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“Bipartisan group of lawmakers signs pledge to certify 2024 election results”
Politico:
More than 30 House members, including a half-dozen Republicans, have signed a bipartisan pledge to uphold the results of the 2024 election amid an increased focus on Congress’ role in certifying the tally next January.
A pair of House… Continue reading
“Judge narrows election interference case against Trump in Georgia”
NBC News:
he judge in the election interference case against Donald Trump and several co-defendants in Georgia has thrown out three counts in the indictment — including two counts brought against the former president.
The original 41-count indictment accused Trump… Continue reading
“Truth in advertising, and now in politics”
Harvard Law Today covers TrueViews, the new tool for seeing public opinion on many policies and at many geographic levels.
[T]hanks to a new freeware data tool created by experts from Harvard Law School and the Bloomberg Center for… Continue reading
“How unfounded GOP claims about noncitizen voting could cost some eligible voters their rights”
Votebeat:
But this close to an election, the risk of disenfranchising or discouraging eligible voters is high. Efforts to “clean” the voter rolls have indeed wrongly or improperly ensnared eligible voters in the past. In 2019, for example, Texas officials … Continue reading
“Native Leaders Organize to Defend Alaska’s Ranked Choice Voting System”
New at Bolts.
Rep. Byron Donalds Demands that PA Permit Election Officials to Pre-Process Absentee Ballots
In the first one to two minutes of this clip, Republican Rep. Donalds lambasts PA for not permitting officials to start processing absentee ballots before Election Day. He notes that his state of Florida, along with Georgia and many others,… Continue reading
Webinar: “The State of Election System Reform in 2024”
The Election Law at Ohio State program is hosting a webinar on the multiple efforts around the country this year to reform the structure of elections (including the effort in Alaska to repeal that state’s previous reform). Date & Time:… Continue reading
Sept. 26 Hofstra Conference: “The Role of Lawyers in Defending Democracy”
Very important topic and great lineup for this conference at Hofstra’s Freedman Institute for the Study of Legal ethics.
Dionne and Rapoport: “What if America held an election and everyone came? Universal voting would be a step in that direction.”
E.J. Dionne and Miles Rapoport in the Chicago Sun-Times.
“When a Trailblazing Suffragist and a Crusading Prosecutor Teamed Up to Expose an Election Conspiracy”
Sasha Issenberg for Smithsonian Magazine.
Sept. 12 Webinar at U Minn: “The Threats to the 2024 Elections”
Looking forward to participating in this conversation at the Humphrey School (free registration required):
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Can the United States continue to conduct free and fair elections? Richard Hasen, the Gary T. Schwartz Endowed Chair in Law and Director of the… Continue reading
Amicus Brief About Ohio Ballot Board’s Deceptive Language
Ned Foley, Ruth Greenwood, David Niven, Dan Tokaji, and I filed this amicus brief today, exclusively in our personal capacities, arguing that the Ohio Ballot Board’s summary of Ohio’s anti-gerrymandering initiative is deeply misleading. While the initiative would be one… Continue reading
“Judge delays Donald Trump’s sentencing in hush money case until after November election” (Link to Court’s Letter)
AP:
A judge agreed Friday to postpone Donald Trump’s sentencing in his hush money case until after the November election, granting him a hard-won reprieve as he navigates the aftermath of his criminal conviction and the homestretch of his presidential… Continue reading