Ellen Katz has posted this draft on SSRN. Here is the abstract:
The U.S. Department of Justice sent a letter to the Texas Governor and Attorney General that claims four Texas congressional districts violate the Voting Rights Act and the… Continue reading
Carolina Journal:
Three Republican members of the North Carolina Court of Appeals issued the April order that blocked a lower court ruling favoring Democratic Gov. Josh Stein in a dispute over state elections board appointments.
Appeals Court rules blocked release… Continue reading
Democracy Docket:
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has said it intends to contact all 50 states about their compliance with federal voting law, a national association of state election officials told Democracy Docket.
“As states recently began to receive… Continue reading
They disagree on the merits of Bost’s position, but this filing at the Supreme Court supporting standing for Rep. Bost is still notable.
See also this interesting amicus brief from Professor Michael Morley.
The Guardian:
The Department of Justice has asked several large California counties to provide detailed personal information of non-citizens who got on to the state voter rolls, an unusual request that comes as the Trump administration has asked about a … Continue reading
NYT:
The conservative group Project Veritas this week dropped its yearslong libel lawsuit against The New York Times.
The lawsuit accused The Times of defamation for an article published in 2020 that reported that researchers from Stanford University and… Continue reading
Post-Gazette:
With just weeks left in a grueling Democratic primary election that could shape Pittsburgh’s future, mayoral challenger Corey O’Connor’s dominant lead was slipping away as the incumbent seized the momentum.
With help from progressive supporters, Mayor Ed Gainey ramped… Continue reading
Release:
A landmark report to be released on June 18 by the Robert J. Dole Institute of Politics and the Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the United States Senate finds that local election administrators consistently lack sustained funding, adequate… Continue reading
NYT:
If Texas lawmakers follow through on President Trump’s call to redraw state congressional maps to help the Republican Party, New York leaders say they want to be ready to respond in kind.
Democrats in the State Assembly and Senate… Continue reading
Press release via email:
The Transparent Election Initiative, a Montana organization, today released the public draft of a historic constitutional amendment that takes direct aim at Citizens United—and the corporate and dark money it unleashed into Montana’s politics. The amendment… Continue reading
NYT:
The largest super PAC backing House Democrats is creating a new fund with upward of $20 million to target congressional Republicans in Texas if legislators there follow through on plans to redraw district lines to eliminate Democratic seats ahead… Continue reading
I’m back at the helm, except for next week, when Nick is on.
I so appreciate the work of my fellow bloggers, which frees me to do other writing and travel over the summer.
Thanks all!
Via Politico:
“I don’t think it’s doable. I think there are too many constitutional constraints,” said Bruce Cain, a Stanford political scientist who was deeply involved as a staffer in the partisan gerrymanders from a prior era of California politics.… Continue reading