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Mother Jones: States are not engaging in trying to suppress voters whatsoever,” Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) declared last year.Facts on the ground in Georgia tell a different story. A new data analysis by Mother Jones shows ...
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1. “We Uncovered How Many Georgians Were Disenfranchised by GOP Voting Restrictions. It’s Staggering.”<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8166298/https://electionlawblog.org/?p=127223>
2. “Pennsylvania court strikes down expansive mail-in voting law”<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8166298/https://electionlawblog.org/?p=127221>
3. “Arizona bill would allow legislature to overturn election results”<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8166298/https://electionlawblog.org/?p=127219>
4. “Are New Voting Bill Talks for Real or for Show?”<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8166298/https://electionlawblog.org/?p=127217>
5. “‘I’ve never missed a vote’: 95-year-old World War II Veteran says his mail-in ballot application has been denied twice due to new requirements”<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8166298/https://electionlawblog.org/?p=127215>
6. “Our laws disadvantage working-class Americans and disabled veterans who seek to run for office. Today I issued a statement calling on the Commission to make running for office an option for ALL Americans.”<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8166298/https://electionlawblog.org/?p=127213>
7. “Yelling, accusations of bullying turn Michigan redistricting meeting into chaos”<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8166298/https://electionlawblog.org/?p=127211>
8. “Texas violated voting rights law during redistricting, retiring state GOP senator says in sworn court statement”<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8166298/https://electionlawblog.org/?p=127209>
9. Feb. 2 Event: “How America’s Electoral System Benefits Authoritarianism, and How We Can Fix it”<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8166298/https://electionlawblog.org/?p=127207>
10. “Retired lawyer wrote the book, literally, on corporations entertaining politicians”<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8166298/https://electionlawblog.org/?p=127205>
11. Disenfranchisement and the New Found Story of Jackson Giles and Giles v. Harris<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8166298/https://electionlawblog.org/?p=127198>
12. “Trump Has Pushed the Wisconsin GOP Into a Full Meltdown”<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8166298/https://electionlawblog.org/?p=127201>
13. “Meet the Trio Who May Have Figured Out How to Save American Democracy”<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8166298/https://electionlawblog.org/?p=127199>
“We Uncovered How Many Georgians Were Disenfranchised by GOP Voting Restrictions. It’s Staggering.”<https://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=183590572&f=1116553&c=8166298&u=102231511>
By Rick Hasen, January 28, 2022
Mother Jones<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8166298_/~www.motherjones.com/politics/2022/01/gop-voting-law-disenfranshised-georgia-voters/>: States are not engaging in trying to suppress voters whatsoever,” Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) declared<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8166298_/~www.axios.com/mitch-mcconnell-state-voter-suppression-19a21da7-0015-4fad-9105-0699e5600f70.html> last year.Facts on the ground in Georgia tell a different story. A new data analysis by Mother Jones shows that… Continue reading <https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8166298_/~electionlawblog.org/?p=127223>
“Pennsylvania court strikes down expansive mail-in voting law”<https://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=183590576&f=1116553&c=8166298&u=102231511>
By Rick Hasen, January 28, 2022
AP:<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8166298_/~apnews.com/article/pennsylvania-voting-donald-trump-tom-wolf-31b4e7d0b16a996c63079c8aa3c3b121> A statewide court on Friday declared that Pennsylvania’s expansive two-year-old mail-in voting law is unconstitutional, agreeing with challenges by Republicans who soured on mail-in voting after then-President Donald Trump began baselessly attacking it as rife with fraud in… Continue reading <https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8166298_/~electionlawblog.org/?p=127221>
“Arizona bill would allow legislature to overturn election results”<https://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=183590578&f=1116553&c=8166298&u=102231511>
By Rick Hasen, January 28, 2022
Reid Wilson<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8166298_/~thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/591597-arizona-bill-would-allow-legislature-to-overturn-election-results> for The Hill: An arch conservative member of Arizona’s state House of Representatives has proposed a mammoth overhaul of the state’s voting procedures that would allow legislators to overturn the results of a primary or general election… Continue reading <https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8166298_/~electionlawblog.org/?p=127219>
“Are New Voting Bill Talks for Real or for Show?”<https://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=183590580&f=1116553&c=8166298&u=102231511>
By Rick Hasen, January 28, 2022
Carl Hulse<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8166298_/~www.nytimes.com/2022/01/27/us/politics/democrats-voting-rights-bill-negotiation.html> for the NYT: So as a rump group of senators in both parties has recently ramped up discussions aimed at reaching a compromise on voting legislation, leading Democrats who saw their far broader voting rights package stall… Continue reading <https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8166298_/~electionlawblog.org/?p=127217>
“‘I’ve never missed a vote’: 95-year-old World War II Veteran says his mail-in ballot application has been denied twice due to new requirements”<https://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=183590582&f=1116553&c=8166298&u=102231511>
By Rick Hasen, January 28, 2022
Click 2 Houston<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8166298_/~www.click2houston.com/news/local/2022/01/26/ive-never-missed-a-vote-95-year-old-world-war-ii-veteran-says-his-mail-in-ballot-application-has-been-denied-twice-due-to-new-requirements/>: Harris County man fears new voting laws may prevent him from voting by absentee ballot for the first time in his lifetime.Kenneth Thompson, 95, has been checking his mail daily in hopes his mail-in ballot is… Continue reading <https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8166298_/~electionlawblog.org/?p=127215>
“Our laws disadvantage working-class Americans and disabled veterans who seek to run for office. Today I issued a statement calling on the Commission to make running for office an option for ALL Americans.”<https://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=183590584&f=1116553&c=8166298&u=102231511>
By Rick Hasen, January 28, 2022
Statement<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8166298_/~twitter.com/ShanaMBroussard/status/1486793910114529290?s=20&t=744DlRYJ7TMD1_mr0Ii3Rw> from FEC Commissioner Shana Broussard.
