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Release: Today, the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, together with the Mississippi Center for Justice, the Law Office of Robert McDuff, and law firm Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP, filed a lawsuit on behalf of the Mississippi Immigrants … Continue reading
These all look very good: COLLECTION Election Reform As the first bill introduced in the current Congress, H.R. 1 seeks to revamp our democracy through sweeping electoral reforms. This Collection critiques small-donor-based public financing, argues for legislation mandating Election Day … Continue reading
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Release: In partnership with several child rights organizations, Justice for Children and Youth (JFCY) and the David Asper Centre for Constitutional Rights (Asper Centre) have secured case development funding from the Court Challenges Program, which helps finance cases of national significance related to constitutional … Continue reading
Steven Rosenfeld for Salon. … Continue reading
Release: The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights and 150 other civil rights organizations released their policy platform, “Vision for Democracy: Fortifying the Franchise in 2020 and Beyond” today, marking the overwhelming support for comprehensive voting rights reform within … Continue reading
Reason: Putting voters back in charge of the state government requires having more representatives in Sacramento, activists argue. Their lawsuit was launched by a coalition that includes the California Libertarian Party, the Marin County Green Party, a group of Native … Continue reading
KY Gov. Matt Bevin conceding defeat to AG Andy Beshear, press conference happening now – https://t.co/5y8w6kkbbA— Reid Wilson (@PoliticsReid) November 14, 2019 … Continue reading
Texas Tribune: A federal appeals court has overturned a previous ruling that could have opened the door to online voter registration in Texas.In a Wednesday court order, the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a federal district judge’s ruling … Continue reading
Yael Eisenstat WaPo oped: I joined Facebook in June 2018 as “head of Global Elections Integrity Ops” in the company’s business integrity organization, focused specifically on political advertising. I had spent much of my career working to strengthen and defend … Continue reading
From Newsday’s report of New York voting: One of the issues made a splash in social media. Some voters complained that a poll worker in Remsenburg wore a blue shirt with the slogan “Make America Great Again” emblazoned on the … Continue reading
Courier-Journal: Republican Senate President Robert Stivers believes Gov. Matt Bevin should concede his loss to Democrat Andy Beshear if next week’s recanvass doesn’t significantly change the vote totals.“It’s time to call it quits and go home, say he had a good … Continue reading
Josh Douglas on Bevin and the Kentucky governor’s race. … Continue reading
NYT: Democrats, buoyed by their party’s electoral sweep in Virginia this week, plan on Friday to revive the Equal Rights Amendment in Congress, embarking on what they hope is a final push to add the nearly century-old measure to enshrine … Continue reading
Here’s the abstract for a new article of mine arguing that Rucho — along with much of the Court’s other election law jurisprudence — should be understood as the product of the Court’s aversion to Carolene Products-style pro-democratic judicial review. … Continue reading
I’ve posted this revised version of my Childress Lecture at this link. The main difference is that I contrast my proposal for regulating deep fakes with recent California legislation. The final version will be published in a special symposium issue … Continue reading
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That’s the title of my “must read” piece of the day, written by Jonathan Rauch and Ray LaRaja and published here in The Atlantic. The subtitle is: “The major American parties have ceded unprecedented power to primary voters. It’s a … Continue reading
USA Today: To cap off one of the wildest finishes to a gubernatorial election in Kentucky history, Democratic candidate Andy Beshear declared victory to supporters Tuesday night, moments after Republican incumbent Matt Bevin told supporters that he will not concede the race.“This is a close, close … Continue reading
AJC: With a presidential election on the line in 2020, Georgia is switching to a new voting company, Dominion Voting Systems, that state evaluators ranked second-best and that critics said will leave elections vulnerable.Dominion, based in Denver, must rush to install 30,000 … Continue reading
ACLU: The California Court of Appeal ruled today that Secretary of State Alex Padilla erred when he issued a directive to county election officials in 2017 that deprives tens of thousands of California voters of the language assistance to which they are entitled under … Continue reading
Time with the link to the segment. … Continue reading
AP profiles NH SOS Bill Gardner. … Continue reading
This should be good: Kathay Feng of Common Cause, who discusses redistricting; https://soundcloud.com/ucla-extension/2020-election-preview-from-presidential-candidates-to-californias-ballot-measure-elections California Secretary of State Alex Padilla, speaking about election security:https://soundcloud.com/ucla-extension/week-2-osher-presents-2020-election-preview-with-alex-padilla Bob Naylor, former California Assembly Republican leader, who discusses the future of the Republican Party in California: https://soundcloud.com/ucla-extension/week-3-2020-election-preview-with-speaker-bob-naylor-former-republican-legislative-leader Conan … Continue reading
