Arizona Republic: The Arizona Senate has hired an election conspiracy theorist and anti-vaccine activist to conduct its review of voter signatures on mail-in ballot envelopes in Maricopa County.Cyber Ninjas, the Senate’s lead audit contractor, hired the same man to review… Continue reading

Constitutional Commentary has published this article of mine on Congress’s authority to regulate elections. Here’s the abstract: Congress is on the cusp of transforming American elections. The House recently passed a bill that would thwart voter suppression, end gerrymandering, and… Continue reading

Rick Pildes linked to this article the other day from Jonathan Cervas and Bernie Grofman. Thanks to Social Science Quarterly and it’s publisher Wiley, the article is now available free without a subscription.

Check it out: https://www.sloglaw.org/

Looking forward to moderating this event at the Fair Elections and Free Speech Center at UCI Law (registration required): FEFS | Is the U.S. Constitution Up to the Task of Preserving American Democracy?  Thursday, September 9 at 12:00pm to 1:15pm Virtual… Continue reading

That’s the conclusion of this new article by Bernie Grofman and Jonathan Cervas. From the abstract: It is well understood that even small differences in population can have a disproportionate impact on representation in the U.S. House of Representatives after… Continue reading

AP: Republican efforts questioning the outcome of the 2020 presidential race have led to voting system breaches that election security experts say pose a heightened risk to future elections.Copies of the Dominion Voting Systems software used to manage elections… Continue reading

NPR reports.

KSBW: California election officials are warning voters that a sample ballot may be included in their vote-by-mail packets for the gubernatorial recall election.Voters should have received a voter’s guide and official ballot for the Sept. 14 gubernatorial recall election.… Continue reading

Michael Li oped in the Boston Globe.

LAT: California regulators have launched an investigation into whether recall election gubernatorial candidate Larry Elder failed to properly disclose his income sources, a spokesman with the Fair Political Practices Commission confirmed on Sunday.Elder, like all candidates for public office, was… Continue reading

Carl Hulse NYT column.

NYT reports.

Thanks to Travis for his terrific summary of the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act, which was finally introduced yesterday. A few observations about the bill: 1. Crossover districts: Instead of overriding Bartlett v. Strickland and allowing plaintiffs to win… Continue reading

Looking forward to seeing many of you at these events at the UCI Law Fair Elections and Free Speech Center!