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Following upon on my previous post A Rational Two-Party System?, which was prompted by a N.Y. Times story on one of Ohio's GOP primaries last week, this post is prompted by a N.Y. Times account of Nebraska's upcoming GOP… Continue reading
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  1.  Eliminating plurality-winner primaries?<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://p.feedblitz.com/t3/1116553/139490476/8356110/https:/*electionlawblog.org/?p=129189__;Lw!!CzAuKJ42GuquVTTmVmPViYEvSg!Ly-ScxrWiGsQcUgHq4aiOw4GzY2p9MR0i-_HhhLYgefVuNuTr4or9R4KEW_hlvFVsABHxxvrdhXEA_tF8HytIg$ >
  2.  Two Mayoral Candidates in Paterson, New Jersey Election Race Under Indictment for Election Fraud from Last Election<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://p.feedblitz.com/t3/1116553/139490476/8356110/https:/*electionlawblog.org/?p=129187__;Lw!!CzAuKJ42GuquVTTmVmPViYEvSg!Ly-ScxrWiGsQcUgHq4aiOw4GzY2p9MR0i-_HhhLYgefVuNuTr4or9R4KEW_hlvFVsABHxxvrdhXEA_unG19plg$ >
  3.  “GOP donor described botched vote fraud probe in recording, prosecutors say”<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://p.feedblitz.com/t3/1116553/139490476/8356110/https:/*electionlawblog.org/?p=129185__;Lw!!CzAuKJ42GuquVTTmVmPViYEvSg!Ly-ScxrWiGsQcUgHq4aiOw4GzY2p9MR0i-_HhhLYgefVuNuTr4or9R4KEW_hlvFVsABHxxvrdhXEA_skhfiXpA$ >
  4.  “Dozens of mail ballots are going to a GOP ward leader’s South Philly P.O. box, raising ‘ballot harvesting’ concerns”<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://p.feedblitz.com/t3/1116553/139490476/8356110/https:/*electionlawblog.org/?p=129183__;Lw!!CzAuKJ42GuquVTTmVmPViYEvSg!Ly-ScxrWiGsQcUgHq4aiOw4GzY2p9MR0i-_HhhLYgefVuNuTr4or9R4KEW_hlvFVsABHxxvrdhXEA_tkVXKKyA$ >
  5.  “Marjorie Taylor Greene will remain on the ballot”<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://p.feedblitz.com/t3/1116553/139490476/8356110/https:/*electionlawblog.org/?p=129181__;Lw!!CzAuKJ42GuquVTTmVmPViYEvSg!Ly-ScxrWiGsQcUgHq4aiOw4GzY2p9MR0i-_HhhLYgefVuNuTr4or9R4KEW_hlvFVsABHxxvrdhXEA_tJk9u2MA$ >
  6.  “The Novel Strategy Blue States Can Use to Solve Partisan Gerrymandering by 2024”<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://p.feedblitz.com/t3/1116553/139490476/8356110/https:/*electionlawblog.org/?p=129179__;Lw!!CzAuKJ42GuquVTTmVmPViYEvSg!Ly-ScxrWiGsQcUgHq4aiOw4GzY2p9MR0i-_HhhLYgefVuNuTr4or9R4KEW_hlvFVsABHxxvrdhXEA_vSVgTEYw$ >
  7.  May 11 Brennan Center Event: “The Independent State Legislature Theory’s Radical Threat to Democracy”<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://p.feedblitz.com/t3/1116553/139490476/8356110/https:/*electionlawblog.org/?p=129177__;Lw!!CzAuKJ42GuquVTTmVmPViYEvSg!Ly-ScxrWiGsQcUgHq4aiOw4GzY2p9MR0i-_HhhLYgefVuNuTr4or9R4KEW_hlvFVsABHxxvrdhXEA_tx65rpMw$ >

