WashPo: Toward the end of 2020, then-President Donald Trump began raising a new idea with aides: that he would personally lead a march to the Capitol on the following Jan. 6. Trump brought it up repeatedly with key advisers… Continue reading

As many in the Election Law group know, allegations of election fraud in the last few decades have been impossible to quash.  Over the years, after numerous attempts to verify rumors of widespread voter fraud, studies have found only scattered… Continue reading

Here’s a five-part series on the expert external evaluation of the Swiss Post e-voting system commissioned by the Swiss government.

NPR: NPR tracked four key influencers as they traveled the country, spreading the false narrative that there was rampant fraud in the 2020 election. The men appeared at at least 308 events in 45 states and the District of… Continue reading

Business Insider: In a series of Facebook ads promoting FEC Commissioner Trey Trainor’s appearance, the Denton County Republican Party made no mention of Trainor’s service as a duly appointed FEC commissioner — one who regularly votes on campaign finance-related… Continue reading

From the AP: “This case could profoundly alter the balance of power in states and prevent state courts and agencies from providing protections for people’s right to vote,” said Rick Hasen, a law professor at the University of California,… Continue reading

From Politico: Florida Republicans are capitalizing on the national movement surrounding parental rights and education by jumping into local school board races with crucial endorsements and much-needed cash. Dozens of political committees with ties to Florida conservatives are funneling… Continue reading

From Politico: The Voting Rights Act of 1965 has been slowly whittled away over the last decade by the Supreme Court — and a case set to be heard in the fall could shrink the protections offered by the… Continue reading

From the NYTimes: The Wisconsin Supreme Court on Wednesday effectively handed the Republican-controlled State Senate broad authority over the composition of state boards and commissions, three and a half years into the term of a Democratic governor whose duties… Continue reading

From the NYTimes: When Lev Parnas was arrested in 2019, he was known mainly as a minor presence in Republican political circles: someone who traded on connections with allies of Donald J. Trump, including the president’s personal lawyer, Rudolph… Continue reading

From the NYTimes: Missouri overhauled its election rules on Wednesday, enacting a voter identification law similar to one the state’s highest court blocked two years ago and doing away with its presidential primary in favor of a caucus system.

From Jerry Goldfeder at the New York Law Journal (membership required): New Yorkers are about to vote from state Assembly districts that have been heldunconstitutional. After months of redistricting litigation throughout the country and here in ourstate as well, how… Continue reading

The following story is (behind a paywall) at the Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Subpoenas sent this month are seeking evidence of whether election conspiracy theorists gained unauthorized access to Georgia voting equipment and copied sensitive files in Coffee County after the… Continue reading

A Politico article by Stephen Shepard highlights efforts by Democrats in several primary races to influence the outcome of Republican primaries to boost far right candidates that they believe will be easier to beat in November: Tuesday’s races feature four… Continue reading