From Politico: Election officials feel besieged by conspiracy theorists and fear that a lack of support for their work is going to squeeze experts out of the field, according to a new poll.The survey from the Brennan Center for Justice,… Continue reading

Politico: A federal judge will review 111 emails that attorney John Eastman, a key ally in then-President Donald Trump’s attempt to overturn the 2020 election, has sought to shield from congressional investigators. U.S. District Court Judge David Carter determined… Continue reading

Reuters: Texas legal regulators have asked a judge to discipline attorney Sidney Powell for filing lawsuits they say were frivolous in support of former President Donald Trump’s false claims of election fraud. The disciplinary action is a major development in… Continue reading

NPR: A grand jury in Colorado has indicted Mesa County Clerk and Recorder Tina Peters and her deputy on counts related to election tampering and misconduct….The 10 counts against Peters include: attempting to influence a public service, criminal impersonation, conspiracy… Continue reading

From Politico: The Supreme Court turned away the GOP redistricting challenges on Monday, largely on procedural grounds. But at least four justices embraced the “independent legislature” theory to some degree, which would consolidate power over election administration in key states… Continue reading

Amber Philips has a good explainer at the Washington Post, here, on the independent state legislature doctrine.

Washington Post: A federal judge said late Monday that the Justice Department cannot charge Jan. 6 defendants with obstructing Congress’s certification of President Biden’s 2020 election victory unless the defendants tampered with official documents or records in the attack… Continue reading

From the Albany Times Union: Dozens of Rensselaer County workers and others have been served with federal grand jury subpoenas as part of an intensifying FBI investigation that’s examining the filing of absentee ballots in elections over the past two… Continue reading

That’s 10,000 votes that were fumbled. From the Texas Tribune: With counting holdups and missed ballots marring what amounted to a low-turnout election,Harris County’s election administrator has announced she is resigning amid pressure from local leaders of both political… Continue reading

At the Washington Post: The United States right now has four political parties stuffed into a two-party system — and that’s increasingly a big problem for the country….There is nothing new or inherently bad about America having a two-party system… Continue reading

Politico: Democrats’ most at-risk senators want to transform the artist formerly known as “Build Back Better” into an inflation-buster, just in time for the midterms. It’s a gambit that could jump-start President Joe Biden’s stalled domestic agenda by helping… Continue reading

More support for my view that small donors — particularly those from outside a candidate’s jurisdiction — are fueling extremism: Midway through a white nationalist’s conference in Orlando last month, one speaker drew applause calling for gruesome violence against “traitors”… Continue reading

NYT: Enrique Tarrio, the former leader of the Proud Boys, has been charged with conspiring with other top lieutenants of the far-right nationalist group to attack the Capitol last year, according to an indictment set to be released on… Continue reading

From the Seattle Times: The nonpartisan chair of Washington’s redistricting commission resigned Monday, lashing out at Democratic leaders for refusing to defend legislative maps drawn by the commission from a legal challenge. Sarah Augustine announced her resignation at the end … Continue reading