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More from the Axios story: An important shift is accelerating online: Many GOP primary voters now get their information directly from influencers including Candace Owens, Dan Bongino, Joe Rogan, Dave Portnoy, Charlie Kirk, Marjorie Taylor Greene — and ...
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  1.  “Right’s new media powers”<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8180220/https://electionlawblog.org/?p=127420>
  2.  “G.O.P. Lawsuit Casts N.Y. Congressional Maps as Brazen Gerrymandering”<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8180220/https://electionlawblog.org/?p=127416>
  3.  “The making of a modern Republican”<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8180220/https://electionlawblog.org/?p=127415>
  4.  “Pamela Moses, a Black woman, has been sentenced to six years in prison because of a voting error. Meanwhile, white individuals who are known to have committed blatant voter fraud have only received probation.”<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8180220/https://electionlawblog.org/?p=127412>
  5.  “Arizona Republican House speaker effectively dooms GOP bill to allow state legislature to reject election results”<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8180220/https://electionlawblog.org/?p=127410>
  6.  District Court in Alabama Redistricting Lawsuit Appoints Richard Allen and Nate Persily to Draw Alabama Congressional Districts, IF There’s No Stay from SCOTUS<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8180220/https://electionlawblog.org/?p=127403>
  7.  Alabama, in Its Stay Application Before the Supreme Court, Asks the Conservative Court to Cut Back the Scope of Voting Rights Act in Redistricting Cases, With Potentially Major Voting Rights Implications<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8180220/https://electionlawblog.org/?p=127399>
  8.  “A top GOP Senate candidate walks ‘rigged election’ tightrope in Nevada”<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8180220/https://electionlawblog.org/?p=127393>
  9.  “Legislative Leaders in Arizona, Wisconsin Were Sent Memos Regarding the Ability of State Lawmakers to Alter Selection of Electors Following 2020 Election”<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8180220/https://electionlawblog.org/?p=127396>
  10. “Why Voter Suppression Probably Won’t Work”<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8180220/https://electionlawblog.org/?p=127388>

“Right’s new media powers”<https://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=183750626&f=1116553&c=8180220&u=102231511>
By Richard Pildes, February 04, 2022
More from the Axios story: An important shift is accelerating online: Many GOP primary voters now get their information directly from influencers including Candace Owens, Dan Bongino, Joe Rogan, Dave Portnoy, Charlie Kirk, Marjorie Taylor Greene — and websites including… Continue reading <https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8180220_/~electionlawblog.org/?p=127420>

“G.O.P. Lawsuit Casts N.Y. Congressional Maps as Brazen Gerrymandering”<https://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=183750628&f=1116553&c=8180220&u=102231511>
By Rick Hasen, February 04, 2022
NYT:<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8180220_/~www.nytimes.com/2022/02/04/nyregion/redistricting-lawsuit-gerrymandering-ny.html> A Republican-led group of voters filed a lawsuit late Thursday challenging New York’s freshly drawn congressional maps as unconstitutional, a day after Democratic lawmakers in Albany approved district lines<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8180220_/~www.nytimes.com/2022/02/02/nyregion/redistricting-gerrymandering-ny.html> that would heavily favor their party in its battle to… Continue reading <https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8180220_/~electionlawblog.org/?p=127416>

“The making of a modern Republican”<https://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=183750632&f=1116553&c=8180220&u=102231511>
By Richard Pildes, February 04, 2022
>From Axios: Paths to power and winning electionsinside the GOP are changing rapidly and radically, spawning a new generation of kingmakers while diminishing the clout of many who lorded over the party for years. Why it matters: Fourteen of the… Continue reading <https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8180220_/~electionlawblog.org/?p=127415>

“Pamela Moses, a Black woman, has been sentenced to six years in prison because of a voting error. Meanwhile, white individuals who are known to have committed blatant voter fraud have only received probation.”<https://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=183750636&f=1116553&c=8180220&u=102231511>
By Rick Hasen, February 04, 2022
Watch Janai Nelson <https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8180220_/~twitter.com/NAACP_LDF/status/1489443301828747277> discuss this case on Maddow. Sam Levine:<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8180220_/~www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/feb/03/fight-to-vote-tennessee-pamela-moses-convicted> Over the last few months, I’ve been following the case of Pamela Moses, a 44-year-old activist in Memphis who was convicted in November for trying to register to vote… Continue reading <https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8180220_/~electionlawblog.org/?p=127412>

