CAP Fund Event on July 20: “Democracy at Work: How States Are on the Front Line of Protecting the Right to Vote”
With Stacy Abrams, John Podesta, and Ari Berman. Details here.
All posts by Dan Tokaji
“Four States Start Inquiries Into Recurring Donation Tactics of Both Parties”
NYT:
Four state attorneys general have begun looking into the online fund-raising practices of both political parties, specifically seeking information about the use of prechecked boxes to enroll contributors in recurring donation programs that spurred a wave of fraud… Continue reading
Monday’s Congressional Hearing on the Elections Clause
On Monday at 1:00 ET, the House Administration Committee will hold a hearing on “The Elections Clause: Constitutional Interpretation and Congressional Exercise.” It will conducted virtually. You can find a witness list and view the livestream at this link.… Continue reading
“The Revenge of John Roberts”
Rolling Stone: “Combined, the AFPF and Brnovich decisions continue the Roberts court’s decade-plus track record of undermining the hard-fought voting laws enacted during the Civil Rights Movement and the anti-corruption reforms passed in the aftermath of the Watergate scandal.… Continue reading
“Brnovich v. DNC, The Supreme Court, and Voting Rights”
A We the People podcast from NCC, featuring Rick H, Ilya Shapiro, and Jeffrey Rosen.
“Toyota stops donations to election objectors after PAC takes ads out against company”
Detroit News:
Toyota Motor Corp. will no longer donate to members of Congress who voted against certifying the 2020 election in January, the company said Thursday, after facing blowback over corporate contributions….Like many other companies, Toyota announced it would… Continue reading
“Texas Republicans renew efforts to pass voting restrictions in special session”
WaPo:
[Governor] Abbott has made clear that “election integrity” is a top priority, and Republicans filed bills in the House and Senate that include many of the same voting provisions they sought to enact earlier in the year.The new… Continue reading
DNC to Spend $25 Million on Voter Outreach and Litigation
NYT:
Facing an onslaught of state-level ballot restrictions and gridlock in Congress over voting rights legislation, the White House detailed a multimillion-dollar plan on Thursday to register voters and fight voter suppression.In a speech at Howard University, Vice President… Continue reading
Brennan Center: “Partisan Election Review Efforts in Five States”
From the new report’s intro:
More than seven months after Arizona officials certified the 2020 presidential election results, the state senate’s ongoing partisan review of Maricopa County’s results has received national attention. But what’s happening in Arizona is not… Continue reading
“Trump’s Election Lies Are Taking Over Republican Senate Races”
Vice News:
Most of the GOP front-runners in key Senate races are clinging to the lie that Trump actually won the 2020 election, seeking to out-Trump one another to win the GOP base. In the process, they run the… Continue reading
Judge Tatel and Shelby County
Today’s excellent WaPo story on Judge David Tatel has this background on his opinion for the D.C. Circuit in Shelby County v. Holder:
In 2012, a significant case landed with Tatel and his colleagues over a central provision of the… Continue reading
“Ranked-choice voting worked in New York. More places should use it.”
Charles & Fuentes-Rohwer on Brnovich
Guy Charles and Luis Fuentes-Rohwer in the Atlantic:
The Court’s opinion in Brnovich is deeply problematic, but not because the majority reached the wrong result. Reasonable people can disagree as to whether the specific electoral rules at issue—the wrong-precinct… Continue reading
“Noncitizens Are Slowly Gaining Voting Rights”
Pew on legislation allowing noncitizens to vote in two Vermont cities, as well as efforts in Illinois, DC, and elsewhere.