“State of Election Administration Legislation 2024 Year-End Report: By the numbers”
Ballotpedia compiled some very interesting statistics on introduced and passed election-related bills in the states in 2024:
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“GOP Grabs Control of North Carolina Election Boards, Rushing to Negate November Losses”
Deep dive from Bolts.
ELB Book Corner: Justin Levitt: “The Census,” in The Oxford Handbook of American Election Law (Oxford University Press 2024)
I am very pleased to welcome to ELB Book Corner several contributors to The Oxford Handbook of American Election Law (Eugene D. Mazo ed. 2024). The 30% discount code for ELB readers is ALAUTHC4. The eighth and final contribution is… Continue reading
“Trump’s DOJ civil rights pick built her name antagonizing California Democrats”
Politico:
Donald Trump’s pick to lead the civil rights division at the Department of Justice built a national profile as the ultimate San Francisco contrarian — representing conservative college students at UC Berkeley, a Google engineer fired for opposing diversity… Continue reading
2024 Election Results Poster Now Available from Election Data Services
For the election geek in your life, it’s here.
Republican Party Suit to Blow Up Limits on Coordinated Spending Between Political Parties and Candidates Reaches the Supreme Court: I Expect They Will Take the Case and Further Deregulate Campaign Financing
When the en banc Sixth Circuit decided this case, I wrote: “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.… Continue reading
ELB Book Corner: Pamela S. Karlan: “Election Law and Gender,” in The Oxford Handbook of American Election Law (Oxford University Press 2024).
I am very pleased to welcome to ELB Book Corner several contributors to The Oxford Handbook of American Election Law (Eugene D. Mazo ed. 2024). The 30% discount code for ELB readers is ALAUTHC4. The seventh contribution is from Pam … Continue reading
“Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta Donates $1 Million to Trump’s Inaugural Fund”
WSJ:
Meta Platforms has donated $1 million to President-elect Donald Trump’s inaugural fund, the latest step by Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg to bolster his once-fraught relationship with the incoming president.
The donation, confirmed by the company, is a departure… Continue reading
“NC elections officials reject GOP request to throw out 60,000 votes. Races for Supreme Court, state legislature affected”
WRAL:
State elections officials on Wednesday denied efforts by the North Carolina Republican Party to throw out tens of thousands of ballots cast by voters in this year’s elections.
The GOP had launched its protests to aid its party’s… Continue reading
“Explainer: Lame-Duck Power Grabs in North Carolina and Beyond”
New from Derek Clinger at SDRI.
“State Battles Over Ranked Choice Voting Reveal Shifting Fault Lines”
CMD:
It’s been a bad year for advocates of ranked-choice voting reforms.
Legislatures in five states banned the reform outright, as did voters in Missouri. And voters in four states — Colorado, Idaho, Nevada, and Oregon — rejected referendums… Continue reading
“With protested override, NC lawmakers sap power from governor, attorney general, other incoming Democrats”
WRAL:
North Carolina Republicans will have new powers over elections, public schools, utilities and more under a wide-ranging new law that strips control from the governor, attorney general and other incoming Democrats.
Senate Bill 382, which became law Wednesday… Continue reading
ELB Book Corner: Mark C. Alexander: “The Campaign Lawyer,” in The Oxford Handbook of American Election Law (Oxford University Press 2024).
I am very pleased to welcome to ELB Book Corner several contributors to The Oxford Handbook of American Election Law (Eugene D. Mazo ed. 2024). The 30% discount code for ELB readers is ALAUTHC4. The sixth contribution is from Mark … Continue reading
Jaffer & Lakier: “The Supreme Court Must Intervene in the TikTok Case”
Jameel Jaffer and Genevieve Lakier NYT oped:
Last week, the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit upheld a federal law that threatens to shut down TikTok in the United States. The court’s most consequential conclusion: The First… Continue reading