“Inside the Republican legal blitz to sow election doubt: ‘The claims are garbage'”
Sam Levine for The Guardian.
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“Preliminary Injunction Entered in Justice Department Suit to Stop Alabama’s Systematic Removal of Voters from Registration Rolls”
“Elon Musk Might Have Broken the Law Against Bribing Voters. Whoops!”
I have written this piece for Slate. A snippet:
Federal law has long prohibited providing payments or making expenditures to induce voting, whether or not those inducements are limited to those who might vote for a particular candidate. The… Continue reading
“Right-Wing Activists Pushed False Claims About Election Fraud. Now They’re Recruiting Poll Workers in Swing States.”
ProPublica:
Right-wing strategists still talk about what happened in Detroit in 2020, when poll watchers stood outside the absentee ballot counting center, banging on windows and shouting “Stop the count!” Conspiracy theories swirled that those volunteers had been kept out… Continue reading
“Online Political Spending in 2024”
New:
Political advertisers in the United States spent more than $619 million on the two largest digital ad platforms between the beginning of 2023 and the end of August of this year, according to a first-of-its-kind analysis jointly conducted… Continue reading
Votebeat Investigation of Arizona County Rejection of Mail-In Ballots for Signature Mismatches Finds Fault in Use of Signatures Captured on Electronic Pads at DMV, Hurts Younger, Older Voters
Great Votebeat investigation:
That’s especially true in Maricopa County, the largest county in Arizona and a focal point of false claims about election fraud. Under a more stringent review process, the number of ballots rejected in the county for… Continue reading
“Trump Escalates Threats to Political Opponents He Deems the ‘Enemy'”
NYT:
With three weeks left before Election Day, former President Donald J. Trump is pushing to the forefront of his campaign a menacing political threat: that he would use the power of the presidency to crush those who disagree… Continue reading
“Nebraska Supreme Court Orders Elections Officials to Let Thousands of Nebraskans with Felony Convictions Vote”
Release via email:
The Nebraska Supreme Court issued a ruling today that orders elections officials to let Nebraskans with past felony convictions vote.
The decision stems from a lawsuit challenging Nebraska Secretary of State Robert Evnen’s directive ordering county elections officials… Continue reading
Elon Musk’s Latest Offer of Free Admission to Hear His Speech in Exchange for Having Voted in Pennsylvania Likely Violates Federal Prohibition on Vote Buying
Here is what Elon Musk tweeted last night:
This is likely illegal, because in a federal election one cannot give anything of value in exchange for someone agreeing to turn out to vote. It is not necessary to offer that… Continue reading
“Georgia won’t count ballots by hand on election night, judge rules”
AJC:
A judge stopped a planned hand count of ballots on election night in Georgia, ruling Tuesday that it would create “administrative chaos” if poll workers were required to conduct the manual review without being trained.
Fulton County Superior Court… Continue reading
“Big Money Flowed to Pro-Trump Groups in the Past Three Months; Three people — Elon Musk, Miriam Adelson and Dick Uihlein — put a combined $220 million into groups supporting Donald J. Trump in July, August and September.”
“Dark Money: Can Billionaires Buy Elections in America?”
Podcast with Ciara Torres-Spelliscy and Brody Mullins, interviewed by Adam Smith.
“More Than 165 Lawsuits Are Already Shaping the 2024 US Presidential Election”
Very helpful and detailed analysis by Bloomberg of the shape of litigation today.
My anecdotal sense so far is that while the volume is high, the substantive significance and chances of success of many of the late filed suits is… Continue reading
ELB 6:2 The United States Electoral College and Fair Elections (Fishkin, Hollis-Brusky, Muller)
Welcome to Season 6, Episode 2 of the ELB Podcast:
Why do we have the Electoral College and is its use justified today?
Why do Democrats and Republicans think differently about the Electoral College?
Does the Electoral College make it… Continue reading