The NY Times article in the post below this one on Republican measures to curtail direct democracy noted among other changes was a $3,000 individual limit on contributions to ballot petition drives in Florida. This seems clearly unconstitutional under existing… Continue reading

538: Understanding how new voting restrictions will influence our elections is difficult. Political science hasn’t found that these types of laws have that big of an effect, at least as individual measures. But, while laws that make it more… Continue reading

The Texas Tribune reports.

Ciara Torres-Spelliscy for the Brennan Center.

NYT: In the latest example of divisions among congressional Democrats over voting rights, four House Democrats emailed the party caucus on Thursday pushing for their colleagues to muscle through two election bills now being considered on Capitol Hill, arguing that… Continue reading

Apparently the state has to approve the software NYC wants to use. Let’s hope the various governmental actors do not screw this up. In four special elections for city council, the Board of Elections had to tally all the votes… Continue reading

NYT: Arizona’s top elections official on Thursday urged the state’s most populous county to replace hundreds of voting machines that have been examined as part of a Republican-backed review of the state’s November election.The request added fuel to charges by… Continue reading

I participated in a great conversation with Derek Muller and host Jeffrey Rosen. Listen!

Looking forward to participating in this virtual event (registration required) at Minnesota’s Humphrey School’s Center for the Study of Politics and Government: Topic: The New Danger in Voting LegislationDescriptionGeorgia, Texas and other states are pursuing legislation that will make it… Continue reading

MarketWatch reports.

Charles Hammer column in the KC Star: We Kansans owe Kris Kobach warm thanks for his greatest triumph: He proved that voter fraud is virtually nonexistent in our state. He achieved that by fiercely striving to prove the opposite.In 2010… Continue reading

Kevin Johnson oped at The Fulcrum.

Patrick Berry and Alicia Bannon WaPo Outlook piece: By the Brennan Center for Justice’s count, state lawmakers have introduced more than 360 voter suppression bills across the nation, and the aim seems clear: Despite rhetorical nods to protecting “… Continue reading

Richard Briffault has posted this draft on SSRN (forthcoming Notre Dame Journal of Law, Ethics and Public Policy). Here is the abstract: Recent years have witnessed the growing use by elected officials, particularly state and local chief executives, of affiliated… Continue reading