[EL] FW: Election Law Blog: ELB News and Commentary
Rick Hasen
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NYT: Often derided as pork and regarded as an unseemly and even corrupt practice on Capitol Hill, earmarks are also a tool of consensus-building in Congress, giving lawmakers across the political spectrum a personal interest in cutting deals to… ...
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1. “As Earmarks Return to Congress, Lawmakers Rush to Steer Money Home; Democrats and Republicans alike stuffed nearly 5,000 earmarks totaling $9 billion into the $1.5 trillion government spending bill signed by President Biden.”<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8289464/https://electionlawblog.org/?p=128557>
2. Is Yesterday’s Florida Ruling Vindication of Marc Elias’s Litigation Strategy?<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8289464/https://electionlawblog.org/?p=128558>
3. “Falsehoods Aired on Spanish Radio Delude Voters Before Midterms”<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8289464/https://electionlawblog.org/?p=128555>
4. Travis Crum: “Bailing in the Sunshine State”<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8289464/https://electionlawblog.org/?p=128552>
5. Breaking: NY State Court Finds That New York’s Congressional Maps Violate the State Constitution By Being a Democratic Party Gerrymander and Need to Be Redrawn<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8289464/https://electionlawblog.org/?p=128550>
6. Arizona’s new proof of citizenship law treats presidential & congressional voters differently, a constitutional distinction in federal power over elections<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8289464/https://electionlawblog.org/?p=128519>
7. “Election skeptics roil GOP contests for secretary of state”<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8289464/https://electionlawblog.org/?p=128547>
8. “New Right-Wing Conspiracies Threaten to Further Starve Local Election Systems”<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8289464/https://electionlawblog.org/?p=128545>
9. “Jan. 6 votes show the link between primary system and more extreme views in Congress”<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8289464/https://electionlawblog.org/?p=128542>
10. Breaking: Federal District Court Strikes Down Restrictive Florida Voting Rules, Imposes Requirement That Florida Submit Certain Voting Changes to Court for Preclearance Under Section 3(c) of Voting Rights Act Upon Finding of Intentional Discrimination; Appeal Likely<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8289464/https://electionlawblog.org/?p=128540>
11. “Let Our Ballots Secure What Our Bullets Have Won”: Union Veterans and the Making of Radical Reconstruction<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8289464/https://electionlawblog.org/?p=128537>
“As Earmarks Return to Congress, Lawmakers Rush to Steer Money Home; Democrats and Republicans alike stuffed nearly 5,000 earmarks totaling $9 billion into the $1.5 trillion government spending bill signed by President Biden.”<https://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=185028798&f=1116553&c=8289464&u=102231511>
By Rick Hasen, April 01, 2022
NYT<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8289464_/~www.nytimes.com/2022/04/01/us/politics/congress-earmarks.html>: Often derided as pork and regarded as an unseemly and even corrupt practice on Capitol Hill, earmarks are also a tool of consensus-building in Congress, giving lawmakers across the political spectrum a personal interest in cutting deals to… Continue reading <https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8289464_/~electionlawblog.org/?p=128557>
Is Yesterday’s Florida Ruling Vindication of Marc Elias’s Litigation Strategy?<https://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=185028800&f=1116553&c=8289464&u=102231511>
By Rick Hasen, April 01, 2022
Putting aside that Marc sometimes claims credits in cases he didn’t lead, I’m quite skeptical of Marc’s claim<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8289464_/~twitter.com/marceelias/status/1509899678850166784?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1509900541719056384%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es3_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Felectionlawblog.org%2F> that “The journalists, pundits and professors who falsely claimed that Supreme Court’s decision in Brnovich v DNC meant the end of Section… Continue reading <https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8289464_/~electionlawblog.org/?p=128558>
“Falsehoods Aired on Spanish Radio Delude Voters Before Midterms”<https://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=185028802&f=1116553&c=8289464&u=102231511>
By Rick Hasen, April 01, 2022
Bloomberg Government:<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8289464_/~about.bgov.com/news/falsehoods-aired-on-spanish-radio-delude-voters-before-midterms/> Misinformation on Spanish-language media about voter fraud, the pandemic, and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine threatens to harm Latino communities during this fall’s midterm elections.The Federal Communications Commission is charged with regulating broadcasters but has done little to… Continue reading <https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8289464_/~electionlawblog.org/?p=128555>
Travis Crum: “Bailing in the Sunshine State”<https://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=185028806&f=1116553&c=8289464&u=102231511>
By Rick Hasen, March 31, 2022
The following is a guest post from Travis Crum<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8289464_/~law.wustl.edu/faculty-staff-directory/profile/travis-crum/>: Bail-in is back in the news. In a behemoth 288-page decision<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8289464_/~electionlawblog.org/?p=128540> in League of Women Voters of Florida v. Lee, a federal district court found that Florida intentionally discriminated against… Continue reading <https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8289464_/~electionlawblog.org/?p=128552>
