The Court had initially agreed to hear this case finding a voting rights violation in the failure to draw another majority-minority district in Louisiana, but now dismisses the cert. grant as improvidently granted after the Court’s decision in Milligan last… Continue reading

AP: Lawmakers in several Republican-led states have been looking to exert more authority over state and local election offices, claiming new powers that Democrats warn could be used to target left-leaning counties in future elections. The moves range from requiring… Continue reading

Thanks to Ned Foley for blogging these past two weeks. I’m back with you this week, as the Supreme Court finishes its term. I will also be blogging the week of July 3 (updated), and Dan Tokaji will be blogging… Continue reading

In light of the POLITICO story posted earlier today, a reader points to two recent stories in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution on the same topic, one behind a paywall and the other not: “Georgia officials lay out obstacles to updating … Continue reading

AP: Who will oversee the 2024 presidential election in the critical battleground state of Wisconsin remains clouded with uncertainty just weeks before the state’s nonpartisan top elections official reaches the end of her term. Republicans who control the state Legislature… Continue reading

Robert Draper in the N.Y. Times: “Last week, dozens showed up at an unofficial House hearing convened by a handful of Republican lawmakers to challenge “the fake narrative that an insurrection had occurred on Jan. 6,” as set forth by… Continue reading

Washington Post: “the video and other newly obtained internal Twitter records show that, far from working to censor pro-Trump sentiment in the days before the Capitol riot, the company’s leaders were intent on leaving it up — despite internal warnings… Continue reading

POLITICO: “Raffensperger’s dismissive reaction to the unsparing audit conducted by security expert Alex Halderman has turned him into an object of intense criticism from cybersecurity specialists, who say he is painting legitimate research with the brush of far-right conspiracy… Continue reading

POLITICO: “The centrist group consists of a constellation of entities, some of which disclose donor names. But the main one is a nonprofit which, unlike political parties, does not have to reveal the names of its funders. And in… Continue reading

I’ve posted on SSRN the working draft of a paper that will be published in the University of Illinois Law Review and was part of a symposium hosted by the review in March. Here’s the abstract: The standard system of… Continue reading

The news story is here. And this is his op-ed explaining the lawsuit. Given the Dominion suit against Fox, one wonders whether this new suit in the same vein will confirm that defamation is a successful way to counteract intentionally… Continue reading

Jane C. Timms for NBC News: “Michigan candidates for statewide office need to gather thousands of signatures to qualify for the ballot in state elections, and many campaigns hire paid canvassers to collect those signatures. The defendants allegedly ran… Continue reading

The Hill reporting on new Emerson poll that focuses on the potential effect of Cornel West’s candidacy. I mention it here because I think the use of statewide plurality winner-take-all elections for the appointment of presidential electors is probably the… Continue reading

NC Newsline: “Republican senators passed controversial bills that would make it harder for people who vote by mail or sign up to vote during early registration periods and have their ballots count. “They seek to restructure the state Board… Continue reading