Category Archives: Uncategorized
“Trump Said to Have Reacted Approvingly to Jan. 6 Chants About Hanging Pence”
NYT:
Shortly after hundreds of rioters at the Capitol started chanting “Hang Mike Pence!” on Jan. 6, 2021, the White House chief of staff, Mark Meadows, left the dining room off the Oval Office, walked into his own office… Continue reading
Disagreement Among PA Republicans Over Decision to Take Oz’s Side in Fight Over Counting Ballots Missing Dates in McCormick-Oz Race
Philly Inquirer:
“A top Pennsylvania Republican operative and adviser to David McCormick’s Senate campaign accused state GOP chairman Lawrence Tabas of trying to ‘invalidate’ Republican votes by opposing McCormick’s lawsuit urging election officials to count undated mail ballots.Jim Schultz,… Continue reading
Fourth Circuit Holds That 1872 Amnesty Act Does Not Prevent North Carolina from Removing Insurrectionists from Ballot (But Lots More to Be Decided in a Future Case)
Three judges; three opinions. A lot more left undecided, and the case may ultimately be moot now that it looks like Madison Cawthorn won’t win his primary.
“Votebeat launches as a permanent newsroom”
Axios shares the very good news:
Chalkbeat, the nonprofit news outlet that covers education at the local level, has raised $3.1 million to permanently launch a separate newsroom called Votebeat that will be dedicated to covering voting at the… Continue reading
“Financing of Races for Offices that Oversee Elections: May 2022”
New from the Brennan Center:
Recent developments in election official races, including an analysis of the most recent campaign finance data available for secretary of state races in the states in our sample, reveal some key trends.
Money is flowing… Continue reading
“The Cost of Conducting Elections”
New paper from Charles Stewart full of helpful information.
“The Future of the Two-Party System?: Lessons from the North Carolina Senate Race”
Election Law at Ohio State is pleased to host this webinar. Here’s the description:
In our current highly polarized political environment, the system of party primaries in most states risks eliminating consensus candidates from the general election. These consensus… Continue reading
“GOP intervenes in Pa. Senate race vote-counting lawsuit”
AP:
The national and state Republican parties are taking the same side as celebrity heart surgeon Dr. Mehmet Oz in Pennsylvania’s neck-and-neck GOP primary contest for U.S. Senate and opposing a lawsuit that could help former hedge fund… Continue reading
Requiring Majority Winners
This paper, entitled Requiring Majority Winners for Congressional Elections: Harnessing Federalism to Combat Extremism, is now in page proofs: 26 Lewis & Clark Law Review 365 (2022). Here’s the abstract:
“Congress should enact a law requiring a candidate for… Continue reading
Top GOP Gubernatorial Candidates in Michigan May Not Make the Ballot Because They Did Not Collect Enough Valid Petition Signatures; Thousands of Fraudulent Signatures Submitted by Petition Gatherers
Just wow from Detroit News:
Former Detroit police Chief James Craig and businessman Perry Johnson, two of the top candidates for the Republican nomination for governor, didn’t submit enough valid petition signatures to make the ballot, according to findings… Continue reading
“McCormick takes Pa. Senate ballot fight to court”
Politico:
The war over every last vote in Pennsylvania’s too-close-to-call Senate GOP primary is now officially headed to the courts.David McCormick’s campaign filed a lawsuit Monday afternoon arguing that election officials must count mail-in and absentee ballots that lack… Continue reading
“The Hypnotherapist and Failed Politician Who Helped Fuel the Never-Ending Hunt for Election Fraud in Wisconsin”
Watch on CSPAN May 29 and 30 My Conversation with Erwin Chemerinsky About My Cheap Speech Book
This program is a recording of a conversation at the Commonwealth Club. Tune in!