LAT:
The recall vote-counting has yet to begin, but election officials already are experiencing surveillance befitting a spy novel.In Seal Beach, election workers arrive to pick up ballots from a county drop box outside of Leisure World and, no matter… Continue reading
LAT:
Some recall campaign leaders fear that mistrust could backfire on their cause by discouraging conservatives from casting ballots. The short timeline of the special election, wildfires and the pandemic have left some counties with fewer options for in-person polling… Continue reading
Detroit News:
Former President Donald Trump is supporting Republican Kristina Karamo, an outspoken critic of the 2020 election, to be Michigan’s next secretary of state, a development that will likely bolster her campaign.Trump announced his endorsement of Karamo to be… Continue reading
Release:
A new investigation by Common Cause’s disinformation analysts has revealed that social media giants Facebook and Twitter seem to have backed away from enforcement of their own policies and enforcement practices when it comes to combatting election-related disinformation.… Continue reading
Zach Montellaro for Politico:
GOP legislative leaders in key battleground states are increasingly embracing 2020 election investigations that they once held at arm’s length, as Arizona Republicans await a long-delayed final report from their own conspiracy-tinged “audit.”Top Republicans in… Continue reading
Metro News:
Fewer than half of West Virginians believe the 2020 presidential election was legitimate and accurate.That’s according to the latest MetroNews West Virginia Poll, which surveyed 400 registered voters August 20-25.Forty-four percent of respondents said the election result… Continue reading
WaPo:
Leaders of the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol are calling out House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) for making “baseless” claims regarding former president Donald Trump’s involvement in that day’s violence.In… Continue reading
Arizona Republic:
A prominent Republican attorney who advised President Donald Trump as he tried to overturn the 2020 election helped set up an escrow account to funnel money to companies working on the Arizona election audit.Cleta Mitchell’s role came to… Continue reading
Totally gratuitous opinion not only citing fraudulent fraud squad member John Fund but also saying that Texas can’t have engaged in racial discrimination in passing a voter id law knowing of its disparate impact on minority voters because the Carter-Baker… Continue reading
ProPublica:
One of the loudest voices urging Donald Trump’s supporters to push for overturning the presidential election results was Steve Bannon. “We’re on the point of attack,” Bannon, a former Trump adviser and far-right nationalist, pledged on his popular podcast… Continue reading
Texas Tribune:
A wave of changes to Texas elections, including new voting restrictions, is headed to Gov. Greg Abbott’s desk.Three months after House Democrats first broke quorum to stymie a previous iteration of the legislation, Republicans in the House… Continue reading