“Mississippi Quotes John Roberts to Defend Its Racist Election Law”
Matt Ford for TNR.
Monthly Archives: July 2019
“Crystal Mason Thought She Had The Right to Vote. Texas Sentenced Her to Five Years in Prison for Trying”
The ACLU makes her case (currently on appeal).
“A Banner Proxy Season for Political Disclosure and Accountability”
Bruce F. Freed, Dan Carroll, and Karl J. Sandstrom blog.
Thanks to Larry Solum…
for naming my article, Deep Fakes, Bots, and Siloed Justices: American Election Law in a Post-Truth World, as a Legal Theory Blog “Download of the Week.”
Former HHS Secretary and Member of Congress Tom Price Poised to Convert $1.7 Million in Campaign Funds to a 501(c)(4) That Can Play in Georgia (or Federal) Elections (Now Updated with an Important Caveat)
This recommendation of the FEC staff would allow Price to do that. A 501(c)(4) can now do lots of election and political activity without getting in trouble with the IRS.
UPDATE: It may be that the limits this 501(c)(4) is… Continue reading
“Ex-Trump Voter Fraud Commissioner Settles Lawsuit Over ‘Alien Invasion’ Reports”
TPM:
A former Trump voter fraud commissioner will apologize to citizens he wrongly described as noncitizens in reports claiming mass voter fraud in Virginia, according to a tentative settlement agreement reached this week in a lawsuit brought against the … Continue reading
A Huge Thank You To Justin Levitt…
who had an incredibly busy week covering what should be the slow season (calm before the storm?) in election law.
Thank you Justin, for both the substance and the chuckles.
And because Rick’s back on the blog tomorrow…
Here’s a farewell gift.
https://twitter.com/DoggoDating/status/1152463536712552451?s=20
“Intelligence Chief Names New Election Security Oversight Official”
“‘It’s really a new low’: In first news conference, deputy attorney general lashes out at Congress”
The subject
of the DAG’s ire was the criminal contempt vote against the AG, for failure
to comply with subpoenas regarding the citizenship question on the decennial
enumeration.
More
from Fox.
“2020 election: Dems man up for recount; GOP looks to boost voter ranks”
Hofeller files come into court in North Carolina state gerrymandering case
Courthouse
News Service reviews the end of week one of trial.
“Marine Corps Orders Duncan Hunter to Stop Using Emblem on Political Mailers”
A snippet of the NYT piece:
The Marine Corps said it was not uncommon to encounter politicians using the Eagle, Globe and Anchor, commonly referred to as the E.G.A., and officials routinely send letters telling them to stop. “We encourage… Continue reading
“De Blasio used state account he controls as campaign slush fund”
The NY
Post discusses some questionable state-PAC spending on a federal race.
A related
Politico story notes that de Blasio is claiming that his presidential campaign
launch video was not a presidential campaign expense.