“Arizona’s Bulwark Against Trumpism Was Just a Mirage; Arizona resisted election denialism in 2020. What will happen in 2022?”
David Siders for Politico Magazine.
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Watch Archived Video of Stanford/UCLA Conference, “Should Donald Trump Be Returned to Social Media?”
This was a robust discussion with very diverse views.
Watch:
Here’s a description of the event:
The Program on Democracy and the Internet (PDI) at Stanford University and UCLA Law’s Safeguarding Democracy Project will host a half-day streamed conference,… Continue reading
Shapiro, Stephanopoulos & Tokaji Amicus Brief in Moore
Carolyn Shapiro, Dan Tokaji, and I are the amici in this brief in Moore v. Harper, represented by Harvard Law School’s Election Law Clinic. Our brief highlights the doctrinal and practical mayhem that would ensue if federal courts were to… Continue reading
“Conspiracy pushers target races for local election posts”
AP:
“It’s just hard, as somebody who grew up, as I said, believing in democratic values, that I’m being challenged by somebody who doesn’t believe that our elections here, locally or nationally, are free and fair,” McGuire said. “Particularly here… Continue reading
Justice Alito Celebrates Citizens United, Free Speech Rights of Corporations in Talk at Heritage Foundation; Position Potentially at Odds with How He Views State Laws Requiring Social Media Companies to Include All Politicians’ Speech
Excerpt:
I plan to quote this language back to Justice Alito if and when the Court decides whether states like Texas can force social media companies to carry the speech of politicians who foment hate speech, undermine election integrity… Continue reading
“That Cardboard Box in Your Home Is Fueling Election Denial; A previously unreported boom in profits for the shipping supply giant Uline has provided the funds for a deeply conservative Midwestern family to bankroll anti-democracy causes around the country.”
The Missing Middle?
Two weeks out from Election Day, many of the most closely watched and competitive statewide races are between a MAGA Republican and a Democrat. Here are few examples:
Arizona’s gubernatorial race between Kari Lake and Katie Hobbs
New Hampshire’s Senate… Continue reading
If Pennsylvania used Alaska’s electoral system…
ELB readers know that throughout this year I’ve urged us all to process election-related news with this question in mind: what if the relevant state used Alaska’s new electoral system? (Obviously, this question doesn’t apply to Alaska itself.) Tonight’s debate… Continue reading
“A third of 2022 midterm voters may use mailed out-ballots”
Wisconsin: “Pro-Trump Republicans court election volunteers to ‘challenge any vote'”
WaPo:
The Republican National Committee and its allies say they have staged thousands of training sessions around the country on how to monitor voting and lodge complaints about next month’s midterm elections. In Pennsylvania, party officials have boasted about… Continue reading
“Running an Election in the Heart of Election Denialism”
A must-listen episode of The Daily (NY Times podcast). If you want a sense of what election administration is like right now (and, most especially how it has evolved–meaning deteriorated–in the months since January 2021), you can’t do any better… Continue reading
“The Time to Stop a Runaway Presidency is Before it Starts”
I’ve posted this essay, at the Yale Journal of Regulation, which is running a symposium on Peter Shane’s new book, “Democracy’s Chief Executive”. My essay is the first of what will be fourteen essays — one a day… Continue reading
Grimmer, Herron, and Tyler: “Evaluating a New Generation of Expansive Claims about Vote Manipulation”
Important new draft from Justin Grimmer, Michael Herron, and Matthew Tyler. Abstract:
In the wake of Donald Trump’s attempt to overturn the 2020 presidential election, a cottage industry of conspiracy theorists has advanced ever more expansive claims of vote manipulation,… Continue reading