“Bipartisan Wisconsin Elections Commission unanimously chooses Democrat as chair for 2 years”
Even small bipartisan steps upstream in the process of certifying legitimate elections are good bipartisan steps.
All posts by Justin Levitt
Parties in the process of closing up shop
Justin here.
Hi. As Rick mentioned, I’ll be your cruise director for the good ship Election Law Blog this week.
Send tips (to justin [dot] levitt [at] lls [dot] edu),
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“Trump’s mail-in ballot reversal: As he backs it, GOP lawyers are still fighting against it”
This USA Today piece highlights Republican efforts to tighten mail vote practices.
I’m quoted in the piece explaining a dynamic that I think extends well beyond mail-in voting. Most restrictions on voting practices – and particularly restrictions that may seem… Continue reading
Update on the DOJ’s Election Threats Task Force
States Newsroom with a states’-eye view on the federal efforts. Despite 17 charges to date, and hefty sentences in some of those cases, the wheels of justice necessarily turn slowly. And election officials are also not thrilled about the… Continue reading
“Democracy isn’t doomed”
Rob Richie‘s in the Washington Post this morning talking pollworker recruiting and participatory budgeting and, yes, ranked choice voting.
Good thing about that pollworker recruiting shoutout, too, because it’s a challenge this year.
“He Said He Was Ashamed of Storming the Capitol. Now He’s Running for Office.”
This NYT piece profiles the dynamics of a primary for a South Carolina House race, in a district without a major-party opponent.
“Far-right gains in EU election deal stunning defeats to France’s Macron and Germany’s Scholz”
EU parliamentary elections took place yesterday, with some significant wins by “far-right” parties — sufficiently significant in France to drive President Macron to dissolve the parliament and call a snap national election. (Counterpart: in Hungary, Prime Minister Orbán’s… Continue reading
“Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas accepted gifts worth millions of dollars over 20 years, analysis finds”
Analysis from Fix the Court says it adds up to $2.4 million between 2004 and 2023. Which CNBC has helpfully put into a bar chart.
“Trump raises millions in Newport Beach and Beverly Hills in post-conviction appearances”
The LA Times reports on the former President’s fundraising since the verdicts were announced.
No, Trump’s not losing his right to vote this fall.
Justin here. As the former President’s New York trial begins its denouement, I’ve fielded a growing number of questions about the application of felony disenfranchisement rules in the event that Trump were convicted. There’s vanishingly little chance that the former… Continue reading
“WV will NOT accept voter registrations collected by Biden Administration”
Justin here. The title of this post is the header of the email version of a press release issued earlier this week by the office of WV Secretary of State “Mac” Warner, currently running for governor.
I’m pretty sure the… Continue reading
“It Depends Who’s Doing the Jawboning”
I’ve got a new post up at Lawfare about a crucial piece missing from the discussion around Murthy v. Missouri, the SCOTUS case about jawboning the social media platforms. Plenty of the Justices had welcome real-world executive experience that came… Continue reading
New OMB race/ethnicity categories
Justin here. This is a really big deal: the federal government’s got new standards for collecting data on race and ethnicity.
The Office of Management and Budget has a sneak preview today of tomorrow’s update of “Statistical Policy Directive No.… Continue reading