Monthly Archives: January 2020
Episode 1 of the Election Meltdown Podcast, in Conjunction with Slate Amicus, Now Available
I can’t contain my excitement: Episode 1 of the Election Meltdown podcast in conjunction with Slate Amicus co-hosted by Dahlia Lithwick and me has just dropped. With Matt Dunlap, Nina Perales and a cameo by Dale Ho (more of him… Continue reading
“The loser of November’s election may not concede. Their voters won’t, either.”
I have written this commentary for the Washington Post Sunday Outlook, a preview of my book, Election Meltdown, out Feb. 4. It begins:
When the polls closed on Nov. 5, 2019, the initial count showed the governor of… Continue reading
“The Impact of a Decade of Citizens United on Politics (Podcast)”
I spoke to June Grasso of Bloomberg about the case.
“The Technology 202: Nonprofit expands free security services for campaigns as election season heats up”
“Libertarians Win Fight Against Kentucky on Voting”
Courthouse News:
A change to the deadline for independent political candidates to register for elections signed is unconstitutional, a federal judge ruled Wednesday.Kentucky House Bill 114, signed into law by former Governor Matt Bevin in March 2019, changed the… Continue reading
City of Beverly Hills Sues Los Angeles County Over New BMD Voting Machine Design That Could Give Great Advantage to First Four Candidates Listed on the Ballot
You can find the emergency petition here.
Particularly concerning are the allegations in sections 22-23 of the complaint:
“Wall Street donor influence shows unprecedented growth 10 years after Citizens United”
“The Superfluous Fifteenth Amendment?”
Travis Crum has posted this draft on SSRN (forthcoming, Northwestern U. L. Rev.). Here is the abstract:
This Article starts a conversation about reorienting voting rights doctrine toward the Fifteenth Amendment. In advancing this claim, I explore an unappreciated debate—the… Continue reading
“The New Voter Suppression”
New Brennan Center report:
On Election Day in 1960, four unanswerable questions awaited Clarence Gaskins, a Black voter in Georgia looking to cast his ballot for president. Upon arrival at his designated polling place, he was ushered into a room… Continue reading
“Big-money groups aligned with Senate GOP raised $68.3 million in 2019, an off-year record, officials say”
“American voters worry they can’t spot misleading information, poll finds”
PBS:
The new survey from PBS NewsHour, NPR and Marist Poll found that 59 percent of Americans say it is hard to identify false information — intentionally misleading and inaccurate stories portrayed as truth — on social media. Another… Continue reading
“Tech Companies Volunteer to Beef Up Presidential Campaigns’ Cybersecurity”
WSJ:
Nearly a dozen technology companies said they will provide free or reduced-cost cybersecurity services to presidential campaigns, which experts and intelligence officials have warned are ripe targets for intrusion and disinformation.They join a growing number of firms … Continue reading
Do Trump’s Earlier Efforts to Encourage Foreign Interference in U.S. Elections Justify His “Prophylactic Removal” from Office via Impeachment?
Ned Foley responds to some arguments from Rep. Schiff.