KTVH: Republican governor Greg Gianforte on Monday signed two bills that eliminate voter-registration on Election Day in Montana and tighten ID requirements for voting and voter-registration.Gianforte, accompanied by bill sponsors and Republican Secretary of State Christi Jacobsen, who supported the … Continue reading
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USA Today: Three Democratic lawmakers are pressing Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett to recuse herself from one of the court’s highest profile cases this term because of her ties to the conservative nonprofit that filed the appeal. A foundation associated with Americans for … Continue reading
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NYT: A major coalition of Black faith leaders in Georgia, representing more than 1,000 churches in the state, will call on Tuesday for a boycott of Home Depot, arguing that the company has abdicated its responsibility as a good corporate … Continue reading
NYT: A dozen megadonors and their spouses contributed a combined $3.4 billion to federal candidates and political groups since 2009, accounting for nearly one out of every 13 dollars raised, according to a new report.The report, produced by Issue One, a … Continue reading
Gerald Seib for the WSJ: But if what business leaders are doing in the political arena is pretty obvious, why they’re stepping into that arena is less clear.In part, this business activism is simply a sign of the times, and … Continue reading
McClatchy: North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooperand Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer have helped organize a bipartisan letter calling on businesses to speak out against a flurry of bills introduced across the country that would restrict voting access.The open letter, obtained by … Continue reading
You should read Gerry’s tribute to a great scholar of voting rights, which begins: Every once in a while in life, a rare person comes along who inspires you, educates you, and shows you how to be a genuine human … Continue reading
Looking forward to this, from the Georgetown Center for the Constitution: To register, please click the “register” button on the top right of the page or fill out the following form. Hosted by the Georgetown Center for the Constitution and cosponsored … Continue reading
Great news for our country about co-blogger Justin Levitt: LMU Loyola Law School Professor Justin Levitt, a nationally recognized scholar of constitutional law and the law of democracy, has been appointed White House Senior Policy Advisor for Democracy and Voting Rights by … Continue reading
The following is a guest post from Eric McGhee, Jennifer Paluch, and Mindy Romero: The pandemic forced a lot of states to consider expanding access to voting by mail (VBM) in a way they hadn’t before to lower the risk … Continue reading
WaPo: Congress’s pursuit of an independent investigation into the Jan. 6 insurrection is facing long odds, as bipartisan resolve to hold the perpetrators and instigators accountable erodes, and Republicans face sustained pressure to disavow that it was supporters of former … Continue reading
Roll Call: Some of America’s most prominent corporations infuriated Republicans in Congress earlier this month when they protested a Georgia law setting state voting rules. The longtime alliance between the GOP and business seemed on the verge of cracking up. But … Continue reading
NYT: Yet as the Senate prepares to begin work on a sweeping voting rights and elections overhaul bill, the two parties are bitterly divided over a proposal to restructure the enforcer of campaign finance rules, a central plank of the … Continue reading
Ian Millhiser for Vox: The Supreme Court will hear a major case on April 26 that could fundamentally alter the Court’s approach to laws requiring political organizations to disclose their donors — a change that could make it much easier … Continue reading
Adam Liptak for the NYT: No other member of the Supreme Court joined Justice Thomas’s opinion urging it to revisit the foundational 1964 libel decision, and Judge Silberman’s dissent was widely criticized. J. Michael Luttig, a former federal appeals court judge … Continue reading
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NYT: Republicans who were the most vocal in urging their followers to come to Washington on Jan. 6 to try to reverse President Donald J. Trump’s loss, pushing to overturn the election and stoking the grievances that prompted the deadly … Continue reading
NYT: Months after the inauguration of President Biden, One America News Network, a right-wing cable news channel available in some 35 million households, has continued to broadcast segments questioning the validity of the 2020 presidential election.“There’s still serious doubts about … Continue reading
Ariane de Vogue for CNN: Five months after the presidential election and nearly 100 days into President Joe Biden‘s term, the Supreme Court is still considering whether to take up a case related to voting rights in the battleground state of Pennsylvania.So far, … Continue reading
Quite a story: A former Spanish teacher in North Carolina, Noel Fritsch has in recent years built a career as a conservative operative with a history of involvement in Republican campaigns and far-right causes across the country.Described by a political news … Continue reading
Cincinnati Enquirer: A progressive group published a draft of an Ohio election overhaul that would eliminate a day of early voting, require more forms of identification to vote early in person and allow drop boxes only during a statewide emergency. However, Rep. Bill Seitz, … Continue reading
The Democratic commissioners issued a statement on the 3-3 deadlock. … Continue reading
The Atlantic: If president Joe Biden wants to vote by mail next year in Delaware, he’ll have to provide a valid reason for why he can’t make the two-hour drive from the White House back to his polling place in Wilmington. … Continue reading
