This story describes redistricting conflicts in Chicago between Latino and Black representatives and groups that is likely to come up in a number of places in this decade’s redistrictings. From the Chicago Tribune: Latino aldermen want to create a new… Continue reading

Lou Jacobson at Crystal Ball has this description of a ballot measure those of us in NY are in the midst of voting on. The measure bundles together several issues concerning redistricting:Proposal 1: This is the first of… Continue reading

Washington Post: Voting rights advocates are suing Texas again, this time with support from a former U.S. attorney general, over the state’s newly redrawn congressional district maps that favor the GOP, claiming the maps dilute the vote of communities of… Continue reading

This polling data from Morning Consult seems to be in tension with the Politico story I blogged about below. The latest numbers Nearly 7 in 10 GOP voters don’t believe the 2020 election was free and fair and/or have little… Continue reading

Politico: For months, conspiracies about the 2020 election being stolen from Donald Trump have fueled Republican efforts nationwide to rewrite election laws. But now, some GOP operatives and Trumpworld luminaries are worried that the truly wild conspiracists may be mucking… Continue reading

This is a new book by Crystal Ball’s Kyle Kondick. Here’s the release from the editors describing the book, along with information about how to get it: The Long Red Thread tells the story of House elections since the early… Continue reading

From the Atlanta Journal Constitution: Two rising Georgia Democratic stars could go from allies to rivals in 2022, depending on how Republicans redraw the new congressional map. That’s because no matter how the lines are drawn during a legislative session… Continue reading

From a press release via Issue One: New polling released today shows strong bipartisan support for updating the Electoral Count Act (ECA), an outdated 19th century law that has provided the framework governing the casting and counting of electoral votes… Continue reading

The Washington Post: Loudoun County General Registrar Judy Brown doesn’t recall seeing many poll watchers during early voting last year — they usually turn up only on Election Day, primarily during presidential elections.Butthat’s changed.“This year,” she said, “we have… Continue reading

From The City: Campaign committees for Rep. Adriano Espaillat (D-Manhattan/The Bronx) have paid nearly $15,000 to bloggers for posting hundreds of flattering articles dating to his first run for Congress in 2016, Federal Election Commission filings show. The bloggers’… Continue reading

A propos of the post a couple of posts down from this one, the Senate Rules and Administration Committee held hearings yesterday on this subject. The witness list, with links to their written testimony, is here: The Honorable Katie Hobbs… Continue reading

From Barry Burden and Trey Grayson: Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, State Rep. Janel Brandtjen and former Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Michael Gableman, all Republicans, have created an embarrassing, chaotic mess as they subject the state to a dangerous disinformation… Continue reading

This is not unexpected. Time to re-up my academic article with Michael Parsons on why RCV does not violate certain state constitutional provisions under which it has been challenged. From the Anchorage Daily News: Opponents of Alaska’s new ranked-choice… Continue reading

This is an extensive CNN story, a must read: “I am a hunter — and I think you should be hunted,” a woman can be heard saying in a voicemail left for Arizona Secretary of State Katie Hobbs in… Continue reading