Category Archives: election administration
Breaking: DDC enjoins Part of Trump Elections Executive Order **Updated**
The 120-page opinion is here. The order is here.
The preliminary injunction in LULAC v. Executive Office of the President was issued by Judge Kollar-Kotelly of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia (DDC). The proceedings… Continue reading
“Election officials from across the US meet to consider Trump’s order overhauling election operations”
AP:
State and local election officials from across the country are meeting Thursday to consider President Donald Trump’s executive order that seeks major changes to how elections are run, the first time those in charge of the nation’s voting… Continue reading
Michigan: “House GOP subpoenas Jocelyn Benson for election materials”
WDET:
The Republican chair of the Michigan House Oversight Committee has delivered a subpoena calling on Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson to turn over materials related to training and managing elections.
The subpoena was authorized last week as Republicans… Continue reading
“Court strikes down NC law giving election board control to state auditor”
WCNC:
A three-judge panel in North Carolina ruled Wednesday that a law transferring control of the State Board of Elections from the governor to the state auditor is unconstitutional.
In a 2-1 decision, the Wake County Superior Court panel … Continue reading
“Trump’s Elections Power Play and the Voting Machines”
Bob Bauer at Executive Functions:
On March 25, President Trump issued a sprawling executive order on Preserving and Protecting the Integrity of American Elections. The order focuses on the “integrity” of federal elections. It repeats but does not substantiate… Continue reading
Votebeat Virtual Event: “Checking Citizenship: A conversation with two secretaries of state”
Votebeat is hosting its first event on Wednesday, May 14 at 5:00 PM Eastern. You can sign up here. A description of the event follows:
Join us for a conversation with Secretaries of State Adrian Fontes of Arizona and… Continue reading
“Ohio GOP pushes new rules that voting rights groups say will make it harder to get issues on the ballot”
Cleveland.com:
The next time someone asks you to sign a petition, they might be wearing a government-issued badge.
Republicans say voters deserve to know when someone is being paid to gather signatures, and that a badge will make the… Continue reading
“Judge expected to rule next week on challenges to Trump’s executive order on elections”
Carrie Levine for Votebeat:
A federal judge said she planned to rule by April 24 on a request to stop parts of President Donald Trump’s sweeping executive order on elections from being enforced or implemented….
“Administration’s Dubious Trustworthiness Permeates Hearing On Trump Election Order”
TPM:
A cagey Trump administration arrived at court Thursday, where a judge presided over the early stages of a lawsuit stemming from a March executive order mandating that proof of citizenship be added to federal voting forms.
As soon as… Continue reading
“Wisconsin clerk who failed to count almost 200 ballots resigns amid internal investigation”
AP:
The municipal clerk in Wisconsin’s capital city has quit amid investigations into how she failed to count nearly 200 absentee ballots in the November elections.
Madison Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway’s office announced City Clerk Maribeth Witzel-Behl’s resignation on Monday. The… Continue reading
“Trump Wants Mail Votes to Arrive By Election Day. Red States Are Rushing to Toe the Line.”
Bolts:
Frustrated by slowing mail delivery, particularly in rural areas, the Kansas legislature in 2017 passed a law to let elections officials count mail ballots that arrived after Election Day, for up to three extra days, so long as the… Continue reading
“State Confidence in Elections: Results, Practice, and Legislation”
Charles Stewart and Joseph Loffredo have posted this draft on SSRN. Here is the abstract:
In recent years, confidence and trust in the American electoral system have drawn the attention of academics, the media, the public, and policymakers. Much of… Continue reading
“Pennsylvania officials plead guilty to election fraud offenses, effort to ‘steal’ election”
ABC 27:
Two Pennsylvania borough officials and one former official pled guilty to election fraud offenses after working to “steal” a local election.
United States Attorney David Metcalf announced that MD Nurul Hasan, 48, MD Munsur Ali, 48, and MD… Continue reading