“A Donald Trump coup if he loses in 2020? With all the norms he’s busted, don’t rule it out”
USA Today oped by Jerry Goldfeder and Lincoln Mitchell.
Monthly Archives: March 2019
“New Georgia voting machines win final vote in state House”
AJC:
The Georgia House gave final legislative approval Thursday to buying a new $150 million touchscreen-and-paper ballot statewide voting system, sending the bill to Gov. Brian Kemp for his signature.The House voted 101-69 on the proposal for Georgia voters… Continue reading
“‘We got our clocks cleaned’: GOP quietly works to expand ballot-harvesting in California while criticizing Democrats for the practice”
Andrew Cohen on Republicans’ Response to H.R. 1: “When a Bill to Revive Democracy Is Called an Ode to Socialism”
Read it here.
“The Real Theft of American Democracy; It happens through election fraud and voter suppression. And Republicans are the thieves.”
DOJ’s John Gore Changes Story on Where Citizenship Census Question Originated
15. JUST IN: DOJ official who wrote #CitizenshipQuestion request, John Gore, admitted a fmr "Transition Team official provided him an initial draft of a letter" from DOJ asking for the citizenship question to be added, according to @RepCummings statement https://t.co/pS5vsGzUde… Continue reading
“Crenshaw falsely says HR1 would legalize the type of election fraud found in NC”
“FBI investigators scrutinized N.C. political operative in May, but took no public action to stop alleged election fraud”
WaPo:
The FBI participated in a May surveillance operation of a GOP political operative at the center of an election fraud investigation in North Carolina, newly released court documents show, raising fresh questions about how long it has taken… Continue reading
ACLU and Knight Foundation Take Side of Wikileaks in DNC Litigation Against Those in a Conspiracy to Steal and Publish DNC Emails
Ned Foley on What the Supreme Court Should Do in the Partisan Gerrymandering Cases
Ned writes:
The two pending cases to be argued March 26 — Rucho v. Common Cause and Lamone v. Benisek, the first from North Carolina and the second from Maryland — attack congressional gerrymanders on multiple grounds: primarily,… Continue reading
“DOJ Probes Whether Fugitive Financier Supplied Donation to Trump Re-Election Effort”
WSJ:
The U.S. Justice Department is investigating whether $100,000 donated to a Trump-related political fundraising committee originated from a fugitive Malaysian businessman alleged to be at the center of a global financial scandal, according to people familiar with… Continue reading
“Hacking Elections: Cyber Threats, Vulnerabilities, and the Way Forward”
ABA event coming March 18.
North Carolina Elections Board Issues Unanimous 46-Page Damning Set of Factual Findings and Legal Conclusions Related to Bladen County #NC09 Absentee Ballot Crimes, Explaining Why It Ordered New Election
From the introduction:
A new election is the gravest remedy available to this State agency that has, for a century, supervised elections meant to ensure “[a]ll political power is vested in and derived from the people; all government of… Continue reading
“Massachusetts: Fall River Mayor loses recall race, but wins replacement election to remain in office”
Recall Elections Blog:
Big development in Fall River. Mayor Jasiel F. Correia II (D), who is under indictment for stealing from investors and tax fraud, lost the recall run overwhelmingly, 7829-4911. However, Massachusetts allows a candidate facing a recall… Continue reading