NPR: Three weeks after it was signed into law, local election officials in Georgia are still trying to understand all the implications of the state’s controversial election overhaul.In a series of interviews, election officials said that while the Republican-led measure has some … Continue reading
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WaPo: As the Capitol was overrun on Jan. 6, armed supporters of President Donald Trump were waiting across the Potomac in Virginia for orders to bring guns into the fray, a prosecutor said Wednesday in federal court.The Justice Department has … Continue reading
Helen Air: The Montana Senate voted down a bill on Wednesday that would have restricted absentee ballot collection in Montana, with some Republicans joining Democrats who opposed the measure as creating an unnecessary barrier for mail-in voting.House Bill 406 sought to outlaw a … Continue reading
Politico: Most House Republicans who objected to the certification of President Joe Biden’s victory saw their small-dollar fundraising rise in the first three months of this year compared to the same quarter in 2019, in the latest indication that Republicans … Continue reading
WaPo: The nearly 2.1 million ballots cast in Maricopa County, Ariz., last fall are currently packaged in 40 cardboard shrink-wrapped boxes and stacked on 45 pallets in a county facility in Phoenix known as “the vault,” due to its sophisticated security and … Continue reading
He’s right that President Biden and other Democrats have overstated the suppressive effects of the law, but he understates many other aspects of the law, which will make it harder for some people to vote. … Continue reading
AP: The nation’s next big voting battle is underway in Texas, where Republicans are trying to outlaw 24-hour polling places and drive-thru voting as options, and to make it a crime for elections officials to mail unsolicited absentee ballot applications.All … Continue reading
Von Spakovsky at hearing. Oh my god this happened to Hans Von Spakovsky in Pennsylvania’s election hearing before the legislature this morning I am dying pic.twitter.com/23kisRQLea— Jessica Huseman (@JessicaHuseman) April 15, 2021 … Continue reading
Electionline: While the 2020 election may have been the most secure election in our nation’s history, mis/disinformation leading up to November 3, 2020 and most certainly in the days and weeks that followed has plagued elections officials.“Election officials continue to face an … Continue reading
Reihan Salam in the Atlantic: As it stands, the For the People Act aims to encourage small donations to congressional campaigns by providing a sixfold federal-government match to donations of $200 or less. Congressional candidates who opt in to this … Continue reading
Axios: Political advertising has quickly begun to migrate over to connected TV (CTV), or digital and streaming television, according to new data.Why it matters: “If the current trends of explosive growth in CTV viewership continue, we could see a tipping … Continue reading
TPM: The Biden administration slapped Konstantin Kilimnik, an assistant of Paul Manafort and alleged Russian spy, with sanctions on Thursday as it escalated economic measures against Moscow.In announcing the move, the Treasury Department suggested that Kilimnik gave internal Trump campaign … Continue reading
Tierney Sneed for TPM: As the global pandemic required election officials to drastically rethink how voting would work in 2020, philanthropic groups stepped up and contributed millions of dollars that paid for much of the changes needed to election infrastructure. … Continue reading
Chandler Davidson, a leading scholar of American voting rights, has passed away. Here is a notice from Rice University. Gerry Hebert will be offering a remembrance that I will post when ready. Condolences to his family and friends. … Continue reading
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NYT: Amazon, BlackRock, Google, Warren Buffett and hundreds of other companies and executives signed on to a new statement released on Wednesday opposing “any discriminatory legislation” that would make it harder for people to vote.It was the biggest show of … Continue reading
Tampa Bay Times: DeSantis’ own John Hancock has undergone a transformation during his time in government, as demonstrated by 16 of his signatures compiled by the Tampa Bay Times from publicly available sources between 2008 and now. Gov. Ron DeSantis’ signature variations … Continue reading
NYT: The Capitol Police had clearer advance warnings about the Jan. 6 attack than were previously known, including the potential for violence in which “Congress itself is the target.” But officers were instructed by their leaders not to use their … Continue reading
WaPo: On Wednesday, Clarke will appear at a Senate confirmation hearing as President Biden’s nominee to lead the Justice Department’s civil rights division. She is poised to become the first woman confirmed to helm what former attorney general Eric H. … Continue reading
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Larry Norden and Gowri Ramachandran for Slate. … Continue reading
Steven Rosenfeld: National disability rights organizations are urging the Senate to revise the massive House-passed election reform bill to allow an internet-based voting option for their constituents, who represent one-sixth of the national electorate, and to recognize online voting as a federally … Continue reading
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April 13, 2021 | 2:00 PM EST Join Election Law Journal for an exciting panel discussion led by Editor-in-Chief David Canon and featuring the nation’s leading experts on election administration and election law. This free event will delve into the critical issue of how … Continue reading