Category Archives: Uncategorized

“Why Voting Rights Act faces new wave of dire threats in 2024”

December 31, 2023, 7:52 amUncategorizedVoting Rights ActSpencer Overton

The Guardian: As 2023 comes to a close, the Voting Rights Act is facing a series of dire threats that could significantly weaken the landmark civil rights law. A suite of three different pending cases could gut the ability… Continue reading

“Prosecutors Ask Appeals Court to Reject Trump’s Immunity Claims in Election Case”

December 31, 2023, 7:51 amUncategorizedJanuary 6Spencer Overton

NYT: Federal prosecutors asked [the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit] on Saturday to reject former President Donald J. Trump’s claims that he is immune from criminal charges of plotting to overturn the 2020 election… Continue reading

“Would Keeping Trump Off the Ballot Hurt or Help Democracy?”

December 31, 2023, 7:50 amUncategorizedSection 3Spencer Overton

NYT: As the top elections official in Washington State, Steve Hobbs says he is troubled by the threat former President Donald J. Trump poses to democracy and fears the prospect of his return to power. But he also worries… Continue reading

“How the Supreme Court May Rule on Trump’s Presidential Run”

December 31, 2023, 7:50 amUncategorizedSection 3Spencer Overton

Analysis by NYT’s Adam Liptak quoting law professors Tara Leigh Grove, Rick Hasen, Derek Muller, and Nick Stephanopolous: . . . They will be reluctant to wrest from voters the power to assess Mr. Trump’s conduct, particularly given the… Continue reading

SCOTUS Should Say Now if Trump Can Serve Again (so the issue doesn’t return to Congress after the election)

December 31, 2023, 7:06 amUncategorizedNed Foley

Over at Common Ground Democracy, I’ve posted a new column that I hope will be of particular interest to ELB readers. It describes the different ways the Supreme Court could decide the Colorado case and argues why, if the… Continue reading

AALS Multiracial Democracy Morning on Sat. Jan. 6, 8-11:40 am

December 30, 2023, 7:55 amUncategorizedVoting Rights Act; Section 2Spencer Overton

We’ve got two great multiracial democracy panels back-to-back in the same room (Marquis Salon 3) next Saturday, Jan. 6 at the 2024 AALS Annual Meeting. Please join us! 8-9:40 am AI & Defending Multiracial Democracy Speakers: Danielle Keats Citron… Continue reading

“Trump’s Team Prepares to File Challenges on Ballot Decisions Soon”

December 30, 2023, 7:48 amUncategorizedSection 3Spencer Overton

NYT: Former President Donald J. Trump’s advisers are preparing as soon as Tuesday to file challenges to decisions in Colorado and Maine to disqualify Mr. Trump from the Republican primary ballot because of the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on… Continue reading

“It took years for truth about election ‘audit’ to emerge. . . .”

December 30, 2023, 7:45 amUncategorized2020 Election CycleSpencer Overton

The Arizona Republic: Texts and emails released long after the so-called Arizona “audit” ended proved — beyond a doubt — the effort was encouraged, funded and carried out by loyalists to Donald Trump. Those details could have remained hidden… Continue reading

“Sam Bankman-Fried will not face second trial on charges including making illegal campaign donations and bribing Chinese officials”

December 30, 2023, 7:44 amUncategorizedAlleged Campaign Finance ViolationsSpencer Overton

The Daily Mail: Sam Bankman-Fried, who was convicted last month of stealing from customers of his now-bankrupt FTX cryptocurrency exchange, will not face a second trial on separate charges in the case, including campaign finance violations. In a… Continue reading

Common Ground Democracy

December 30, 2023, 7:31 amUncategorizedNed Foley

With the imminent arrival of 2024, which we all anticipate to be a challenging year for our field of election law, I’ve started a Substack journal called Common Ground Democracy. Its main focus will be to address structural issues… Continue reading

“New 2023 Population Estimates Show Further Changes In Congressional Apportionment”

December 29, 2023, 8:53 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

New analysis from Election Data Services: With just three years since the Census Bureau released the final 2020 Census results, the Bureau’s new population estimates that were released earlier this week (December 19. 2023) would have changed congressional apportionment in… Continue reading

“States were cooperating on election integrity. Then GOP officials quit.”

December 29, 2023, 7:40 amUncategorizedElection IntegritySpencer Overton

WaPo Editorial Board: Since 2022, nine states where Republican officials administer elections have quit a nonprofit, nonpartisan consortium that helps keep voter rolls up to date through interstate data exchange. They did so amid pressure from former president Donald … Continue reading

“2024 elections are ripe targets for foes of democracy”

December 29, 2023, 7:39 amUncategorizeddisinformationSpencer Overton

NPR: This past summer and fall, thousands of Facebook accounts started posting about U.S. politics and foreign affairs. But their posts were weird — some included what looked like Twitter handles and the term “RT,” an abbreviation for “retweet.”When… Continue reading

“Election officials see a range of threats in 2024, from hostile countries to conspiracy theorists”

December 29, 2023, 7:37 amUncategorized2024 Election CycleSpencer Overton

AP News: For election officials preparing for the 2024 presidential election, the list of security challenges just keeps growing. Many of the concerns from four years ago persist: the potential for cyberattacks targeting voter registration systems or websites… Continue reading