Fredreka Schouten and Kelly Mena for CNN. … Continue reading
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Ciara Torres-Spelliscy oped. … Continue reading
Jane Timm reports for NBC News. … Continue reading
Melanie Mason for the LAT. … Continue reading
That’s the title the NYT gave my latest piece. I’ll include an excerpt here, though it’s a bit hard to excerpt this one because I raise reform proposals in four different areas: American democracy faces alarming risks from extremist forces … Continue reading
Amel Ahmed oped in the Washington Monthly. … Continue reading
The Guardian: A well-connected conservative group in Wisconsin nearly succeeded in forcing the state to kick nearly 17,000 eligible voters off its rolls ahead of the 2020 election, new state data reveals.The group, the Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty (Will), caused … Continue reading
‘This is so disappointing to see. … Continue reading
New oped by Laura Albert and Barry Burden in The Hill. … Continue reading
Politico: Donald Trump transformed these once-obscure officials into either the enemies — or the saviors, as most would have it — of American democracy. Now, campaigns for secretary of state are becoming the next major arena of nationwide political combat.Sitting … Continue reading
Jowei Chen and I have written this column for the Washington Post, exploring the implications of changing the unit of apportionment from all people to adult citizens only. The op-ed is based on our forthcoming article in the California Law … Continue reading
Craig Mauger for the Detroit News. … Continue reading
New oped in The Hill: In the wake of the horrific Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol — which was fueled by months of lies and conspiracy theories — election officials are left to pick up the pieces of our fractured … Continue reading
The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel reports. … Continue reading
You can find Justice Thomas’s opinion, dissenting from denial of cert. in two-Pennsylvania election cases, and Justice Alito’s separate dissent joined by Justice Gorsuch in the same cases, at this link beginning at page 25 of the pdf. The Court … Continue reading
WaPo: The state of Michigan and the city of Detroit have asked a federal judge to sanction attorneys who filed lawsuits that falsely alleged the November presidential vote was fraudulent, the first of several similar efforts expected around the country.An … Continue reading
Jane Mayer for the New Yorker. … Continue reading
Stateline reports. … Continue reading
From the summary: We asked our experts to assess 16 prominent reform proposals that aim to improve the quality of American democracy. Many of the proposals are drawn from the Our Common Purpose project that was coordinated by the American Academy of Arts … Continue reading
CNN: Republican state legislators and secretaries of state on Wednesday announced the creation of a commission that will look at election laws amid a push to curb expanded access to voting.The announcement from the Republican State Leadership Committee comes as … Continue reading
Brief: The narrow window in which legal disputes may be resolved following a presidential election weighs heavily in favor of applying the “capable of repetition” doctrine to resolve issues capable of reoccurring. Otherwise, non-legislative state actors may be emboldened in … Continue reading
Public Source: Allegheny County’s administration of the November 2020 election suffered from inconsistent poll worker training and public communication, among other errors, a new report showed. The county has not outlined plans to address the problems.“By putting an emphasis on … Continue reading
WaPo: A group of Democratic senators sent President Biden a letter Wednesday urging him to use his executive powers to expand voting-rights protections and step up enforcement of campaign-finance violations as part of an effort to turn the page on … Continue reading
New from Gregory Huber, Marc Meredith, Michael Morse, and Katie Steele, in Science Advances. Abstract: Administrative records are increasingly used to identify registered voters who may have moved, with potential movers then sent postcards asking them to confirm their address … Continue reading
New report from R Street: The United States has endured the most contentious post-election period in modern history, as former President Donald Trump challenged the results of an election that President Joe Biden won by 7 million votes nationwide—albeit by … Continue reading
This Ash Center event looks great: Date: Thursday, February 18, 2021, 4:00pm to 5:00pm Location: Virtual event, registration required The 2020 elections hinged, in dramatic ways, on widely varying state laws and state election procedures. Major changes were made in light of the … Continue reading
The latest fallout. … Continue reading
