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Election Law Symposium this Thursday!

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The William & Mary Election Law Symposium is this Thursday, March 18th.  The Symposium is titled “Back to the Drawing Board: The 2010 Census and the Politics of Redistricting” and our expert panel will be discussing various topics related to the upcoming nationwide redistricting efforts.

The panelists include:

– Trevor Potter, John McCain’s General Counsel for the 2000 and 2008 campaigns, founding President and General Counsel of the Campaign Legal Center, and member of the Washington, D.C., based firm Caplin & Drysdale.

– J. Gerald Hebert,  Executive Director and Director of Litigation at the Campaign Legal Center, and former adjunct professor at Georgetown University Law Center where he taught courses on voting rights, election law, and campaign finance regulation.

– Jessica Amunson, associate at the Washington, D.C., based firm Jenner & Block where she is a member of the Election Law and Redistricting practice.

The discussion will be moderated by John Hardin Young, noted election lawyer featured in the movie “Recount,” Adjunct Professor at William & Mary Law School, and member of the Advisory Committee to the William & Mary Election Law Program.

The Symposium is set for March 18 at 3:30 PM at William & Mary Law School in Room 124 with a reception to follow at 5:00 PM.  The event is free and open to the public.

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California’s Citizens Redistricting Commission: Do it Yourself Gerrymandering!

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For too long, the joys of disenfranchising minorities and gerrymandering a district into irrelevancy have been selfishly hoarded by state legislatures. But in California, a group of 14 ordinary citizens will get the opportunity to draw the lines themselves, as members of California’s first Citizens Redistricting Commission.

The Citizens Redistricting Commission was created as a result of California’s citizen initiative process. California Common Cause, a nonpartisan organization for “open and accountable government”, proposed an amendment to the California Constitution that would take the task of redistricting out of the hands of the legislature and put it directly in the hands of the people.  That proposed amendment became Proposition 11, also known as the Voter First Initiative, and was voted on by the people of California in the 2008 general election.  Despite receiving support from a number of prominent figures, including Arnold Schwarzenegger and Michael Bloomberg, Prop 11 barely passed, receiving less than 51% of the vote. [Read more…] about California’s Citizens Redistricting Commission: Do it Yourself Gerrymandering!

Weekly Wrap Up

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Every week, State of Elections brings you the latest news in election law.

– The Indiana Supreme Court heard oral arguments today regarding that state’s 2005 law requiring a photo ID at the polls.

– An Idaho bill to require a photo ID at the polls has passed that state’s House.

– Over 31,000 Californians have applied to be members of that state’s Citizen Redistricting Commission.  In 2008, California voted to transfer the responsibility of redistricting from the legislature to a citizen’s committee.  This Citizen’s Committee is unique among the states and the upcoming redistricting session will be its first test.

– A Virginia bill that would have created a bipartisan panel to prepare redistricting plans for the legislature has been shot down in a house subcommittee.  The bill was proposed by Creigh Deeds, former candidate for Virginia governor, and passed unanimously in the state senate.

– The Justice Department is investigating the merger between voting machine manufacturers Diebold and Election Systems and Software.

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Weekly Wrap Up

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Every week, State of Elections brings you the latest news in election law.

– The Alabama House is considering a bill that would require voters to present a photo ID before voting.

– According to a Washington Post – ABC  poll, 80% of Americans oppose the Supreme Court’s ruling in Citizens United.  65% say they strongly oppose the ruling.

– Project Vote and Advancement Project,  two voter protection organizations, have filed a lawsuit against Virginia election officials for failing to provide access to rejected voter registration applications.  The organizations heard reports about unusually large numbers of rejected voter registration applications from Norfolk State University, a historically black college, and asked to review those applications to determine if qualified voters were being unlawfully rejected.  A Virginia law prohibits the disclosure of those records, and so the state refused to disclose the registration applications.  Project Vote and the Advancement Project believe that the Virginia law is a violation of the National Voter Registration Act.

– Hans A. von Spakovsky has posted an editorial discussing the recent redistricting lawsuit in Texas.   For a brief summary of the lawsuit, see our previous Weekly Wrap Up.

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Election Law Society Symposium!

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Every year, the William & Mary Election Law Society holds a Symposium to discuss a pressing election law issue.  This year is no different.  The Election Law Society is proud to announce its fourth annual Election Law Symposium, “Back to the Drawing Board: The 2010 Census and the Politics of Redistricting.”  Here’s the official blurb:

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Speakers at previous Election Law Symposiums have included Robert Bauer, President Obama’s personal attorney, longtime chief election lawyer for the Democratic Party, and current White House Counsel; Benjamin Ginsberg, previously chief counsel for the Bush-Cheney Presidential Campaigns and current partner at Patton Boggs LLP; Michael Toner, former Chairman of the Federal Election Commission and current head of the Election Law and Government Ethics Practice at Bryan Cave LLP, and numerous other distinguished speakers.

If you’re interested in coming or have questions you’d like asked to the panelists, please email us for more information at editor@stateofelections.com

http://stateofelections.pages.wm.edu/2010/02/17/election-law-society-symposium/

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