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My New Piece in The Atlantic: “The Courts Are the Only Thing Holding Back Total Election Subversion”
I have written this piece for The Atlantic. It begins:
The United States has failed its first important test for democracy since the 2020 election season: Election denialism has taken hold among a significant segment of Republican voters, and election… Continue reading
“Opinion: Election deniers aren’t the only threats to democracy this year”
“N.Y. absentee ballot laws upheld in cases before Appellate Division”
Times Union:
The state’s absentee balloting rules for the this year’s general election — and in future elections — were upheld in two legal cases argued before a panel of judges on the Appellate Division of state Supreme Court… Continue reading
“Supreme Court Rules That Lindsey Graham Must Testify in Georgia Inquiry”
NYT:
The Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to block a Georgia grand jury subpoena seeking testimony from Senator Lindsey Graham, Republican of South Carolina, about his activities in the aftermath of the 2020 presidential election.The court’s order was a paragraph… Continue reading
“Prosecutors Look at Florida Election Protest as a Model for Jan. 6”
NYT:
President Donald J. Trump and other top Republicans were stoking claims that the election had been stolen, and their supporters were protesting in the streets. Members of the far-right group the Proud Boys and people close to Roger J.… Continue reading
Census data lawsuit
Harvard Law School’s Election Law Clinic (together with Selendy Gay Elsberg PLLC) filed this lawsuit to compel the Census Bureau to disclose important data about the Bureau’s 2020 products. For the first time, the Bureau used a method known as… Continue reading
“Total Vote Runoff” tweak to Ranked Choice Voting
Eric Maskin and I have written a Washington Post column explaining how a Total Vote Runoff version of Ranked Choice Voting is a small but significant adjustment to the “instant runoff” method used in Alaska (and elsewhere). The only change… Continue reading
What Worked Before May Work No Longer
An astute reader of my previous blog post, The Problem with Pendulum Politics, inquired why it might be necessary to abandon America’s longstanding electoral system of partisan primaries followed by plurality-winner general elections, when that system served the country… Continue reading
“Two Years After Election Turmoil, GOP Voters Remain Skeptical on Elections, Vote Counts”
Pew Research Center:
Two years ago, shortly before the 2020 presidential election, Republicans’ trust in the nation’s election system had eroded considerably. Today, with the midterm elections approaching, widespread GOP distrust persists – and in some cases has deepened.… Continue reading
“Samuel Tilden’s Plea: A growing number of bar associations, law schools, and legal groups are working vigorously to ensure that the rule of law is sustained.”
“Two leaders of True the Vote jailed by federal judge for contempt of court”
VoteBeat:
Federal marshals escorted two leaders of True the Vote out of a Houston courtroom on Monday morning and into a holding cell. Catherine Engelbrecht and Gregg Phillips have been held in contempt of court for refusing to release the… Continue reading
“A County Elections Director Stood Up to Locals Who Believe the Voting System Is Rigged. They Pushed Back Harder.”
“Despite Eastman appeal, Jan. 6 committee accesses 8 disputed emails”
Politico:
Congressional investigators have obtained eight disputed emails that attorney John Eastman — a key architect of Donald Trump’s effort to subvert the 2020 election — had asked a federal appeals court to shield from lawmakers.Eastman revealed in a Sunday… Continue reading