Detroit Free Press: Former President Donald Trump returned to Michigan on Saturday night to boost support for two Republican candidates he wants to see elected as the state’s chief law enforcement officer and election official, inserting himself into the… Continue reading

Miles Parks for NPR: For voting officials, money from the private sector leading up to the 2020 election was a lifeline.In Philadelphia, the city was able to buy new high-speed machines to help sort mail ballots by ward and… Continue reading

Detroit Free Press: Michigan’s congressional districts – drawn for the first time by an independent redistricting commission – survived a legal challenge from Republicans with a Friday ruling from a three-judge panel upholding the new lines. In a… Continue reading

Reposting here, so that it will be available after my departure from UCI.

What the heck happened to this guy?

Putting aside that Marc sometimes claims credits in cases he didn’t lead, I’m quite skeptical of Marc’s claim that “The journalists, pundits and professors who falsely claimed that Supreme Court’s decision in Brnovich v DNC meant the end of Section… Continue reading

This is a new paper in the Am. Political Science Review from Michael Weaver. Here’s the abstract: After the Civil War, congressional Republicans used sweeping powers to expand and enforce civil rights for African Americans. Though the electoral benefits of… Continue reading

Cleveland.com: The Ohio Supreme Court is giving members of the Ohio Redistricting Commission until Monday morning to respond to claims that they should be held in contempt because of the manner in which Republican commission members passed a fourth… Continue reading

This should be good: The book Uncoun­ted exam­ines the phenomenon of disen­fran­chise­ment through the lens of history, race, law, and the demo­cratic process. Author Gilda R. Daniels, who served as a deputy chief in the Justice Depart­ment’s Civil Rights Divi­sion… Continue reading

WaPo reports.

NBC News: The latest release from our new NBC News poll measured 15 different candidate issues or qualities as we look ahead to November’s midterm elections. The most popular issues and qualities among registered voters: funding the police, expanding… Continue reading

AJC: Republican David Perdue said he “misunderstood” the Donald Trump supporters who chanted about imprisoning Gov. Brian Kemp when he smiled and flashed them a thumbs-up sign at the former president’s rally.The former U.S. senator said Tuesday he thought… Continue reading

WaPo: Facebook parent company Meta is paying one of the biggest Republican consulting firms in the country to orchestrate a nationwide campaign seeking to turn the public against TikTok.The campaign includes placing op-eds and letters to the editor in… Continue reading

Columbus Dispatch: The Ohio Supreme Court won’t decide whether a Republican-crafted congressional district map violates anti-gerrymandering rules in the Ohio Constitution until after the May 3 primary.The court, which struck down a previous congressional map, set a schedule Tuesday… Continue reading