WaPo: As Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) waged his battle to become House speaker, some House Republicans were uncomfortable with the possibility of having an election denier occupying the most powerful legislative seat in the U.S. government heading into a presidential… Continue reading

It was great to speak with Lisa Desjardins on the PBS News Hour Weekend about the risks to fair and safe elections in 2024 and the recommendations in our recent “24 for ’24” report on how to make… Continue reading

This from Jonathan Blitzer is really chilling and a must read. It’s a topic I’ve been meaning to write more about and hope to do so in coming weeks.

Clear-eyed and frightening—though Ian is more optimistic than I am. Great sense of where the risks of election subversion are in the U.S. today. Worth a close listen.

[Bumping to the top] Dynamite lineup: October 20, 9:00am-1pm – The Law and Politics of Potentially Disqualifying Donald Trump from Running for President Online Conference Registration link: https://ucla.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_X7flCEuZT6KZ9erbwDEFTA#/registration Conference: The Law and Politics of Potentially Disqualifying Donald Trump from Running… Continue reading

Following up on my post from yesterday about a new U Va poll, Brendan Nyhan suggests great caution:

NYT: On Dec. 24, 2020, Kenneth Chesebro and other lawyers fighting to reverse President Donald J. Trump’s election defeat were debating whether to file litigation contesting Joseph R. Biden Jr.’s victory in Wisconsin, a key swing state. Mr. Chesebro argued… Continue reading

Today’s must-read (which concludes with a quotation from our new 24 for ’24 report).

Playbook’s summary of the new poll: New polling from the University of Virginia’s Center for Politics shows an intensely divided country in which partisan rancor has grown so deep that many Americans support authoritarian or unconstitutional proposals. To wit,… Continue reading

AP: A proposed gag order aimed at reining in Donald Trump’s incendiary rhetoric puts the judge overseeing his federal election interference case in a tricky position: She must balance the need to protect the integrity of the legal proceedings against… Continue reading

WaPo reports.