“Yelling, accusations of bullying turn Michigan redistricting meeting into chaos”<https://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=183590586&f=1116553&c=8166298&u=102231511>
By Rick Hasen, January 28, 2022
Detroit Free Press<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8166298_/~www.freep.com/story/news/politics/2022/01/27/michigan-redistricting-commission-meeting-bullying-censure-vote/9237773002/>: A Thursday meeting of Michigan’s redistricting commission saw accusations of bullying, yelling, a failed censure vote against the group’s chair and a public apology for the tense exchanges that came as the group stares down <https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8166298_/~www.freep.com/story/news/politics/elections/2022/01/26/michigan-supreme-court-redistricting-lawsuit-black-voters/9213896002/> … Continue reading <https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8166298_/~electionlawblog.org/?p=127211>
“Texas violated voting rights law during redistricting, retiring state GOP senator says in sworn court statement”<https://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=183590588&f=1116553&c=8166298&u=102231511>
By Rick Hasen, January 27, 2022
Texas Tribune:<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8166298_/~www.texastribune.org/2022/01/26/texas-redistricting-kel-seliger-redistricting/> In a sworn declaration submitted as part of an ongoing federal court challenge, a senior Republican state senator with redistricting experience said he believes his party violated federal voting laws when it drew new boundaries for state Senate… Continue reading <https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8166298_/~electionlawblog.org/?p=127209>
Feb. 2 Event: “How America’s Electoral System Benefits Authoritarianism, and How We Can Fix it”<https://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=183590590&f=1116553&c=8166298&u=102231511>
By Rick Hasen, January 27, 2022
Registration details<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8166298_/~us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_nu_l9HmFQo2CJ5DOeNJoCQ>: Join Protect Democracy, Unite America, and R Street on Wednesday, February 2 at 12:00pm ET/ 9:00am PT for a discussion panel on how features of the U.S. electoral system are exacerbating America’s authoritarian threat. While those… Continue reading <https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8166298_/~electionlawblog.org/?p=127207>
“Retired lawyer wrote the book, literally, on corporations entertaining politicians”<https://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=183590592&f=1116553&c=8166298&u=102231511>
By Rick Hasen, January 27, 2022
Congrats to Ken Gross on a well-deserved retirement! Roll Call exit interview<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8166298_/~rollcall.com/2022/01/24/retired-lawyer-wrote-the-book-literally-on-corporations-entertaining-politicians/>: When Ken Gross embarked on building a political law practice at Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom in the 1980s, most firms represented either Republican or Democratic… Continue reading <https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8166298_/~electionlawblog.org/?p=127205>
Disenfranchisement and the New Found Story of Jackson Giles and Giles v. Harris<https://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=183590594&f=1116553&c=8166298&u=102231511>
By Richard Pildes, January 27, 2022
The moment when the Supreme Court declined to do anything about the massive disenfranchisement of black voters throughout the South is embodied in Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes’ opinion in Giles v. Harris, 189 US 475 (1903). Justice Kagan’s dissenting opinion… Continue reading <https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8166298_/~electionlawblog.org/?p=127198>
“Trump Has Pushed the Wisconsin GOP Into a Full Meltdown”<https://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=183590596&f=1116553&c=8166298&u=102231511>
By Rick Hasen, January 27, 2022
Cameron Joseph<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8166298_/~www.vice.com/en/article/dypxxa/trump-has-pushed-the-wisconsin-gop-into-a-full-meltdown> for Vice: Accusations of slander. Leaked documents. Fake news pushed by a right-wing conspiracy website. Staff forcibly reassigned. Angry warnings from former President Donald Trump.Wisconsin Republicans have broken into open warfare over how far to push Trump’s election… Continue reading <https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8166298_/~electionlawblog.org/?p=127201>
“Meet the Trio Who May Have Figured Out How to Save American Democracy”<https://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=183590598&f=1116553&c=8166298&u=102231511>
By Rick Hasen, January 27, 2022
Steven Rosenfeld<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8166298_/~newrepublic.com/article/165152/arizona-cyber-ninjas-audit-guys-save-democracy> for TNR: Using public election records to debunk stolen election lies and confront propagandists is not a “fool’s game,” as a New York Times editorial board member recently opined—arguing that “the professional vote-fraud crusaders are not in… Continue reading <https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8166298_/~electionlawblog.org/?p=127199>
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