By Rick Hasen, September 13, 2021
Shane Goldmacher<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7921640_/~www.nytimes.com/2021/09/13/us/politics/fec-twitter-hunter-biden-article.html> for the NYT: The Federal Election Commission has dismissed Republican accusations that Twitter violated election laws in October by blocking people from posting links<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7921640_/~www.nytimes.com/2020/10/14/us/politics/hunter-biden-ukraine-facebook-twitter.html> to an unsubstantiated New York Post article about Joseph R. Biden Jr.’s son Hunter… Continue reading <https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7921640_/~electionlawblog.org/?p=124547>

How best to end “Electoral McCarthyism”?<https://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=180645826&f=1116553&c=7921640&u=102231511>
By Ned Foley, September 13, 2021
As regular ELB readers know, I’ve characterized<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7921640_/~electionlawblog.org/?p=123647> the problem of Trump’s “Big Lie” about a “stolen” 2020 election as an electoral version of the kind of “paranoid” strain of American politics that Hofstadter classified the Red Scare version of McCarthyism… Continue reading <https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7921640_/~electionlawblog.org/?p=124540>
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