“How Republicans came to embrace the big lie of a stolen election”
Sam Levine for The Guardian.
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“Exodus of election officials raises concerns of partisanship”
AP:
There is no shortage of job openings for local election officials in Michigan. It’s the same in Pennsylvania. Wisconsin, too.After facing threats and intimidation during the 2020 presidential election and its aftermath, and now the potential of new punishments… Continue reading
“It’s Time to Treat Voting Rights Like Climate Change”
Michael Barsa and David Dana for Slate:
Which is why corporations must be pushed to take a stand. Both through “democratically responsible” investment funds and shareholder activism, investors can push corporations to state loudly for all to hear which voting… Continue reading
Ned Foley Slams Democrats’ Election-Reform Bill
Surprisingly harsh critique from liberal election-law expert Ned Foley in his latest Washington Post piece:
H.R. 1 passed the House with zero Republican votes, and the companion S.B. 1 has zero GOP support in the Senate. That’s because… Continue reading
“How Joe Manchin could escape the trap he set for himself”
Ned Foley WaPo column:
Manchin’s message leaves a nagging question: what happens if he brokers a deal with all seven GOP senators who voted to convict Trump, and perhaps also Sen. Rob Portman (R-Ohio) (who voted for the … Continue reading
For ELB Readers Getting Daily Posts by Feedburner, Expect a Change to Feedblitz on Saturday
As I mentioned last week, Feedburner is no longer going to be fully supporting its service to send daily emails with ELB posts to those readers who have signed up. So everyone who as an ELB subscription with Feedburner is… Continue reading
“Fact-checking Trump’s statement that Native Americans were paid to vote”
Politifact reports.
In a 34-page ruling in December, District Court Judge James Todd Russell found “no credible or reliable evidence” that the election was affected by fraud. The plaintiffs didn’t prove that the Nevada Native Vote Project “gave or offered… Continue reading
“Our Endangered Right to Protest”
Tabatha Abu-el Haj in the Washington Monthly:
The same cannot be said today. A recent study found that 96 percent of protests for racial justice in 2020 involved no injuries to persons or property. Yet it was not just in… Continue reading
Legislation News
Court limits definition of “violent felony” in federal gun-possession penalty
Scotusblog
A fractured Supreme Court on Thursday narrowed the scope of a key phrase in the Armed Career Criminal Act, ruling that crimes involving recklessness do not count as “violent… Continue reading
June 16 Event: “Virtual Summit: Continuing Threats to Free and Fair Elections”
Via email from Bipartisan Policy Center (registration link):
Election administrators endured unthinkable stress and attacks during the 2020 cycle, and our country is now hurtling towards a cliff of retirements of the people who best understand voting. Join… Continue reading
“Republican governors touted their states’ election security in 2020. Then they pushed new voting restrictions in the name of election security.”
“Bipartisan Policy Center/Morning Consult Poll: Voters Satisfied with Options, Plurality of Voters Prefer to Vote In-Person”
Release:
A national poll conducted in April by Morning Consult and the Bipartisan Policy Center found that voters were overwhelmingly satisfied with their voting options in the 2020 election. Voters also ranked in-person voting on Election Day as their most… Continue reading