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Carl Hulse for the NYT: Democrats pushed forward on Tuesday with what appeared to be a futile bid to enact voting rights protections over Republican opposition, taking up legislation that they said was urgently needed to counter widespread ...
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  1.  “Senate Opens Voting Rights Debate, With Legislative Defeat Looming”<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8149270/https://electionlawblog.org/?p=127015>
  2.  “Plans to close all but one polling place in a rural Georgia county reverberate through a battleground state”<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8149270/https://electionlawblog.org/?p=127013>
  3.  “Texas rejects hundreds of mail ballot applications under new voting limits”<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8149270/https://electionlawblog.org/?p=127011>
  4.  “‘Crazy Like a Fox’: Voting Machine Maker Smartmatic Sues My Pillow, CEO for Defamation”<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8149270/https://electionlawblog.org/?p=127009>
  5.  Oral argument in Alaska RCV case<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8149270/https://electionlawblog.org/?p=127004>
  6.  “Colorado secretary of state files lawsuit to block Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters from overseeing the 2022 election”<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8149270/https://electionlawblog.org/?p=127002>
  7.  “Jan. 6 Inquiry Subpoenas Giuliani and Legal Team That Made Claims of Voting Fraud”<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8149270/https://electionlawblog.org/?p=127000>
  8.  Federal District Court Strikes Down Montana Law Requiring Disclosure of Last-Minute Campaign Advertisements Mentioning (But Not Endorsing) Candidates<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8149270/https://electionlawblog.org/?p=126997>
  9.  “Florida governor proposes special police agency to monitor elections”<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8149270/https://electionlawblog.org/?p=126994>
  10. Major Political Reform Case Before Alaska Supreme Court Today<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8149270/https://electionlawblog.org/?p=126992>

“Senate Opens Voting Rights Debate, With Legislative Defeat Looming”<https://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=183380522&f=1116553&c=8149270&u=102231511>
By Rick Hasen, January 19, 2022
Carl Hulse for the NYT<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8149270_/~www.nytimes.com/2022/01/18/us/politics/senate-voting-rights-debate.html>: Democrats pushed forward on Tuesday with what appeared to be a futile bid to enact voting rights<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8149270_/~www.nytimes.com/live/2022/01/19/us/biden-voting-rights-filibuster> protections over Republican opposition, taking up legislation that they said was urgently needed to counter widespread balloting… Continue reading <https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8149270_/~electionlawblog.org/?p=127015>

“Plans to close all but one polling place in a rural Georgia county reverberate through a battleground state”<https://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=183380528&f=1116553&c=8149270&u=102231511>
By Rick Hasen, January 19, 2022
Fredreka Schouten for CNN<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8149270_/~www.cnn.com/2022/01/19/politics/poll-closures-rural-lincoln-county-georgia/index.html>: Election officials in a rural Georgia<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8149270_/~www.cnn.com/2022/01/11/politics/georgia-political-center-stage-2022/index.html> county are weighing plans to close all but one polling place ahead of this year’s elections, alarming local voting and civil rights groups.But Wednesday’s vote by the Lincoln County… Continue reading <https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8149270_/~electionlawblog.org/?p=127013>

“Texas rejects hundreds of mail ballot applications under new voting limits”<https://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=183380534&f=1116553&c=8149270&u=102231511>
By Rick Hasen, January 19, 2022
Reuters:<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8149270_/~www.reuters.com/world/us/texas-rejects-hundreds-mail-ballot-applications-under-new-voting-limits-2022-01-18/> Texas election officials have rejected hundreds of mail-in ballot applications, abiding by a new Republican-backed law just weeks before a March 1 primary kicks off this year’s U.S. election cycle.“My friends, this is what voter suppression looks like,” Democrat… Continue reading <https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8149270_/~electionlawblog.org/?p=127011>

