Tierney Sneed at CNN: Former Attorney General William Barr on Friday stood by his widely criticized comments before the 2020 election that mail voting was vulnerable to fraud, even as he condemned former President Donald Trump’s false post-election… Continue reading

I was glad to see the recognition in this Jamel Bouie piece of the important historical work of my former NYU student, Hayward Smith. As Hayward says in the piece quoted here, he first wrote about the independent state legislature… Continue reading

FRom Jessica Huseman at Votebeat: We’re back to exploring the truth about the Electronic Registration Information Center and explaining the important role ERIC has in securing elections. First we looked at why Louisiana seems to have suspended its participation in… Continue reading

From PA Capital Star: The law, known as Act 77, was declared unconstitutional in a 3-2 January decision by the state’s Commonwealth Court, as it ruled on two challenges to the law — one brought by the Republican lawmakers,… Continue reading

This is a deceptively important point. There are some who argue that the VP is required by the Electoral Count Act to refer to Congress any slate of purported electors that has been submitted to Congress. Pence took the position,… Continue reading

From Politico: A federal jury has acquitted two men of all charges in an alleged scheme to use straw donors to funnel nearly $2 million to various political causes including Hillary Clinton’s 2016 presidential bid and GOP House candidates… Continue reading

Wisconsin NPR: The Wisconsin Elections Commission is pushing back on a Republican-ordered report released this week that cast doubt on the 2020 election in Wisconsin, saying the review was full of misunderstandings and outright falsehoods.The report includes an assertion by… Continue reading

Provocative Jason Willick piece at the Wash Post: Where does Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. go to get his apology? His 2019 opinion that federal courts should stay out of partisan state gerrymandering battles was denounced at the time… Continue reading

The Des Moines Register is on top of this story: National Democratic leaders have drafted a proposal that could significantly reshape the party’s presidential nominating process and put an end to Iowa’s prized first-in-the-nation caucuses — a tradition that has… Continue reading

From The Nevada Independent: Republican-backed efforts to challenge Nevada’s electoral maps in court on the heels of redistricting are likely on ice for the 2022 election cycle. A decision by Senior District Judge Robert Estes during a virtual hearing Wednesday… Continue reading

Steve Rosenfeld at The Fulcrum reports on a forthcoming paper on turnout and mail-in voting: States that mailed a ballot to every registered voter in 2020’s presidential election saw voter turnout increase by an average of 5.6 percent, and turnout… Continue reading

Here’s your daily story from the Caspar (Wyoming) Star Tribune: The Donald Trump-endorsed crossover voting bill died Tuesday in the Wyoming House after it was not considered by a legislative deadline.The bill aimed to end same-day party affiliation changes, meaning… Continue reading

From the Financial Times. Sub-heading: “Companies are under pressure to speak out on a wide range of issues. Doing so while avoiding pitfalls will require them to rethink their approach to politics” Companies are “shell-shocked by the frequency of need… Continue reading

From Nate Cohn at NYT: In a departure from a decades-long pattern in American politics, this year’s national congressional map is poised to be balanced between the two parties, with a nearly equal number of districts that are expected… Continue reading