“Third-party and independent candidates for president often fall short of early polling numbers”
Super interesting analysis at Pew Research Center.
Election Law Academics Update
Here’s my yearly roundup of election law academic hires, promotions moves, visits, accolades:
Ellen Aprill is Senior Scholar in Residence at the Lowell Milken Center for Philanthropy and Nonprofits at UCLA (and continues as the John E Anderson Professor in Tax… Continue reading
“Fixing Texas’ ballot secrecy problems won’t be easy, experts say”
“An Alabama Town’s New Mayor Was Locked Out. 3 Years Later, He Will Return.”
NYT:
Nearly four years after Patrick Braxton won the mayoral election for the small town of Newbern, Ala., in November 2020, he could soon get to serve his first term.
Mr. Braxton said in a lawsuit that, after he won… Continue reading
“America needs a bigger House”
In the Detroit News, I have this op-ed with Michigan state representative Andrew Fink. It begins:
Michigan’s population grew by 2% in the last decade and now has more than 10 million inhabitants. But those Census figures couldn’t stop… Continue reading
“New Pro-Trump Super PAC Quietly Spends Millions on G.O.P. Ground Game”
NYT:
Republicans have quietly formed a new super PAC that is preparing what appears to be a significant push to persuade former President Donald J. Trump’s voters to vote early or by absentee ballot.
The group, America PAC, was created… Continue reading
On the Fulton County certification lawsuit
Rick H. posts the Washington Post story about the lawsuit from an official trying to guarantee the right to refuse to certify election results in Fulton County, Georgia. I confess, I have a somewhat different reaction to the litigation, a… Continue reading
“Where’s Mr. Postman? The Struggles of Voting by Mail in Indian Country”
New article by Torey Dolan in the Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review.
“Democrat Loses Primary to Alleged Republican Imposter”
Newsweek:
A former Republican voter appears to have defeated Democrat Mondaire Jones in the left-wing Working Families Party’s primary for New York’s 17th Congressional District.
As of 8:55 a.m. ET on Wednesday, ex-GOP backer Anthony Frascone led Jones 244… Continue reading
“From Barriers to Ballots: Identifying and Reducing Voting Barriers for Young People”
New University of California white paper by Laura Wray-Lake, Chris M. Wegemer, Ryo Sato, Leslie Ortiz, and Amy Wong.
5th Edition of “The Connection: Strategies for Creating and Operating 501(c)(3)s, 501(c)(4)s, and Political Organizations”
Now available from the Alliance for Justice.
Supreme Court Publishing Snafu Leads to Early Publication of Draft in Idaho Abortion Case Ending the Stay and Dismissing Case as Improvidently Granted; Some Thoughts on Justice Barrett’s Draft Concurrence
Unlike the Dobbs leak, this seems inadvertent. Bloomberg scoop:
The US Supreme Court is poised to allow abortions in medical emergencies in Idaho, according to a copy of the opinion that was briefly posted on the court’s website.
The… Continue reading
“Trump trusted more than Biden on democracy among key swing-state voters”
WaPo:
President Biden and his Democratic allies have cast his reelection campaign as a battle for the country’s survival, warning that a second Donald Trump presidency would present an existential threat to American democracy.
In speeches and campaign ads, Biden… Continue reading
Must-read WaPo: “Trump allies test a new strategy for blocking election results”
WaPo:
When a member of Georgia’s Fulton County Board of Registration and Elections refused to join her colleagues as they certified two primaries this year, she claimed she had been denied her right to examine a long list of election… Continue reading