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“European Election Observers Warn of Republican Election Deniers”
NYT:
Election observers from the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe warned this week of “intensely divisive” rhetoric ahead of the midterm elections in the United States, noting that Republicans who have denied the 2020 election results are… Continue reading
Nevada: “Hand vote count on hold after Nevada high court says illegal”
AP:
An unprecedented hand-count of mail-in ballots in a rural Nevada county is on hold and may not resume after the Nevada Supreme Court said in an after-hours ruling the current process is illegal and the Republican secretary of state… Continue reading
“‘Innuendos and baseless allegations’: Milwaukee claps back after Ron Johnson sows doubts about early voting in the city”
Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel:
As voters have already begun streaming to the polls, Republican U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson this week raised doubts about early in-person absentee voting in Milwaukee and suggested his supporters in the city hold off from casting their ballots… Continue reading
“Officials brace for unprecedented efforts to disrupt 2022 vote”
Axios:
U.S. election officials are anticipating unprecedented efforts to disrupt the 2022 election, and putting battleground states on heightened alert.Why it matters: Efforts to intimidate voters and spread misinformation can erode the public’s trust in the democratic process, and safety… Continue reading
Nevada Supreme Court Moves to Stop Information Release of Votes and Tallies from Hand Count of Ballots in Nye County
Following up on Gowri’s post and this AP report, the ACLU just got the following order from the Nevada Supreme Court:
Filed Order Granting Motion for Clarification. Petitioners have now filed an emergency motion for clarification, asserting that… Continue reading
Former Prosecutors File SCOTUS Amicus Brief on Speech or Debate Clause in Lindsay Graham Emergency Motion Not to Testify Before Georgia Grand Jury Investigating 2020 Election Subversion
“Why We Need to Take the Partisanship Out of Certifying Elections”
Kevin Johnson oped for Governing.
New Common Cause Report on Proposed Bills Making It Harder to Vote
Find them here.
“Election Day is Nov. 8, but legal challenges already begin”
AP:
Election Day is 12 days away. But in courtrooms across the country, efforts to sow doubt over the outcome have already begun.More than 100 lawsuits have been filed this year around the Nov. 8 elections. The legal challenges, largely… Continue reading
“Nevada officials begin unprecedented hand count of ballots”
AP:
Volunteers in a rural Nevada county where voting machine conspiracy theories led to an unprecedented hand-count of mail-in ballots came face-to-face with one messy reality of their plan Wednesday: It’s more time-consuming than anticipated.After a full day in the… Continue reading
“Big Tech is failing to fight election lies, civil rights groups charge”
WaPo:
Two years ago, Silicon Valley’s biggest technology giants faced criticism from activists and voter suppression experts for not moving sooner to restrict former president Donald Trump’s accounts after his repeated misleading claims disputing the legitimacy of the 2020 election.Now,… Continue reading
“Arizona’s Bulwark Against Trumpism Was Just a Mirage; Arizona resisted election denialism in 2020. What will happen in 2022?”
David Siders for Politico Magazine.
Watch Archived Video of Stanford/UCLA Conference, “Should Donald Trump Be Returned to Social Media?”
This was a robust discussion with very diverse views.
Watch:
Here’s a description of the event:
The Program on Democracy and the Internet (PDI) at Stanford University and UCLA Law’s Safeguarding Democracy Project will host a half-day streamed conference,… Continue reading