Category Archives: The Voting Wars
“Mississippi mail voting case at the Fifth Circuit could quickly become a national issue”
Chris Geidner:
Three of the most extreme right-wing Trump judicial appointees are set to hear arguments next week in an election law appeal that could quickly make its way to the U.S. Supreme Court — and, if the challengers get… Continue reading
Download the Revised Draft of My Forthcoming Yale Law Journal Piece, “The Stagnation, Retrogression, and Potential Pro-Voter Transformation of U.S. Election Law”
You can find the revised draft here. The new draft incorporates discussion of the Supreme Court shadow docket order in the Arizona voter registration case and greatly expands Part III of the paper, discussing democratic theory and international human… Continue reading
“Fears mount that election deniers could disrupt vote count in US swing states”
Ed Pilkington in The Guardian:
Fears are rising that the vote count in November’s presidential election could be disrupted as a result of the proliferation of Donald Trump’s lies about stolen elections and rampant voter fraud in the key swing… Continue reading
Sept. 17 Live Event from Safeguarding Democracy Project at UCLA Hammer Museum: “Democracy and Risks to the 2024 Elections”
Very much looking forward to moderating this event (recording will be made available after the event):
Sept. 17: Democracy and Risks to the 2024 Elections
Tuesday, September 17, 7:30pm PT at the UCLA Hammer Museum, (Recording to Follow)Co-presented with the… Continue reading
“Defending a Free and Fair Election”
Robert Kuttner for TAP.
“GOP lawsuits set the stage for state challenges if Trump loses the election”
AP:
Despite the flurry of litigation, the cases have tended to be fairly small-bore, with few likely impacts for most voters.
“When you have all this money to spend on litigation, you end up litigating less and less important stuff,”… Continue reading
“Federal appeals court says Montana’s ‘double voting’ law is vague, redundant”
Daily Montanan:
A three-judge federal appeals panel said that a law passed by Republicans in the Legislature to eliminate double-voting, something already illegal, violates the U.S. Constitution, siding with a federal judge in Montana who stopped the law.
House Bill… Continue reading
“Republicans Seize on False Theories About Immigrant Voting”
NYT:
In late July, a group of Republican activists met on a Zoom call to discuss preparations for the November election. The topic was how to keep undocumented immigrants from voting in November, a problem they claim, inaccurately, to be… Continue reading
“GOP appeals date ruling on mail-in ballots to Pa. Supreme Court”
Trib Live:
The Republican National Committee and Republican Party of Pennsylvania are appealing a Commonwealth Court ruling that mail-in ballots with incorrect or missing dates on their outer envelopes should be counted.
The appeal to the state Supreme Court was… Continue reading
“Texas Attorney General Sues to Stop Voter Registration Push in San Antonio”
NYT:
Attorney General Ken Paxton of Texas went to court on Wednesday to try to stop county leaders in San Antonio from sending out more than 200,000 voter registration applications to unregistered residents of Bexar County.
The lawsuit by Mr.… Continue reading
Announcement: UCLA Law’s Safeguarding Democracy Project Fall Calendar of Events
As we prepare for another fall semester, we’re excited to bring you a robust series of events on the 2024 Elections, Election Law, and the risks facing democracy in the U.S.
This semester, we present a mix of live, online,… Continue reading
“Democrats grow concerned Republicans are planting seeds with legal suits to overturn a Trump defeat”
Peter Nicholas for NBC News:
Republicans are setting off a slew of legal fights in the battleground states ahead of the November election, raising suspicions among Kamala Harris and her Democratic allies that the underlying goal is to gin up… Continue reading
“Paxton’s election fraud charges upend lives but result in few convictions”
WaPo deep dive:
The church leader’s case fits a pattern that has emerged in Texas under Paxton: Aggressive prosecutions for alleged election fraud crimes that upend lives but result in few cases that go to trial and end in a… Continue reading