“Tracking Section 3 Trump Disqualification Challenges”
From Lawfare:
This page is intended to track which states have active Section 3 litigation to remove Trump from the 2024 ballot. . . .
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“‘It’s complicated’: DC officials mark 50th anniversary of Home Rule Act, continue push for statehood”
WTOP:
D.C. got a unique Christmas Eve surprise from President Richard Nixon a half century ago — the right to self-governance.
It came after decades of failures for the city, between 1948 and 1964, as a handful of bills… Continue reading
“‘You better pray’: Christian nationalist groups are mobilizing before the 2024 elections”
The Guardian:
On a cold night in November, a man named Jefferson Davis addressed a crowd of conservative activists gathered in an American Legion hall 20 miles north of Milwaukee. In his left hand, Davis brandished an unusual prop.… Continue reading
Recent research posted to SSRN
“Trump Asks Appeals Court to Toss Election Case on Immunity Grounds”
Opening brief from WaPo here.
NYT:
Lawyers for former President Donald J. Trump asked an appeals court in Washington on Saturday night to toss a federal indictment accusing him of plotting to overturn the 2020 election, arguing that he… Continue reading
“How Russian and Chinese Interference Could Affect the 2024 Election”
More analysis on this story from NYT:
….As Washington looks ahead to the 2024 vote, U.S. intelligence agencies last week released a report on the 2022 midterm elections — a document that gives us some hints about what might… Continue reading
“Legal challenges to the Voting Rights Act continue into the new year”
Hansi Lo Wang on NPR:
The landmark Voting Rights Act has had a wild year in the courts. In 2024, ongoing legal challenges are threatening to make it harder to protect the voting rights of people of color (4-minute listen).
“Reforms coming to Washington elections after three counties settle with the UCLA’s Voting Rights Project”
The Chronicle:
Washington state’s signature-verification procedures are meant to root out exceedingly rare cases of voter fraud. But what they’ve typically done is get a lot of innocent legal votes tossed out. In 2020 alone, the state rejected more… Continue reading
“Opinion: Light at the end of the tunnel for New York’s redistricting”
“Arizona creates own deep-fake election hoaxes to prepare for 2024”
Politico:
Arizona’s top elections official has a novel plan to prevent artificial intelligence from supercharging election hoaxes in 2024: Test the technology on himself first.
After his key swing state became a magnet for election fraud conspiracy theories in… Continue reading
Lawyers’ Committee files amicus in Murthy v. Missouri
From the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law:
Washington, DC – Today, the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law filed an amicus brief in Murthy v. Missouri in support of social media platforms’ ability to censor harmful… Continue reading
“Elon Musk promised an anti-‘woke’ chatbot. It’s not going as planned.”
WaPo:
Decrying what he saw as the liberal bias of ChatGPT, Elon Musk earlier this year announced plans to create an artificial intelligence chatbot of his own. In contrast to AI tools built by OpenAI, Microsoft and Google, which… Continue reading
“In Connecticut, a rare election do-over could oust a sitting mayor”
NBC News:
In January, voters in Bridgeport, Connecticut, will head to the polls for an unusual contest: a court-ordered redo of the city’s Democratic mayoral primary.
The Jan. 23 election will determine whether Bridgeport Mayor Joe Ganim fairly won… Continue reading
“Michigan Inmates Will be Allowed to Vote Upon Prison Release”
Black Enterprise:
Votebeat reports Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer has signed House Bill 4983, on Nov. 30, which will usher in a new era of expanded voting rights for the state’s former inmates.
Effective June 2025, the first of its… Continue reading