New Common Ground Democracy essay on Philip Bump’s Washington Post column.

Anna Massoglia for the Brennan Center: The 2024 federal election cycle was the most secretive since the Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision in 2010. Dark money groups, nonprofits and shell companies that spend on elections without revealing their donors, plowed more than… Continue reading

Bolts: Volunteers with the League of Women Voters of Florida are often seen at farmers markets, book clubs, parades, and other gathering places, collecting petitions and raising awareness on new campaigns. The League in recent years has become a… Continue reading

See this status report (h/t Democracy Docket). The enjoined portions of the order then won’t be enforced until final judgment, and only if the government wins.

At an earlier stage of Judge Griffin’s attempt to challenge the election results in the contest for the North Carolina Supreme Court seat, I had written that the state court of appeals decision to call into question over 61,000 ballots… Continue reading

You can read the persuasive 102-page opinion, which begins: No American President has ever before issued executive orders like the one at issue in thislawsuit targeting a prominent law firm with adverse actions to be executed by all Executive… Continue reading

AP: North Carolina’s elections board became a Republican majority on Thursday as the GOP state auditor appointed a new panel one day after an appeals court ruled a law shifting that power away from the Democratic governor could still… Continue reading

Bolts reports.

A new Common Ground Democracy post. As discussed therein, it’s worth contemplating what the first 100 days of a Nikki Haley presidency would have been like in comparison, which arguably is what a majority of Americans wanted but were… Continue reading

Roll Call: Since returning to office, Trump has taken multiple executive actions related to elections and campaign spending, with Democrats challenging his moves in court. Meanwhile, House Republicans have passed legislation to address one of his priorities: noncitizen voting.  On… Continue reading

Tapen Sinha: Voting means (swimming) costume party It has become a tradition – especially in surfing communities – to vote in their swimwear. Here is a young lady voting in “Surfers Paradise”. Yes, that is the name of the… Continue reading

for his excellent first weekly stint as an ELB contributor.

NY Times: Sometimes the billionaires running the federal government sound like they’re talking to other billionaires. “THIS IS A GREAT TIME TO BUY!!!” President Trump wrote on social media last week, offering a stock tip that appeared aimed at… Continue reading

Travis has the main coverage at ELB, but I’ve posted some additional thoughts at Bluesky (read the whole thread): The district court's opinion partially & temporarily blocking key parts of Trump's executive order on elections is careful, persuasive, and seems… Continue reading