“Sweeping change is coming for L.A. County voters. If things go wrong, he’ll get the blame”
LA Times deep dive on Dean Logan.
Category Archives: election law biz
Texas: “Gov. Greg Abbott names new secretary of state months after botched voter roll review”
Texas Tribune:
After losing his last chief election officer over a botched review of the state’s voter rolls, Gov. Greg Abbott on Monday appointed a new secretary of state: Ruth Ruggero Hughs.Ruggero Hughs is moving from the Texas Workforce… Continue reading
“Fulton reduces early voting as cities complain about election costs”
“Kamala Harris Picks Perkins Coie as Firm Ramps Up Work for Democrats”
The National
Law Journal reviews the law firms behind the presidential contenders.
Thad Hall to get ballots to the bottom of the Grand Canyon
Former election professor Thad Hall is practicing
what he preaches, moving to become the Director of Elections in Coconino
County, Arizona, from a similar gig in Richland County, South Carolina.
Among other attributes, Coconino is “the second largest
geographic… Continue reading
Election Law Academics Update
Here’s my yearly roundup of election law academic hires, promotions moves, visits, accolades:
Yasmin Dawood was named a Member of the Royal Society of Canada College.
Derek Muller was promoted to full professor and will be visiting at Notre Dame… Continue reading
Texas: “Failed secretary of state nominee David Whitley back on Gov. Greg Abbott’s payroll”
The Dallas Morning News reports.
Sign of Democratic Power in Texas: “David Whitley resigns as end-of-session deadline nears”
Austin-American Statesman:
Shortly before the Senate’s closing gavel ended his term as Texas secretary of state, David Whitley delivered his letter of resignation, “effective immediately,” to Gov. Greg Abbott on Monday afternoon.Whitley needed Senate confirmation by the end of… Continue reading
“Texas’ embattled elections chief on brink of losing job”
AP:
Texas’ embattled elections chief who wrongly questioned the U.S. citizenship of tens of thousands of voters was on the brink of losing his job Sunday, while Republican lawmakers prepared to head home hoping to save their own in… Continue reading
John Copeland Nagle, RIP
I am very sad to report that Notre Dame law professor John Nagle passed away after a brief illness. John wrote primarily in the area of environmental law, but he wrote occasionally in the field of election law and legislation.… Continue reading
North Carolina: “State Board of Elections to oust executive director”
WRAL:
The state’s new Democratically controlled Board of Elections will move to oust its longtime executive director, a Republican appointee, next week.Kim Strach, originally appointed by Republican Gov. Pat McCrory in 2013, has technically been on borrowed time… Continue reading
“Not giving up, embattled Texas Secretary of State David Whitley asks Senate Dems for another chance”
Dallas Morning News:
Acting Secretary of State David Whitley, whose confirmation has been stalled in the Texas Senate after a bungled advisory from his office questioned the citizenship of nearly 100,000 voters, has asked to meet with Senate Democrats… Continue reading
Remembrances of Judges Damon Keith, Who Just Passed Away, from Guy Charles and Sherrilyn Ifill
Guy Charles:
As some may have heard, Judge Damon J.Keith, who was a federal judge on the 6th Circuit & prior to that a district court judge, has died. Judge Keith was a civil rights icon. I clerked for… Continue reading
What is Mike Roman, A Trump Fixer, Doing for the RNC for $20,000 a Month?
I’ve linked earlier to a Politico story about Mike Roman, The mysterious oppo researcher working in the White House lawyer’s office. It wasn’t clear what the opposition researcher was doing in the White House working for Don McGahn. (On… Continue reading