NC Newsline: “Republican senators passed controversial bills that would make it harder for people who vote by mail or sign up to vote during early registration periods and have their ballots count. “They seek to restructure the state Board… Continue reading

Postal Service’s commemorative stamp of John Lewis.

It’s a good thing that this public proceeding is being recorded, because I suspect one could teach a whole variety of law school classes using it, if one wishes. Here’s the link for the livestream: calbar.zoom.us/j/97985435232

Votebeat Texas. At the same time, Houston Chronicle reports: “Gov. Abbott signs bills targeting Harris County elections, triggering legal showdown” (behind paywall).

Wendy Underhill of NCSL. ‘ERIC is “the best tool available for catching people who have moved,” said Charles Stewart.’ (Read on for more details and quotes from others.)

The Jolt from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. “The report detailed vulnerabilities that could allow a hacker to change votes. A separate, simultaneous report found the risk of hacking to be remote, given standard safety procedures used by election officials. The dueling… Continue reading

The Hill. The potential three-way race between incumbent Sinema as an independent, Gallego as the Democrat, and Lake as the Republican, is reason to consider alternative forms of Ranked Choice Voting, including the Total Vote Runoff procedure. The existing plurality-winner… Continue reading

Burgess Everrett in POLITICO: “Manchin doesn’t see a No Labels run the same way most Democrats do. In an interview, he questioned the assumption that it would inevitably be a spoiler for Democrats.”

The Hill: “A Monmouth University poll found 30 percent think Biden won because of voter fraud, a result that “has been a nearly constant percentage” in the polling since the presidential election in November 2020. That figure includes 68… Continue reading

ABC News: ‘As part of their probe, Georgia Elections Board investigators interviewed a social media user who “admitted he created a fake account and confirmed the content that was posted on the account was fake,” the new report said.… Continue reading

Kyle Cheney in POLITICO: “Bar authorities say Eastman’s scheme began after basic legal challenges to the election results failed to influence the outcome — despite Trump’s repeated efforts to sow false claims of election fraud. Eastman spent much of… Continue reading

NC Newsline (via Electionline). “The Southern Coalition for Social Justice and Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP asked the court to declare the law unconstitutional on Fourteenth Amendment grounds.” The suit cites the specific history of law, dating back to 1877… Continue reading

Mark Neisse in the Atlanta Constitution-Journal. “The board concluded that Fulton, a bastion of Democratic voters, made significant corrections to election operations over the past two years during a performance review started by Republican state legislators under a voting law… Continue reading

A NY Times explainer. A couple of additional points on this. First, the article states: “Mr. Debs ran for the Socialist Party in 1920 and received about 3 percent of the vote.” True, but it might be worth noting also… Continue reading