Eliminating plurality-winner primaries?<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=185970644&f=1116553&c=8356110&u=139490476__;!!CzAuKJ42GuquVTTmVmPViYEvSg!Ly-ScxrWiGsQcUgHq4aiOw4GzY2p9MR0i-_HhhLYgefVuNuTr4or9R4KEW_hlvFVsABHxxvrdhXEA_u8h3mkqA$ >
By Ned Foley, May 07, 2022
Following upon on my previous post A Rational Two-Party System?<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://p.feedblitz.com/t3/1116553/139490476/8356110_/*electionlawblog.org/?p=129145__;fg!!CzAuKJ42GuquVTTmVmPViYEvSg!Ly-ScxrWiGsQcUgHq4aiOw4GzY2p9MR0i-_HhhLYgefVuNuTr4or9R4KEW_hlvFVsABHxxvrdhXEA_tbIzbUIg$ >, which was prompted by a N.Y. Times story<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://p.feedblitz.com/t3/1116553/139490476/8356110_/*www.nytimes.com/2022/05/04/us/elections/jr-majewski-ohio.html__;fg!!CzAuKJ42GuquVTTmVmPViYEvSg!Ly-ScxrWiGsQcUgHq4aiOw4GzY2p9MR0i-_HhhLYgefVuNuTr4or9R4KEW_hlvFVsABHxxvrdhXEA_tsK9OL_w$ > on one of Ohio’s GOP primaries last week, this post is prompted by a N.Y. Times account<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://p.feedblitz.com/t3/1116553/139490476/8356110_/*www.nytimes.com/2022/05/07/us/politics/trump-endorsement-herbster-nebraska-midterms.html__;fg!!CzAuKJ42GuquVTTmVmPViYEvSg!Ly-ScxrWiGsQcUgHq4aiOw4GzY2p9MR0i-_HhhLYgefVuNuTr4or9R4KEW_hlvFVsABHxxvrdhXEA_tBV3AaAw$ > of Nebraska’s upcoming GOP… Continue reading <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://p.feedblitz.com/t3/1116553/139490476/8356110_/*electionlawblog.org/?p=129189__;fg!!CzAuKJ42GuquVTTmVmPViYEvSg!Ly-ScxrWiGsQcUgHq4aiOw4GzY2p9MR0i-_HhhLYgefVuNuTr4or9R4KEW_hlvFVsABHxxvrdhXEA_sRKY6P5A$ >

Two Mayoral Candidates in Paterson, New Jersey Election Race Under Indictment for Election Fraud from Last Election<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=185970646&f=1116553&c=8356110&u=139490476__;!!CzAuKJ42GuquVTTmVmPViYEvSg!Ly-ScxrWiGsQcUgHq4aiOw4GzY2p9MR0i-_HhhLYgefVuNuTr4or9R4KEW_hlvFVsABHxxvrdhXEA_uEg3hJxg$ >
By Rick Hasen, May 06, 2022
Oh my.<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://p.feedblitz.com/t3/1116553/139490476/8356110_/*www.nbcnewyork.com/on-air/as-seen-on/decision-2022-inside-the-paterson-mayoral-election/3676967/__;fg!!CzAuKJ42GuquVTTmVmPViYEvSg!Ly-ScxrWiGsQcUgHq4aiOw4GzY2p9MR0i-_HhhLYgefVuNuTr4or9R4KEW_hlvFVsABHxxvrdhXEA_vn9uo6yw$ >

“GOP donor described botched vote fraud probe in recording, prosecutors say”<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=185970648&f=1116553&c=8356110&u=139490476__;!!CzAuKJ42GuquVTTmVmPViYEvSg!Ly-ScxrWiGsQcUgHq4aiOw4GzY2p9MR0i-_HhhLYgefVuNuTr4or9R4KEW_hlvFVsABHxxvrdhXEA_tpyE2aKA$ >
By Rick Hasen, May 06, 2022
WaPo:<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://p.feedblitz.com/t3/1116553/139490476/8356110_/*www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/2022/05/06/hotze-texas-recording-ballots/__;fg!!CzAuKJ42GuquVTTmVmPViYEvSg!Ly-ScxrWiGsQcUgHq4aiOw4GzY2p9MR0i-_HhhLYgefVuNuTr4or9R4KEW_hlvFVsABHxxvrdhXEA_sLHw3Heg$ > On Oct. 17, 2020, influential GOP donor Steven F. Hotze made an urgent request during a phone call with a top federal prosecutor in Texas, according to a court filing Fridayby the Houston district attorney’s office.Hotze claimed that private… Continue reading <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://p.feedblitz.com/t3/1116553/139490476/8356110_/*electionlawblog.org/?p=129185__;fg!!CzAuKJ42GuquVTTmVmPViYEvSg!Ly-ScxrWiGsQcUgHq4aiOw4GzY2p9MR0i-_HhhLYgefVuNuTr4or9R4KEW_hlvFVsABHxxvrdhXEA_vukSlyCw$ >

