“What is the president’s role in federal elections?”
David Becker, on CBS, says “not much” for 6 and a half minutes.
Category Archives: election administration
“’Calm anger’: After 17 years, Shasta elections official suddenly fired”
Further turmoil in Shasta County, which has been a hotbed of conspiracy theory over the past few years.
The Timing of Multiple-Round Elections
In his most recent Substack, Rob Richie offers some (exceedingly respectful) pushback on my post here about this New Bedford decision to hold a primary on October 7 before a general election November 4. He makes “the case for… Continue reading
“Man who blamed exposure to far-right content gets 3 years for threatening election officials”
The AP reports on a 3-year sentence for Teak Brockbank’s appalling threats to kill Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold and then-Arizona Secretary of State Katie Hobbs over their handling of the elections (and similarly appalling threats against state judges… Continue reading
“Mayor, two other former local officials indicted in south Georgia for election interference in municipal races last year”
On the same day as the 2024 general election (which was run by the county), municipal elections were scheduled in Camilla, Georgia. There was a firestorm with notable racial overtones about the eligibility of a former city councilmember, who had … Continue reading
“Texas’ proof-of-citizenship bill for voters fizzles at end of legislative session”
Votebeat covers the path of a bill that would have applied requirements for documentary proof of citizenship not only to new registrants but also to the 18.6 million existing registered voters.
“The Disparate and Durable Effects of Mail Voting Restrictions: Evidence from Texas”
More from Texas. This is interesting research on 2021’s SB1, which (among other elements) required voters casting mail ballots to provide either their driver’s license or state ID number or their Social Security digits, both on mail ballot applications… Continue reading
“Wisconsin Elections Commission: Small communities don’t need permission to stop using voting machines”
From Wisconsin Public Radio:
The Wisconsin Elections Commission says small communities don’t need the state’s permission to stop using electronic voting machines, siding with a northwestern Wisconsin town that switched to hand-counted, paper ballots last year.
The WEC decision… Continue reading
“Flawed, but ultimately fair, chief electoral officer says of B.C. election”
From the Vancouver Sun, the most important paragraph in my mind is this one:
Still, Boegman insists that in each case the problems were fixed and the overall outcome of the election was not affected.
As long as humans… Continue reading
DOJ files first voting complaint of new Administration – and it’s a follow-up to the Riggs/Griffin judicial race in NC
The Civil Rights Division is out with its first new voting case of the new Administration, and it comes directly out of the long-contested Riggs/Griffin race for the North Carolina Supreme Court.
In the Riggs/Griffin contest, there were three main … Continue reading
“Pennsylvania tallies up votes for poll workers, amid shortage of candidates”
Someone once explained me to a third person thus: “‘Pollworker’ is Justin’s love language.” They weren’t wrong.
Pennsylvania ran primaries for electing its 27,000 pollworkers last week, and Votebeat has the story on the now-unique practice dating back to 1799. … Continue reading
“Experts: Narrow timeline creates strain on New Bedford’s elections”
This is a good article about a horrible idea: an October 7 municipal primary for a November 4 municipal general election. In accessible fashion, the local independent New Bedford Light breaks down a bunch of the logistics that occupy election… Continue reading
“Elections board prepares to revamp R.I.’s aging campaign finance software. It just needs the money.”
Yet another piece – this one from States Newsroom affiliate the Rhode Island Current – about yet another impact of radically underfunding elections offices.
“Controversial voting machine gaining use in NY elections”
Per the Times-Union, the controversy with the ES&S ExpressVote XL is the barcode used to tally results (which also drew the ire of President Trump’s executive order on elections, though the purported mandate with respect to voting machines… Continue reading