“Perkins Coie’s Marc Elias on ‘Explosion’ in Election Law”
Elias audio interview on law.com.
Monthly Archives: August 2017
“Voter fraud in Arizona: What it looks like, how often it happens and how it is fought”
“No early fans of Trump, the powerful Koch network still wields influence on White House policy”
LAT reports.
“Racial Gerrymandering and Vote Dilution: Shaw v. Reno in Doctrinal Context”
James Blumstein has posted this draft on SSRN (forthcoming, Rutgers Law Journal). Here is the abstract:
In the opening sentence of her opinion for the Court in Shaw v. Reno, the North Carolina racial gerrymander case, Justice O’Connor observed that… Continue reading
More SCOTUSBlog Posts on Wisconsin Partisan Gerrymandering Case
The 2017 Election Law Teacher Database
…is now available at this link.
The End of the Blue Slip Looks Like It’s Coming for Circuit Court Nominees
This is expected, and it will mean a big shift in the courts to the right.
NYT and WaPo Editorialize Against DOJ Position Flip-Flop in Ohio Purge Case at SCOTUS
“Our Hackable Democracy”
NC: “Redistricting criteria call for partisan maps, no consideration of race”
WRAL:
Map makers can use election data to achieve political goals as they redraw North Carolina’s legislative districts, but they’re forbidden from considering voters’ race under criteria approved Thursday by the House and Senate committees overseeing the process.
These rules… Continue reading
Likely the Most Important Brief Filed in the WI Partisan Gerrymandering Case Supports Neither Party
This from Bernie Grofman and Keith Gaddie (with the great Josh Rosenkranz as counsel of record) may be the most important brief filed in the Gill case case:
Amici seek to assist the Court in understanding recent developments in social… Continue reading
Must-Read: “Russian Cyberattack Targeted Elections Vendor Tied To Voting Day Disruptions”
Must-read Pam Fessler for NPR:
When people showed up in several North Carolina precincts to vote last November, weird things started to happen with the electronic systems used to check them in.
“Voters were going in and being told that… Continue reading
“Republicans limiting early voting in Marion County, letting it bloom in suburbs”; and New Indiana Lawsuit Re Lake County Precinct Consolidation
IndyStar:
State and local Republicans have expanded early voting in GOP-dominated areas and restricted it in Democratic areas, an IndyStar investigation has found, prompting a significant change in Central Indiana voting patterns.
From 2008 to 2016, GOP officials expanded early… Continue reading
Texas House Votes to Repeal Voting Law Meant to Make Voting Easier, Calling it a Well-Intentioned Mistake
Texas Tribune:
Two months ago, Texas lawmakers quietly did something rare in this statehouse: They sent Gov. Greg Abbott a bill designed to make voting easier for thousands of Texans. Abbott praised that effort and ultimately signed the legislation that,… Continue reading