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“Communicating with Voters to Build Trust in the U.S. Election System: Best Practices and New Areas of Research”
New piece from OLIVIER BERGERON-BOUTIN • KATHERINE CLAYTON • THAD KOUSSER • BRENDAN NYHAN • LAUREN PRATHER. Summary:
The stability of democracy depends in part on public belief in the legitimacy of elections, which has been called into question in… Continue reading
“In Mississippi, most voters will have no choice about who represents them in the Legislature”
AP:
After being in office for over a decade, Mississippi state Sen. Dean Kirby got challenged in the Republican primary. He won with 70% of the vote.
That was in 2003 — and it remains the last time Kirby faced… Continue reading
“Danger in Plain Sight: The Risk of Triggering a Contingent Election in 2024”
Beau Tremitiere and Aisha Woodward at Lawfare.
“Most Republicans say Trump didn’t even try to overturn the election”
Aaron Blake:
Earlier this year, we learned about how the American political right’s most trusted news outlet proactively aired claims that its higher-ups understood to be baseless and false, and resisted fact-checking them. Fox News’s viewers were sold a fantasy… Continue reading
“Federal Judge Reinstates Gag Order on Trump in Election Case”
NYT:
federal judge reinstated a gag order on former President Donald J. Trump on Sunday that had been temporarily placed on hold nine days earlier, reimposing restrictions on what Mr. Trump can say about witnesses and prosecutors in the case… Continue reading
“Pence Bows Out of 2024 Presidential Race That Trump Is Dominating”
NYT:
Former Vice President Mike Pence, who spent four years dutifully serving President Donald J. Trump but refused to carry out Mr. Trump’s demand that he block the 2020 election results, ended his presidential bid on Saturday, with a final… Continue reading
“Wisconsin judge rules that GOP-controlled Senate’s vote to fire top elections official had no effect”
AP:
A vote by the Republican-controlled Wisconsin Senate last month to fire the state’s nonpartisan top elections official had no legal effect, and lawmakers are barred from ousting her while a lawsuit plays out, a Dane County judge ruled on… Continue reading
“Opinion: Who in their right mind wants the House to pick our next president?”
Doug Jones CNN oped on the potential for a contingent election in 2024.
“Pennsylvanians Are About to Decide Who Will Oversee the 2024 Elections”
The Speakership Saga and the Need for Nonpartisan Primaries
For those of us concerned about the capacity of Congress to function on behalf of the American people, we should be glad that the House of Representatives finally has a new Speaker three weeks (and a day) after Kevin McCarthy… Continue reading
ACLU, in Amicus Brief Filed in DC Circuit, Says the Use of the Word “Target” is Unconstitutionally Vague in Trump Gag Order in Federal Election Subversion Case
Here’s the brief.
This was an issue I flagged in my recent conversation with Genevieve Lakier and Eugene Volokh.
The Uncertainty of “Contingent Election” Procedures
Rick linked earlier today to a new analysis of the risk that a No Labels presidential ticket could cause no candidate to win a majority of electoral votes, triggering the Twelfth Amendment’s antiquated “contingent election” procedure (last used in 1824).… Continue reading
Why Are Republicans in Michigan Raising a Discredited Version of the Independent State Legislature Theory in New Litigation?
Marc Elias has a theory:
One possibility is simply bad legal strategy. Republicans and their attorneys regularly make litigation decisions that defy common sense and at least some of the attorneys in this case have a history of bringing meritless… Continue reading