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Colorado: “Judge bars indicted official Tina Peters from overseeing 2022 elections”
WaPo:
A Colorado judge on Tuesday ruled that Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters (R), a supporter of former president Donald Trump who has embraced election-fraud conspiracy theories, is barred from overseeing elections in her home county because of… Continue reading
“Betraying the Bench: Could the SCOTUS Leaker Face Criminal Charges?”
From three former federal prosecutors, one of whom is a federal judge. In Bloomberg Law:
Corruptly Influencing an Official Proceeding
Enacted with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, 18 U.S.C. § 1512(c)(2) makes it criminal to, among other things, corruptly… Continue reading
Florida: “Judge announces he’ll block DeSantis’ redistricting plan”
AP with an early report.
“Will the Utah Senate Race Break the Partisan Doom Loop?”
Beau Tremitiere for The Bulwark:
In late April, the Utah Democratic Party declined to endorse its own candidate against incumbent Republican Senator Mike Lee. Instead, the party rallied behind independent candidate Evan McMullin, the former Republican and vocal Trump… Continue reading
“New York Election Chaos and the ‘Purcell’ Principle”
Jerry Goldfeder and Andrew Vazquez in the NYLJ:
With the dust mainly settled in the New York redistricting litigation, let’s take a quick look back at how the state Court of Appeals missed the boat in its decision to… Continue reading
“Wisconsin voters with disabilities say their right to vote is at risk”
NPR reports.
“Pro-Trump OAN network admits there was no widespread fraud in Georgia in the 2020 election after extensively pushing the claim”
Insider:
The right-wing One America News Network admitted in a Monday legal statement that there was no widespread voter fraud by Georgia election officials in the 2020 presidential election after having extensively pushed the groundless claim.In a 30-second … Continue reading
W & M’s Election Law Program is Hiring
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The Election Law Program (ELP), a joint project of William & Mary Law School and the National Center for State Courts, provides resources for judges called upon to resolve election disputes. The… Continue reading
“How 6 GOP candidates shifted their tones on ‘stolen election’ claims”
Aaron Blake for WaPo.
“Ranked-Choice Voting Is More Democratic, Not Less”
This piece, in American Purpose by Peter Ackerman, Larry Diamond, Cara Brown McCormick, responds to a critique of RCV by former member of Congress Mickey Edwards. Some excerpts:
Edwards’ principled view is that a two-round runoff… Continue reading
More on How Internally Fragmented Our Political Parties Are
The title of this Politico story is “Idaho GOP riven by primary civil war.” An excerpt:
Idaho’s dominant Republican Party is at war with itself up and down the ballot ahead of its May 17 primaries.
It’s not just Gov.… Continue reading
Eliminating plurality-winner primaries?
Following upon on my previous post A Rational Two-Party System?, which was prompted by a N.Y. Times story on one of Ohio’s GOP primaries last week, this post is prompted by a N.Y. Times account of Nebraska’s upcoming GOP… Continue reading
“Marjorie Taylor Greene will remain on the ballot”
AJC:
U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene will remain on the ballot for re-election, Georgia’s secretary of state’s said late Friday. The decision came after a judge ruled earlier in the day that challengers who had tried to disqualify… Continue reading