Courts Order RFK Jr. Off the Ballot in Michigan and North Carolina
Michigan
North Carolina
There may be further appeals.
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“Sec of State LaRose says it’s easy to vote in Ohio, but critics say he’s making it more difficult”
Ohio Capital Journal:
Secretary of State Frank LaRose is fond of saying that “it’s easy to vote and hard to cheat” in Ohio elections. But his recent — and not-so-recent — conduct seems to contradict both halves of that formulation,… Continue reading
“Robert F. Kennedy Jr. abandons plan to seek votes in uncompetitive states”
WaPo:
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the independent presidential candidate who recently endorsed Donald Trump, called on his supporters Thursday to vote for the Republican nominee no matter where they live, reversing instructions he gave two weeks ago when… Continue reading
En Banc Sixth Circuit Rejects Challenge to Federal Campaign Finance Rules Limiting Coordinated Spending Between Candidates and Parties, with Strong Hint SCOTUS Will Strike the Limits Down
I have been waiting for this issue to get back to the Supreme Court for a while, and this is just the vehicle that could get it there. I don’t expect the Court, if it considers the issue, to uphold… Continue reading
“Evidence in January 6 case against Trump could be released before election under new schedule”
CNN:
Judge Tanya Chutkan has set a schedule in the federal election subversion case against former President Donald Trump that will allow prosecutors to release never-before-seen evidence, such as grand jury transcripts, ahead of the presidential election.
The deadline for… Continue reading
“Pennsylvania voters can cast a provisional ballot if their mail ballot is rejected, court says”
AP:
A court decided Thursday that voters in the presidential battleground of Pennsylvania can cast provisional ballots in place of mail-in ballots that are rejected for a garden-variety mistake they made when they returned it.
Democrats typically outvote Republicans by… Continue reading
My Interview on NPR’s Here and Now: “Election expert: It will be harder for Trump to challenge the 2024 election”
You can listen here.
“Chutkan says 2024 election ‘not relevant’ in deciding Trump criminal case timeline”
Politico:
The imminent presidential election will have no bearing on the schedule of Donald Trump’s criminal proceedings for seeking to subvert the last one, U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan vowed Thursday.
“The electoral process and the timing of the election… Continue reading
“The Narrow Reach of Targeted Corrections: No Impact on Broader Beliefs About Election Integrity”
John M. Carey et al new paper in Political Behavior. Abstract:
Fact-checks have been shown to be effective in correcting specific false beliefs, but do they also cause people to update their broader views about the phenomenon in question? We… Continue reading
“Moore v. Harper, Evasion, and the Ordinary Bounds of Judicial Review”
David Gans, Brianne Gorod, and Anna Jessurun have posted this draft on SSRN (forthcoming, Boston College Law Review). Here is the abstract:
In Moore v. Harper, the Supreme Court confronted head on for the first time the so-called independent state… Continue reading
“Wisconsin voter ID law still causing confusion, stifles turnout in Milwaukee, voting advocates say”
Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel:
Nearly a decade ago, Wisconsin traded its designation as one of the easiest places to cast ballots for stricter voting rules that set off a still-ongoing debate over voter access.
The implementation of a state law that… Continue reading
Sept. 12 Safeguarding Democracy Project Webinar: “From Here to There: How States Can and Should Certify the Results of the 2024 Elections”
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Thursday, September 12, 12:15pm-1:15pm PT, Webinar
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Ben Berwick, Head of Election Law & Litigation Team & Counsel (Protect Democracy), Lauren Miller Karalunas, (Brennan Center for Justice), and Michael Morley (Florida State University… Continue reading
“GOP lawsuits set the stage for state challenges if Trump loses the election”
AP:
Despite the flurry of litigation, the cases have tended to be fairly small-bore, with few likely impacts for most voters.
“When you have all this money to spend on litigation, you end up litigating less and less important stuff,”… Continue reading
“Federal appeals court says Montana’s ‘double voting’ law is vague, redundant”
Daily Montanan:
A three-judge federal appeals panel said that a law passed by Republicans in the Legislature to eliminate double-voting, something already illegal, violates the U.S. Constitution, siding with a federal judge in Montana who stopped the law.
House Bill… Continue reading