Politico Breaks Down Differences between House and Senate Electoral Recount Count Bills
Politico offers a fairly readable break down of the key differences between the House and Senate bills seeking to reform the Electoral Recount Act of 1887.
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NCC’s Guardrails of Democracy Project
On Wednesday, the National Constitution Center is hosting a webinar as part of its Guardrails of Democracy project. The specific topic is “Election 2022: Are We Ready?” David French, Ilya Somin, and I will be participating on behalf of the … Continue reading
“Top State Judges Make a Rare Plea in a Momentous Supreme Court Election Case”
N.Y. Times Sidebar: The Conference of Chief Justices has filed a brief in Moore v. Harper opposing the independent state legislature doctrine. The Chief Justice of the Texas Supreme Court (accurately, in my view), told the N.Y. Times: “It’s… Continue reading
Status of Judicial Appointments on Eve of Midterms
NBC News: “President Joe Biden has won Senate confirmation for more than 80 of his nominees to be federal judges.” Moreover, “Biden has chosen an unusually diverse slate, with high shares of Black, Latino and Asian American judges, and he… Continue reading
“Election Deniers Are Pivoting to November. Will Voters Buy It?”
NYT:
As post-primary pivots go, Don Bolduc’s overnight transformation from “Stop the Steal” evangelist to ratify-the-results convert could land him in a political hall of fame. It was an about-face so sudden and jarring that it undermined the tell-it-like-it-is authenticity… Continue reading
“Arizona GOP secretary of state nominee stands by election conspiracy theories in debate”
CNN:
Arizona Republican secretary of state nominee Mark Finchem doubled down on the conspiracy theories that he has espoused about the 2020 presidential election in a debate against Democrat Adrian Fontes Thursday night, asserting that the votes in several… Continue reading
Tabatha Abu el-Haj Primary ELB Blogger the Week of September 26; Franita Tolson the Week of October 3
Please direct your tips and comments to them during their weeks. Thanks!
“Ex-voting Official Eyes Safeguards for Election; Neal Kelly Starts National Effort to Ensure Workers are Shielded from Threats”
OC Register:
With less than two months to the midterms and election signs and mailers already abundant, Orange County’s former registrar has launched a national campaign to ensure the safety of election workers and voters in an increasingly volatile and… Continue reading
“Semafor Interview: Facebook could lift Trump’s suspension in January, Nick Clegg says”
Semafor:
Former President Donald Trump could be allowed back on Facebook once a suspension of his account expires in 2023, Nick Clegg of parent company Meta Platforms, said Thursday at an exclusive Semafor Exchange event in Washington, DC.As the… Continue reading
Montana Supreme Court EDR Decision
In a case being litigated by Harvard Law School’s Election Law Clinic, the ACLU, the ACLU of Montana, and the Native American Rights Fund, the Montana Supreme Court affirmed preliminary injunctions against (1) the elimination of election day registration and… Continue reading
“Four Ballot Measures Threaten to Undercut Direct Democracy in Arizona and Arkansas”
Nine Republicans Join House Democrats in Passing Cheney-Lofgren Bill to Change the Electoral Count Act to Limit the Risk of Election Subverion
CNN:
229-203. The House passes the Presidential Electoral Reform Act which, among other provisions, would raise the numbers of objectors to a state’s electoral count from one member in each chamber to 1/3 of members in each chamber. Just… Continue reading
The “Independent” State Legislature in Republican Theory
I have taken the unorthodox step (for me, anyway) of posting an early draft of an essay that I am working on. My take on the independent state legislature theory, forthcoming in a special symposium issue of the Texas A&M… Continue reading