Election Fraud Conviction in Michigan
Brandon Hall was convicted of 10 counts of election fraud for forging signatures on a 2012 judicial candidate petition, and now faces up to five year imprisonment.
Monthly Archives: December 2016
“Maine Adopts Ranked-Choice Voting. What Is It, and How Will It Work?”
NYT.
“On ‘Hamilton Electors’ and the Lessig/Hasen Debate”
Mike Parsons blogs at Modern Democracy:
Professors Lawrence Lessig and Rick Hasen–two titans of the political law world–recently got into a public debate over the legitimacy of presidential electors voting in a way different from how their votes were… Continue reading
Dueling Michigan Recount Lawsuits, in Federal and State Courts
WaPo:
Green Party candidate Jill Stein is asking a federal judge to order Michigan to quickly start a recount of presidential votes.
…The recount could start Wednesday because officials say state law requires a break of at least two… Continue reading
“Kris Kobach was a source of Donald Trump’s voter fraud allegation, Conway says”
Bush v. Gore Lawsuit from Pro-Trump PACs
Yesterday’s complaint in Great America PAC v. Wisconsin Elections Commission begins:
This lawsuit seeks to enjoin a recount that — like the ill-fated Florida recount the Supreme Court enjoined in Bush v. Gore, 531 U.S. 98 (per curiam) — fails… Continue reading
“‘Rigged’ or Not, Election Positions Trump to Shape Rules on How You Vote
NYT: “After an extraordinarily contentious election, crucial elements of the rules that determine how Americans vote will be under assault from conservatives and facing legal challenges heading toward the Supreme Court as Donald J. Trump prepares to become president.”
Now in Print: Tokaji’s Election Law in a Nutshell, 2d ed.
Just in time for finals. The 2d edition of my nutshell is current through the end of the 2015-16 Supreme Court term, including Evenwel, Arizona Legislative Black Caucus, and McDonnell. The print version is temporarily out of stock at Amazon… Continue reading
Presidential Recount News
“California just proved how cracking down on gerrymandering isn’t all it’s cracked up to be”
The Fix: “For the fourth time in 12 years, not a single one of the state’s 50-plus congressional districts switched parties. Just as in 2010, 2008 and 2004, every single seat returned to the party that previously controlled it.”
Bauer: “Are There Genuine Issue Ads or Just ‘Sheep’s Wool?”
MSMHL: “Progressives thinking about the experience with reform have to grapple with its implications for mobilization, for effective political speech and action…. [O]ne traditional reform objective – – regulating issue advertising – – bears reconsideration.”
Fordham Law Review Forum
Featuring papers by Ned Foley, Anthony Gaughan, Jerry Goldfeder, Gene Mazo, Michael Morley, Derek Muller, Richard Winger, and Sean Wright.
Gans on Next Week’s Racial Gerrymandering Cases
David Gans at Balkinization, on the cases from North Carolina and Virginia to be argued Monday.
VP Biden to Speak at Next Week’s NYU Forum “A New American Political System”
Just announced: Vice-President Joe Biden will deliver remarks at next Thursday’s Sidley Austin Forum at the NYU Global Academic Center in Washington, DC.