From Politico: The Voting Rights Act of 1965 has been slowly whittled away over the last decade by the Supreme Court — and a case set to be heard in the fall could shrink the protections offered by the… Continue reading

From the NYTimes: The Wisconsin Supreme Court on Wednesday effectively handed the Republican-controlled State Senate broad authority over the composition of state boards and commissions, three and a half years into the term of a Democratic governor whose duties… Continue reading

From the NYTimes: When Lev Parnas was arrested in 2019, he was known mainly as a minor presence in Republican political circles: someone who traded on connections with allies of Donald J. Trump, including the president’s personal lawyer, Rudolph… Continue reading

From the NYTimes: Missouri overhauled its election rules on Wednesday, enacting a voter identification law similar to one the state’s highest court blocked two years ago and doing away with its presidential primary in favor of a caucus system.

From Jerry Goldfeder at the New York Law Journal (membership required): New Yorkers are about to vote from state Assembly districts that have been heldunconstitutional. After months of redistricting litigation throughout the country and here in ourstate as well, how… Continue reading

The following story is (behind a paywall) at the Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Subpoenas sent this month are seeking evidence of whether election conspiracy theorists gained unauthorized access to Georgia voting equipment and copied sensitive files in Coffee County after the… Continue reading

A Politico article by Stephen Shepard highlights efforts by Democrats in several primary races to influence the outcome of Republican primaries to boost far right candidates that they believe will be easier to beat in November: Tuesday’s races feature four… Continue reading

From the Brennan Center: While the Janu­ary 6 commit­tee has rightly focused on the crim­inal conspir­acy to over­turn the 2020 elec­tion, it is crit­ical to remem­ber that this threat is ongo­ing, and many of the people implic­ated continue to… Continue reading

WashPo: Republican primary voters in Colorado on Tuesday rejected three hard-line election deniers in statewide contests in favor of more moderate opponents — including a U.S. Senate contender who supports some abortion rights. The rebuke of the far-right hopefuls… Continue reading

NYTimes: As a practical matter, the court’s order ensures that congressional elections in Louisiana this fall will proceed under a map fashioned by Republican lawmakers, delivering a setback to Democrats, who face tight races in their bid to retain… Continue reading

From your blogger (+ sidekick) for the week: we are Bruce Cain & Emily Zhang.  Bruce needs no introduction; he’s been around long enough that Re-apportionment was still a puzzle before his days.  Emily is one of Bruce’s many students… Continue reading

Lots of interesting survey data to pour through from this piece in the Morning Consult about how the left and right perceive each other, but worth highlighting that “Democratic voters were most likely to overestimate the share of Republicans who… Continue reading

SF Chronicle (via the AP): Counties across Nevada on Friday certified the last outstanding results of the state’s June 14 primary election after critics questioned the tallies by describing their own experiences at the polls and repeating conspiracy theories that… Continue reading

WashPo: Oltmann, a businessman who gained a national profile on the far right after he claimed he had personal knowledge that the 2020 presidential election was rigged, is hardly a fringe figure. He now leads an influential and growing… Continue reading