Breaking: NY State Court Finds That New York’s Congressional Maps Violate the State Constitution By Being a Democratic Party Gerrymander and Need to Be Redrawn<https://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=185028812&f=1116553&c=8289464&u=102231511>
By Rick Hasen, March 31, 2022
You can find the 18-page ruling here,<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8289464_/~iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDocument?docIndex=f90XPwvzeggblE5omoqVNQ==> a ruling which is sure to be appealed. If the ruling stands and New York does not draw batter maps, the court will appoint a neutral expert to do so. I’m guessing that… Continue reading <https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8289464_/~electionlawblog.org/?p=128550>
Arizona’s new proof of citizenship law treats presidential & congressional voters differently, a constitutional distinction in federal power over elections<https://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=185028816&f=1116553&c=8289464&u=102231511>
By Derek Muller, March 31, 2022
Rick linked<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8289464_/~electionlawblog.org/?p=128513> to an NPR story<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8289464_/~www.npr.org/2022/03/30/1089809421/arizona-republicans-enact-a-controversial-new-proof-of-citizenship-voting-law> on Arizona’s HB 2492<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8289464_/~www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/2R/bills/HB2492H.pdf>, and this line caught my eye: “Under HB 2492, if elections officials can’t find evidence that a federally registered voter is a U.S. citizen, that voter can’t vote by… Continue reading <https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8289464_/~electionlawblog.org/?p=128519>
“Election skeptics roil GOP contests for secretary of state”<https://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=185028822&f=1116553&c=8289464&u=102231511>
By Rick Hasen, March 31, 2022
AP:<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8289464_/~apnews.com/article/2022-midterm-elections-elections-ohio-donald-trump-lifestyle-50e516b76f4dcdea44221d709ff5d459> Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose was clear in the months after the 2020 presidential election.“Elections are run better and more honestly than really I think they ever have been,” he said in response to conspiracy theories being floated… Continue reading <https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8289464_/~electionlawblog.org/?p=128547>
“New Right-Wing Conspiracies Threaten to Further Starve Local Election Systems”<https://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=185028828&f=1116553&c=8289464&u=102231511>
By Rick Hasen, March 31, 2022
Spenser Mestel <https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8289464_/~boltsmag.org/right-wing-conspiracies-threaten-to-starve-election-systems/> for Bolts: Michael Gableman, a former Wisconsin supreme court justice who said<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8289464_/~www.jsonline.com/story/news/politics/2021/08/09/michael-gableman-said-election-stolen-before-put-charge-wisconsin-review/5518815001/> state election officials “stole our votes” days after Donald Trump lost the 2020 presidential race, was granted wide latitude by Republicans to investigate voter fraud… Continue reading <https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8289464_/~electionlawblog.org/?p=128545>
“Jan. 6 votes show the link between primary system and more extreme views in Congress”<https://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=185028834&f=1116553&c=8289464&u=102231511>
By Rick Hasen, March 31, 2022
The Fulcrum:<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8289464_/~thefulcrum.us/Elections/Voting/republican-election-objectors> Only hours after the riot of Jan. 6, 2021, with the calls to “stop the steal” still reverberating under the Capitol Rotunda, 139 Republican members of the House of Representatives voted to oppose the valid electoral votes… Continue reading <https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8289464_/~electionlawblog.org/?p=128542>
Breaking: Federal District Court Strikes Down Restrictive Florida Voting Rules, Imposes Requirement That Florida Submit Certain Voting Changes to Court for Preclearance Under Section 3(c) of Voting Rights Act Upon Finding of Intentional Discrimination; Appeal Likely<https://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=185028840&f=1116553&c=8289464&u=102231511>
By Rick Hasen, March 31, 2022
Quite a blockbuster<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8289464_/~www.democracydocket.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/2022-03-31-Final-Order-Following-dckt-665_0.pdf> ruling from the federal district court. The court found that in enacting certain election laws limiting registration outreach and the use of drop boxes, Florida violated the Voting Rights Act. The court also found that Florida acted… Continue reading <https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8289464_/~electionlawblog.org/?p=128540>
“Let Our Ballots Secure What Our Bullets Have Won”: Union Veterans and the Making of Radical Reconstruction<https://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=185028846&f=1116553&c=8289464&u=102231511>
By Richard Pildes, March 31, 2022
This is a new paper<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8289464_/~www.cambridge.org/core/journals/american-political-science-review/article/let-our-ballots-secure-what-our-bullets-have-won-union-veterans-and-the-making-of-radical-reconstruction/F12EE25A76E3494E5E14F92AD35BB672> in the Am. Political Science Review from Michael Weaver. Here’s the abstract: After the Civil War, congressional Republicans used sweeping powers to expand and enforce civil rights for African Americans. Though the electoral benefits of… Continue reading <https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8289464_/~electionlawblog.org/?p=128537>
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