“A majority of GOP nominees – 299 in all – deny the 2020 election results”
The Washington Post reports. Yikes.
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New Report from the Brennan Center
The Brennan Center for Justice at NYU Law has published “Voting Laws Roundup: October 2022,” their latest roundup of state voting and election laws, and “Restrictive Voting Laws Enacted Since 2020 in Effect for the Midterms,” a… Continue reading
“Money flowing to some election deniers sets off scramble in secretary of state races”
CNN reports.
“Election officials confront a new problem: Whether they can trust their own poll workers”
Article in Politico sounding the alarm about 2020 election deniers and far right candidates encouraging like-minded individuals to become poll workers (not poll watchers, poll WORKERS) and engage in behavior that is problematic, to say the least. This development could… Continue reading
“Who’s Bankrolling Election Deniers?”
Issue One has a new report out that shows that election-denying secretary of state candidates have collectively raised more than $12 million for their campaigns this election cycle — including more than $5.8 million raised by election deniers who prevailed in… Continue reading
“The Supreme Court Might Be on the Brink of Making Corruption Easier – Again”
Important article by Michael Linhorst in The New Republic on Percoco v. United States, a political bribery case that the Supreme Court will hear this term. While the other election law cases on the docket have monopolized much of the… Continue reading
“Political spam is out of control. Now Gmail is about to make it worse.”
Read the article, courtesy of The Washington Post.
“Talk of ‘Civil War,’ Ignited by Mar-a-Lago Search, Is Flaring Online”
According to this article in The New York Times, in the hours after the FBI seized documents from Mar-a-Lago, social media saw a marked increase in posts that mentioned “civil war,” a trend that has only escalated in recent weeks.… Continue reading
“Election Deniers in U.S. Push Idea That Brazil’s Voting Was Tainted”
The New York Times has the story here.
“The Ongoing Electoral Efforts to up the Anti-Democratic Ante”
Important New Yorker article on the difficulties that election administrators face going into the midterm elections. Election administration has been a challenge because of newly enacted voting restrictions enacted by Republican-led legislatures and, importantly, the enforcement of some of those… Continue reading
Ned Foley discusses the history of election denials and disputes on the “History Behind News” Podcast.
The conversation, with host Adel Aali, is available on Apple, Spotify, Google, or at this link.
“There is Absolutely Nothing to Support the ‘Independent State Legislature’ Theory”
Must read article by Judge Luttig in The Atlantic on the independent state legislature theory. Judge Luttig argues that there is nothing in the text or structure of the Constitution that insulates the decisions of state legislatures, regarding the times,… Continue reading
Supreme Court declines to hear Pennsylvania Redistricting Case raising ISL theory
The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to hear Costello v. Carter, which involved a challenge to Pennsylvania’s court approved congressional map. The Pennsylvania Supreme Court adopted the map after a deadlock between the Republican legislature and the Democratic governor. Notably,… Continue reading
“Alabama GOP chairman made the photo ID he used to vote”
You can’t make this up.