All posts by Dan Tokaji

“Indicted election deniers from several states are Republican Convention delegates”

July 18, 2024, 12:12 pmelection subversion risk, political partiesDan Tokaji

NPR: … GOP Arizona state Sens. Jake Hoffman and Anthony Kern, as well as Nancy Cottle [all Arizona delegates], are among the 18 people indicted by an Arizona grand jury for their roles in an alleged scheme to upend… Continue reading

“Ohio voter advocates warn group is making troubling challenges, ask Sec. of State to guide counties”

July 18, 2024, 6:18 amvoter registrationDan Tokaji

Ohio Capital Journal: Voting rights advocacy organizations are calling on the Ohio Secretary of State to create consistency within the county boards of elections when it comes to voter registration challenges. The urgency comes in particular because of one… Continue reading

“Growing number of US states target ‘prison gerrymandering’”

July 18, 2024, 5:44 amredistrictingDan Tokaji

Reuters reports that more than a dozen states and 200 localities have moved to end or change the practice of counting people where they’re incarcerated instead of where they’re from: “The Prison Policy Initiative (PPI), which has closely tracked and… Continue reading

“J.D. Vance Once Warned Trump About Lying About Elections. That Was Then.”

July 18, 2024, 5:18 amelection subversion risk, fraudulent fraud squadDan Tokaji

And this is now, according to the NYT: “As Mr. Trump’s running mate, the most consequential part of this journey may be his transformation from a critic of Mr. Trump’s false 2016 claims about election fraud to a defender… Continue reading

“DNC sticks with Biden virtual roll call, despite doubts that it’s necessary”

July 18, 2024, 5:12 amballot access, political partiesDan Tokaji

The Washington Post has the latest on this story: The Democratic National Committee pressed forward Wednesday with a plan to hold a virtual roll call to nominate President Biden for reelection during the first week of August, a process… Continue reading

Two Florida Voter Fraud Cases Live on after Appellate Reversals

July 18, 2024, 5:07 amfelon votingDan Tokaji

Miami Herald reports: Ronald Lee Miller, 59, and Terry Hubbard, 66, were two of the roughly 20 people targeted by Gov. Ron DeSantis’ election fraud office during a high-profile news conference in 2022…. [J]udges in Miami-Dade and Broward… Continue reading

“Global Perspectives on Judicial Politics and Democratic Backsliding”

July 18, 2024, 4:56 amauthoritarian threats in US, Supreme CourtDan Tokaji

A special issue of Law & Policy, edited by Michael Dichio and Igor Logvinenko. Here’s a description: This Special Issue “Global Perspectives on Judicial Politics and Democratic Backsliding” includes ten articles by fifteen scholars, providing an in-depth analysis of the… Continue reading

“Democrats aim to nominate president in first week of August, as some push Biden to quit the race”

July 17, 2024, 9:53 amballot access, political partiesDan Tokaji

From AP, the latest on this developing story: Democrats will look to hold a virtual vote to make President Joe Biden their party’s nominee in the first week of August, as Biden has rebuffed calls from some in… Continue reading

“Why it’s so hard to measure support for political violence”

July 17, 2024, 9:46 amauthoritarian threats in US, election subversion riskDan Tokaji

538: It’s true that, over the past few years, polls have shown increasing shares of Americans saying — in one way or another — they may be OK with political violence… When asked whether they agree with the statement,… Continue reading

Wilkinson on GOP Voter Fraud Claims

July 17, 2024, 9:43 amfraudulent fraud squad, voter registrationDan Tokaji

Francis Wilkinson in Bloomberg: “[A]rguably the most pervasive evidence of the GOP assault on democracy remains the party’s multi-front war on the franchise. The House of Representatives passed a bill last week that makes noncitizen voting illegal and requires… Continue reading

“In Vance, Trump finds a kindred spirit on election denial and Jan. 6”

July 17, 2024, 9:39 amelection subversion riskDan Tokaji

Washington Post: “Vance has said he would have used the vice president’s role overseeing the electoral count to recognize Trump electors from states the then-president didn’t win and that Congress ‘should have fought over it from there.’ That, he… Continue reading

House Democrats Protest Biden/DNC Plan to Run Out the Clock

July 17, 2024, 6:07 amballot access, political partiesDan Tokaji

WaPo reports on the backlash to DNC plans to hold a “virtual roll call” prior to next month’s convention, effectively reducing the time available to replace Biden as the party’s nominee: Democratic infighting erupted into new territory Tuesday as a… Continue reading

“Nevada county reverses controversial vote and certifies two recounts while legal action looms”

July 17, 2024, 6:04 amelection administration, election subversion risk, recountsDan Tokaji

AP: “The 4-1 decision overturns last week’s vote against certifying election recount results from June’s primary in the politically mixed swath of northern Nevada [Washoe County], which includes Reno. The rare move had potential implications for how the November … Continue reading

“Torrent of senators call for Menendez to resign — and one floats expulsion”

July 17, 2024, 4:59 ambribery, legislation and legislaturesDan Tokaji

Politico, on the fallout from Senator Menendez’s conviction yesterday on charges of bribery and acting as a foreign agent: After decades in public service, the longtime New Jersey Democrat is left with a pending sentence and a doomed reelection… Continue reading