WaPo oped: The Senate impeachment trial has provided further proof of what can no longer be denied: Former president Donald Trump poses an existential threat to American democracy. The harrowing evidence shows that Trump incited and supported the violent insurrection … Continue reading
Bloomberg: Republican lawmakers in battleground states are rushing to enact stricter voting laws that Democrats worry could dampen Black and Hispanic turnout, but the moves could end up backfiring because of the changing face of the GOP coalition.The flurry of … Continue reading
NYT: The N.A.A.C.P. on Tuesday morning filed a federal lawsuit against former President Donald J. Trump and his personal lawyer Rudolph W. Giuliani, claiming that they violated a 19th century statute when they tried to prevent the certification of the election on Jan. 6.The civil rights … Continue reading
Looking forward to doing this Zoom event with Ron Collins on Wednesday, Feb. 17, at 5 pm ET/2 pm PT. RSVP required … Continue reading
Stephanie Gomez oped in the Houston Chronicle: Gov. Greg Abbott revealed his priorities for the 2021 Texas Legislative session, designating “election integrity” as an emergency item that lawmakers can vote on within the first 60 days of session, potentially bypassing … Continue reading
WaPo reports. … Continue reading
The following is a guest post from Ned Foley: What are the consequences of the Senate acquitting Trump from an election law perspective—the perspective, in other words, of protecting the electoral process in the future? It depends, most basically, on … Continue reading
Detroit News: A statewide election audit has affirmed Michigan’s vote-counting machines are accurate and President Joe Biden won the state’s election, Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson said Friday.Hundreds of municipal and county clerks from more than 1,300 jurisdictions took part … Continue reading
AP reports. … Continue reading
BAN: On February 10, the Second Circuit refused to enjoin the new New York definition of a qualified political party. SAM Party of New York v Kosinski, 20-3047. Here is the twenty-page opinion, which was written by Judge Michael H. Park, … Continue reading
You can find the unanimous opinion at this link. Seems like a pretty good deal for a two-party duopoly. … Continue reading
North State Journal reports. There’s still an ongoing state court challenge. … Continue reading
Syracuse.com: Former Rep. Anthony Brindisi said today that he conceded a disputed election to Claudia Tenney to spare the 22nd Congressional District from a months-long battle that could further divide the community.But Brindisi also called for authorities to investigate irregularities and other … Continue reading
NY Post: The top lawyer at the embattled New York City Board of Elections has retired amid a Department of Investigation probe of his conduct, The Post has learned.Chief counsel Steven Richman submitted his retirement papers last month and left the agency … Continue reading
NYT: Prosecutors in Fulton County have initiated a criminal investigation into former President Donald J. Trump’s attempts to overturn Georgia’s election results, including a phone call he made to Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger in which Mr. Trump pressured him … Continue reading
Here: 1.A Simple Test for the Extent of Vote Fraud with Absentee Ballots in the 2020 Presidential Election: Georgia and Pennsylvania Data‘John R. LottCrime Prevention Research CenterDate Posted: 29 Dec 2020Last Revised: 11 Jan 202152,8072.The Effect of Social Media on Elections: Evidence … Continue reading
The following is a guest post from Chicago-Kent law prof (and former dean) Harold Krent: Many have derided academics for writing only for each other. But, others of us also hope that, in some small way, our research and writing … Continue reading
Issue One: Despite record turnout in the 2020 election, the American people’s confidence in our institutions and political system is at a dangerously low level. Against this backdrop, new research from Issue One reveals the extent to which then-President Donald Trump used … Continue reading
AJC: Georgia election officials opened an investigation Monday into Donald Trump’s phone call to Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger urging him to “find” enough votes to reverse the outcome of the presidential contest in the state.The investigation will review Trump’s Jan. 2 … Continue reading
The Atlantic published this essay of mine on the impeachment trial. Here are some excerpts: A risk exists that the Senate impeachment trial will focus too narrowly on the events of January 6, which culminated in the attack on the … Continue reading
News. This dispute illustrated how poor New York election administration is. It’s past time to fix it. … Continue reading
NYT reports. … Continue reading
NYT Dealbook. … Continue reading