From the Seattle Times:
The nonpartisan chair of Washington’s redistricting commission resigned Monday, lashing out at Democratic leaders for refusing to defend legislative maps drawn by the commission from a legal challenge.
Sarah Augustine announced her resignation at the end … Continue reading
The Topeka Capital-Journal makes an appearance:
Lawmakers are considering changes to a six-decade-old system of selecting judges to the Kansas Supreme Court, at a time when the high court is on the cusp of hearing a landmark challenge to a… Continue reading
In a 6-3 decision, the Court declined to issue a stay of the NC state supreme court decision that had overturned legislatively drawn redistricting maps for Congress (without comment, the Court also declined to act in a similar case from… Continue reading
From Harry Enten for CNN:
The Democratic Party’s early 2000s dream of an emerging majority based on a diversifying electorate has run into reality. Democrats lost the 2016 presidential election, and they barely won in 2020. Part of their… Continue reading
NYT:
The day President Donald J. Trump urged his supporters to “be there, will be wild!” at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, Alex Jones spread the message to millions.“This is the most important call to action on domestic soil… Continue reading
Dallas Morning News:
Sen. Ted Cruz placed a big bet on a former top aide hoping to topple Rep. Henry Cuellar in South Texas, spending $137,000 out of his own campaign fund to pitch Cassy Garcia in the GOP… Continue reading
From PolitiFact:
Social media posts claimed that primary voters were not allowed to cast ballots at certain voting sites in Texas on March 1. Posts alternately claimed it was Democrats or Republicans that were being excluded.Many counties experienced a shortage… Continue reading
Another from Axios:
Former Vice President Mike Pence’s advocacy group plans to spend $10 million on TV ads targeting vulnerable House Dems on energy and Ukraine, Axios’ Lachlan Markay and Jonathan Swan have learned.
Why it matters: Pence contrasted himself… Continue reading
From Axios AM:
A dark money group with ties to Democratic Party heavyweights will spend millions this year to try to disbar more than 100 lawyers who worked on Donald Trump’s post-election lawsuits, people involved with the effort tell Axios’… Continue reading
Patrick Spivek:
Harris County says it’s “identified approximately 10,000 mail-in ballots (6,000 Democratic and 4,000 Republican) that were not added into the original Election Night count” pic.twitter.com/1YGAIQim67— Patrick Svitek (@PatrickSvitek) March 6, 2022
Michael Weingartner has posted this draft on SSRN. Here is the abstract:
Following the 2020 Presidential election, an obscure and potentially revolutionary constitutional theory re-emerged. The so-called “independent state legislature” theory posits that the Constitution vests state legislatures with plenary… Continue reading
Detroit Free Press:
The Michigan Bureau of Elections should do more to ensure local election officials are trained in how to conduct post-election audits, Michigan Auditor General Doug Ringler said in a report released Friday.And inadequate oversight and reporting… Continue reading
Guest post from Helen White & Cameron Kistler of Protect Democracy:
After months of percolating, at least one redistricting case invoking the so-called “independent state legislature” theory has finally reached the Supreme Court’s “shadow docket.” In the briefest terms,… Continue reading