“Why Republicans Are Moving To Fix Elections That Weren’t Broken”
Steve Inskeep for NPR.
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“Census data snafu upends 2022 elections”
Politico:
A six-month delay holding up the data that states use to draw their legislative districts is mangling plans for the 2022 elections, as states discuss postponing primaries and navigating legal deadlines for redistricting that some are now almost certain… Continue reading
“Keep your eye on Kentucky’s voting plans”
Josh Douglas CNN oped.
“In Statehouses, Stolen-Election Myth Fuels a G.O.P. Drive to Rewrite Rules”
Michael Wines for the NYT:
Led by loyalists who embrace former President Donald J. Trump’s baseless claims of a stolen election, Republicans in state legislatures nationwide are mounting extraordinary efforts to change the rules of voting and representation — and… Continue reading
“Democrats launch sweeping bid to overhaul US election laws”
“Reformers say HR 1 will fortify our democracy. Science shows it won’t”
David Primo and Jeff Milyo oped in Roll Call.
“Republican legislators around the country seek to strip governors and officials of emergency election powers”
Fredreka Schouten and Kelly Mena for CNN.
“The risks of corporate political spending after the Jan. 6 insurrection”
Ciara Torres-Spelliscy oped.
“CPAC goes all in on Trump’s false election fraud claims”
Jane Timm reports for NBC News.
“The battle over voting restrictions is playing out nationwide. Arizona Republicans are leading the way”
Melanie Mason for the LAT.
“How to Keep Extremists Out of Power”
That’s the title the NYT gave my latest piece. I’ll include an excerpt here, though it’s a bit hard to excerpt this one because I raise reform proposals in four different areas:
American democracy faces alarming risks from extremist… Continue reading
“Why We Should Rethink Voting Rights from the Ground Up”
Amel Ahmed oped in the Washington Monthly.
“Rightwing group nearly forced Wisconsin to purge thousands of eligible voters”
The Guardian:
A well-connected conservative group in Wisconsin nearly succeeded in forcing the state to kick nearly 17,000 eligible voters off its rolls ahead of the 2020 election, new state data reveals.The group, the Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty… Continue reading
Georgia Secretary of State Raffensperger Compares Stacey Abrams Complaints About Voting Machine Security to Trump’s Attack on Election Integrity, Cites Daily Wire Story on Abrams’ Group’s Support for Group Promoting Voting Technology Integrity
‘This is so disappointing to see.