Watch Archived Video of My Conversation with Joshua Sellers and Mark Updegrove at James Baker Institute About Legal Issues Facing the 2024 Election
Our panel is the first after the introductions in this YouTube recording of the event.
Category Archives: The Voting Wars
“One year out: how a free and fair 2024 presidential election could be under threat”
Deep dive by Zachary Roth:
The last time America elected a president, it led to a deadly assault on the U.S. Capitol and a failed coup that gravely damaged the political system and marred the peaceful transfer of power for… Continue reading
“Republicans Will Encourage Voting Before Election Day”
Walter Olson at Cato:
A more systematic benefit is that campaigns can save money and target their resources more effectively if supporters vote early. If a household is already recorded in the state database two weeks before Election Day as having… Continue reading
Wisconsin: “Senate Republicans fire elections chief, setting the stage for a legal fight heading into the 2024 elections”
Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel:
Fueled by lingering outrage over the 2020 election within the Wisconsin GOP, Senate Republicans voted Thursday to fire the state’s top election official — a move that catapulted Wisconsin’s election agency into a legal battle over who oversees… Continue reading
We’ve Issued a Major New Report, “24 for ’24: Urgent Recommendations in Law, Media, Politics, and Tech for Fair and Legitimate 2024 Elections”
Back in March, the UCLA Law Safeguarding Democracy Project held a conference, Can American Democracy Survive the 2024 Elections?
Following the conference some of the participants met as an ad hoc committee to consider recommendations in law, politics, media, and… Continue reading
Wisconsin: “Senate elections committee votes against keeping elections chief Meagan Wolfe”
Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel:
Republicans who control the state Legislature took a step Monday toward firing Wisconsin’s top election official, setting the stage for a court battle over who leads this battleground state’s system of elections just months before voters begin casting… Continue reading
“Houston-area elections office dismantled as contentious Texas law takes effect”
CNN:
The election administrator’s office in Texas’ most populous county – Harris County, which is home to Houston – has been dismantled to comply with a new state law passed by Republican legislators that officially takes effect Friday.
The law,… Continue reading
“After long legal battle, voter ID arrives in NC. But could it be gone again by 2024?”
WRAL:
After a decade of false starts — and millions of dollars spent fighting over the issue at the ballot box and in the courtroom — North Carolina voters are now required to show photo identification to cast a ballot… Continue reading
“Why Tribalism Took Over Our Politics”
WSJ:
Ahead of his arrest on Thursday in Georgia, Donald Trump repeatedly told his supporters about the legal peril he faced from charges of election interference. But the danger wasn’t his alone, he said. “In the end, they’re not coming after… Continue reading
“Virginia becomes the latest state to leave nonpartisan election security pact”
NBC News:
Virginia formally withdrew from an election information-sharing pact Thursday, becoming the latest state under Republican control to leave the nonpartisan program, which became the subject of conspiracy theories surrounding the 2020 presidential election.
“Virginia’s resignation from ERIC is… Continue reading
“The 2020 Election Fueled a Crisis of Democracy. Voters Fear a Repeat in 2024.”
WSJ:
Americans are worried there will be another electoral crisis in 2024 because the aftermath of 2020 continues to reverberate through the nation’s politics.
Many Republicans refuse to acknowledge Joe Biden’s 2020 victory, saying they have lost faith in… Continue reading
“16 States Made It Harder To Vote This Year. But 26 Made It Easier.”
538 rounds up changes in state voting laws so far this year:
Two years ago, the biggest battles in state legislatures were over voting rights. Democrats loudly — and sometimes literally — protested as Republicans passed new voting restrictions… Continue reading
“‘Suppression’ or No, Most Voting‐Law Changes Don’t Alter Partisan Outcomes”
Walter Olson at Cato on the Grimmer/Hersh paper. Here’s a key point made by Olson, which I tend to agree with: “[M]any old ideas about who votes for which party are no longer useful. ‘Voter suppression’ narratives often rest… Continue reading
“North Carolina elections at risk of chaos with Legislature’s proposed overhaul”
NBC News:
North Carolina lawmakers are considering not only a spate of new election restrictions but also a major overhaul of state and county-level election boards, alarming advocates who say some of the proposals could grind the state’s democratic… Continue reading