“Is It Possible to Have Safe and Equitable Elections?”
New oped by Laura Albert and Barry Burden in The Hill.
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“Election officials defended the 2020 vote. In 2022, they’ll have to defend themselves.”
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
“Next front in gerrymandering wars will be whom to count”
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
“Internal emails reveal Antrim Co. response to voting problem that fueled conspiracies”
Craig Mauger for the Detroit News.
Matt Masterson: “For trusted elections, we should model 2020”
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… Continue reading
“U.S. Supreme Court declines to hear Trump’s election challenge in Wisconsin, and the attorney in another case could be sanctioned”
The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel reports.
Breaking and Analysis: Supreme Court Refuses to Hear Cases Over Conduct of Election in Pennsylvania, With Justices Alito, Gorsuch and Thomas Dissenting: A Ticking Time Bomb To Go Off in a Later Case
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
“Impeachment is over. But other efforts to reckon with Trump’s post-election chaos have just begun.”
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
“Meet SG3: The Élite Legal Squad That Vowed to Safeguard the Election”
Jane Mayer for the New Yorker.
“Despite Security Concerns, Online Voting Advances”
Bright Line Watch Expert Study on American Democracy
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 … Continue reading
“GOP state lawmakers and election officials launch commission to examine voting laws”
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
Trump Lawyers File Supplemental Brief in Supreme Court Urging Court to Hear Challenge to Wisconsin Election Case (Arguing Trump May Run for President Again So Case Falls in a Mootness Exception)
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
PA: “Allegheny County struggled to train poll workers and keep up with public questions during hectic November election”
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… Continue reading