Arizona Republic:
A bitter behind-the scenes battle between Secretary of State Katie Hobbs and Attorney General Mark Brnovich could change election laws in Arizona.Hobbs filed sweeping ethics complaints to the State Bar of Arizona in 2020 accusing Brnovich… Continue reading
Last decade, there was significant controversy surrounding Arizona’s independent redistricting commission process. That controversy involved not only the Governor’s attempt to remove the head of the commission, which the state courts overturned; the controversy was also played out in the… Continue reading
Augusta Chronicle:
Lincoln County is trying to close all but one polling place for next year’s elections, a move opposed by voting and civil rights groups.Relocating voters from the county’s seven precincts to a single location will make voting… Continue reading
Reuters:
A member of Donald Trump’s 2020 presidential campaign arranged and participated in a meeting at which a Georgia election worker says she was pressed by a Chicago publicist to falsely admit voting fraud.The revelation directly ties a senior… Continue reading
West Virginia v. EPA, one of the blockbusters on the Supreme Court’s docket this term, is an administrative law, not an election law, case. The question is whether the EPA has the authority to regulate greenhouse gases in certain ways—and,… Continue reading
WaPo:
The House select committee investigating the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 sent a letter on Monday to Rep. Scott Perry (R-Pa.) requesting he provide information that could be crucial to the panel’s examination of efforts to… Continue reading
One of the most important ways to combat the extremism in our current politics is through institutional changes in the way candidates are able to make it to the general election. The goal should be to make it likely that… Continue reading
Sue Halpern in The New Yorker:
The fact is that, despite real gains over the past several years in shoring up the security of election systems in a number of states—with increased cybersecurity training for election officials, the introduction… Continue reading
NYT:
Stymied by Republicans on voting rights legislation, Senator Chuck Schumer on Monday gave the clearest sign yet that he would try to force a fundamental change in Senate rules if needed to enact federal laws to offset voting… Continue reading
CNN:
Republican Rep. Adam Kinzinger said Sunday the House panel investigating the January 6 Capitol insurrection is looking into whether former President Donald Trump committed a crime with his involvement in the deadly riot.“I don’t want to go there… Continue reading