Details here. Maybe that’s the right call, but it certainly points out a disparity in how voter fraud prosecutions are handled. Wonder if Governor DeSantis has commented on this documented case of voter fraud.

Mediaite: Former President Donald Trump went on a Truth Social tirade on Tuesday, once again claiming Mike Pence had a “choice” in whether he certified the results of the 2020 presidential election. Trump’s latest echo of this declaration appeared to be sparked by an… Continue reading

Greg Sargent: Nobody tell Donald Trump, but Republicans in the Senate appear poised to join Democrats in protecting our democracy from exactly the election subversion he attempted in 2020 — and would surely attempt again in 2024 if given the… Continue reading

Yesterday a federal district court rejected the remedial map the City of Jacksonville adopted in an effort to cure racial gerrymandering violations in its original city council plan. Instead the court ordered the use of one of the remedial maps… Continue reading

Announcement via email: Fordham University School of Law’s Voting Rights and Democracy Forum is a new online publication committed to short, timely articles, essays, and commentaries concerning voting rights and issues affecting democratic institutions. In November 2022, the Forum released… Continue reading

Read it here.

This was disappointing to see, whether or not one believes Sen. Warnock has overstated the extent to which Georgia’s laws make it harder for people to register or vote. The term “election denialism” should be reserved for those people who… Continue reading

Richard Johnson and Lisa Miller have written this article for PS. Here is the abstract: The US Senate is unique in the United States and rare internationally for its total disregard of population differences among its representational units. To… Continue reading

NYT: The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol will hold its last public meeting on Monday afternoon, ending an 18-month investigation with the approval of its final report and a vote on issuing criminal and… Continue reading

Adam Liptak NYT Sidebar column: The arguments this month over the role of state legislatures in setting rules for federal elections seemed to illustrate the point. The questioning suggested that the court was not prepared to adopt a novel… Continue reading

New from the Brennan Center.

WSJ: A criminal investigation into former President Donald Trump‘s efforts to overturn his election defeat in Georgia has produced a flurry of activity in the last month, with several high-profile witnesses appearing before a special grand jury that is… Continue reading

This is from a WSJ piece, which is paywalled. A few excerpts: In Detroit, about 22,600 fewer voters came to the polls than in the 2018 midterm election, a nearly 12% decline. Philadelphia tallied about 55,300 fewer voters than four… Continue reading

News and Observer: The North Carolina Supreme Court issued two important rulings in voting rights cases Friday, on gerrymandering and voter ID. Both rulings found that Republican lawmakers had acted unconstitutionally to diminish the influence of Democratic voters —… Continue reading