“Fight Over Voting Rules Revs Up in Georgia”
WSJ reports.
Category Archives: The Voting Wars
“After Record Turnout, Republicans Are Trying to Make It Harder to Vote”
Michael Wines for the NYT:
In Georgia, Arizona and other states won by President Biden, some leading Republicans stood up in November to make what, in any other year, would be an unremarkable statement: The race is over. And we… Continue reading
“In wake of 2020 election, state GOP lawmakers aim to change election laws”
“State Republicans push new voting restrictions after Trump’s loss”
Zach Montellaro for Politico:
Republican legislators across the country are preparing a slew of new voting restrictions in the wake of former President Donald Trump’s defeat.Georgia will be the focal point of the GOP push to change state election laws,… Continue reading
Michigan: “Benson refuses to testify at House hearing, says committee ‘wounding our democracy'”
Detroit Free Press:
Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson has refused an invitation to testify before a House legislative committee, arguing the committee’s previous hearings with Rudy Giuliani and others show lawmakers are focused more on politics and undermining election… Continue reading
Ned Foley: “Is Texas v. Pennsylvania an obituary for Bush v. Gore?”
The following is a guest post by Ned Foley, on the 20th anniversary of the Supreme Court’s decision in Bush v. Gore:
On the evening before the twentieth anniversary of Bush v. Gore, one of the most infamous Supreme Court… Continue reading
“Wisconsin Supreme Court shows divisions as it hears Trump lawsuit seeking to overturn state’s election”
Patrick Marley:
he state Supreme Court showed deep divisions Saturday as it contemplated a final push by President Donald Trump to throw out Democrat Joe Biden’s narrow win in Wisconsin.
The arguments — a rarity on a weekend — came amid… Continue reading
VoteBeat: “The coming fight over the future of voting”
Votebeat:
The extraordinary 2020 election served as a grand experiment in voting and tested local governments in myriad ways. The next general elections likely won’t take place during a pandemic, but some expanded access to the vote could be here… Continue reading
“Republicans Pushed to Restrict Voting. Millions of Americans Pushed Back.”
Important NYT report:
The shifts that led to this year’s surge in voting, in particular the broad expansion of voting options and the prolonged period for casting ballots, could forever alter elections and political campaigns in America, providing a… Continue reading
Running List of Reasons the Trump Campaign’s Latest Pennsylvania Lawsuit Won’t Succeed and Won’t Affect the Election Outcome
I’ve been getting a lot of press queries about the latest Trump filing in Pennsylvania, this one in federal court, seeking to delay the certification of the vote. I don’t have time to write up a full analysis, but I’m… Continue reading
“Democracy Worked This Year. But It is Under Threat”
Emily Bazelon in the NYT Magazine:
America’s pandemic election was a remarkable, unlikely feat. “The challenges and obstacles were perhaps the highest in history, or at least since the Spanish Flu in 1918, and we saw fewer problems than… Continue reading
“Trump Says He Will Keep Fighting as Aides Doubt Path Forward; President’s advisers point fingers over campaign’s legal strategy”
WSJ:
President Trump said Friday he would continue to fight election results that showed him on the cusp of losing to former Vice President Joe Biden. Privately, people familiar with the conversations say, advisers are urging him to prepare… Continue reading
Lawsuit to Watch If It Comes Down to Pennsylvania
Hamm v. Boockvar, a state court case attacking some PA Secretary of State curing procedures. Hearing on Wednesday.
Keep your eye on this one, and the other suit I wrote about earlier today.
“As Voting Ends, Battle Intensifies Over Which Ballots Will Count”
NYT:
With the election coming to a close, the Trump and Biden campaigns, voting rights organizations and conservative groups are raising money and dispatching armies of lawyers for what could become a state-by-state, county-by-county legal battle over which ballots will… Continue reading