NPR: Texas legislators approved new, more restrictive state election rules aftera session that lasted from Thursday night into the early morning hours of Friday. The GOP-backed state Senate bill passed the House at 3 a.m. (4 a.m. ET) after… Continue reading

That’s an arresting line from this Matt Bai piece on the Republican Party. I consider changing the structure of primaries one of the more important political reform agenda items. See this good report from Unite America on the topic also.… Continue reading

From the Washington Post: The contest is quickly becoming a free-for-all. Following Cheney’s impeachment vote, the state party censured her, and several Wyoming politicians filed paperwork with the Federal Election Commission to challenge her. The most credible among them… Continue reading

This story caught my eye: “NY AG finds nearly 82% of net neutrality comments to the FCC were fake”: “The OAG found that millions of fake comments were submitted through a secret campaign, funded by the country’s largest broadband companies,… Continue reading

NYT: Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida signed new voting restrictions into law on Thursday that will make it more difficult for people to vote by mail and use popular ballot drop boxes, a move similar to other states controlled by… Continue reading

David Leonhardt NYT newsletter: Facebook’s suspension of Donald Trump will continue for now, the company announced yesterday. But it still has not resolved the central problem that Trump has created for social media platforms and, by extension, American democracy.The… Continue reading

In my recent Real Clear Politics essay, I argued that putting more weight on competitive districts in the redistricting process would be one means of mitigating the forces of political extremism. As I said when I first put forward… Continue reading

Episode 32: Professor Rick Hasen stopped by Supreme Myths to talk about voting rights and suppression, elections, the Scalia Myth, and other important issues.

Adam Liptak deep dive:  If the sweeping voting rights bill that the House passed in March overcomes substantial hurdles in the Senate to become law, it would reshape American elections and represent a triumph for Democrats eager to combat the… Continue reading

WaPo: Rep. Liz Cheney made clear Monday that she will continue to publicly denounce former president Donald Trump over his false claims that the 2020 election was stolen, imperiling her position in House Republican leadership as GOP members continue to… Continue reading

WaPo: Incorrect information from government sources apparently led three separate news organizations to publish the same erroneous claim about Rudolph W. Giuliani last week that all three later corrected.The Washington Post, the New York Times and NBC News all reported… Continue reading

From OANN: Just declined to give comment to an OANN reporter who asked me to comment the following: pic.twitter.com/kMcE9UIUoq— Rick Hasen (@rickhasen) May 3, 2021

Politico: Senate Democrats made a major commitment to muscle through Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s ethics and voting reform bill. Yet many say they have no idea how to pass it and wonder what exactly the end game is for a… Continue reading

I’ve just removed an earlier ELB blog post that linked to a story that now begins with this correction: Correction: An earlier version of this story, published Thursday, incorrectly reported that One America News was warned by the FBI that… Continue reading