[EL] The Uncertain Endgame on Voting Rights

Thu Jan 13 10:53:51 PST 2022

Depends on whether one wants to remind folks about the glory days of US Senate candidate Herschel Walker.

-Hank

Henry L. Chambers, Jr.
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University of Richmond School of Law
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This may seem a bit off subject, but I was astonished that Biden and Harris went to Georgia the day after Georgia had won its first national championship in 40 years (against Alabama, no less) and no one mentioned Georgia’s victory.

How could that happen?
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On Jan 13, 2022, at 11:37 AM, Rick Hasen <rhasen at law.uci.edu<mailto:rhasen at law.uci.edu>> wrote:

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Punchbowl News: Please pause for a moment and consider just how much political capital President Joe Biden and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer are spending right now on voting rights and scrapping the filibuster. Biden went to Atlanta on ...
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  1.  The Uncertain Endgame on Voting Rights<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8137368/https://electionlawblog.org/?p=126904>
  2.  I Was on the Slate “What Next” Podcast Talking About Working the Twin Legislative Tracks of Voting Rights and Countering Election Subversion<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8137368/https://electionlawblog.org/?p=126902>
  3.  “Schumer sets up final Senate confrontation on voting rights and the filibuster”<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8137368/https://electionlawblog.org/?p=126896>
  4.  A Triumph for Redistricting Reform<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8137368/https://electionlawblog.org/?p=126894>
  5.  “Democrats: Don’t reject GOP offer to fix electoral count law”<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8137368/https://electionlawblog.org/?p=126892>
  6.  “How the Voting Rights Bills Miss the Target on Election Subversion”<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8137368/https://electionlawblog.org/?p=126890>
  7.  How to guarantee the right to cast a ballot?<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8137368/https://electionlawblog.org/?p=126888>
  8.  Breaking: Ohio Supreme Court Rejects Redistricting Plans, Orders New Maps Drawn<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8137368/https://electionlawblog.org/?p=126886>
  9.  What should happen to 2020’s renegade presidential electors?<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8137368/https://electionlawblog.org/?p=126883>

The Uncertain Endgame on Voting Rights<https://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=183252198&f=1116553&c=8137368&u=102231511>
By Rick Hasen, January 13, 2022
Punchbowl News:<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8137368_/~email.punchbowl.news/t/ViewEmail/t/A5E9ED1585E321072540EF23F30FEDED/F0FBF4A26141BC72E89F0E32AAFB68BF?alternativeLink=False> Please pause for a moment and consider just how much political capital President Joe Biden and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer are spending right now on voting rights and scrapping the filibuster. Biden went to Atlanta on Tuesday… Continue reading <https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8137368_/~electionlawblog.org/?p=126904>

I Was on the Slate “What Next” Podcast Talking About Working the Twin Legislative Tracks of Voting Rights and Countering Election Subversion<https://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=183252200&f=1116553&c=8137368&u=102231511>
By Rick Hasen, January 13, 2022
You can listen here<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8137368_/~slate.com/podcasts/what-next/2022/01/should-democrats-compromise-on-election-reform>.

“Schumer sets up final Senate confrontation on voting rights and the filibuster”<https://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=183252202&f=1116553&c=8137368&u=102231511>
By Nicholas Stephanopoulos, January 13, 2022
WaPo<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8137368_/~www.washingtonpost.com/politics/senate-voting-rights-schumer/2022/01/12/a3487238-73e4-11ec-b202-b9b92330d4fa_story.html> on the path to a potentially climactic showdown over the pending voting rights legislation. Step one: the House passes a megabill combining the FTVA and the JLVRAA (and also including some amendments to the previous versions of these bills).… Continue reading <https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8137368_/~electionlawblog.org/?p=126896>

A Triumph for Redistricting Reform<https://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=183252204&f=1116553&c=8137368&u=102231511>
By Nicholas Stephanopoulos, January 12, 2022
Rick already linked<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8137368_/~electionlawblog.org/?p=126886> to the Ohio Supreme Court decision striking down the state’s legislative district plans because of their disproportionality and partisan intent. It’s worth flagging that this is the first time a pure partisan effect provision has been enforced… Continue reading <https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8137368_/~electionlawblog.org/?p=126894>

“Democrats: Don’t reject GOP offer to fix electoral count law”<https://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=183252206&f=1116553&c=8137368&u=102231511>
By Nicholas Stephanopoulos, January 12, 2022
Kevin Johnson has this op-ed<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8137368_/~thehill.com/opinion/civil-rights/589393-democrats-dont-reject-gop-offer-to-fix-electoral-count-law?rnd=1642008290> in The Hill: While healthy skepticism of GOP motives is certainly justified, Democrats are wrong not to take up the offer to fix the ECA. Voting rights are important, but the rhetoric behind prioritizing the… Continue reading <https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8137368_/~electionlawblog.org/?p=126892>

“How the Voting Rights Bills Miss the Target on Election Subversion”<https://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=183252208&f=1116553&c=8137368&u=102231511>
By Nicholas Stephanopoulos, January 12, 2022
Nate Cohn criticizes<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8137368_/~www.nytimes.com/2022/01/12/us/politics/biden-voting-rights-speech-election-subversion.html> the FTVA and the JLVRAA (now merged into a new megabill) for not thwarting election subversion. However, the megabill does now include<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8137368_/~www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/election-sabotage-scheme-and-how-congress-can-stop-it> a substantial number of anti-subversion provisions. And while it doesn’t reform the Electoral Count Act,… Continue reading <https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8137368_/~electionlawblog.org/?p=126890>

How to guarantee the right to cast a ballot?<https://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=183252210&f=1116553&c=8137368&u=102231511>
By Ned Foley, January 12, 2022
I have seen a lot a skepticism lately about relying on courts to protect the equal right of eligible voters to participate in an election by casting a ballot and having it counted accurately. But unless Congress is going to… Continue reading <https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8137368_/~electionlawblog.org/?p=126888>

Breaking: Ohio Supreme Court Rejects Redistricting Plans, Orders New Maps Drawn<https://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=183252212&f=1116553&c=8137368&u=102231511>
By Rick Hasen, January 12, 2022
Ohio Supreme Court tweet<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8137368_/~twitter.com/OHSupremeCourt/status/1481360523723780103>. Opinion<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8137368_/~www.supremecourt.ohio.gov/rod/docs/pdf/0/2022/2022-Ohio-65.pdf>. {¶ 1} Respondent Ohio Redistricting Commission adopted a General Assembly–district plan in September 2021 to be effective for the next four years. The complaints in these three cases allege that the plan… Continue reading <https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8137368_/~electionlawblog.org/?p=126886>

What should happen to 2020’s renegade presidential electors?<https://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=183252214&f=1116553&c=8137368&u=102231511>
By Derek Muller, January 12, 2022
The Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the Capitol has been digging into the renegade electoral votes submitted by some Republicans in some states that President Joe Biden carried in 2020. POLITICO links to some PDFs of <https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8137368_/~www.politico.com/news/2022/01/10/jan-6-committee-ramps-up-state-level-investigation-526752> … Continue reading <https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8137368_/~electionlawblog.org/?p=126883>
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