Times-Union: Jason T. Schofield, the Republican Rensselaer County Board of Elections commissioner, was arrested Tuesday morning by the FBI as he left his residence and was on his way to the county office building where he works, according to multiple… Continue reading

NPR reports.

Christian Haas, Peter Miller, and Steven Kimbrough have posted this very interesting paper using a redistricting algorithm to estimate the impact on minority representation of changing the apportionment base from total population to CVAP. Their results are consistent with this… Continue reading

Sept. 13 NYC bar association event.

Axios: About one in three Americans prefers strong unelected leaders to weak elected leaders and says presidents should be able to remove judges over their decisions, according to the latest findings from our Axios-Ipsos Two Americas Index.Why it matters: … Continue reading

Useful from Politico.

NBC News: Bipartisan legislation aimed at preventing attempts to steal elections and another attack on the Capitol is sitting on the shelf, and as the clock ticks on the current Democratic-controlled Congress it remains unclear when a vote… Continue reading

WaPo reports.

AJC: A group of computer scientists and election integrity advocates are calling for Georgia to abandon voting touchscreens and conduct more audits of this fall’s elections following the revelation that several supporters of Donald Trump coordinated the copying of election… Continue reading

Bolts: Ever since allies of Donald Trump in Michigan failed to stall the certification of Joe Biden’s win in 2020, they have pursued a methodical purge of election officials who affirmed the results, replacing them with new canvassers who… Continue reading

Politico Magazine.

Watch: CNN EXCLUSIVE: New video obtained by @DrewGriffinCNN shows Republican leaders in Michigan training poll workers to *break the rules* so they can act as "undercover agents" during mid-term elections in November. pic.twitter.com/QOz6taBc9E— CNN This Morning with Kasie Hunt… Continue reading

WaPo: The Michigan Supreme Courton Thursday ordereda proposal enshrining the right to an abortion in the state’s constitution be added to the November ballot, ending a partisan feud that unexpectedly erupted when a state board refused to approve the… Continue reading

This is worth a listen with Leah Litman and Kate Shaw interviewing.