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“With another election cycle underway, officials aim to quell fears of voter fraud, rigging”
USA Today:
Ahead of another election cycle that is already shaping up to be contentious, federal and state election officials are in the midst of campaigns of their own to convince wary voters about the integrity of casting their ballots.… Continue reading
Thanks to Tabatha Abu el-Haj…
for being primary ELB blogger last week!
Resurfacing–Mississippi and LA organizing stories
The 24-hour news cycle is brutal even on the Election Law Blog, so I want to use the relative quiet of the weekend to re-surface those articles that I “highly recommend”–to borrow Larry Solum’s phrase.
“Black Voters Have New Power … Continue reading
“Mainstream Republicans, ‘Squishes’ No More, Dig In Against Jordan”
This is a must read from N.Y. Times. It reports on the personal insecurity that those who have opposed Jim Jordan are now facing in terms of threats, menacing calls, and emails. It is the election administrators’ experience all over… Continue reading
Trump Temporarily Un-gaged
AP reports that U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan agreed to temporarily lift the gag order to give “Trump’s lawyers time to prove why the former president’s comments should not be restricted as the case heads toward trial.” They presumably will… Continue reading
“Republican states swore off a voting tool. Now they’re scrambling to recreate it”
NPR: Misinformation about a bipartisan, cross-state partnership known as the Electronic Registration Information Center, or ERIC, pushed several Republican legislatures to back out of it in recent months. But now, these same legislatures are scrambling to create systems to… Continue reading
D.C. Circuit, on 2-1 Vote, Upholds Conviction of Jan. 6 Attacker on Grounds He Acted “Corruptly” in Obstructing Proceedings; Implications for Trump Prosecution
You can find the majority opinion (by two Democratic-appointed judge) and the dissent (by a Republican-appointed judge) at this link.
To oversimplify things a bit, the majority defined “corruptly” to include acting unlawfully. The dissenter viewed the term as… Continue reading
Breaking News: “Trump co-defendant Sidney Powell pleads guilty in Georgia election-interference case”
Washington Post:
“Pro-Trump lawyer Sidney Powell has pled guilty in a Georgia election-interference case. . . . She agreed to serve six years of probation, pay a $6,000 fine, pay $2,700 to the Georgia secretary of state’s office and… Continue reading
“Special counsel Jack Smith pulls subpoena over pro-Trump fundraising”
Washington Post raises questions about what can be inferred from the decision of Special counsel Jack Smith to withdraw “a subpoena seeking records about fundraising by the political action committee Save America.” The group, controlled by former president Donald Trump,… Continue reading
Text of Trump Gag Order in Election Interference Case
This just in:
All interested parties in this matter, including the parties and their counsel, are prohibited from making any public statements, or directing others to make any public statements, that target (1) the Special Counsel prosecuting this case… Continue reading
“A Legal Fight Over Whether Governors Can Deny Thousands the Vote”
NY Times: Three states give their governors unfettered discretion when it comes to restoring the voting rights of felons. Two are being sued under the First Amendment. At the heart of these cases is whether a governor’s discretion to… Continue reading
“Judge imposes gag order on Donald Trump in D.C. trial”
Politico: Judge Tanya Chutkan has imposed a gag order preventing Donald J. Trump from attacking witnesses, special prosecutor Jack Smith, or the court on social media or in his rally speeches. As reported, the order appears to be centered… Continue reading
Louisiana Bans Private Elections Funding
Bolts:
Voters overwhelmingly approved Amendment 1, a measure that will block Louisiana’s election offices from receiving private grants from outside organizations.
A non-profit with ties to Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg donated hundreds of millions of dollars in 2020 to… Continue reading