The Committee on House Administration, chaired by Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), has released its majority-staff analysis of current problems with the Electoral Count Act and a series of seven proposed reforms.  The report is a good start and endorses… Continue reading

I’m gratified to see that Fareed Zakaria, in his current special on the challenges democracies currently face, is picking up my views on the rise of political fragmentation and the risks it poses: On the anniversary of January 6, as… Continue reading

The claim that it has is the basis for this WSJ piece: The ban has been a rallying point among the former president’s supporters. And while Mr. Trump’s poll ratings remain more negative than positive, public opinion about the former… Continue reading

Karen Tumulty at the Washington Post, here, is absolutely right to recognize the centrality of this theme in President Biden’s Jan. 6th speech. As I have been saying, eg here and here, President Biden has recognized the historic… Continue reading

More from Dave Wasserman, in this interview with WP’s Greg Sargent. Here’s the key line. Of course, the process is not complete yet, including litigation: Under the new maps, there might be a slight Republican bias still, but I think… Continue reading

Rick H. earlier linked to this report. I want to highlight a couple additional points, in part because Dave’s tweet a month or so ago about how Democrats might be strongly disadvantaged by voter-adopted redistricting commissions received a lot of… Continue reading

From Axios Sneak Peek: A top Republican is signaling his party isn’t necessarily opposed to joining with Democrats to clarify an existing federal law to reduce the potential for election subversion. Driving the news: While broader federal voting rights legislation… Continue reading

At the same time that Ned and I, along with Brad Smith and Michael McConnell, published our piece laying out a map for ECA reform, pieces from others on this are also increasingly coming out. David French, on this substack,… Continue reading

The Washington Post has published this essay from Ned Foley, Michael McConnell, Brad Smith, and me. An excerpt: We are scholars of election law who span the ideological spectrum but agree on two fundamental principles to help avert potential political… Continue reading

The Washington Post has this story, House Democrats begin preparing for the post-Pelosi era. I was struck, not surprisingly, by a number of the comments from House Democrats, particularly this one: There is one possible outcome of the leadership shuffle… Continue reading

Subheading: “A GOP county chairman tried to push back on the stolen election narrative. He had a difficult time persuading Trump supporters.” The Dispatch (subscription required) is publishing excerpts from this forthcoming book. Here’s the description of the book: The… Continue reading

Ruth Marcus from the Washington Post about an amicus brief filed in the Supreme Court in a pending campaign-finance case: The brief comes in a case involving Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Tex.), challenging an obscure provision of federal election law that… Continue reading

This is my latest NYT essay. It reflects ideas in this article, which is still a work-in-progress. An excerpt from today’s essay: We pay too little attention to delivering effective government as a critical democratic value. We are… Continue reading

The WSJ has a piece titled How the Capitol Riot Turned a Partisan Congress ‘Toxic’. This part of the piece, in particular, caught my attention. The comments — from lawmakers themselves — confirm my views on how the communications… Continue reading