Don't miss our December 1st webinar, Recent Developments in Election Law: The Independent State Legislature Theory, Voter Suppression masquerading as Election Reform, and Efforts to Curb Partisan Gerrymandering. Click here to register.<https://netforum.avectra.com/eweb/DynamicPage.aspx?Site=IMLA&WebCode=EventDetail&evt_key=023ed006-7d2e-4faa-9f99-30fe81e362ef> The U.S. Supreme Court's conservative supermajority has added Moore v. Harper to its docket for the term beginning this October, leading many court observers to ask whether the majority may be on the verge of adopting a radical theory that only state "legislatures" can make decisions about federal elections and how to appoint electors, and that those decisions are insulated from review by state courts. This theory was a key point in former President Donald Trump's relentless efforts in literally scores of failed cases to undercut the validity of the results of the 2020 election. It is a theory grounded on the elections clause that holds state legislatures determine the "Times, Places and Manner" of federal elections, and that state legislatures under the presidential electors clause decide how to appoint electors to send to the Electoral College. Among the decisions that state lawmakers may want to make without anyone in state government to check them would be making it more difficult to register, reducing the number of polling places, eliminating early voting and reducing or even eliminating voting by mail. Contrary to Chief Justice John Roberts assurance in the 2019 decision in Rucho v. Common Cause that the Supreme Court had no role in deciding questions about partisan gerrymandering and that state courts could still police those issues and protect the fundamental rights of voters from partisan overreach, the stage may now be set for a majority of the Court, led by Justices Alito, Thomas and Gorsuch, to enlist at least two more Justices and adopt the independent state legislature theory, barring both federal and state judges from policing partisan gerrymandering and opening the door to allowing state legislatures - rather than American voters - to decide which electors are sent to the Electoral College under the Electoral Count Act. Moore v. Harper is a ticking time bomb that will likely be decided in plenty enough time for the 2024 Presidential Election. Speaker: Ben Griffith & Chris Balch Click here<https://imla.org/webinar-schedule/> for more details on the upcoming webinar calendar. If your office participates in our Kitchen Sink Subscription, you do not need to register separately. Your office will be sent log in information automatically. If you'd like to subscribe to Kitchen Sink, please click here<https://imla.org/kitchen-sink/>. Please let me know if you have any questions or I can be of any assistance! Caroline Storer Marketing Director P: (202) 466-5424 x7104 D: (202) 742-1384 [facebook icon]<https://www.facebook.com/InternationalMunicipalLawyersAssociation/>[twitter icon]<https://twitter.com/imlalegal>[linkedin icon]<https://www.linkedin.com/company/international-municipal-lawyers-association-inc./> [logo]<https://imla.org/> 51 Monroe St. Suite 404 Rockville, MD, 20850 www.imla.org<http://www.imla.org/> Plan Ahead! IMLA's 2023 Mid-Year Seminar<https://imla.org/seminars/>, April 21-24, 2023 in Washington, D.C.! IMLA's 2023 Annual<https://imla.org/annual-conference/> Conference, Sept. 27-Oct. 1, 2023 in La Quinta, CA! Check out our On-Demand webinar library<https://netforum.avectra.com/eweb/shopping/shopping.aspx?site=imla&webcode=shopping&cart=0&shopsearchCat=Merchandise&productCat=Webinar> with 100+ webinars at your fingertips!