Massachusetts’ Top Court Issues Opinion Explaining Its Earlier Order Rejecting Republican Party Challenge to State Expansion of Early Voting
You may read the opinion at this link.
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“California Judge Boots Majority of City’s Councilmembers For Illegally Holding Onto Power”
Law & Crime:
A judge has ordered the majority of a Southern California city’s governing body to be removed from office, concluding that the trio illegally held power by refusing to hold an election as required.The order finalized Wednesday… Continue reading
NC’s Opening Brief in Moore: State Constitutions and the Independent State Legislature Theory
North Carolina has now filed its opening brief. I want to single out one aspect of that brief here.
As I’ve emphasized, there are at least two different versions of ISLT on the role of state constitutions. The more sweeping… Continue reading
“First, an F.E.C. Complaint Against Trump Over 2024. Now One for Biden, Too.”
NYT:
A conservative group has filed a complaint against President Biden accusing him of violating federal election law by not officially informing the Federal Election Commission that he plans to run again in 2024.The complaint is unlikely to succeed… Continue reading
“Biden to give prime-time speech about ‘soul of the nation’ as voters prepare to cast midterm ballots”
NBC News:
President Joe Biden plans to deliver a prime-time speech this week about how America’s “rights and freedoms are still under attack,” returning to the core message of his 2020 campaign as Americans are getting ready to vote… Continue reading
“The Partisan Implications of the ISL Theory”
I wrote this piece for Democracy Docket on the partisan implications of the independent state legislature doctrine, solely with respect to congressional redistricting (the subject of Moore v. Harper).
However, at least in the context presented by Moore — congressional… Continue reading
“Judge delays Gov. Kemp’s testimony in Ga. probe until after November election”
“What brought down one Texas county’s entire elections department? It was something in the water.”
Votebeat:
Last November’s sleepy constitutional amendment election nearly came to blows in Gillespie County, a central Texas county known for its vineyards. A volunteer poll watcher, whose aggressive behavior had rankled election workers all day, attempted to force his… Continue reading
“Once unthinkable, Democrats now see narrow path to keeping the House”
WaPo:
Democrats are voicing growing confidence about limiting losses in the House and potentially even salvaging their majority in the midterm elections, with candidates and allied groups making moves to capitalize on a backlash to abortion restrictions, signs of… Continue reading
“Company Praised Voting Rights, but Handed $1.6B to Right-Wingers”
Daily Beast:
Last year, publicly traded Eaton signed an open statement championing “American democracy” and acknowledging the country’s history of political disenfranchisement. “We all should feel a responsibility to defend the right to vote and to oppose any discriminatory… Continue reading
“Trump election probe in Georgia cites voting system breach”
AP:
The prosecutor investigating whether former President Donald Trump and others illegally tried to interfere in the 2020 election in Georgia is seeking information about the alleged involvement of a Trump ally in the breach of voting equipment at… Continue reading
“Wyoming Looks to Limit Secretary of State Power After 2020 Election Denial”
Interesting development in Wyoming.
“In fiery midterm speech, Biden says GOP’s turned toward ‘semi-fascism’”
WaPo:
President Biden on Thursday night launched a push toward the midterm elections with a fiery speech in Rockville, Md., in which he cast the Republican Party as one that was dangerously consumed with anti-democratic forces that had turned toward… Continue reading
“Democrats Gamble with Ads that Highlight Far Right Candidates”
NYT video interactive.