Guam Voting Rule for Plebiscite Limiting Voting to Native Inhabitants of Guam Violates 15th Amendment
So holds the Ninth Circuit.
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“EXCLUSIVE: ‘Operation Blackout’ tests law enforcement response to simulated election cyberattack”
Today’s Must-Read: HuffPost Deep Dive into Crystal Mason Illegal Voting Case in Texas
Worth your time. Lots of new details, including on what poll workers knew and did.
“Pleasant Grove: A story of change at the hand of Mother Nature and the judge’s gavel”
AL.com:
An all-white mayor and council still controls the city despite a population now being more than 50 percent black. No black person has ever been elected to any office. The city is fighting a voting rights lawsuit filed in… Continue reading
“Senate intelligence report adds to confusion over Russian elections hacking in Florida”
Miami Herald:
Three months after Florida’s state government was blindsided by the release of previously classified information that two local elections offices were hacked ahead of the 2016 presidential elections, Gov. Ron DeSantis and members of Congress have been caught… Continue reading
“Notice, Due Process, and Voter Registration Purges”
Anthony Gaughan has posted this draft on SSRN (forthcoming, Cleveland State Law Review). Here is the abstract:
In the 2018 case of Husted v. A. Philip Randolph Institute, a divided United States Supreme Court upheld the procedures that Ohio election… Continue reading
“Releasing Citizenship Data Threatens Representative Democracy”
Eliza Newlin Carney for TAP.
“Threats To U.S. Elections Aren’t Going Away. What Have The 2020 Democrats Proposed?”
“IVP Sues California Secretary of State For Disenfranchising More Than 5 Million Voters”
Release:
The Independent Voter Project (IVP), author of California’s nonpartisan statewide primary system, is one of 7 plaintiffs suing the California Secretary of State, claiming that the State is violating the state’s constitution by failing to conduct an open… Continue reading
“Election warnings blare, but action stalls in Congress”
“Mueller Warns of Russian Sabotage and Rejects Trump’s ‘Witch Hunt’ Claims”
NYT:
Robert S. Mueller III warned lawmakers on Wednesday that Russia was again trying to sabotage American democracy before next year’s presidential election, defended his investigation’s conclusions about Moscow’s sweeping interference campaign in 2016 and publicly rejected President Trump’s… Continue reading
“GOP blocks election security bills after Mueller testimony”
The Hill:
Senate Republicans blocked two election security bills and a cybersecurity measure on Wednesday in the wake of former special counsel Robert Mueller warning about meddling attempts during his public testimony before congressional lawmakers. Democrats tried to get consent… Continue reading
Quote of the Day
“Over the course of my career, I’ve seen a number of challenges to our democracy. The Russian government’s effort to interfere in our election is among the most serious. As I said on May 29, this deserves the attention of… Continue reading
“Washington is adopting same-day voter registration. Will it boost turnout?”
The Seattle Times reports.