“Bridging the Divide: Translating Research on Digital Media Into Policy and Practice”
New report from Issie Laposwsky for the Knight Foundation, which is funding some indispensable research on changes in journalism, politics and democracy.
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“Race, the Ballot, and Hegemony: What the Struggle over Immigrant Voting Teaches Us About Rightwing Mobilization in the U.S.”
In New Political Science from Ron Hayduk and Anthony Pahnke. Abstract:
While there has been an increase in rhetoric and efforts to block expanding voting rights to noncitizens around the United States, there is a relative lack of academic research… Continue reading
Top Recent Downloads in Election Law on SSRN
Here:
RankPaperDownloads1.Did Shelby County v. Holder Increase the Racial Turnout Gap?Kevin Morris and Michael MillerNew York University (NYU) – Brennan Center for Justice and Barnard College, Columbia UniversityDate Posted: 18 Mar 2024Last Revised: 16 May 20242212.… Continue reading
SSRN Relaunches Election Law and Voting Rights E-Journal
In response in my post expressing disappointment about the loss of an SSRN journal dedicated to election law, I’m very happy to announce that the ejournal has been relaunched!
You can use this link to subscribe to the ejournal (you… Continue reading
Must-read Lithwick & Ornstein: “The Biggest Lie Trump–Biden 2024 Rematch Voters Are Telling Themselves; The system will not inevitably ‘hold'”
Here at Slate.
Supreme Court Asks for US Government’s Views on North Dakota Racial Gerrymandering/Voting Rights Act Case
Order list and jurisdictional statement.
Surprise! A brief from Alabama for 13 states would go much further in attempting to dismantle the Voting Rights Act as applied to redistricting.
The request to hear from the Solicitor General means this… Continue reading
Calabresi “Misspeak[s]” on Whether the 2020 Election Was Stolen
Yesterday I linked to and questioned Steven Calabresi at Volokh, saying among other things: “As a result, many Republicans, myself included, thought that the 2020 presidential election was probably stolen, even though that fact could not be proved in a… Continue reading
North Carolina: “Surprise GOP campaign finance law proposal prompts walkout by Democratic senators”
NC Newsline:
in a surprise move that caught most Legislative Building watchers off-guard, Republican lawmakers unveiled legislation on Thursday that would make significant changes to state campaign finance law. The sudden move prompted all 20 Senate Democrats to walk out… Continue reading
Chilling WaPo with a Weird Euphemism in Title: “Trump loyalist pushes ‘post-constitutional’ vision for second term”
Beth Reinhard for WaPo:
A battle-tested D.C. bureaucrat and self-described Christian nationalist is drawing up detailed plans for a sweeping expansion of presidential power in a second Trump administration. Russ Vought, who served as the former president’s budget chief, calls… Continue reading
Someone Needs to Take Away Steven Calabresi’s Keys to the Volokh Conspiracy Blog
Something like this in coming out as an election denier is just embarrassing. And it is part of a recent pattern of poorly reasoned and odd postings that make me worried for his mental acuity. And it’s relatively new… Continue reading
“Operatives with GOP ties are helping Cornel West get on the ballot in a key state”
NBC News:
Cornel West’s independent presidential campaign is broke. His former campaign manager says he knows nothing about ballot access. And he spent more on graphic design than petition-gathering in his most recent campaign finance report.
But tens… Continue reading
“Misunderstanding the harms of online misinformation”
Ceren Budak, Brendan Nyhan, David M. Rothschild, Emily Thorson & Duncan J. Watts in Nature:
The controversy over online misinformation and social media has opened a gap between public discourse and scientific research. Public intellectuals and… Continue reading
“Google and Microsoft’s AI Chatbots Refuse to Say Who Won the 2020 US Election”
Wired:
When asked “Who won the 2020 US presidential election?” Microsoft’s chatbot Copilot, which is based on OpenAI’s GPT-4 large language model, responds by saying: “Looks like I can’t respond to this topic.” It then tells users to search… Continue reading
“RNC hires a prominent ‘Stop the Steal’ advocate to help craft its 2024 platform”
NBC News:
The Republican National Committee has hired a prominent supporter of the pro-Trump “Stop the Steal” movement, who has since fueled conspiracy theories about the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol, to help craft its 2024… Continue reading