That’s the lede from the Arizona Republic. On the heels of the failed Otero County, New Mexico effort to block certification last summer, which resulted in a mandamus action followed by swift obedience, this effort in Arizona seems… Continue reading

I’ve written that this must-pass bill to limit the chances of election subversion must pass during the lame duck session, as there’s no way it gets brought up by a Republican House led by Kevin McCarthy in the next session… Continue reading

Reuters: Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has challenged the election he lost last month to leftist rival Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, arguing votes from some machines should be “invalidated” in a complaint that election authorities met with initial skepticism.… Continue reading

You can read the extensive Q and A here: I recently spoke by phone with Richard L. Hasen, who is the director of the Safeguarding Democracy Project at U.C.L.A. and an expert in elections law, about what the 2022… Continue reading

I have written this piece for Slate. It begins: For the last two years, I have been writing about my grave concerns over the future of American democracy. With developments over the last week, culminating on Monday night with the… Continue reading

NYT Editorial: Voters in multiple states acted to protect the integrity of American democracy in Tuesday’s elections by rejecting some of the most prominent candidates who embraced lies about the 2020 election and threatened to ignore the will of the… Continue reading

Politico: Many of the nation’s most outspoken 2020 election deniers are staying quiet or conceding defeat after their own election losses this cycle.Prior to the election, experts had warned that democracy itself was at risk of being overrun by… Continue reading

WSJ adaptation from Pence’s upcoming memoir: Early on New Year’s Day, the phone rang. Texas Rep. Louie Gohmert and other Republicans had filed a lawsuit asking a federal judge to declare that I had “exclusive authority and sole discretion” to… Continue reading

The votes are still being tallied and there are still some worrisome places to watch (most importantly at this point, Arizona), but the worst case scenario seemed to have been avoided yesterday and last night in terms of risks to… Continue reading

Axios: Late on the night of Jan. 6, 2021, as the world reeled from the shocking images of a pro-Trump mob ransacking the U.S. Capitol, conservative activist and Trump legal adviser Cleta Mitchell focused her attention elsewhere — on… Continue reading

WaPo: Hinting at his plans to overhaul how elections are run, the Republican running for governor of Wisconsin this week said his party would permanently control the state if he wins.“Republicans will never lose another election in Wisconsin after I’m… Continue reading