From Ally Mutnick at Politico: Iowa legislators approved a new congressional map Thursday that largely maintains the status quo and gives Republicans a solid chance at winning all four of the state’s congressional districts next year.The proposal, crafted… Continue reading

From AZ Central: The Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission adopted drafts of new congressional and legislative district maps Thursday with only a few partisan disputes.The five-member Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission adopted the maps following a full-day meeting at the Sheraton… Continue reading

From Andrew Appel: Citizens with disabilities (and voters living abroad) must have the substantive right to vote—that’s the law.  Sometimes that turns into a demand for internet voting.  But as I wrote earlier this year, internet voting is dangerously… Continue reading

From The Bridge in Michigan: Michigan State Police launched a criminal investigation Thursday after election equipment at the center of a voting tabulator conspiracy theory went missing this week in a rural, conservative community.  Adams Township Clerk Stephanie Scott, a… Continue reading

WSJ explains its reasons for publishing Trump’s long letter repeating his false claims about the 2020 election: The progressive parsons of the press are aflutter that we published a letter to the editor Thursday from former President Trump, objecting to… Continue reading

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