“Dozens of mail ballots are going to a GOP ward leader’s South Philly P.O. box, raising ‘ballot harvesting’ concerns”<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=185970650&f=1116553&c=8356110&u=139490476__;!!CzAuKJ42GuquVTTmVmPViYEvSg!Ly-ScxrWiGsQcUgHq4aiOw4GzY2p9MR0i-_HhhLYgefVuNuTr4or9R4KEW_hlvFVsABHxxvrdhXEA_u2ptjdVA$ >
By Rick Hasen, May 06, 2022
Philadelphia Inquirer:<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://p.feedblitz.com/t3/1116553/139490476/8356110_/*www.inquirer.com/politics/election/republican-mail-ballots-south-philadephia-20220506.html__;fg!!CzAuKJ42GuquVTTmVmPViYEvSg!Ly-ScxrWiGsQcUgHq4aiOw4GzY2p9MR0i-_HhhLYgefVuNuTr4or9R4KEW_hlvFVsABHxxvrdhXEA_sW7w5xZA$ > A mail ballot mystery is unfolding at an otherwise unremarkable post office box in South Philadelphia.City elections officials last week received applications from more than three dozen Republican voters across a pocket of the neighborhood. Those applications… Continue reading <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://p.feedblitz.com/t3/1116553/139490476/8356110_/*electionlawblog.org/?p=129183__;fg!!CzAuKJ42GuquVTTmVmPViYEvSg!Ly-ScxrWiGsQcUgHq4aiOw4GzY2p9MR0i-_HhhLYgefVuNuTr4or9R4KEW_hlvFVsABHxxvrdhXEA_ughv1yxg$ >

“Marjorie Taylor Greene will remain on the ballot”<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=185970652&f=1116553&c=8356110&u=139490476__;!!CzAuKJ42GuquVTTmVmPViYEvSg!Ly-ScxrWiGsQcUgHq4aiOw4GzY2p9MR0i-_HhhLYgefVuNuTr4or9R4KEW_hlvFVsABHxxvrdhXEA_sn2ugF-Q$ >
By Rick Hasen, May 06, 2022
AJC<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://p.feedblitz.com/t3/1116553/139490476/8356110_/*www.ajc.com/politics/judge-rules-marjorie-taylor-greene-should-stay-on-the-ballot/AHDS6IKHJJCHLDHS7RTIL3JSVM/__;fg!!CzAuKJ42GuquVTTmVmPViYEvSg!Ly-ScxrWiGsQcUgHq4aiOw4GzY2p9MR0i-_HhhLYgefVuNuTr4or9R4KEW_hlvFVsABHxxvrdhXEA_sYXGSC9g$ >: U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene will remain on the ballot for re-election, Georgia’s secretary of state’s said late Friday. The decision came after a judge ruled earlier in the day that challengers who had tried to disqualify… Continue reading <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://p.feedblitz.com/t3/1116553/139490476/8356110_/*electionlawblog.org/?p=129181__;fg!!CzAuKJ42GuquVTTmVmPViYEvSg!Ly-ScxrWiGsQcUgHq4aiOw4GzY2p9MR0i-_HhhLYgefVuNuTr4or9R4KEW_hlvFVsABHxxvrdhXEA_uGmlTjwQ$ >

