HuffPost reports.

Video now posted from the Humphrey School at the University of Minnesota: Georgia, Texas, and other states are pursuing legislation that will make it more difficult to vote, especially for voters of color. Less attention has been paid to a… Continue reading

NYT: Dozens of Republican candidates have sown doubts about the election as they seek to join the ranks of the 147 Republicans in Congress who voted against certifying President Biden’s victory. There are degrees of denial: Some bluntly declare they… Continue reading

From the Chicago Tribune: Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker, who as a candidate vowed to veto any partisan redistricting plan for the legislature, signed into law Friday new partisan-drawn districts for the General Assembly and state Supreme Court designed to… Continue reading

My son starts a job today working for CA Governor Newsom, so I won’t be blogging any analysis of election law issues related to the governor or about the CA recall against the governor. I will still link to relevant… Continue reading

NYT deep dive.

Pretty stunning: Republican-controlled state legislatures are whittling away at the integrity of electoral democracy in the United States, rushing to pass laws that make it harder for Americans to vote and easier for partisans to tamper with election results.It… Continue reading

Facebook’s Nick Clegg: Last month, the Oversight Board upheld Facebook’s suspension of former US President Donald Trump’s Facebook and Instagram accounts following his praise for people engaged in violence at the Capitol on January 6. But in doing so,… Continue reading

Over 2,000 people get a daily email from me generated by Google’s Feedburner service that includes links to ELB content sent out over the last 24 hours. Google has announced that it will no longer be supporting Feedburner, so we… Continue reading

NYT: Facebook plans to announce on Friday that it will no longer keep posts by politicians up on its site by default if their speech breaks its rules, said two people with knowledge of the company’s plans, reversing how it… Continue reading

Andrew Appel: Based on preliminary reports published by the team of experts that New Hampshire engaged to examine an election discrepancy, it appears that a buildup of dust in the read heads of optical-scan voting machines (possibly over several years… Continue reading

Ben Jacobs for Vice: Her concern is echoed by an increasing number of scholars who study American history and the rise of authoritarianism around the globe. While republics are often fragile, they see the United States in a unique position… Continue reading

WaPo: The FBI is investigating Postmaster General Louis DeJoy in connection with campaign fundraising activity involving his former business, according to people familiar with the matter and a spokesman for DeJoy.FBI agents in recent weeks interviewed current and former… Continue reading

NYT: Vice President Kamala Harris did not come to her role with a list of demands. She wanted to be a generalist, in large part to learn the political rhythms of a president she was still getting to know. In… Continue reading