Ron Brownstein CNN column: With their drive to erect new obstacles to voting, particularly across the Sun Belt, Republicans are stacking sandbags against a rising tide of demographic change.In many of the states where Republicans are advancing the most… Continue reading

Jessica Huseman is one of the journalists who has covered election administration issues in great depth over recent years. Although she supports much of HR 1 in principle, she has published a blistering critique which argues that the bill would… Continue reading

While election numbers are still coming in, the current analysis is that the pro-Netanyahu bloc of parties would be able to muster at most 59 seats, and the anti-Netanyahu bloc 56 seats. In Israel’s 120-seat Knesset, control of 61 seats… Continue reading

WSJ: West Virginia election officials are lobbying Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin to oppose his party’s voting-rights legislation, again underscoring his pivotal role as the Senate’s most prominent centrist.Mr. Manchin is the only senator on the Democratic side of… Continue reading

Politico: There’s no better preview of the voting rights buzzsaw that’s about to splinter the Senate than the current disagreement between Amy Klobuchar and Roy Blunt.Klobuchar and Blunt are a notably effective bipartisan pair on many issues, running the Rules… Continue reading

Larry Lessig responds to concerns I and others have raised against HR 1, by arguing that a broader bill makes it more likely to pass. I remain very skeptical about that.

Thrilled to be back on Ms. Magazine’s “On the Issues” podcast with my great UCI Law colleague, Michele Goodwin. Listen!

Zach Montellaro: Trump continues to cling to his lie that the 2020 election was fraudulent — and is pushing the rest of the Republican Party to join him. “Sadly, the Election was Rigged, and without even going into detail,… Continue reading

Financial Times: Voting rights activists in Georgia are piling pressure on companies including Coca-Cola, Delta Air Lines, Home Depot and UPS to come out against Republican-led efforts to restrict early and mail-in voting in the southern state. The campaign,… Continue reading

WaPo reports.

Just ran across this nice graph, from @davidschor, which illustrates that from the 1960s until 2016, the Electoral College was more often biased toward Democrats, and by a larger amount, than toward Republicans. This also shows how dramatic the… Continue reading

From Cal Matters: Voters are first asked whether they would like to give the incumbent the boot. Then, in a second question, they are asked who ought to be the replacement. Under California law, incumbents can’t run to replace… Continue reading

AP: A northern Michigan county that was sued over its counting of the fall election will count paper ballots by hand in the May 4 primary.Antrim County commissioners turned down a request from the county clerk for $5,080 to prepare… Continue reading

Harry Enten for CNN: Republicans’ response to losing control of the White House and Senate has been to try and make voting harder in a number of states. Most notably, perhaps, is Georgia, where they’re going after ways of voting… Continue reading