Ugly Gerry: It's here. GERRY. A font created by your congressional districts. Log on to https://t.co/WkuVp7oDpu and use the font to tell congress how happy you are that your vote doesn't matter. pic.twitter.com/j9U5W7qmTz— Ugly Gerry (@UglyGerry) July 23, … Continue reading

WaPo fact checker: We lost the state of Michigan because everybody from Republicans to Russians were targeting the suppression of African American voters.”— Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.), in remarks during the second Democratic primary debate, July 31These remarks jumped out… Continue reading

Texas Tribune: Nationally, Hurd’s retirement is a massive blow to the morale of Republicans who care about winning back the U.S. House.Since the last redistricting process, several congressional seats have become competitive amid changing demographics and backlash against Trump.… Continue reading

Politico reports.

Mazie in the Economist: A closer look at the lawsuit suggests the plaintiffs may face an uphill battle. The main Supreme Court case the challengers cite in their favour—a 1990 decision called Rutan v Republican Party of Illinois—doesn’t quite… Continue reading

Brennan Center: Using data released by the federal Election Assistance Commission (EAC) in June, a new Brennan Center analysis has found that between 2016 and 2018, counties with a history of voter discrimination have continued purging people from the… Continue reading

Politico reports.

Russians and campaign finance law. Manipulation of democracy through social media. The transformative role of small donors in campaigns. Partisan gerrymandering. Read, and teach, all about it through the 2019 Supplement to The Law of Democracy, now available here: https://3668083.app.netsuite.com/core/media/media.nl?id=3508202&c=3668083&h=6b593bcd626e97f26edb&_xt=.pdf

Resignation: I don’t know if this is breaking or already reported but apparently @NCSBE Chairman Bob Cordle has resigned. Statement attached from @NC_Governor #ncga #ncpol pic.twitter.com/38PPy4occN— Melissa Boughton (@mel_bough) July 30, 2019 Earlier: State Board of Elections Chairman… Continue reading

The Supreme Court has long recognized that laws regulating candidate access to the ballot implicate the First Amendment and associational rights of voters. After all, if a candidate cannot get on the ballot, voters cannot vote for that candidate. As… Continue reading

News and Observer: A Republican political operative who worked for one-time congressional candidate Mark Harris in Bladen County faces felony charges in connection with the 2018 general election, an indictment revealed Tuesday by the Wake County district attorney shows.Leslie McCrae… Continue reading

Carl Hulse for the NYT.

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The Hill: Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), under fire for blocking two election security bills, hit back on Monday comparing the attacks against him to “modern-day McCarthyism.”“I was called unpatriotic, un-American and essentially treasonous by a couple of left-wing… Continue reading