“Arizona Republican House speaker effectively dooms GOP bill to allow state legislature to reject election results”<https://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=183750640&f=1116553&c=8180220&u=102231511>
By Rick Hasen, February 04, 2022
CNN<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8180220_/~www.cnn.com/2022/02/03/politics/arizona-bill-reject-election-results-effectively-blocked/index.html>: A Republican bill that would have overhauled elections in Arizona<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8180220_/~www.cnn.com/2022/01/28/politics/arizona-bill-reject-election-results/index.html> — including giving the state legislature the power to reject election results — proved to be too much even for state GOP leaders this week.Arizona House Speaker… Continue reading <https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8180220_/~electionlawblog.org/?p=127410>

District Court in Alabama Redistricting Lawsuit Appoints Richard Allen and Nate Persily to Draw Alabama Congressional Districts, IF There’s No Stay from SCOTUS<https://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=183750644&f=1116553&c=8180220&u=102231511>
By Rick Hasen, February 03, 2022
You can find the order at this link. <https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8180220_/~electionlawblog.org/wp-content/uploads/alabama-order-1.pdf> (There are two virtually identical orders in related cases.)

Alabama, in Its Stay Application Before the Supreme Court, Asks the Conservative Court to Cut Back the Scope of Voting Rights Act in Redistricting Cases, With Potentially Major Voting Rights Implications<https://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=183750648&f=1116553&c=8180220&u=102231511>
By Rick Hasen, February 03, 2022
I have now had a chance to review Alabama’s request for stays<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8180220_/~www.montgomeryadvertiser.com/story/news/2022/01/28/alabama-asks-supreme-court-stay-order-blocking-congressional-map/9260995002/> in 2 related cases (21A375<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8180220_/~www.supremecourt.gov/Search.aspx?FileName=/docket/docketfiles/html/public\21a375.html> and 21A376<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8180220_/~www.supremecourt.gov/search.aspx?filename=/docket/docketfiles/html/public/21a376.html>). This post is going to get wonky and technical, so let me begin with the bottom line: if and… Continue reading <https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8180220_/~electionlawblog.org/?p=127399>

“A top GOP Senate candidate walks ‘rigged election’ tightrope in Nevada”<https://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=183750652&f=1116553&c=8180220&u=102231511>
By Richard Pildes, February 03, 2022
>From NBC: No top Nevada Republican has raised more doubts about the state’s elections system than U.S. Senate candidate Adam Laxalt, the former state attorney general who still says the 2020 presidential race was “rigged” after having fruitlessly tried to… Continue reading <https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8180220_/~electionlawblog.org/?p=127393>

“Legislative Leaders in Arizona, Wisconsin Were Sent Memos Regarding the Ability of State Lawmakers to Alter Selection of Electors Following 2020 Election”<https://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=183750654&f=1116553&c=8180220&u=102231511>
By Richard Pildes, February 03, 2022
>From American Oversigh<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8180220_/~www.americanoversight.org/legislative-leaders-in-arizona-wisconsin-were-sent-memos-regarding-the-ability-of-state-lawmakers-to-alter-selection-of-electors-following-2020-election>t: Memos<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8180220_/~www.documentcloud.org/documents/20797902-arizona-senate-email-communications-regarding-maricopa-county-partisan-audit#document/p483/a2038576> obtained<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8180220_/~www.documentcloud.org/documents/21076525-wisconsin-house-of-representatives-communications-for-rep-born-concerning-recount-funds#document/p292> by American Oversight show that in the weeks before Trump supporters in several states gathered to falsely proclaim themselves the true presidential electors in the 2020 election, legislative leaders in Arizona and Wisconsin… Continue reading <https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8180220_/~electionlawblog.org/?p=127396>

“Why Voter Suppression Probably Won’t Work”<https://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=183750658&f=1116553&c=8180220&u=102231511>
By Richard Pildes, February 03, 2022
This analysis<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8180220_/~centerforpolitics.org/crystalball/articles/why-voter-suppression-probably-wont-work/> is from Emory’s Alan Abramowitz, published at Sabator’s Crystal Ball for the UVa Center for Politics: KEY POINTS FROM THIS ARTICLE — In the aftermath of the high-turnout 2020 election, many Republican-controlled state governments have passed legislation that… Continue reading <https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8180220_/~electionlawblog.org/?p=127388>
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