“The Novel Strategy Blue States Can Use to Solve Partisan Gerrymandering by 2024”<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=185970654&f=1116553&c=8356110&u=139490476__;!!CzAuKJ42GuquVTTmVmPViYEvSg!Ly-ScxrWiGsQcUgHq4aiOw4GzY2p9MR0i-_HhhLYgefVuNuTr4or9R4KEW_hlvFVsABHxxvrdhXEA_vlduJd4Q$ >
By Nicholas Stephanopoulos, May 06, 2022
Aaron Goldzimer and I wrote this piece<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://p.feedblitz.com/t3/1116553/139490476/8356110_/*slate.com/news-and-politics/2022/05/new-york-democrats-partisan-gerrymandering-2024.html__;fg!!CzAuKJ42GuquVTTmVmPViYEvSg!Ly-ScxrWiGsQcUgHq4aiOw4GzY2p9MR0i-_HhhLYgefVuNuTr4or9R4KEW_hlvFVsABHxxvrdhXEA_sReGqvYw$ > for Slate, arguing for a third-best response to congressional gerrymandering if neither Congress nor the federal courts are willing to tackle the problem. States should enact reforms requiring their congressional maps to be… Continue reading <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://p.feedblitz.com/t3/1116553/139490476/8356110_/*electionlawblog.org/?p=129179__;fg!!CzAuKJ42GuquVTTmVmPViYEvSg!Ly-ScxrWiGsQcUgHq4aiOw4GzY2p9MR0i-_HhhLYgefVuNuTr4or9R4KEW_hlvFVsABHxxvrdhXEA_vjZmDFHA$ >

May 11 Brennan Center Event: “The Independent State Legislature Theory’s Radical Threat to Democracy”<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=185970656&f=1116553&c=8356110&u=139490476__;!!CzAuKJ42GuquVTTmVmPViYEvSg!Ly-ScxrWiGsQcUgHq4aiOw4GzY2p9MR0i-_HhhLYgefVuNuTr4or9R4KEW_hlvFVsABHxxvrdhXEA_sJWJU0aQ$ >
By Rick Hasen, May 06, 2022
This looks good<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://p.feedblitz.com/t3/1116553/139490476/8356110_/*www.eventbrite.com/e/the-independent-state-legislature-theorys-radical-threat-to-democracy-tickets-325202598727?fbclid=IwAR2FEeENbOZqP0x9t8Zu0cCKwISyaOVxMS2qbOEI3pE7sOczV9efy4ovZPM__;fg!!CzAuKJ42GuquVTTmVmPViYEvSg!Ly-ScxrWiGsQcUgHq4aiOw4GzY2p9MR0i-_HhhLYgefVuNuTr4or9R4KEW_hlvFVsABHxxvrdhXEA_vzdCWmgg$ >: Speakers: Vikram D. Amar<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://p.feedblitz.com/t3/1116553/139490476/8356110_/*law.illinois.edu/faculty-research/faculty-profiles/vikram-d-amar/__;fg!!CzAuKJ42GuquVTTmVmPViYEvSg!Ly-ScxrWiGsQcUgHq4aiOw4GzY2p9MR0i-_HhhLYgefVuNuTr4or9R4KEW_hlvFVsABHxxvrdhXEA_vFjjDacQ$ >: Dean and Iwan Foundation Professor of Law, University of Illinois School of LawLeah Litman<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://p.feedblitz.com/t3/1116553/139490476/8356110_/*michigan.law.umich.edu/faculty-and-scholarship/our-faculty/leah-litman__;fg!!CzAuKJ42GuquVTTmVmPViYEvSg!Ly-ScxrWiGsQcUgHq4aiOw4GzY2p9MR0i-_HhhLYgefVuNuTr4or9R4KEW_hlvFVsABHxxvrdhXEA_t_yn_Ytg$ >: Assistant Professor of Law, Michigan LawCarolyn Shapiro<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://p.feedblitz.com/t3/1116553/139490476/8356110_/*www.kentlaw.iit.edu/faculty/carolyn-shapiro__;fg!!CzAuKJ42GuquVTTmVmPViYEvSg!Ly-ScxrWiGsQcUgHq4aiOw4GzY2p9MR0i-_HhhLYgefVuNuTr4or9R4KEW_hlvFVsABHxxvrdhXEA_tOnCRx2Q$ >: Professor and Co-director of the Institute on the Supreme… Continue reading <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://p.feedblitz.com/t3/1116553/139490476/8356110_/*electionlawblog.org/?p=129177__;fg!!CzAuKJ42GuquVTTmVmPViYEvSg!Ly-ScxrWiGsQcUgHq4aiOw4GzY2p9MR0i-_HhhLYgefVuNuTr4or9R4KEW_hlvFVsABHxxvrdhXEA_uaQl_WvQ$ >
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