I spoke with Bloomberg’s June Grasso.

Joshua Sellers and Justin Weinstein-Tull have posted this draft on SSRN (forthcoming, NYU L Rev). Here is the abstract: The right to vote is foundational in our democracy, but it lacks a strong foundation. Voting rights litigants are constantly on… Continue reading

Joe Manchin made news yesterday by endorsing H.R. 4 (which would revive Section 5 of the VRA) over H.R. 1 and by recommending nationwide preclearance, applicable to all fifty states. Nationwide preclearance would solve one of the Shelby County Court’s… Continue reading

LAT: After Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti took office in 2013, he helped launch a charity fund that allows donors to support diverse programs from environmental initiatives to youth employment.Since then, Garcetti has reported raising more than $60 million from… Continue reading

I hadn’t been aware of this 2019 paper in Legislative Studies Quarterly by David Cotrell. The piece itself is behind a paywall. Here’s the abstract: Recent research has leveraged computer simulations to identify the effect of gerrymandering on partisan… Continue reading

Mark Fisher, Davin Phoenix, Sierra Powell, Myrna Mousa, Shawn Rosenberg, Dana Greenia, Maria M. Corrada, Claudia Kawas, and Annlia Paganini‐Hill new article. From the abstract: In this population of older persons, political identification on the liberal‐conservative spectrum was resilient… Continue reading

WaPo column: The situation today reflects the worst tendencies of the pre-Trump era in extreme form. Trump didn’t invent most of what is central to his appeal; he says the ugliest, once-whispered parts out loud. And responsible Republicans who see… Continue reading

Alan Neff and Caroline Fredrickson at Just Security.

NYT.

NYT: For several weeks, Republicans in Arizona have conducted an extraordinary audit into the results of November’s presidential election, drawing scrutiny and widespread criticism for examining ballots without any evidence of fraud, and instead relying on conspiracy theories. The audit… Continue reading

From Fair Vote: A record 23 cities in Utah passed ranked choice voting ordinances for elections in 2021, more than doubling the number of elections that will allow voters to rank mayoral candidates. Altogether, with these added cities, 53 jurisdictions… Continue reading

NYT: A key Senate committee deadlocked on Tuesday over Democrats’ sweeping proposed elections overhaul, previewing a partisan showdown on the Senate floor in the coming months that could determine the future of voting rights and campaign rules across the… Continue reading

NYT: More than 100 Republicans, including some former elected officials, are preparing to release a letter this week threatening to form a third party if the Republican Party does not make certain changes, according to an organizer of the effort.The… Continue reading

NPR: Shortly after Arizona Republican lawmakers approved it, GOP Gov. Doug Ducey on Tuesday quickly signed a bill into law that could remove tens of thousands of voters from the state’s early ballot mailing list.Voters who sign up for the… Continue reading