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FiveThirtyEight feature about the innumerable voting restrictions being proposed at the state level. It's notable that these restrictions are supposedly being advanced to build voter confidence in elections — but there's no evidence that voter ...
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  1.  “The Big Lie’s Long Shadow”<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8135444/https://electionlawblog.org/?p=126880>
  2.  ECA reform & Article II<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8135444/https://electionlawblog.org/?p=126876>
  3.  “Financing of Races for Offices that Oversee Elections: January 2022”<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8135444/https://electionlawblog.org/?p=126877>
  4.  “A Voting Rights Push, as States Make Voting Harder”<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8135444/https://electionlawblog.org/?p=126874>
  5.  “You Can’t Judge a District Just by Looking at It”<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8135444/https://electionlawblog.org/?p=126872>
  6.  “Congress’ Plan to Protect the 2024 Election From Sabotage Has One Huge Flaw”<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8135444/https://electionlawblog.org/?p=126870>
  7.  “Corporate Political Spending is Bad Business: How to Minimize the Risks and Focus on What Counts”<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8135444/https://electionlawblog.org/?p=126868>
  8.  Breaking: Unanimous 3-Judge North Carolina Trial Court Rejects Partisan Gerrymandering Challenge to New Districts; Case Proceeds Next to State Supreme Court, Where It May Fare Better<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8135444/https://electionlawblog.org/?p=126866>

“The Big Lie’s Long Shadow”<https://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=183228418&f=1116553&c=8135444&u=102231511>
By Nicholas Stephanopoulos, January 12, 2022
FiveThirtyEight feature<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8135444_/~fivethirtyeight.com/features/the-big-lie-voting-laws/> about the innumerable voting restrictions being proposed at the state level. It’s notable that these restrictions are supposedly being advanced to build voter confidence in elections — but there’s no evidence that voter confidence actually improves as a… Continue reading <https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8135444_/~electionlawblog.org/?p=126880>

ECA reform & Article II<https://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=183228420&f=1116553&c=8135444&u=102231511>
By Ned Foley, January 12, 2022
Nick has posted<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8135444_/~electionlawblog.org/?p=126870> Larry Lessig’s Slate piece<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8135444_/~slate.com/news-and-politics/2022/01/gorsuch-sabotage-congress-2024-election-reform.html> arguing that it’s necessary to put the brakes on ECA reform because of the risk that the Supreme Court will embrace the so-called “independent state legislature doctrine” to authorize state legislatures to appoint… Continue reading <https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8135444_/~electionlawblog.org/?p=126876>

“Financing of Races for Offices that Oversee Elections: January 2022”<https://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=183228424&f=1116553&c=8135444&u=102231511>
By Nicholas Stephanopoulos, January 12, 2022
New Brennan Center report<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8135444_/~www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/financing-races-offices-oversee-elections-january-2022> on fundraising by candidates for secretary of state — including several who deny the validity of the 2020 election results. Of the six battleground states with secretary of state elections in 2022 (AZ, GA, MI, MN,… Continue reading <https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8135444_/~electionlawblog.org/?p=126877>

“A Voting Rights Push, as States Make Voting Harder”<https://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=183228426&f=1116553&c=8135444&u=102231511>
By Nicholas Stephanopoulos, January 12, 2022
NYT analysis<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8135444_/~www.nytimes.com/2022/01/11/us/politics/biden-voting-rights-state-laws.html> of President Biden’s big voting rights speech yesterday: To that end, Mr. Biden called for ending the 60-vote threshold for voting rights bills, a step he opposed taking during his campaign and resisted throughout most of the first… Continue reading <https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8135444_/~electionlawblog.org/?p=126874>

“You Can’t Judge a District Just by Looking at It”<https://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=183228430&f=1116553&c=8135444&u=102231511>
By Nicholas Stephanopoulos, January 12, 2022
Duy Nguyen makes<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8135444_/~www.nytimes.com/interactive/2022/01/11/opinion/redistricting-gerrymandering-reform.html> the now-familiar point that district compactness is a poor proxy for redistricting values we actually care about like partisan fairness, minority representation, and competition. Over the past two centuries, the quickest way to spot a gerrymandered map… Continue reading <https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8135444_/~electionlawblog.org/?p=126872>

“Congress’ Plan to Protect the 2024 Election From Sabotage Has One Huge Flaw”<https://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=183228432&f=1116553&c=8135444&u=102231511>
By Nicholas Stephanopoulos, January 12, 2022
Larry Lessig writes <https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8135444_/~slate.com/news-and-politics/2022/01/gorsuch-sabotage-congress-2024-election-reform.html> that reform of the Electoral Count Act shouldn’t be rushed and should try to address the problem posed by the independent state legislature doctrine — namely, that state legislatures might claim constitutional authority to miscount or falsely… Continue reading <https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8135444_/~electionlawblog.org/?p=126870>

“Corporate Political Spending is Bad Business: How to Minimize the Risks and Focus on What Counts”<https://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=183228436&f=1116553&c=8135444&u=102231511>
By Nicholas Stephanopoulos, January 12, 2022
Leo Strine and Dorothy Lund have a new article<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8135444_/~corpgov.law.harvard.edu/2022/01/11/corporate-political-spending-is-bad-business-how-to-minimize-the-risks-and-focus-on-what-counts/> on the problems created by corporate political spending. In our article, Corporate Political Spending is Bad Business<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8135444_/~hbr.org/2022/01/corporate-political-spending-is-bad-business>, we explore the deep problems that corporate political spending poses for corporations and… Continue reading <https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8135444_/~electionlawblog.org/?p=126868>

Breaking: Unanimous 3-Judge North Carolina Trial Court Rejects Partisan Gerrymandering Challenge to New Districts; Case Proceeds Next to State Supreme Court, Where It May Fare Better<https://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=183228440&f=1116553&c=8135444&u=102231511>
By Rick Hasen, January 11, 2022
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