All posts by Derek Muller

“Virginia Thomas urged White House chief to pursue unrelenting efforts to overturn the 2020 election, texts show”

March 24, 2022, 2:41 pmelection subversion risk, electoral collegeDerek Muller

Bob Woodward and Robert Costa in the Washington Post: Virginia Thomas, a conservative activist married to Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, repeatedly pressed White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows to pursue unrelenting efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election… Continue reading

“Trump sues Hillary Clinton, others over 2016 election he won”

March 24, 2022, 2:41 pmelection subversion riskDerek Muller

Felicia Sonmez and Matt Zapotosky in the Washington Post: Former president Donald Trump on Thursday filed a lawsuit against former secretary of state Hillary Clinton, the Democratic National Committee and others, alleging that they “maliciously conspired to weave a false… Continue reading

“Bill easing access to absentee voting in Connecticut wins final passage”

March 24, 2022, 10:24 amabsentee ballots, election administrationDerek Muller

Connecticut Public Radio: A bill that would allow out-of-town commuters and caretakers of the disabled or chronically ill to vote by absentee ballot won final legislative passage Wednesday on a 30-4 vote in the Senate.The measure stops short of… Continue reading

“Lawsuit seeks to block ‘insurrectionist’ Marjorie Taylor Greene from reelection bid”

March 24, 2022, 10:23 amballot access, election administrationDerek Muller

Jan Wolfe at Reuters: A group of Georgia voters on Thursday asked state officials to block Republican U.S. Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene from running for reelection, alleging she is unfit for office because of her support of rioters who… Continue reading

“Maricopa County’s vote-counting machines were not connected to internet, independent review finds”

March 24, 2022, 10:22 amelection administrationDerek Muller

Arizona Republic: Maricopa County’s vote-counting machines were not connected to the internet during the 2020 election, an independent review has found, further undercutting claims by former President Donald Trump and his allies that the results were “rigged.”A trio of… Continue reading

White House Report of the Interagency Steering Group on Native American Voting Rights

March 24, 2022, 6:38 amlegislation and legislatures, Voting Rights ActDerek Muller

PDF here. From the White House Fact Sheet: Since their first days in office, President Biden and Vice President Harris have prioritized strengthening our democracy and taken steps to protect voters from the current efforts to suppress the… Continue reading

“Oklahoma Supreme Court hears arguments in Jim Inhofe special election challenge”

March 24, 2022, 6:33 amelection administration, Elections ClauseDerek Muller

Coverage in the Oklahoman: The Oklahoma Supreme Court on Wednesday heard oral arguments in a case challenging the timing of the special election to fill the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Jim Inhofe. Enid attorney Stephen Jones argues that because… Continue reading

“Ohio primary date debate continues”

March 24, 2022, 6:30 amredistrictingDerek Muller

Ohio Capital Journal: The debate over a court’s role in changing the primary date continues in responses submitted to the Ohio Supreme Court.Senate President Matt Huffman and House Speaker Bob Cupp flatly rejected the idea of a primary date… Continue reading

Supreme Court coverage roundup on Wisconsin Legislature v. Wisconsin Elections Commission

March 23, 2022, 2:25 pmredistrictingDerek Muller

Rick Hasen Bloomberg Milwaukee Journal Sentinel NBC News New York Times Wall Street Journal Washington Post

Mo Brooks: Trump asked me to “hold a new special election for the presidency”

March 23, 2022, 2:24 pmelectoral collegeDerek Muller

For Alabama.com, relaying this statement from Brooks: President Trump asked me to rescind the 2020 elections, immediately remove Joe Biden from the White House, immediately put President Trump back in the White House, and hold a new special election… Continue reading

BREAKING: Supreme Court says Wisconsin Supreme Court erred in interpreting Voting Rights Act and Equal Protection Clause precedents when adopting state legislative maps

March 23, 2022, 9:35 amredistrictingDerek Muller

The Court’s per curiam opinion in Wisconsin Legislature v. Wisconsin Elections Commission is here. Justice Sotomayor, joined by Justice Kagan, dissented. (More coverage to come later today.) The bottom line: We agree that the court committed legal error in… Continue reading

“As GOP lawmakers push for more election fraud charges, prosecutors find few cases”

March 23, 2022, 8:59 amelection administrationDerek Muller

Rosalind Helderman & Amy Gardner in the Washington Post: In Wisconsin, two local prosecutors in recent days have announced they will not file criminal charges over allegations that a bipartisan state elections commission broke the law by changing voting… Continue reading

“Abrams files lawsuit to use fundraising law meant to aid Kemp”

March 23, 2022, 8:59 amcampaign finance, campaignsDerek Muller

Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Democratic gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams filed a federal lawsuit Monday seeking court approval to use a law that gives Republican Gov. Brian Kemp a massive fundraising advantage in his reelection bid this year.The challenge asks the court… Continue reading

WaPo op-ed: “What if everyone voted? The case for 100 percent democracy.”

March 23, 2022, 8:59 amvotingDerek Muller

From E.J. Dionne Jr. & Miles Rapoport, based on their new book: The first step toward ending our voting wars is to recognize that every citizen should play a role in shaping our nation’s destiny.In the wake of changes… Continue reading