All posts by Dan Tokaji

Google’s Request for an FEC Advisory Opinion on Political Spam

July 11, 2022, 5:51 amcampaign finance, UncategorizedDan Tokaji

Business Insider reports on the July 1 request, on which public comments are reportedly due July 16: Google wants to ease its Gmail spam filters when political candidates and committees email you for donations or otherwise try contacting you… Continue reading

“How Redistricting Gives Republicans New Political Power”

July 10, 2022, 7:45 amredistrictingDan Tokaji

WSJ: Republicans are favored to take control of the House in this year’s midterm elections, and redistricting has given them a built-in advantage that could span the next 10 years.The GOP is expected to net a handful of… Continue reading

“Can election denialism be a winning issue in November?”

July 10, 2022, 7:40 amelection administration, election subversion riskDan Tokaji

The Hill: A number of Republican candidates who have pushed dubious claims about the last election, or questioned the legitimacy of elections, are winning their respective primaries, raising questions about whether election denialism can be a winning issue in… Continue reading

More on Cipollone’s Testimony

July 10, 2022, 7:33 amelection subversion riskDan Tokaji

From NYT and Politico, on the roughly eight hours of closed-door testimony that the former WH Counsel provided to the House Jan. 6 committee on Friday. NYT reports: The panel recorded Mr. Cipollone on video with potential plans to… Continue reading

“The Fight Over Truth Also Has a Red State-Blue State Divide”

July 10, 2022, 7:31 amcheap speech, fraudulent fraud squadDan Tokaji

NYT: In the absence of significant action on disinformation at the federal level, officials in state after state are taking aim at the sources of disinformation and the platforms that propagate them — only they are doing so… Continue reading

Shareholder Resolutions on Political Spending

July 10, 2022, 7:27 amcampaign finance, lobbyingDan Tokaji

Harvard Law School’s Forum on Corporate Governance has this post, based on information from Institutional Shareholder Services, Inc., on shareholder resolutions regarding corporate political spending during the 2022 proxy season: More shareholder resolutions were filed in the 2022 proxy… Continue reading

“Trump considers waiving claim of executive privilege for Steve Bannon”

July 9, 2022, 7:10 amelection subversion riskDan Tokaji

WaPo: Former President Donald Trump is considering sending a letter to Stephen K. Bannon saying that he is waiving his claim of executive privilege, potentially clearing the way for his former chief strategist to testify before the House select… Continue reading

University of Maryland’s Program for Public Consultation

July 9, 2022, 6:11 amlegislation and legislatures, political polarizationDan Tokaji

NYT has this story on the University of Maryland School of Public Policy’s Program for Public Consultation, which has issued this report entitled “The Demand for Public Consultation.” Here’s the NYT’s summary of the program’s work: In simulations conducted… Continue reading

Cipollone’s January 6 Testimony

July 9, 2022, 5:40 amelection subversion riskDan Tokaji

Former WH Counsel Pat Cipollone spent over eight hours in closed-door testimony to the House Jan. 6 committee, according to Politico. Committee member Zoe Lofgren (D-CA) told CNN that Cipollone “did not contradict the testimony of other witnesses,” but… Continue reading

“ND Judge Won’t Throw Out Tribes’ Redistricting Suit”

July 8, 2022, 3:35 pmredistricting, Uncategorized, Voting Rights ActDan Tokaji

Law360: “A North Dakota federal judge on Thursday denied the state’s motion to dismiss a suit claiming its new legislative districts dilute Native Americans’ voting rights, ruling the tribes’ right to seek a remedy is embedded in case law.”… Continue reading

“How The Supreme Court Could Turbocharge Gerrymandering — Just In Time for 2024”

July 8, 2022, 9:18 amelection subversion risk, redistricting, Supreme CourtDan Tokaji

538 on Moore v. Harper: The independent state legislature theory is fewer than 25 years old, and for most of its life, it’s been relegated to the fringes of academia. But it was widely promoted by former President Donald … Continue reading

Director of Florida’s New Office of Election Crimes and Security

July 8, 2022, 8:50 amelection administrationDan Tokaji

Politico’s Florida Playbook has this report on Gov. Ron DeSantis’s appointee Pete Antonacci, described as “a skilled lawyer and former general counsel for [former Gov. Rick] Scott who once worked for Democratic Attorney General Bob Butterworth.”

“What a New Supreme Court Review May Mean for Albany’s Culture of Graft”

July 8, 2022, 8:39 ambribery, Supreme CourtDan Tokaji

NYT: “[I]in key rulings in the past dozen years, the U.S. Supreme Court narrowed the law governing corruption, resulting in the overturning of the convictions of at least three prominent former New York lawmakers. And with the court’s announcement… Continue reading

“Next Time Trump Tries to Steal an Election, He Won’t Need a Mob”

July 8, 2022, 8:16 amelection subversion risk, redistricting, Supreme CourtDan Tokaji

Jamelle Bouie’s NYT column: Last week, the Supreme Court announced it would hear arguments in Moore v. Harper, a challenge to North Carolina’s new congressional map.The long and short of the case is that North Carolina Republicans proposed a… Continue reading