One of the major (but less -well appreciated) accomplishments of the new, bipartisan Electoral Count Reform Act is that it repealed the provision in federal law that permitted state legislatures to appoint electors if the presidential election had “failed” in… Continue reading

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Latest episode, on Elon Musk’s financial giveaway and related issues, is now available. Also the Law and Democracy podcast is now available at Apple Podcasts as well as YouTube.

CNN: A review of the millions of registered voters in Georgia found just 20 noncitizens were registered to vote, Georgia’s Republican Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger announced Wednesday. Those 20 people were removed from the state’s voter rolls – which… Continue reading

Important from Katie Harbath and Nicole Schneidman.

Published in the Deseret News: I was deeply disturbed by former President Donald Trump’s claim, first made within days of the 2020 presidential election, that he had actually won because the results were tainted by massive fraud in the battleground… Continue reading

Emily Bazelon talks to Nate Persily for NYT’s “The Morning” newsletter.

Reuters: Republicans on Tuesday vowed to appeal court rulings rejecting their efforts to block some Americans living abroad from voting in North Carolina and Michigan, part of an aggressive legal campaign by the party ahead of the Nov. 5 election… Continue reading

NYT: The sheriff of Orange County, Calif., Don Barnes, warned the public that violence and intimidation around the election would not be tolerated. A retired United States Air Force brigadier general, Marty France, said it was up to Americans to… Continue reading

AJC: The Georgia Supreme Court unanimously denied the Republican Party’s attempt Tuesday to reinstate State Election Board rules for an election night ballot count and a “reasonable inquiry” requirement before certifying results. The court’s one-page order rejected motions for… Continue reading

From Jennifer Rubin at the Wash Post: No one should underestimate the willingness of felon and former president Donald Trump to try to overturn the election if he does not prevail. He did it last time. He has already planted… Continue reading

Frank Langfitt for NPR: In America, we encourage voting as a civic duty, but an organization with millions of members is taking that obligation a step further. It’s requiring members to vote — or potentially lose their membership and the… Continue reading

The fourth in a series of Common Ground Democracy essays on the philosophy of democracy and its implications.