“Voting has gotten harder in Wisconsin. Organizers have found ways to help.”
Wisconsin Watch deploying the Cost of Voting Index to track changes over the past few decades.
Category Archives: election administration
“Military voting access boosted with new Michigan election law”
Michigan Live notes the new grace period for receiving military and overseas absentee ballots – the first part of an effort to implement Prop 2 from last year.
“Presidential battleground states weigh more election funding”
YES. Yes yes yes yes yes yes yes. Please. And not only in battleground states.
Congress, you could help here.
“GOP election officials walking fine line on fraud, integrity”
AP:
The Republican secretaries of state in Ohio, West Virginia and Missouri have promoted their states’ elections as fair and secure. Yet each also is navigating a fine line on how to address election fraud conspiracies as they gear up… Continue reading
Election Litigation Fell Almost 25 Percent in 2021-22 Compared to Last Midterm Election Season (2017-18), But Slump May Not Last [Corrected]
My latest data crunching of a sample of election law cases shows a steep drop in the rate of election litigation, with litigation averaging 257 .5 cases per year in the 2021-22 midterm election period, down almost 19 percent compared… Continue reading
“Massive turnover in local election officials likely before 2024, says new survey; A new survey suggests that more than 1 in 5 local election officials will have never worked a presidential election next year.”
NBC News:
A new survey from the Brennan Center for Justice at New York University School of Law predicts huge turnover in local election officials before the 2024 election.
According to the survey, 12% of local officials began working in… Continue reading
Mitchell on gov’t agencies at the RNC donor retreat
As this blog noted, Cleta Mitchell was invited to give a “special legal presentation” to a recent RNC donor retreat — either because of or despite her role in proceedings attempting to overturn the 2020 election.
There has already… Continue reading
“Another Texas Election Official Quits After Threats From Trump Supporters”
NYT:
Heider Garcia, the head of elections in Tarrant County, Texas, announced this week that he would resign after facing death threats, joining other beleaguered election officials across the nation who have quit under similar circumstances.
Mr. Garcia oversees elections… Continue reading
Texas: “Tarrant County’s celebrated elections chief resigns, citing differences with new county executive”
Votebeat:
A North Texas elections official who was lauded by top state officials — and his critics — as one of the best administrators in the field has submitted his resignation.
Heider Garcia, who has been the elections director in… Continue reading
“How A Rural California County Became A Petri Dish For the Big Lie”
Kaila Philo for TPM:
A deep red enclave in rural Northern California has recently seen the balance of its local governing body shift to the far right. Now it’s about to embark on an experiment tried in few other jurisdictions… Continue reading
“These state officials praised ERIC for years before suddenly pulling out of the program”
Jessica Huseman for Votebeat:
When newly elected Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis kicked off a series of election security reforms in 2019, he said, “protecting the integrity of Florida’s elections” was one of his “top priorities.” In addition to giving $2… Continue reading
Some lessons from the Maricopa printer report
To me, there were four truly remarkable features of the Maricopa report Rick blogged here.
First is how thorough, matter-of-fact, and by-the-books the report seems to be. The overwhelming feel from the report is that It’s not a crazy-train… Continue reading
“Election officials have ideas for stopping a 2024 crisis before it even starts”
Politico:
Election officials have one major goal ahead of 2024: Make Democracy Boring Again.
Election administration has faced an unprecedented amount of scrutiny — and tumult — since the 2020 election. Officials have faced death threats and unprecedented public harassment… Continue reading
Watch Archived Video of UCLA Law’s Safeguarding Democracy Project March 17 Conference: “Can American Democracy Survive the 2024 Elections?”
On March 17, 2023, UCLA Law’s Safeguarding Democracy Project convened a conference, “Can American Democracy Survive the 2024 Elections?” We had an outstanding set of panels with leaders in law, media, politics, and tech. You can now watch videos of… Continue reading