As Rick noted, I’ll be doing the daily blogging for the next three weeks. Taking a few weeks at the helm of Election Law Blog is becoming an annual thing for me, and I’m grateful to him for giving… Continue reading

AP: A review panel says former New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani should be disbarred in Washington for how he handled litigation challenging the 2020 election on behalf of then-President Donald Trump. Giuliani “claimed massive election fraud but had no evidence,”… Continue reading

I do not think the affirmative action cases, or Shelby County, directly cast doubt on the constitutionality of Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act. Louisiana has now raised this question in its letter filing with the Fifth Circuit in… Continue reading

AP: A federal judge blocked the provision this week. But its passage reflects the effort by DeSantis, a Republican presidential candidate, and other GOP leaders to crack down on access to the ballot. Florida is one of at least six… Continue reading

Dan will be at the helm of ELB for the next three weeks starting Monday. Please direct any comments and tips to him. Thanks Dan!

CNN: Texas’ most populous county – Harris County, which is home to Houston – has filed a lawsuit against state officials challenging the constitutionality of a new law that eliminates the position of local elections administrator, Harris County Attorney Christian… Continue reading

AP: A fight over whether Wisconsin’s top elections official will keep her job has potential implications for the 2024 presidential contest in a perennial battleground where statewide margins are typically razor thin. Meagan Wolfe, the nonpartisan administrator of the Wisconsin… Continue reading

CNY Central: The Oneida County Board of Elections (BOE) will have to hold a special primary election after officials realized a clerical error caused them to leave a Republican Primary in the Town of Remsen off the ballot yesterday. Typically,… Continue reading

Paul Kane for WaPo: A series of Supreme Court rulings gave Democrats a needed jolt to shore up their ranks in the South heading into the pivotal 2024 election. But those rulings also set up a game of musical chairs… Continue reading

I’ve started reading the new paper Rick H. links to a few posts below. This paper is going to be pored over by those interested in voting laws and policies. Here’s another paragraph from the paper: [W]e believe that the… Continue reading

Carolyn Shapiro has written a thoughtful response to my previous post. I offer a couple of quick additional points: First, my characterization of how the majority of SCOTUS perceives what the Pennsylvania Supreme Court did in 2020 (in… Continue reading

Votebeat: Pinal County’s elections director abruptly resigned this week after facing harsh criticism from the county GOP. Her scathing resignation letter led many to compare her departure to those of other elections directors across the country who… Continue reading

Courthouse News Service on the oral argument.

This looks to be an important new article in the APSR from a strong group of authors. Here’s the abstract: Debates over racial voting, and over policies to combat vote dilution, turn on the extent to which groups’ voting preferences… Continue reading