Release:
Public Rights Project (PRP)—the civil rights legal advocacy nonprofit founded by Jill Habig, former special counsel to Kamala Harris in the California Attorney General’s Office—announces the launch of its Election Protection Hub to support and defend 200+ local elections… Continue reading
A new Common Ground Democracy column on a superb paper by Nate Atkinson and Scott Ganz. Here’s the subtitle of the column: “If you read one thing about the structural problem afflicting American elections, including an explanation of the institutional… Continue reading
Years ago at an APSA conference, Fred Schauer corrected me as pronouncing this with a Spanish pronunciation (“Torniyyo”) but the plaintiff was Italian and the “L’s” should be pronounced.
NBC News:
U.S. officials and experts are most concerned that Russia could try to interfere in the election through a “deepfake” audio or video using artificial intelligence tools or through a “hack and leak,” such as the politically damaging theft… Continue reading
I had missed this NYT piece from a few days ago:
State Republican parties in roughly half of the most important battleground states are awash in various degrees of dysfunction, debt and disarray.
In Arizona, the chairman of the state’s… Continue reading
The Atlantic:
Murray and other legal scholars say that, absent clear guidance from the Supreme Court, a Trump win could lead to a constitutional crisis in Congress. Democrats would have to choose between confirming a winner many of them believe… Continue reading
Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel:
Wisconsin Democratic Gov. Tony Evers is asking the state Supreme Court to take up a motion to reconsider Wisconsin’s congressional maps after the state’s legislative boundaries were changed to weaken Republicans’ grip on the state Legislature.
Evers asked… Continue reading
Politico:
A state appeals court ruled that a New York City law that would allow non-citizens to vote in local elections is unconstitutional — marking a win for the Republican elected officials who sued to block it.
“We determine that… Continue reading
NBC News:
The National Association of Secretaries of State Winter Conference is usually a cordial affair. It’s one of two occasions every year in which top election officials from most states gather to commiserate and share nonpartisan advice. But at… Continue reading