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“PAC money to electoral count objectors fell 10 percent”
Roll Call:
Donations from corporate and trade association PACs declined in the 2022 cycle by 10 percent to Republicans who voted against certifying the 2020 election for President Joe Biden, according to an analysis of campaign reports by Accountable.us.
The… Continue reading
Feb. 24 Seton Hall Conference: “Ballots and Democracy: A New Scholarly Agenda”
Great lineup for this conference:
This symposium will focus on the relationship between ballots and democracy. Most election law experts understand that the way our ballots look can significantly influence how people vote. This Symposium will bring together activists, scholars,… Continue reading
Grand Jury Foreperson Loose Lips Risks Georgia Election Subversion Prosecutions
Robert Costa:
News: CBS News has learned that lawyers close to several GOP witnesses in Fulton Co. investigation are preparing to move to quash any possible indictments by DA based on the public statements by the forewoman of the… Continue reading
“Timothy J. Heaphy Led the House Jan. 6 Investigation. Here’s What He Learned.”
NYT:
Timothy J. Heaphy, the former U.S. attorney who served as the top staff investigator for the special House committee that scrutinized the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack, knew going in that the inquiry would be important.
But it… Continue reading
“Jury in Georgia Trump Inquiry Recommended Multiple Indictments, Forewoman Says”
NYT:
A special grand jury that investigated election interference by former President Donald J. Trump and his allies in Georgia recommended indictments of multiple people on a range of charges in its report, most of which remains sealed, the forewoman… Continue reading
“Republican losses fan election conspiracies in rural Arizona”
Nick Riccardi AP dispatch from Cochise County:
Trump last year backed a slate of candidates for top state election positions in Arizona and elsewhere who parroted his lie about losing the 2020 presidential election due to voter fraud. Every… Continue reading
“Lawsuit is latest evidence of bogus ‘stolen election’ claims”
AP:
Two years after former President Donald Trump’s false claims about widespread election fraud sparked an attack on the U.S. Capitol, more evidence is piling up that those who spread the misinformation knew it was false.
On Thursday, the voting… Continue reading
Top Recent Downloads in Election Law on SSRN
Here:
RECENT HITS (for all papers announced in the last 60 days)TOP 10 Papers for Journal of LSN: Election Law & Voting Rights (Topic)
As of: 19 Dec 2022 – 17 Feb 2023
RankPaperDownloads1.The New Judicial Power Grab… Continue reading
Watch Archived Video of My Interview with Jake Grumbach, Author of “Laboratories Against Democracy,” for the Safeguarding Democracy Project Webinar series
Outstanding discussion about Jake’s important book. Watch:
“The Escalating Attacks on Citizen Lawmaking; Even in red states, strong majorities of voters keep passing progressive ballot measures. Republican threats to direct democracy should be resisted to give voters with different party loyalties a way to advance common interests.”
Jeff Milchen oped in Governing.
“Issue One announces new Faces of Democracy members, including Secretaries of State Brad Raffensperger and Jocelyn Benson”
Announcement:
Issue One is pleased to welcome Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger and Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson to Faces of Democracy, a growing bipartisan campaign made up of election officials and poll workers from across the country united in… Continue reading
Haaretz: “The Israelis destabilizing democracy and disrupting elections worldwide”
Haaretz email:
As Israeli democracy confronts its greatest threat yet, an investigation led by Haaretz, TheMarker and Radio France exposes clandestine attacks disrupting democratic processes across the globe.The proprietors of this international chaos machine, as uncovered in the course of… Continue reading
“State Constitutions and Youth Voting Rights”
Josh Douglas has posted this draft on SSRN (Rutgers Law Review, and part of this symposium on the 26th Amendment). Here is the abstract:
This short essay, prepared for the Rutgers University Law Review Symposium on the Twenty-Sixth Amendment, shows… Continue reading