Category Archives: election administration

“Jury splits verdicts for former inmate charged with Florida voter fraud crimes”

May 17, 2023, 9:30 amelection administration, felon voting, voter registrationDerek Muller

Gainesville Sun: Another Florida man has been sentenced for election-related voter fraud crimes following a fraud investigation in Alachua County. After a day-long trial John Boyd Rivers was found guilty of willfully voting as an unqualified elector, but not… Continue reading

“Why Kari Lake is still, six months after losing, in Arizona courts arguing the 2022 election was stolen”

May 17, 2023, 9:30 amelection administrationDerek Muller

Jen Fifield at Votebeat with a deep dive into the process, claims remaining, and time frame: GOP candidates for Arizona’s top offices who claim the November election was stolen from them have spent months presenting shape-shifting arguments in court —… Continue reading

“Virginia becomes the latest GOP-governed state to quit a voter data partnership”

May 12, 2023, 4:16 amelection administration, political polarizationTabatha Abu El-Haj

NPR: Virginia on Thursday joined several other Republican-led state in withdrawing from a multistate partnership (ERIC) that until recently was viewed as a bipartisan effort to share voter information. The shift came after “[a] far-right website targeted the organization… Continue reading

“Texas Republicans Push New Voting Restrictions Aimed at Houston”

May 10, 2023, 4:33 amelection administrationnew vote denialTabatha Abu El-Haj

N.Y. Times: Texas’s Republican-dominated state Legislature is targeting Harris County — the newest urban area to show signs of becoming a Democratic Party stronghold in the state — for voting restrictions. If passed, the law would limit polling places,… Continue reading

“Sort the mail-in ballot envelopes, or don’t?”

May 9, 2023, 11:50 amelection administrationMail-in BallotsTabatha Abu El-Haj

Andrew Appel at Freedom to Tinker has a four-part series offering a guide to local election officials about how best to handle mail-in ballot envelopes. He argues that how local officials handle them can make a huge difference in the… Continue reading

Georgia Statute Requires Time-Off for Early Voting

May 8, 2023, 12:15 pmelection administration, votingearly votingTabatha Abu El-Haj

Returning to an Atlanta Journal-Constitution story from last week: Georgia has passed a law that entitles workers up to two hours off to cast a ballot during early voting. The statute also establishes routine audits of primary, runoff, and special… Continue reading

“Wisconsin election officials want to revive ‘critical’ plan”

May 8, 2023, 9:42 amelection administration, Uncategorizedrestoring public trustTabatha Abu El-Haj

Harm Venhuizen (Associated Press): The Republican chair of the Bipartisan Wisconsin Elections Commission remains determined to restore confidence in Wisconsin’s elections. This despite a set back last week for a bipartisan plan that would have funded a new… Continue reading

“We Just Want Someone Sane”

May 7, 2023, 4:47 pmchicanery, election administration, election subversion riskJustin Levitt

Frank Wilkinson in Bloomberg, in a piece with a Howitzer of a subheader: Washington County, Pennsylvania, was never known as Crazytown. Then election deniers decided to run for local office.

“Three Cases in North Carolina, Decades of Democracy Undone”

May 7, 2023, 4:45 pmelection administration, election law and constitutional law, felon voting, judicial elections, redistricting, The Voting WarsJustin Levitt

Gene Nichol spitting fire in Slate.

“A group offered cities money to opt in to ranked choice voting. State elections office warns accepting that is likely illegal”

May 7, 2023, 4:42 pmalternative voting systems, election administration, The Voting WarsJustin Levitt

In response to a question at a city council meeting, an advocacy organization’s representative apparently noted that one county’s implementation of RCV might cost an extra $36,000 for software licensing, ballot design, and the like … and that the… Continue reading

“Michigan commission finds ‘misconduct’ by pro-Trump attorneys in 2020 lawsuit”

May 6, 2023, 8:35 amchicanery, election administration, election subversion riskJustin Levitt

Bridge Michigan with news on the state’s Attorney Grievance Commission, and its formal complaint against Sidney Powell, Lin Wood, and others (including 3 Michigan attorneys).

“Arizona official targeted by election deniers now struggles with PTSD”

May 6, 2023, 8:34 amelection administration, election law biz, election subversion riskJustin Levitt

WaPo with a profile of Maricopa Supervisor Bill Gates, and the extraordinary pressures on local officials when grifters drive the fever dream of conspiracy viral.

It’s not just Maricopa County

May 6, 2023, 8:34 amelection administration, election subversion riskJustin Levitt

The Oklahoman reviews a new state law aimed at preventing harassment or threats against election workers, and prevents falsely acting as an election official.