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“Georgia won’t count ballots by hand on election night, judge rules”
AJC:
A judge stopped a planned hand count of ballots on election night in Georgia, ruling Tuesday that it would create “administrative chaos” if poll workers were required to conduct the manual review without being trained.
Fulton County Superior Court… Continue reading
The Electoral Count Reform Act Prohibits Congress From Rejecting a State’s Electoral Votes Based on Congress’ “View” about a State’s Voting Process
As we get closer to the election, a lot of misinformation about the all-important Electoral Count Reform Act (ECRA) is beginning to rear its head. This is the statute that defines Congress’ role when it receives and counts the electoral… Continue reading
Fifth Circuit Panel, Citing Purcell, Stays District Court Order Against Enforcing Texas S.B. 1 Provision Against “interaction with one or more voters, in the physical presence of an official ballot or a ballot voted by mail, intended to deliver votes for a specific candidate or measure.”
You can find Judge Ho’s opinion, and Judge Ramirez’s concurrence, at this link. Although the law is titled as against “vote harvesting” it seems a pretty clear violation of the First Amendment.
The fact that the court relied on… Continue reading
“Republican Operatives Function as Hidden Hand Behind Pro-Trump Efforts”
NYT:
A group of Republican donors and operatives has been the hidden hand behind some of this campaign’s most controversial advertisements attacking Kamala Harris and bolstering Donald J. Trump.
Over $100 million was raised and spent over the past four… Continue reading
“Trump Loyalists Push for a Combative Slate of New Judges”
WSJ:
A rising faction within the conservative legal movement is laying the groundwork for Donald Trump to appoint judges who prioritize loyalty to him and aggressively advocate for dismantling the federal government should he win a second term.
The movement’s… Continue reading
Politico, MSNBC, USA Today press implausible scenarios for purported weaknesses of the Electoral Count Reform Act
Continuing a theme from an earlier post, more disaster scenarios have been promulgated in unrealistic scenarios, often highlighting purported weaknesses of the Electoral Count Reform Act. Of course, these scenarios invented in the last few weeks were hardly uncontemplated… Continue reading
Well This Was Neat
Jon Oliver discussed a couple of my articles on his segment on election subversion last night. (I’ll link to the episode when it becomes available.)
“How Trump allies are sowing election doubts”
Very deep dive in the Financial Times.
“How we know voter fraud is very rare in U.S. elections”
Ashley Lopez for NPR.
My Q and A with Jonathan Weiler on Risks in the Upcoming Elections
Read it over at Jon’s substack.
“Electing a Single Winner When the Electorate is Divided in Multiple Ways”
The third in a series of Common Ground Democracy essays on the philosophy of democracy and its implications.
Problems with Proposals to Allocate Presidential Electors Proportionately or By Congressional District
As thoughts turn to the Electoral College, I want to mention a point that’s been less discussed about suggestions that states shift to awarding their electors either proportionately to the vote in that state or, as Maine and Nebraska currently… Continue reading
Federal District Court Strikes Down 5 More Provisions of Restrictive Texas Law Limiting Assistance for Voters
Via Sean Morales-Doyle of the Brennan Center, here is the court’s order.