Armed Protestors Outside of Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson’s Home
Despicable and dangerous.
We in America are better than this.
Monthly Archives: December 2020
“It didn’t need to take that long: What Pennsylvania’s election could have looked like with earlier counting “
Excellent Philly Inquirer, Jonathan Lai story with some good dataviz:
It’s impossible to know how events would have played out in an alternative world in which Pennsylvania counted enough ballots for Biden’s victory to be declared in the hours after… Continue reading
Michigan: “Trump attorney: ‘Our team’ examining Antrim voting equipment after judge issued order”
Detroit Free Press:
President Donald Trump’s legal team is examining and taking images from 22 vote tabulators in Antrim County Sunday morning after a judge issued an order later Friday, a Trump attorney said.“A judge actually granted our team access… Continue reading
Justice Alito Has Moved Up the Response Time to the Rep. Kelly PA Election Petition to the Morning of Safe Harbor Day: What Does It Mean?
Via Bob Barnes, comes news that Justice Alito had moved the date for the response to Rep. Kelly’s request for emergency relief from Dec. 9 to Dec. 8. I had noted in an earlier post that Justice Alito had… Continue reading
“Trump keeps up baseless fraud claims at rally for US senators in Georgia”
Democrats’ Opposition to “Expert” Evidence in Georgia Voting Case Shows Utter Lack of Credibility of Challenger’s Evidence
“Confusion in Brindisi-Tenney House race exposes New York’s election dysfunction”
Syracuse.com:
The undecided House race between Rep. Anthony Brindisi and Claudia Tenney has exposed deep flaws in New York’s election system that undermine public faith in the state’s electoral process, voting rights advocates say.Those advocates say they will push for… Continue reading
“Flaws in Census Count Imperil Trump Plan to Exclude Undocumented Immigrants”
Michael Wines and Emily Bazelon for the NYT:
Census Bureau experts have uncovered serious flaws in a section of the 2020 head count that potentially affect the enumeration of millions, according to people familiar with the census operations, delaying still… 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
Third Edition of “Voting Rights and Election Law”
Announcement via email:
The third edition of Voting Rights and Election Law: Cases, Explanatory Notes, and Problems, by Michael Dimino, Brad Smith, and Michael Solimine, has just been printed and is available from Carolina Academic Press. (ISBN 978-1-5310-1906-8)
Here is… Continue reading
Trump’s Continuing Failing Lawsuits as a Loss Leader, Grift, and Delegitimization Device
Three weeks ago, I and others in the election law field determined that Trump’s path to use lawsuits to overturn the results of the election was dead. The campaign had uncovered no significant fraud or irregularities and none of… Continue reading
“Just 27 congressional Republicans acknowledge Biden’s win, Washington Post survey finds”
WaPo:
Just 27 congressional Republicans acknowledge Joe Biden’s win over President Trump a month after the former vice president’s clear victory of more than 7 million votes nationally and a convincing electoral-vote margin that exactly matched Trump’s 2016 tally.Two… Continue reading
Hearing Monday in Latest Legal Fight Over Who Has Won #NY-22 Congressional Race With Candidates Now Separated by 12 Votes
Keep your eye on this:
State Supreme Court Justice Scott DelConte has scheduled a hearing for 1 p.m. Monday in Oswego to determine the next step in sorting out who won the election a month ago for the seat… Continue reading
Trump Administration Files Supreme Court Brief Urging It To Hear Case That Could Weaken Campaign Finance Disclosure Rules
The Court had invited the views of the Solicitor General about whether or not it should take the case, and now the office has filed this brief. It would not surprise me to see the Biden Administration taking a… Continue reading