Arizona pseudo-audit: key official un-quits
That’s one detail among many in this new Washington Post report. For more on the former Secretary of State’s decision to walk back his resignation: NBC, AZ Central.
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DOJ Task Force to Protect Election Workers
The Hill reports. Deputy AG Lisa Monaco: “We will promptly and vigorously prosecute offenders to protect the rights of American voters, to punish those who engage in this criminal behavior, and to send the unmistakable message that such conduct… Continue reading
Trump supporters paid for Arizona’s pseudo-audit
CNN reports: “The majority of the money has come from organizations tied to people aligned with former President Donald Trump and his false claims of a stolen election.”
“Georgia Republicans take first step to Fulton elections takeover”
Atlanta Journal Constitution reports. The article notes that Fulton County is “home to a tenth of all Georgians.” Under Georgia’s new law, “the State Election Board can replace a county’s election board following a performance review/audit/investigation. Then, a temporary… Continue reading
USA Today analyzes potential impact of Brnovich
Behind a paywall. A snippet:
“At a time when more than a dozen conservative states have enacted new voting limitations and no evidence of substantial fraud has emerged from the 2020 presidential contest, election law experts say the lower… Continue reading
1/6 Select Committee Still Planning Its Investigation
Politico reports: “Lawmakers on the Jan. 6 select committee describe their probe’s reach as still undefined.” For what it’s worth, I think it’s important to focus on whether–and if so how–the “Stop the Steal” organizers thought they were going… Continue reading
New details on Trump’s efforts to get Acting AG Rosen to assist his election subversion efforts.
Washington Post reports. We know Trump wanted to overturn the result of the election. What we don’t (yet?) know is the full extent of the lengths he went in this effort and whether anything he did crossed the line… Continue reading
More reports on DOJ warnings to states
A call for pro-democracy journalism
Margaret Sullivan in The Washington Post, explicitly invoking the work of Tom Mann and Norm Ornstein, calls for Big Media to reframe its approach: “The democracy beat shouldn’t be some kind of specialized innovation, but a widespread rethinking… Continue reading
Trump’s clout in a primary?
The spotlight moves from Texas to Ohio, as Politico explains.
Arizona “audit” update: GOP go-between quits
NBC: Arizona’s former Secretary of State, Ken Bennett, is resigning his role in supervising the Cyber Ninjas on behalf of the state senate. Having been shut out of the process, he announced: “I cannot put a rubber stamp on… Continue reading
Georgia may not be done revising its election laws
The Atlanta Journal Constitution reports. The Georgia legislature is thinking of new ways to strip power from the Secretary of State’s office, another apparent rebuke to Brad Raffensperger.
To be fair, the whole idea of elected partisans running elections… Continue reading
S1 v2: Senate revisits electoral reform
Washington Post reports on today’s meeting among Senate Democrats to bring forward new version of S1, the For the People Act, building upon Senator Manchin’s compromise proposal. There’s also the possibility of new provisions aimed at election subversion. But there’s… Continue reading
New DOJ warning on pseudo-audits & voting laws
The Department of Justice issued two documents today: one on federal laws applicable to the kind of outsourced “audit” that Maricopa County, Arizona has been conducting; the other providing “guidance” on various federal laws potentially applicable to the changes in… Continue reading