Axios: About one in three Americans prefers strong unelected leaders to weak elected leaders and says presidents should be able to remove judges over their decisions, according to the latest findings from our Axios-Ipsos Two Americas Index.Why it matters: … Continue reading

Useful from Politico.

NBC News: Bipartisan legislation aimed at preventing attempts to steal elections and another attack on the Capitol is sitting on the shelf, and as the clock ticks on the current Democratic-controlled Congress it remains unclear when a vote… Continue reading

WaPo reports.

AJC: A group of computer scientists and election integrity advocates are calling for Georgia to abandon voting touchscreens and conduct more audits of this fall’s elections following the revelation that several supporters of Donald Trump coordinated the copying of election… Continue reading

Bolts: Ever since allies of Donald Trump in Michigan failed to stall the certification of Joe Biden’s win in 2020, they have pursued a methodical purge of election officials who affirmed the results, replacing them with new canvassers who… Continue reading

Politico Magazine.

Watch: CNN EXCLUSIVE: New video obtained by @DrewGriffinCNN shows Republican leaders in Michigan training poll workers to *break the rules* so they can act as "undercover agents" during mid-term elections in November. pic.twitter.com/QOz6taBc9E— CNN This Morning with Kasie Hunt… Continue reading

WaPo: The Michigan Supreme Courton Thursday ordereda proposal enshrining the right to an abortion in the state’s constitution be added to the November ballot, ending a partisan feud that unexpectedly erupted when a state board refused to approve the… Continue reading

This is worth a listen with Leah Litman and Kate Shaw interviewing.

WaPo editorial: Congress has a lot on its to-do list ahead of November’s midterm elections — confirming circuit-court judges, funding the government and possibly enshrining same-sex marriage protections along the way. But at least as important is a piece… Continue reading

I’m thrilled to welcome two new Advisory Board members to the Safeguarding Democracy Project at UCLA Law: Nina Perales is Vice President of Litigation at MALDEF Andrew Appel is Eugene Higgins Professor of Computer Science at Princeton. Both were on… Continue reading

WaPo: It is in many ways an ideal job for a public servant with a passion for democracy — the chance to facilitate voting in Georgia’s most populous county, the electoral center of one of the most important political… Continue reading

CNN: The evening before Michigan’s state primary, Wayne County GOP leaders held a Zoom training session for poll workers and partisan observers — warning them about “bad stuff happening” during the election and encouraging them to ignore local… Continue reading