Constitutional Conversations: Richard Hasen and Kevin Kosar are both concerned about the polarizing partisan divide in American political life.  Hasen believes that “rampant conspiracism leads to contagion, not containment.” He argues that in the future “Federalism and decentralization will not… Continue reading

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From the Washington Post, with details over allegations relating to the counting of ballots especially in Maricopa County.

NYT:  Election officials in Arizona’s most populous and politically important county announced Thursday that they would not complete counting ballots until early next week, adding to tensions in a state at the center of the false narrative that the 2020… Continue reading

NPR: In an abrupt reversal, Los Angeles County has dismissed charges against the chief executive of an election software company, marking the end of a case that prominent election deniers cited as evidence of foul play in American elections.Eugene Yu,… Continue reading

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NPR reports.

Since publication of the Washington Post column describing the “Total Vote Runoff” variation on Ranked Choice Voting, questions have arisen about the relationship of this procedure to what is known in the electoral systems literature as Baldwin’s method. The two… Continue reading

WaPo: As voters cast ballots largely without incident on Tuesday afternoon, former president Donald Trump took to social media to declare that a minor, already rectified problem with absentee balloting in Detroit was “REALLY BAD.”“Protest, protest, protest,” he wrotejust before… Continue reading

Philly Inquirer: The national Republican Party is planning to challenge provisional ballots cast by Pennsylvania voters, a lawyer wrote in a letter to county elections officials Wednesday.The Republican National Committee “intends to challenge the provisional ballots cast by voters… Continue reading

WaPo: Voters in several battleground states have rebuked state-levelcandidates who echoed former president Donald Trump’s false claim that the 2020 presidential race was rigged, keeping election deniers from positions with power over the certification of future presidential election results.But dozens… Continue reading

While election denialism was a winning strategy in many Republican primaries, it was a mixed bag last night in many contests for key state-level offices that play some role in overseeing elections. Key projected winners included Florida Governor Ron DeSantis… Continue reading

With news that the North Carolina Supreme Court has flipped to Republican control, there is a good chance that the this court’s holding that partisan gerrymandering violates the state constitution will be overturned. That ruling will allow Republicans to draw… Continue reading