[EL] FW: Election Law Blog: ELB News and Commentary

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My first thought on reading the Eastman memo revealed yesterday was that it could wait until I do the relevant work for a planned second edition of Ballot Battles before I reflect on it in earnest. But in light of… Continue reading
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  1.  Initial Reaction to Eastman Memo<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7932106/https://electionlawblog.org/?p=124705>
  2.  Rebutting some of the claims in the Eastman memo about Congress’s role in counting electoral votes<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7932106/https://electionlawblog.org/?p=124703>
  3.  Wednesday Hearing at Senate Judiciary Committee: “Restoring the Voting Rights Act: Combating Discriminatory Abuses”<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7932106/https://electionlawblog.org/?p=124701>
  4.  “Memo shows Trump lawyer’s six-step plan for Pence to overturn the election”<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7932106/https://electionlawblog.org/?p=124699>
  5.  Freedom to Vote bill & democracy-protection<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7932106/https://electionlawblog.org/?p=124697>
  6.  “Some Republicans Fear Tighter Election Rules Could Boomerang on the Party”<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7932106/https://electionlawblog.org/?p=124695>
  7.  Dave Wasserman Must-Read: “Is It Time to Rethink Hyper-Minority Districts?”<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7932106/https://electionlawblog.org/?p=124693>
  8.  “Trump won these counties big. His supporters question the results there, too.”<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7932106/https://electionlawblog.org/?p=124691>
  9.  Federal court sends states’ “proof of citizenship” requirement back to EAC for reconsideration<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7932106/https://electionlawblog.org/?p=124689>

Initial Reaction to Eastman Memo<https://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=180784484&f=1116553&c=7932106&u=102231511>
By Ned Foley, September 21, 2021
My first thought on reading the Eastman memo revealed yesterday<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7932106_/cdn.cnn.com/cnn/2021/images/09/20/eastman.memo.pdf> was that it could wait until I do the relevant work for a planned second edition of Ballot Battles<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7932106_/~global.oup.com/academic/product/ballot-battles-9780190235277?cc=us&lang=en&> before I reflect on it in earnest. But in light of… Continue reading <https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7932106_/~electionlawblog.org/?p=124705>

Rebutting some of the claims in the Eastman memo about Congress’s role in counting electoral votes<https://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=180784486&f=1116553&c=7932106&u=102231511>
By Derek Muller, September 21, 2021
On November 29, 2000, the Select Joint Committee on the Manner of Appointment of Presidential Electors, a group convened by the Florida legislature, gathered. It was the second day of hearings about how to handle the presidential election dispute unfolding… Continue reading <https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7932106_/~electionlawblog.org/?p=124703>

Wednesday Hearing at Senate Judiciary Committee: “Restoring the Voting Rights Act: Combating Discriminatory Abuses”<https://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=180784488&f=1116553&c=7932106&u=102231511>
By Rick Hasen, September 20, 2021
Details here<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7932106_/~www.judiciary.senate.gov/meetings/restoring-the-voting-rights-act-combating-discriminatory-abuses>.

“Memo shows Trump lawyer’s six-step plan for Pence to overturn the election”<https://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=180784490&f=1116553&c=7932106&u=102231511>
By Rick Hasen, September 20, 2021
CNN:<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7932106_/~www.cnn.com/2021/09/20/politics/trump-pence-election-memo/index.html> A conservative lawyer working with then-President Donald Trump’s legal team tried to convince then-Vice President Mike Pence that he could overturn the election results on January 6 when Congress counted the Electoral College votes by throwing out electors from… Continue reading <https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7932106_/~electionlawblog.org/?p=124699>

Freedom to Vote bill & democracy-protection<https://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=180784492&f=1116553&c=7932106&u=102231511>
By Ned Foley, September 20, 2021
One main point of this new Washington Post column<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7932106_/~www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/09/20/is-same-day-voter-registration-good-yes-is-it-essential-probably-not/> is that some specific provisions in the Senate Democrats’ bill might be both (1) unnecessary to safeguard democracy (even if desirable from a policy perspective) and (2) actually counterproductive to the… Continue reading <https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7932106_/~electionlawblog.org/?p=124697>

“Some Republicans Fear Tighter Election Rules Could Boomerang on the Party”<https://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=180784494&f=1116553&c=7932106&u=102231511>
By Rick Hasen, September 20, 2021
WSJ<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7932106_/~www.wsj.com/articles/some-republicans-fear-tighter-election-rules-could-boomerang-on-the-party-11631977200?st=yoww0hjf9eoeh37&reflink=share_mobilewebshare>: Since the 2020 election, Republicans in state legislatures have been tightening rules around voting and ballot security, passing more than 100 pieces of legislation<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7932106_/~www.wsj.com/articles/republicans-top-democrats-in-passing-state-voting-laws-often-adding-limits-11627637401?mod=article_inline> in 24 states. Now some Republicans in Michigan, where they are weighing tightening voter… Continue reading <https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7932106_/~electionlawblog.org/?p=124695>

Dave Wasserman Must-Read: “Is It Time to Rethink Hyper-Minority Districts?”<https://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=180784496&f=1116553&c=7932106&u=102231511>
By Rick Hasen, September 20, 2021
New <https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7932106_/~www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2021/09/it-time-rethink-hyper-minority-districts/620118/> in The Atlantic: All over the Deep South—in states such as Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, and South Carolina—the story is familiar: Gerrymandered maps have packed Black voters into a lone Voting Rights Act district, while Republicans dominate every surrounding white-majority… Continue reading <https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7932106_/~electionlawblog.org/?p=124693>

“Trump won these counties big. His supporters question the results there, too.”<https://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=180784498&f=1116553&c=7932106&u=102231511>
By Rick Hasen, September 20, 2021
NBC News:<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7932106_/~www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-won-these-counties-big-his-supporters-question-results-there-n1278653> Former President Donald Trump won Mesa County, Colorado<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7932106_/~www.nbcnews.com/politics/2020-elections/colorado-results>, by 28 points in last fall’s election.In Barry County, Michigan<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7932106_/~www.nbcnews.com/politics/2020-elections/michigan-president-results>, he won by more than 32 points. And in Lander County, Nevada<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7932106_/~www.nbcnews.com/politics/2020-elections/nevada-president-results>, his victory was in excess… Continue reading <https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7932106_/~electionlawblog.org/?p=124691>

Federal court sends states’ “proof of citizenship” requirement back to EAC for reconsideration<https://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=180784500&f=1116553&c=7932106&u=102231511>
By Derek Muller, September 20, 2021
In an underdiscussed opinion<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7932106_/~storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.176998/gov.uscourts.dcd.176998.182.0.pdf> from last week, Judge Richard J. Leon in the District Court of the District of Columbia issued a decision in League of Women Voters v. Harrington (once League of Women Voters v. Newby). This longstanding dispute… Continue reading <https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7932106_/~electionlawblog.org/?p=124689>
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