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“Facebook’s parent is fined nearly $25M for violating a campaign finance disclosure law”
Federal Court Refuses to Block Ballot Drop Box Monitoring Activities That Plaintiffs Allege Has Been Intimidating Voters Citing First Amendment, But Invites Voters to Come Back with Evidence of Threats and Intimidation Should They Materialize
The order is here.
I understand the difficulty of balancing the First Amendment interests here, but I think the judge did not put enough weight into how these acts of monitoring people while being armed and mask is a… Continue reading
“As Moore v. Harper Takes Shape, a Broad Coalition Takes Aim at the Independent State Legislature Theory”
Helen White for Just Security.
“Inside the secretive effort by Trump allies to access voting machines; How rural Coffee County, Ga., became an early target in the multistate search for purported evidence of fraud after the 2020 election”
“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