Votebeat reports.

I wrote this column for The Hill on the potential of TrueViews to improve representation by better informing politicians about their constituents’ policy views. I also did this radio interview about TrueViews with Inside Sources. Politicians’ knowledge of their constituents’… Continue reading

Danielle Jefferis, Brandon Johnson, and Anthony Schutz have written this oped in the Lincoln Journal-Star. A snippet: There is a brewing crisis of democracy in Nebraska. No, not the kind involving lies about stolen elections or outlandish conspiracies, but a… Continue reading

Marshall Cohen for CNN: The pro-Trump cable outlet Newsmax and voting technology company Smartmatic settled a major defamation lawsuit Thursday in a last-minute agreement to avert a high-stakes trial over the airing of false 2020 election claims. The terms of… Continue reading

NYT: Federal officials battling foreign interference in the coming election say they are entering what may be the most perilous period of the campaign: October, when the prospect for mischief runs high and the time to react runs short. While… Continue reading

Politico: A sprawling review of the Justice Department’s handling of the Jan. 6, 2021, riot — and the Trump administration’s actions that preceded it — is unlikely to be released until after the next election takes place in November,… Continue reading

Always a helpful guide: This year, legislatures across the country have continued to introduce and pass voting legislation far above pre-2021 rates. Regular legislative sessions for this year have ended in almost all states. Michigan, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Ohio,… Continue reading

New report from Michael Sozan of CAP.

The first in a series of Common Ground Democracy essays on the philosophy of democracy and its implications. This one considers the concept of majority voting on the assumption that voters and candidates can be located along a single blue-purple-red… Continue reading

AP: In Georgia, election workers will have to hand count the number of ballots cast after voting is completed. In North Carolina, some students and university staff can use their digital IDs to vote. In Wisconsin, ballot drop boxes … Continue reading

Smart and detailed Anna Bower.

Nebraska Examiner: The Republican push to change how Nebraska awards its Electoral College votes and boost former President Donald Trump ran into political reality Monday as a key lawmaker, State Sen. Mike McDonnell, announced he won’t support the change. McDonnell,… Continue reading

This live symposium looks terrific. (There’s unfortunately no zoom option.) Washington University Law Review Symposium: 150th Anniversary of Minor v. Happersett 9:45 am          PANEL ONE: History Moderator:  Adrienne Davis, Washington University Panelists: Henry Chambers, University of Richmond Minor v.… Continue reading

This is “old” (last Friday), but important news. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is pulling tricks straight out of Alabama’s playbook in in the mid-1950. He is targeting the associations supporting Latino voter registration efforts, following LULAC’s endorsement of … Continue reading