No Labels co-founder warns against No Labels’ impact on presidential race
William Galston with an op-ed in the WSJ.
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“The Impact of COVID-19, Election Policies, and Partisanship on Voter Participation in the 2020 U.S. Election”
New from Paul Herrnson and Charles Stewart:
The COVID-19 pandemic had the potential to wreak havoc on elections. Democracies initiated varied policies to minimize health risks to voters and election workers. This study assesses the impact of voting policies,… Continue reading
“A Critical and Historical Analysis of Ohio’s Post-Millennium Regression to Major-Party Monopoly”
New in the Hastings Constitutional Law Quarterly, from Capital’s Mark Brown: a review of recent ballot access battles in Ohio. I suspect there’s even more to add to the “major-party monopoly” argument if you add the legislature’s all-out gerrymandering… Continue reading
Two election-related state budget stories
In New York, the new public financing system (with a 6-1 match for small local contributions) gets some cash.
And in Florida, DeSantis’s election investigations office gets a 20% increase (though not the 280% increase DeSantis requested).
Two important discussions on Wednesday next week
On May 10, Minnesota’s Humphrey School of Public Affairs is hosting The Profession of Democracy: Election Administration and State Associations.
Elections administrators, the people who referee our democracy, are literally and figuratively under threat. Long hours, harassment, malicious open… Continue reading
You’re stuck with me until Sunday…
… but starting Monday, Prof. Tabatha Abu El-Haj will be your faithful guide through the election law wilderness. Please send tips her way!
“Dianne Feinstein Has to Act”
The NYT editorial board joins a drumbeat.
More Moore
The Court has asked for another round of briefing on what the heck should happen in Moore v. Harper, the current vehicle for the “independent state legislature” challenge, now that the North Carolina Supreme Court has said that the… Continue reading
“Iowa Democrats’ plan: Hold 1st caucuses, report votes later”
Huh?
Iowa Democrats are proposing a novel way to get around their demotion from the leadoff spot on the party’s presidential nominating calendar: They would still put on the first-in-the-nation caucuses but would be open to withholding the results until… Continue reading
“The Election Deniers’ Playbook for 2024”
The Brennan Center summarizes 14 tactics facilitating election subversion, and the ways that they’ve manifested in 2022 and 2023.
“Judicial activist directed fees to Clarence Thomas’s wife, urged ‘no mention of Ginni’”
WaPo reports:
Conservative judicial activist Leonard Leo arranged for the wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas to be paid tens of thousands of dollars for consulting work just over a decade ago, specifying that her name be left… Continue reading
“Latin American election influence operation linked to Miami marketing firm”
Reuters reporting on Reuters reporting, leading to a Meta investigation of an alleged political misinformation-for-hire firm – apparently operating mostly in Latin America.
“WA passed a ‘Voting Rights Act 2.0’ bill. Here’s what’s in it”
Crosscut reviews adjustments to Washington’s state Voting Rights Act. These state VRAs are likely to become increasingly important – and as a bonus, are often more amenable to tweaks and updates than federal laws seem to be.
“Advocates in Florida clamor for a fix for the formerly incarcerated who want to vote”
NPR offers a reminder that Florida has said that individuals with past convictions can’t vote until they pay off all associated fines and fees, and has been increasingly aggressive about prosecuting missteps … but still has no single system for… Continue reading