IFS Files Amicus Briefs Attacking FEC Democratic Commissioners’ Refusal to Close Case Files or Vote to Defend FEC in Court for Inaction
See here.
For background, read this NYT article.
Monthly Archives: August 2021
“Will your write-in vote in California’s recall election count? Maybe not”
LAT:
Mail-in ballots for California’s gubernatorial recall election are going out now, and notably absent from the roster of candidates to replace Gov. Gavin Newsom are any prominent Democrats. That’s because Newsom urged his fellow Democrats not to enter … Continue reading
Travis Crum: “Revising Sections 2 and 5 in the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act of 2021”
The following is a very helpful guest post from Travis Crum:
Following months of anticipation, Democrats in Congress unveiled the newest version of the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act (VRAA). In this post, I’ll highlight major portions… Continue reading
Save the Dates for Virtual Fall Events at UCI Law’s Fair Elections and Free Speech Center
Looking forward to seeing many of you at these events at the UCI Law Fair Elections and Free Speech Center!
“Congress Has The Power To Prevent A Repeat Of January 6”
Trevor Potter and Norm Ornstein at TPM Cafe:
The barriers voters face before casting a ballot have rightly grabbed headlines recently. But there’s a way that tens of millions of Americans could be disenfranchised after voting in the next… Continue reading
“Voting Rights Groups File Federal Lawsuit Challenging Arizona’s New Voter Suppression Laws”
“Trump Inaugural Probe Spurs Warning on Election Commission Bias”
Bloomberg Government:
A top Democratic lawmaker is calling for election regulators to guard against the appearance of bias at the agency after a watchdog found problems with the Federal Election Commission’s review of Donald Trump’s inaugural committee.The inspector general’s findings… Continue reading
Qualifications for candidates running in California’s gubernatorial recall
To build off Ned‘s post, and setting aside the major laches problem to this lawsuit, Vik Amar and Evan Caminker at Justia have a pretty thorough defense of California’s process, a process that disqualifies a recalled governor from seeking… Continue reading
Newsom recall lawsuit
Politico has a story on a new federal lawsuit raising a constitutional challenge to the procedures that California uses for its gubernatorial recall. The lawsuit follows upon a NY Times op-ed from last week by Erwin Chemerinsky and Aaron Edlin,… Continue reading
Bernie Grofman: “How Best to do Prison Population Data Reallocation, i.e., How Best to Mitigate Prison Gerrymandering?”
The following is a guest post from my UCI colleague Bernie Grofman:
There are now eleven states that committed to using data on past home addresses of prisoners and locating them for redistricting purposes not in the prison but… Continue reading
2021 Election Law Teacher Database Now Available
You can download it at this link.
What new census data tell us about Pa.’s politics: More influence for Philly and Latinos, and a shrinking white vote
From Jonathan Tamari and Jonathan Lai at the Philadelphia Inquirer: An interesting in-depth analysis of the potential political consequences of demographic changes in Pennsylvania—sadly, behind a firewall.
Two key points beyond the headline:
“Philadelphia and suburban Bucks, Chester, Delaware,… Continue reading
“Protect Democracy Joins Defamation Suit Against Project Veritas: Right-Wing Group Maliciously Lied About a PA Postmaster In the Aftermath of 2020 Election”
Release:
Today, a Pennsylvania judge granted a postmaster’s motion to file an amended complaint in a lawsuit filed against the rightwing video production house Project Veritas and several individuals. The lawsuit concerns a series of defamatory videos, maliciously produced and… Continue reading
“Emails: Senior DOJ officials wrangled over baseless Trump voter fraud allegations”
Politico:
During Donald Trump’s final weeks in office, top Justice Department officials wrangled over how the FBI should handle a particularly wacky voter fraud allegation promoted by the then-president and his allies. Unreleased emails obtained by POLITICO show just how… Continue reading