“‘Crazy Like a Fox’: Voting Machine Maker Smartmatic Sues My Pillow, CEO for Defamation”<https://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=183380538&f=1116553&c=8149270&u=102231511>
By Rick Hasen, January 18, 2022
Law.com reports.<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8149270_/~www.law.com/2022/01/18/voting-machine-maker-smartmatic-sues-my-pillow-ceo-mike-lindell-for-defamation/?kw=%27Crazy%20Like%20a%20Fox%27:%20Voting%20Machine%20Maker%20Smartmatic%20Sues%20My%20Pillow%2C%20CEO%20for%20Defamation&utm_source=email&utm_medium=enl&utm_campaign=newsroomupdate&utm_content=20220118&utm_term=law>

Oral argument in Alaska RCV case<https://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=183380540&f=1116553&c=8149270&u=102231511>
By Ned Foley, January 18, 2022
As Rick blogged earlier today<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8149270_/~electionlawblog.org/?p=126992>, the Alaska Supreme Court heard oral argument in an important case challenging the constitutionality of the state’s new electoral system, which has a nonpartisan primary that sends the top four candidates to the general… Continue reading <https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8149270_/~electionlawblog.org/?p=127004>

“Colorado secretary of state files lawsuit to block Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters from overseeing the 2022 election”<https://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=183380544&f=1116553&c=8149270&u=102231511>
By Rick Hasen, January 18, 2022
Colorado Sun:<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8149270_/~coloradosun.com/2022/01/18/tina-peters-2022-election-oversight-lawsuit/?utm_content=buffer14597&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer> Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold on Tuesday filed a lawsuit seeking to block Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters from having any oversight role in the 2022 election. The lawsuit comes after Peters, a Republican, refused last week… Continue reading <https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8149270_/~electionlawblog.org/?p=127002>

“Jan. 6 Inquiry Subpoenas Giuliani and Legal Team That Made Claims of Voting Fraud”<https://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=183380548&f=1116553&c=8149270&u=102231511>
By Rick Hasen, January 18, 2022
NYT:<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8149270_/~www.nytimes.com/2022/01/18/us/politics/jan-6-inquiry-subpoenas-giuliani.html> The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol on Tuesday subpoenaed Rudolph W. Giuliani and the legal team that pursued a set of conspiracy-filled lawsuits on behalf of former President Donald J. Trump that made claims… Continue reading <https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8149270_/~electionlawblog.org/?p=127000>

Federal District Court Strikes Down Montana Law Requiring Disclosure of Last-Minute Campaign Advertisements Mentioning (But Not Endorsing) Candidates<https://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=183380554&f=1116553&c=8149270&u=102231511>
By Rick Hasen, January 18, 2022
You can find the opinion of the Court here<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8149270_/~electionlawblog.org/wp-content/uploads/220118-Order-Granting-MCFRTW-MSJ.pdf>. I think the Court was likely wrong to subject this to strict scrutiny and I was surprised there was no discussion of the AFPF v. Bonta decision of the Supreme… Continue reading <https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8149270_/~electionlawblog.org/?p=126997>

“Florida governor proposes special police agency to monitor elections”<https://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=183380560&f=1116553&c=8149270&u=102231511>
By Rick Hasen, January 18, 2022
WaPo<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8149270_/~www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2022/01/18/florida-governor-proposes-special-police-agency-monitor-elections/>: A plan by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis would establish a special police force to oversee state elections — the first of its kind in the nation — and while his fellow Republicans have reacted tepidly, voting rights advocates… Continue reading <https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8149270_/~electionlawblog.org/?p=126994>

Major Political Reform Case Before Alaska Supreme Court Today<https://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=183380566&f=1116553&c=8149270&u=102231511>
By Richard Pildes, January 18, 2022
Voters in Alaska adopted a top-four primary election structure and ranked-choice voting in the general election as a way to reward candidates with the broadest electoral appeal. Those reforms have been challenged under the state constitution, with the state supreme… Continue reading <https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8149270_/~electionlawblog.org/?p=126992>
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