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“Report: NY can boost voter turnout with this single change”
Gothamist:
Could New York City’s notoriously low voter turnout just be a scheduling snafu?
That’s the argument in a new report from Citizens Union to be released on Friday. The nonpartisan good government group examined how holding local elections in… Continue reading
“The Incoherence of Facebook’s Trump Decision”
David Graham for The Atlantic:
Whatever one thinks of Meta’s decision to allow Donald Trump back on Facebook and Instagram, how the company is doing so is already shambolic. This is a man who tried to stay in office despite… Continue reading
“Cyber Ninjas’ ties to Trump during Arizona election ‘audit’ revealed in messages”
Arizona Republic:
Former President Donald Trump publicly kept his distance from the review of Maricopa County’s 2020 election. But inside Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Phoenix, his influence loomed over critical aspects of the “audit,” according to messages sent and… Continue reading
Must-Read NYT: “Barr Pressed Durham to Find Flaws in the Russia Investigation. It Didn’t Go Well.”
Must-read NYT:
It became a regular litany of grievances from President Donald J. Trump and his supporters: The investigation into his 2016 campaign’s ties to Russia was a witch hunt, they maintained, that had been opened without any solid… Continue reading
“With newfound powers, statehouse Democrats race to expand voting rights”
CNN:
After strong electoral results in the midterm elections, Democrats in some key states are moving quickly this year on voting rights – pushing ambitious plans to expand access to the ballot ahead of the 2024 presidential election.
In… Continue reading
University of CA National Center on Free Speech and Civic Engagement Now Accepting Applications for the 2023-24 Class of Fellows
You should apply!
(I’m on the advisory board.)
“Three Texas counties sue Ken Paxton to settle dilemma over public access to ballots”
Votebeat:
At least three Texas counties — Tarrant, Williamson, and Harris — have sued Attorney General Ken Paxton and are asking a judge to strike down a legal opinion he released last year that says anyone can access voted ballots… Continue reading
“Central Question as Georgia Inquiry Wraps: Will Trump Face Criminal Charges?”
NYT:
A few weeks after losing the 2020 election, President Donald J. Trump called Ronna McDaniel, the head of the Republican National Committee, with a plan for keeping himself in office. During the call, he asked John C. Eastman, an… Continue reading
“Efforts to Expand Ballot Access in Washington State Jails Face Local Pushback”
“How many Republican voters in Maricopa County chose Katie Hobbs over Kari Lake?”
Arizona Republic:
When Kari Lake lost the Arizona governor’s race in November, political experts generally agreed it was because she alienated Republican-leaning voters. A new analysis puts hard numbers on that phenomenon, showing Maricopa County voters who backed GOP candidates… Continue reading
Arizona: “Former head of AG’s Election Integrity Unit joins challenge of Kris Mayes’ election”
Arizona Republic:
The former head of the Arizona Attorney General’s Election Integrity Unit has joined a legal fight to overturn the results of the closest election in the state’s history.
About three weeks after leaving office, Jennifer Wright announced she… Continue reading
” Arizona’s new attorney general to use election fraud unit to boost voting rights”
The Guardian:
A unit created under the former Republican attorney general of Arizona to investigate claims of election fraud will now focus on voting rights and ballot access under the newly elected Democratic attorney general.
The Democratic attorney general, Kris… Continue reading
“Lawmakers seek to bar insurrectionists from holding office”
AP:
Democratic lawmakers in a handful of states are trying to send a message two years after the violent attack on the U.S. Capitol: Those who engage in an attempted overthrow of the government shouldn’t be allowed to run… Continue reading