WaPo: A federal judge ruled Friday that Fairfax County must allow 171 George Mason University students to vote next week after their voter registration applications were rejected for providing a generic university address.U.S. District Judge Rossie D. Alston Jr. ordered the county … Continue reading
Al.com: Montgomery County Circuit Judge Greg Griffin issued a temporary restraining order today blocking a faction of the state Democratic party from holding elections for party chair and first vice chair on Saturday.An attorney representing the party members who planned … Continue reading
Release: Plaintiffs in the case of Common Cause v. Lewis on Friday filed a petition with the NC Supreme Court asking the justices to immediately review the Superior Court’s approval of eight NC House districts that remain extreme partisan gerrymanders after the legislature’s court-ordered redraw. … Continue reading
WaPo: Democratic organizations filed lawsuits in Georgia, Arizona and Texas on Friday saying Republicans are given an unfair advantage by being listed first on those states’ general election ballots.The traditionally red states Democrats hope to make competitive in 2020 have … Continue reading
You can find the court’s order at this link. “In their Complaint, Plaintiffs contend that three provisions of the Mississippi Constitution impair that choice. The provisions provide that successful candidates for state-level, statewide office must receive both the majority of … Continue reading
Penn Live: Gov. Tom Wolf put his signature on what has been described as the most significant change to Pennsylvania’s election laws in more than 80 years when they were written.By signing the bill into law, registered voters will soon be able … Continue reading
Orlando Sentinel: Years ago, the deadline to register to vote in Florida was set at 29 days before the election.The reason was simple. Four weeks gave elections offices enough time to put together the most comprehensive list of voters available … Continue reading
NYT: A coming purge of Georgia’s voter rolls has raised alarms among advocacy groups in the state and nationwide, many of whom see the issue of who gets to cast a ballot re-emerging with next year’s election, particularly in battleground … Continue reading
NYT: In 2015, Seattle voters approved a plan to foil corporate political contributions, creating “democracy vouchers” that allow residents to assign public campaign funds to local candidates of their choice.With the goal of amplifying the voices of regular people and … Continue reading
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11Alive: Georgia’s voting rolls have swollen over the last 10 months. Many of those newly-registered voters are new to the state, and Democrats think they’re going to help flip the state next year. The surge is rooted in a new … Continue reading
She’s said in the past that she won’t. But this up the stakes … Continue reading
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LAT: This is where a nation changes: a public school auditorium that moonlights as a veritable citizenship factory.At the M.O. Campbell Educational Center, where murals honoring the arts and sciences adorn the walls, U.S. immigration officials routinely hold packed naturalization … Continue reading
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This case could have implications for 2020, and is now back on track: Great news from our NC gerrymandering case — the federal court just sent the case back to state court after the NC Republican leaders frivolously tried to … Continue reading
I’ve been working with UCI Law staff on putting this Feb, 28, 2020 event together for some time, and more details will be forthcoming, but for now, here’s a save the date: Can American Democracy Survive the 2020 Elections? The … Continue reading
NYT: Facebook said on Monday that it had recently found and taken down four state-backed disinformation campaigns, the latest of dozens that it has identified and removed this year and a sign of how foreign interference online is increasing ahead of … Continue reading
From New America, of potential interest to researchers. … Continue reading
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HuffPost: Florida election officials can’t block a group of nearly 20 people with felony convictions from registering to vote if they can’t afford to repay their financial obligations, a federal judge in Florida ruled on Friday. The ruling, a preliminary injunction, … Continue reading
LAT: California billionaire Tom Steyer spent $47 million during the first three months of his presidential bid — a jaw-dropping sum that places him on track to join the biggest self-funding political candidates in American history.So far, Steyer has remained … Continue reading
Texas Tribune: The recording of a conversation between two top Republican state lawmakers and a conservative activist released Tuesday exposed legislators’ intentional political targeting of cities and counties — and their plans to make the 2021 legislative session even more … Continue reading
Schedule. Witnesses Ms. Barbara ArnwineNational Co-Chair, National Commission for Voter Justice Written Testimony of Barbara ArnwineArnwine Witness Disclosure FormBarbara Arnwine Biography Ms. Michelle BishopVoting Rights Specialist, National Disability Rights Network Written Testimony of Michelle BishopBishop Witness Disclosure FormMichelle Bishop Biography … Continue reading