“Language Access and Voting Rights: An Overview of Federal, State, and Local Policies”
New report from Angelo Ancheta of Demos.
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State Legislatures Can No Longer Declare the Election to Have “Failed” in Their State Due to Natural Disasters and Then Appoint Electors
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of the major (but less -well appreciated) accomplishments of the new, bipartisan Electoral Count Reform Act is that it repealed the provision in federal law that permitted state legislatures to appoint electors if the presidential election had “failed” in… Continue reading
I Spoke to the Diane Rehm Show: “How Secure is the 2024 Election?”
You can listen here.
When Will We Know Election Results in the Swing States? Great New Slide Deck from Protect Democracy Explores
Law & Democracy Podcast
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.
“Georgia’s Republican secretary of state finds just 20 noncitizens registered to vote out of 8.2 million”
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
“How tech companies can help secure the election after Election Day”
Important from Katie Harbath and Nicole Schneidman.
From Former D.C. Circuit Judge Thomas Griffith: “Claims of a stolen election undermine our democracy”
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
“Threats to a Fair Election”
Emily Bazelon talks to Nate Persily for NYT’s “The Morning” newsletter.
“Republicans to press ahead in bid to block some overseas ballots”
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
“A New Effort to Counter Threats to Election Workers”
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
“Georgia Supreme Court rejects Republican effort to restore last-minute election rules”
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
“The risk of exaggerating Trump’s ability to overturn the election”
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
“An organization has novel way to get members to vote. But is it legal?”
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