“Bridgegate” in SCOTUS
Tomorrow, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear argument in Kelly v. United States. The Hill has this story, and Amy Howe’s SCOTUSblog preview is here. At issue in the case are the convictions of an aide to… Continue reading
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Federal Court Orders New York State to Include Names of Inactive Voters at Polling Places
U.S. District Judge Alison J. Nathan issued the order in Common Cause N.Y. v. Brehm on Friday. The Gothamist has this story, and Lawyers’ Committee this press release.
The order follows a four-day bench trial in October. From… Continue reading
SCOTUS Denies Cert in SEC Pay-to-Play Case
Bloomberg on today’s order in N.Y. Republican State Comm. v. SEC, a First Amendment challenge to SEC Rule 2030, which regulates “placement agents” who solicit government business after making campaign contributions.
Can Election Rules Be Changed After the Election?
That’s what the Oregon state legislature is alleged to have done in the strange and fascinating case of the City of Damascus, in which a petition for review is pending before the Oregon Supreme Court. It’s been called the undead … Continue reading
“Digital Threats on 2020 Elections”
NPR interview with Siva Vaidhyanathan. An excerpt:
MARTIN: So moving forward in 2020, as where we sit right now – obviously, it’s an election year in the United States. And I assume most Americans are very interested and concerned in… Continue reading
Bloomberg Open to Spending $1 Billion to Elect A Democratic President
NYT: “Michael R. Bloomberg on Saturday did not rule out spending a billion dollars of his own money on the 2020 presidential race, even if he does not win the Democratic nomination, and said he would mobilize his… Continue reading
“North Carolina Republicans make last-minute plea to keep voter ID photo requirement”
AP:
North Carolina Republican lawmakers made a last-minute plea on Friday to a federal judge as they seek to save a photo identification requirement to vote that had been set to begin with the March primary.The GOP legislative leaders… Continue reading
“Why are felons in Minnesota stripped of their voting rights?”
Star Tribune:
Minnesota is one of 18 states where felons may not vote until they complete post-incarceration supervision, such as probation or parole. Others, like Michigan and Indiana, automatically restore those rights upon release from prison….Last fall, the American… Continue reading
“‘Online and vulnerable’: Experts find nearly three dozen U.S. voting systems connected to internet”
NBC:
[A] team of election security experts say that last summer, they discovered some systems are, in fact, online.“We found over 35 [voting systems] had been left online and we’re still continuing to find more,” Kevin Skoglund, a senior… Continue reading
“Fact check: Are California Republicans having voter registration changed without consent?”
SacBee: ” Assemblywoman Melissa Melendez, R-Lake Elsinore, is echoing inaccurate sentiments spread within conservative circles across the state that California elected officials are purposefully disenfranchising Republican voters by switching them to no party preference without consent.”
Breaking: SCOTUS Grants Cert in Political Robocall Case
Here is the order list showing the grant in Barr v. American Association of Political Consultants. The question presented in the cert petition (minus citations):
The Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991 (TCPA), Pub. L. No. 102-243, 105 Stat.… Continue reading
“‘Chaos Is the Point’: Russian Hackers and Trolls Grow Stealthier in 2020”
Must-read report in today’s NYT:
The National Security Agency and its British counterpart issued an unusual warning in October: The Russians were back and growing stealthier.Groups linked to Russia’s intelligence agencies, they noted, had recently been uncovered boring into… Continue reading
“U.S. Probes If Russia Is Targeting Biden in 2020 Election Meddling”
Bloomberg Politics: ” U.S. intelligence and law enforcement officials are assessing whether Russia is trying to undermine Joe Biden in its ongoing disinformation efforts with the former vice president still the front-runner in the race to challenge President Donald… Continue reading
Muller Op-Ed: “California’s election rules make it hard to hold politicians accountable”
In today’s LA Times:
[A]ll [California] primary elections, including for members of Congress, will take place in March. California is now an outlier — all but eight states hold congressional primaries much closer to the general election, often in… Continue reading