Zach Montellaro for Politico: Twenty-five states will elect their chief election officers this November — a slate of contests already drawing outsize attention, money and competition as former President Donald Trump continues undermining the results of the last national… Continue reading

Agenda for conference hosted by The Carter Center and Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy. Link to register for livestream.

I’ll be moderating the final session of Harvard Law School’s Democracy speaker series tomorrow, on the subject of redistricting and gerrymandering. The panelists will be Michael Li of the Brennan Center, Deuel Ross of LDF, and Jason Torchinsky of Holtzman… Continue reading

[Cross-posted at Balkinization, with great thanks to Jack for hosting this symposium on my book.] For the Balkinization symposium on Richard L. Hasen, Cheap Speech: How Disinformation Poisons Our Politics-and How to Cure It (Yale University Press, 2022). Richard L. HasenNear… Continue reading

AP: The Iowa Supreme Court ruled Friday that Democratic Senate candidate Abby Finkenauer qualifies for the primary ballot, rejecting a lower court decision and allowing her to continue her campaign for the nomination and the chance to face… Continue reading

Cleveland.com reports.

WaPo: The Republican National Committee on Thursday voted unanimously to withdraw from the Commission on Presidential Debates, following through on threats to bar GOP presidential nominees from participating in debates sponsored by the nonprofit organization.The RNC has accused the… Continue reading

Tal Kopan and Joe Garofoli for the SF Chronicle: When a California Democrat in Congress recently engaged in an extended conversation with Sen. Dianne Feinstein, they prepared for a rigorous policy discussion like those they’d had with her many… Continue reading

Here‘s a snippet: Elias’s blitzkrieg litigation strategy has proved divisive among Democrats and others concerned with protecting the right to vote. Bringing so many voting-rights and redistricting cases to court, especially at a time when the judiciary is becoming… Continue reading

Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel: When Republican attorney Michael Gableman took to the airwaves Tuesday, he didn’t just attack the governor, the attorney general, two judges and five members of the bipartisan Wisconsin Elections Commission.He also took a shot at how… Continue reading

WRAL: Former President Donald Trump’s closest White House adviser has been removed from North Carolina’s voter rolls by Macon County elections officials, according to the NC State Board of Elections.The development comes after news reports revealed that Meadows, who… Continue reading

Tucson.com: The Democratic Party is entitled to challenge an Arizona law that results in GOP candidates being listed first on most ballots, a court ruled Friday.A three-judge panel of the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals said there is reason… Continue reading

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