Bloomberg Investigates Voter Fraud
Bottom line from nationwide deep dive: “the findings illustrate a lack of evidence to back up claims of widespread cheating.”
All posts by Ned Foley
“The Democracy Constitution” proposal
Rick’s new essay on the length of House terms got me thinking about the project recently undertaken by the Democracy to draft a proposed whole new constitution for the United States. I don’t recall seeing mention of this project on… Continue reading
North Dakota must pay attorney fees, expenses in tribal voter ID lawsuits
Bismark Tribune:
An 8th U.S. Circuit of Appeals panel on Friday upheld a federal judge’s May 2020 order that the state pay $452,983.
The state in February 2020 agreed to settle longstanding legal disputes with Turtle Mountain Band of… Continue reading
House terms are too short
Rick Pildes in The NY Times makes a strong case on this point. As he acknowledges, however, a constitutional amendment to redress this problem seems out of reach for the foreseeable future.
Can House hardball end gerrymandering?
An ELB reader kindly pointed me to this piece. (Thanks for the tip.) Written by distinguished authors whom I greatly admire, the argument is in my view gravely mistaken.
First, let me try to summarize it fairly: the claim… Continue reading
You can’t have elections without election officials
CNN reports on the risk of “a mass exodus” among election administrators, threatening the ability to run elections in the future. A snippet:
“Everything I’ve heard from state officials and from locals is how unbelievably stressful it is, that they… Continue reading
“21st Century Jim Crow” or Electoral McCarthyism?
This op-ed in The Washington Post, by John C. Ackerman, an Illinois county clerk, argues that calling the new state laws that cut back on voting opportunities “21st century Jim Crow” is a “vilification campaign” aiming “to smear Republicans… Continue reading
Pelosi rejects Banks & Jordan for 1/6 committee
“Complaint alleges group funneled data from RNC to lawmakers”
AP reports on new filing with the IRS. [corrected link]
PA’s governor shifts on voter ID
Jonathan Lai of the Philadephia Inquirer has the details.
Update on DOJ & non-prosecution about census
Government Executive has corrected its story on DOJ’s decision not to prosecute Wilbur Ross, now noting that the decision not to prosecute was made in the previous administration. The original ELB post has also been updated to note this correction.
Tournament Elections with Round-Robin Primaries
I’ve posted a draft of this paper on SSRN. Here’s the abstract:
Round-robin voting uses ranked-choice ballots but calculates which candidates are most preferred by a majority of voters differently from instant-runoff voting. Like a round-robin sports competition, round-robin… Continue reading
7th Circuit affirms LVW’s NVRA suit against Indiana
Indiana’s voter purge law flunks its second test in the Seventh Circuit. Courthouse News reports on this decision.
Report on the Georgia hearing; what’s next?
Washington Post summarizes. Given the Republican non-participation, this doesn’t sound like an effective strategy to overcome a filibuster. USA Today reports that Senate Democrats, essentially abandoning S1, will turn instead to VRA reform “this autumn”; if true, this presumably… Continue reading