[EL] Did an 1868 Act(etc)

[John Tanner]

This came up inside the DoJ Voting Section a few decades ago.   I think the view was that under the Equal Footing Clause, the requirements of the Readmission Acts were no longer in effect.  I may misremember.  

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> On May 4, 2022, at 11:32 AM, Rick Hasen <rhasen at law.uci.edu> wrote:
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> Election Law Blog: ELB News and Commentary
> “Iowa Democrats promise to revamp caucuses in letter seeking to maintain early nominating contest”
> Jacksonville racial gerrymandering suit
> “Ohio’s elections chief beats conservative foe in GOP primary”
> “DHS watchdog says Trump’s agency appears to have altered report on Russian interference in 2020 election in part because of politics”
> A Bit of Ohio-Based Musing
> Did an 1868 Act change who’s responsible for adjudicating qualifications for Congress?
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> “Iowa Democrats promise to revamp caucuses in letter seeking to maintain early nominating contest”
> By Rick Hasen, May 04, 2022
> Des Moines Register: The Iowa Democratic Party is promising to rework its caucuses as party leaders begin a formal application process that will determine whether it can continue holding an early presidential nominating contest. The state party submitted a letter of intent to… Continue reading
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> Jacksonville racial gerrymandering suit
> By Nicholas Stephanopoulos, May 04, 2022
> I wanted to flag this interesting racial gerrymandering suit that Harvard Law School’s Election Law Clinic filed yesterday, in collaboration with the ACLU of Florida and the Southern Poverty Law Center. The suit alleges that Black voters were unconstitutionally packed… Continue reading
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> “Ohio’s elections chief beats conservative foe in GOP primary”
> By Rick Hasen, May 03, 2022
> AP: Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose won the Republican nomination for his second term in office on Tuesday, defeating conservative challenger John Adams, who had questioned the legitimacy of the 2020 presidential election.LaRose will face Democrat Chelsea Clark,… Continue reading
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> “DHS watchdog says Trump’s agency appears to have altered report on Russian interference in 2020 election in part because of politics”
> By Rick Hasen, May 03, 2022
> CNN: Former President Donald Trump‘s Department of Homeland Security delayed and altered an intelligence report related to Russian interference in the 2020 election, making changes that “appear to be based in part on political considerations,” according to a … Continue reading
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> A Bit of Ohio-Based Musing
> By Ned Foley, May 03, 2022
> With about three-quarters of the vote from the Republican primary for Ohio’s U.S. Senate seat in (a little before 10pm ET), it looks like the top three vote-getters will be Vance, Mandel, and Dolan. If one adds to these three… Continue reading
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> Did an 1868 Act change who’s responsible for adjudicating qualifications for Congress?
> By Derek Muller, May 03, 2022
> The Fourth Circuit heard oral argument in Cawthorn v. Amalfi today, a challenge to Representative Madison Cawthorn’s eligibility under the Fourteenth Amendment and whether North Carolina has the power to exclude him from the ballot. The News & Observer has … Continue reading
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