Philly Inquirer: The Pennsylvania Supreme Court on Friday cleared the way for counties to help voters fix errors like missing signatures on mail ballots before Election Day.A lower court last month denied an attempt to block counties from helping voters… Continue reading

AP: U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham on Friday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to intervene after a lower court ordered him to testify before a special grand jury in Georgia investigating whether then-President Donald Trump and others illegally tried to influence… Continue reading

Axios: A senior White House lawyer expressed concerns to President Trump’s advisers and attorneys about the president signing a sworn court statement verifying inaccurate evidence of voter fraud, according to emails from December 2020 obtained by Axios.Why it matters: The… Continue reading

Link to recent ABA program.

AJC: As early voting is underway in Georgia’s first general election since the razor-thin 2020 presidential contest, law enforcement and election officials are watching for disruptions by radicalized individuals feeding off conspiracy theories and disproven allegations of fraud.This year’s… Continue reading

VOA on Purcell.

NYT: Officials from Harris County in Texas on Thursday requested federal election monitors from the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division after the State of Texas confirmed this week that it would send a contingent of election inspectors there during the… Continue reading

WaPo: The report landed in the Arizona secretary of state’s online portal Monday night, around dinnertime. It contained an urgent message.“There’s a group of people hanging out near the ballot dropbox filming and photographing my wife and I as… Continue reading

New at Bolts.

This is a guest post from Professor Michael Herz: In a recent Election Law Blog post regarding the Independent State Legislature doctrine, Rick Pildes observes that the term “Congress” in the U.S. Constitution sometimes means Congress acting alone and sometimes… Continue reading

Brennan Center: Spurred by false claims of voter fraud in the 2020 election, Texas enacted a voting law in 2021 with many egregious provisions. These ranged from new limits on assistance for voters with disabilities or language-access needs to… Continue reading

Announcement: .@Rickhasen, an internationally recognized expert in election law and campaign finance regulation, has joined @MSNBC as an Election Law Analyst. Tonight he discussed the upcoming midterm election with @chrislhayes. WATCH: pic.twitter.com/pmUHadbNT1— MSNBC Public Relations… Continue reading

A major issue in the Moore v. Harper case and about the independent state legislature theory (ISLT) more generally is whether the term “legislature” must mean the same thing in all the constitutional provisions that use it.  In addressing that… Continue reading

Reuters: Last year, as documented by Reuters, U.S. election officials endured an onslaught of intimidation by Trump’s supporters after the 2020 election. This year, they’re facing well-funded campaigns such as the one in Washoe. Officials who resist baseless stolen-election claims… Continue reading