NBC News: he judge in the election interference case against Donald Trump and several co-defendants in Georgia has thrown out three counts in the indictment — including two counts brought against the former president. The original 41-count indictment accused Trump… Continue reading

Harvard Law Today covers TrueViews, the new tool for seeing public opinion on many policies and at many geographic levels. [T]hanks to a new freeware data tool created by experts from Harvard Law School and the Bloomberg Center for… Continue reading

Votebeat: But this close to an election, the risk of disenfranchising or discouraging eligible voters is high. Efforts to “clean” the voter rolls have indeed wrongly or improperly ensnared eligible voters in the past. In 2019, for example, Texas officials … Continue reading

New at Bolts.

In the first one to two minutes of this clip, Republican Rep. Donalds lambasts PA for not permitting officials to start processing absentee ballots before Election Day. He notes that his state of Florida, along with Georgia and many others,… Continue reading

The Election Law at Ohio State program is hosting a webinar on the multiple efforts around the country this year to reform the structure of elections (including the effort in Alaska to repeal that state’s previous reform). Date & Time:… Continue reading

Very important topic and great lineup for this conference at Hofstra’s Freedman Institute for the Study of Legal ethics.

E.J. Dionne and Miles Rapoport in the Chicago Sun-Times.

Sasha Issenberg for Smithsonian Magazine.

Looking forward to participating in this conversation at the Humphrey School (free registration required): Description Can the United States continue to conduct free and fair elections? Richard Hasen, the Gary T. Schwartz Endowed Chair in Law and Director of the… Continue reading

Ned Foley, Ruth Greenwood, David Niven, Dan Tokaji, and I filed this amicus brief today, exclusively in our personal capacities, arguing that the Ohio Ballot Board’s summary of Ohio’s anti-gerrymandering initiative is deeply misleading. While the initiative would be one… Continue reading

AP: A judge agreed Friday to postpone Donald Trump’s sentencing in his hush money case until after the November election, granting him a hard-won reprieve as he navigates the aftermath of his criminal conviction and the homestretch of his presidential… Continue reading

Michigan North Carolina There may be further appeals.

CNN: Judge Tanya Chutkan has set a schedule in the federal election subversion case against former President Donald Trump that will allow prosecutors to release never-before-seen evidence, such as grand jury transcripts, ahead of the presidential election. The deadline for… Continue reading