The partisan political impact of automatic voter registration
Governing explores how the impact may be surprising.
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Continuing reaction to the Gill v. Whitford argument
Dave Daley in the New Yorker.
More changes coming for North Carolina judicial elections
Now looks like 2018 primaries may be going away, and the filing date for races may be pushed back … which allows more time for a pending redistricting bill.
“The ‘unique’ nature of the US voting system could help Russia tip the scales of future elections, experts say”
The Electoral College meets Russia meets the Business Insider.
“Field hearing” on Native voting rights in the Great Lakes region
Comparing registered voters and CVAP
There have been a number of stories recently about litigation (there are a few pending cases), or threats of litigation, premised on the notion that fraud or mismanagement must account for discrepancies between the number of entries on registration… Continue reading
“Prosecutor asked to investigate case of Trump nominee who apparently voted illegally”
Following up on this story, local elections officials have asked prosecutors to investigate fraud by the current nominee for deputy US trade representative: specifically, the potential misrepresentation of his home residence on voter registration forms.
“Ko-Bach Off”
A Texas state court issued a TRO on Tuesday, blocking Texas from giving voters’ data to the Kobach election integrity commission. More here.
More aftermath of the Kobach Commission email log
ProPublica:
On Friday, in response to a judge’s order, the Department of Justice released data showing the authors, recipients, timing, and subject lines of a group of emails sent to and from the Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity.… Continue reading
Remember the picture of Kris Kobach and his plans for the year ahead?
Specifically, remember this document? This one?
Well, here it is. (Sort of.)
And here are the non-redacted NVRA amendments Kobach was apparently proposing.
The AP has more context.
Please remember: send the tips and the hate mail to Justin
Hi, everybody. Justin here, with the keys to the blog for just a few days. Please do send me news, if you’ve got it. And please don’t blame Rick for what happens next.
Judge Niemeyer and intent in gerrymandering
A few days ago, Rick highlighted Judge Niemeyer’s dissent in the latest order in the Maryland partisan gerrymandering case. There are, as both Judge Niemeyer and the majority pointed out, some differences between the Maryland case and the Gill v. … Continue reading
DOJ flips on SCOTUS purge case
Justin here (and with a caveat: at DOJ, I worked on amicus briefs on this issue, including in this case).
Today, DOJ filed an amicus brief in Husted v. A. Philip Randolph Institute. The case, now at SCOTUS, is… Continue reading
What are all these NC redistricting cases?
There are a bunch of North Carolina redistricting cases stacked up at the moment. A few of these are in front of the Supreme Court, and could move as early as Tuesday. Since we just had a North Carolina redistricting… Continue reading