Will Pelosi add Kinzinger …
… to the January 6 select committee? Reports are that she might.
All posts by Ned Foley
Trump on tape about Jefferson & 1800 election
It’s fascinating to hear Trump talk about the historical example that Bruce Ackerman and David Fontana wrote about in their article, Thomas Jefferson Counts Himself into the Presidency. One could rehash how that precedent should be characterized (a point… Continue reading
Collateral damage from ersatz audits
Another state is afflicted with Arizona’s problem: a county’s voting machines have been decertified, because they became ensnared in a pseudo-audit that “was not transparent or bipartisan” (as Pennsylvania’s acting Secretary of State determined). What’s the county going to… Continue reading
Brennan Center Updates Report
Voting Laws Roundup: July 2021. I saw this just after posting on Politfact’s caution on the need to be nuanced when characterizing these new state laws. To the Brennan Center’s credit, this July update prominently states up front: “The… Continue reading
Nuanced Analysis of New Laws
Kudos to Politifact for this careful and detailed explanation of the degree to which the new state laws on voting make it harder to vote in those states.
Their analysis makes clear that they considered only the issue of retrogression:… Continue reading
Bloomberg Investigates Voter Fraud
Bottom line from nationwide deep dive: “the findings illustrate a lack of evidence to back up claims of widespread cheating.”
“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]