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Last month, I wondered whether the Seventeenth Amendment allowed Oklahoma to hold a special election for the future vacancy of Senator Jim Inhofe. Now, details of a lawsuit from the Tulsa World: One of Oklahoma’s best-known attorneys is asking… ...
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  1.  “Attorney asks Oklahoma Supreme Court to halt special election to replace Inhofe”<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8249822/https://electionlawblog.org/?p=128138>
  2.  Watch Archived Video of National Constitution Center Event, “Elections, Speech, and Political Disinformation”<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8249822/https://electionlawblog.org/?p=128136>
  3.  “Judge blocks GOP-backed redistricting lawsuit for 2022 election”<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8249822/https://electionlawblog.org/?p=128134>
  4.  “2020 Was a Banner Year for U.S. Election Administration; MIT’s Election Performance Index shows improvement across the board.”<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8249822/https://electionlawblog.org/?p=128129>
  5.  “Mailed ballots boosted 2020’s turnout — will they work in 2022?”<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8249822/https://electionlawblog.org/?p=128127>
  6.  “Billionaire-Backed Group Enlists Trump-Supporting Citizens to Hunt for Voter Fraud Using Discredited Techniques”<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8249822/https://electionlawblog.org/?p=128125>
  7.  Wisconsin Republican Members of Congress File Emergency Supreme Court Petition to Block New Wisconsin Congressional Districts Ordered by State Supreme Court (Link to Petition)<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8249822/https://electionlawblog.org/?p=128121>

“Attorney asks Oklahoma Supreme Court to halt special election to replace Inhofe”<https://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=184534524&f=1116553&c=8249822&u=102231511>
By Derek Muller, March 11, 2022
Last month, I wondered whether the Seventeenth Amendment<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8249822_/~electionlawblog.org/?p=127823> allowed Oklahoma to hold a special election for the future vacancy of Senator Jim Inhofe. Now, details of a lawsuit from the Tulsa World<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8249822_/~tulsaworld.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/attorney-asks-oklahoma-supreme-court-to-halt-special-election-to-replace-inhofe/article_fef7da04-9f24-11ec-9987-3f98882788f6.html>: One of Oklahoma’s best-known attorneys is asking… Continue reading <https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8249822_/~electionlawblog.org/?p=128138>

Watch Archived Video of National Constitution Center Event, “Elections, Speech, and Political Disinformation”<https://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=184534526&f=1116553&c=8249822&u=102231511>
By Rick Hasen, March 11, 2022
National Constitution Center<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8249822_/~constitutioncenter.org/interactive-constitution/town-hall-video/elections-speech-and-political-disinformation>: What are the leading proposals to combat election disinformation and are they consistent with the First Amendment? Richard L. Hasen, leading election law expert and author of Cheap Speech: How Disinformation Poisons Our Politics—and How to… Continue reading <https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8249822_/~electionlawblog.org/?p=128136>

“Judge blocks GOP-backed redistricting lawsuit for 2022 election”<https://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=184534530&f=1116553&c=8249822&u=102231511>
By Richard Pildes, March 11, 2022
>From The Nevada Independent:<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8249822_/~thenevadaindependent.com/article/judge-blocks-gop-backed-redistricting-lawsuit-for-2022-election> Republican-backed efforts to challenge Nevada’s electoral maps in court on the heels of redistricting are likely on ice for the 2022 election cycle. A decision by Senior District Judge Robert Estes during a virtual hearing Wednesday… Continue reading <https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8249822_/~electionlawblog.org/?p=128134>

“2020 Was a Banner Year for U.S. Election Administration; MIT’s Election Performance Index shows improvement across the board.”<https://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=184534534&f=1116553&c=8249822&u=102231511>
By Rick Hasen, March 10, 2022
EPI:<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8249822_/~elections-blog.mit.edu/articles/2020-was-banner-year-us-election-administration> Despite widespread claims that the 2020 election was fraudulent or poorly managed, election administration did not just persevere under unexpected and challenging conditions—it improved.The 2020 election was an anomaly in many ways, but the Election Performance Index (EPI) shows… Continue reading <https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8249822_/~electionlawblog.org/?p=128129>

“Mailed ballots boosted 2020’s turnout — will they work in 2022?”<https://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=184534536&f=1116553&c=8249822&u=102231511>
By Richard Pildes, March 10, 2022
Steve Rosenfeld<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8249822_/~thefulcrum.us/voting-by-mail> at The Fulcrum reports on a forthcoming paper on turnout and mail-in voting: States that mailed a ballot to every registered voter in 2020’s presidential election saw voter turnout increase by an average of 5.6 percent, and turnout… Continue reading <https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8249822_/~electionlawblog.org/?p=128127>

“Billionaire-Backed Group Enlists Trump-Supporting Citizens to Hunt for Voter Fraud Using Discredited Techniques”<https://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=184534540&f=1116553&c=8249822&u=102231511>
By Rick Hasen, March 10, 2022
ProPublica:<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8249822_/~www.propublica.org/article/voter-ref-foundation> Ever since Trump failed to convince the world that he lost the 2020 election because of fraud, like-minded people across the country have been taking up the same rallying cry, revisiting that vote with an eye toward what… Continue reading <https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8249822_/~electionlawblog.org/?p=128125>

Wisconsin Republican Members of Congress File Emergency Supreme Court Petition to Block New Wisconsin Congressional Districts Ordered by State Supreme Court (Link to Petition)<https://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=184534542&f=1116553&c=8249822&u=102231511>
By Rick Hasen, March 10, 2022
The petition<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8249822_/~electionlawblog.org/wp-content/uploads/21A490-.pdf> raises due process and one person, one vote arguments, so different than other recent challenges to congressional districting done by state supreme courts and challenged at SCOTUS.
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