“The Biggest Swing State Counts Its Votes in the Worst Way”
Jesse Wegman for NYT Opinion.
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“‘It’s Our Last Backstop’: How Voting Access in Montana Rides on Supreme Court Races”
The latest from Bolts.
“Report — Rules of the Road: Political Advertising on Social Media in the 2024 U.S. Election”
New from CDT.
“Trump’s Talk of Prosecution Rattles Election Officials”
NYT:
Mr. Trump’s escalating calls to investigate and prosecute election officials he sees as “corrupt” are sounding alarms among democracy experts and the local and state workers preparing to run elections and tally millions of votes across the country.
In … Continue reading
“California Anti-Deepfake Laws Target of Free Speech Lawsuit”
Bloomberg Law:
The creator of a parody video criticizing Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris is suing California over new legislation that he says would restrict his content.
Christopher Kohls, who goes by “Mr Reagan” on Youtube, alleged that a… Continue reading
Federal Court Rejects Facial Challenge to Minnesota Law Barring Material False Statements Made with Intent to Prevent Someone from Voting
This decision seems right, given how plaintiffs have filed their challenge as a facial challenge but don’t meet that burden. (Via Zoe Tillman)
“Trump Tries to Close Off a Chief Line of Attack: That He’s a Danger to Democracy”
NYT:
For months, Donald J. Trump and his allies have described a nation facing almost unthinkable darkness.
The United States is under “under invasion” from “thousands and thousands and thousands of terrorists,” Mr. Trump told thousands at a rally on… Continue reading
“Court may decide if Arizonans with missing citizenship records can vote in state races”
WaPo:
A key election official in Arizona’s Maricopa County plans to ask the state’s highest court as early as Tuesday to prohibitnearly 100,000 longtime residents from voting in state and local races this fall after discovering the state has no… Continue reading
A disgraceful Ohio Supreme Court decision
In the 2010s, Ohio voters approved constitutional amendments that aimed to curb partisan gerrymandering primarily by requiring parties’ legislative seats to be roughly proportional to their statewide votes. This strategy has now come to be seen as a failure because… Continue reading
Julie Zavon: “Fixing Pennsylvania’s Polling Place Lookup Tool”
The following is a guest post from Julie Zavon, which shows how citizens seeking to improve the process of election administration really can make a difference, especially when they can get a reporter interested in a story:
The PA polling… Continue reading
The Horrific Second Assassination Attempt Against Donald Trump Deserves Everyone’s Condemnation
As with the first assassination attempt on President Trump, I condemn in the strongest possible way the second attempted assassination which occurred on Sunday. We must solve our disagreements through the democratic process not through political violence. And we must… Continue reading
“Georgia Women, Caught Up in a Flood of Suspicion About Voting”
“Appeals court puts U.S. election bets on hold mere hours after a judge allowed it”
AP:
Just hours after it began, legal betting on the outcome of U.S. Congressional elections has been put on hold by a federal appeals court.
The Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit issued an order Thursday… Continue reading
“The Klan Act: Legal Liability for Political Violence”
Richard Primus:
On Oct. 30, 2020, just days before the U.S. presidential election, a Biden-Harris campaign bus was traveling along Interstate 35 between Austin and San Antonio when a group of Trump supporters in cars and trucks—a “Trump Train”—surrounded … Continue reading