“Redistricting delays add to Democrats’ worries about keeping U.S. House”
Jim Oliphant column.
Monthly Archives: May 2021
“Polling places for urban voters of color would be cut under Texas Senate’s version of voting bill being negotiated with House”
The Texas Tribune reports.
“How Matt Gaetz’s Legal Problems Could Lead to Campaign Finance Violations”
Ciara Torres-Spelliscy for the Brennan Center.
“Four House Democrats urge party leaders to fight for an expansive voting rights bill.”
NYT:
In the latest example of divisions among congressional Democrats over voting rights, four House Democrats emailed the party caucus on Thursday pushing for their colleagues to muscle through two election bills now being considered on Capitol Hill, arguing that… Continue reading
“Weeks From Pivotal Primary, Still No Software to Count Ranked Choice Votes”
Apparently the state has to approve the software NYC wants to use. Let’s hope the various governmental actors do not screw this up. In four special elections for city council, the Board of Elections had to tally all the votes… Continue reading
“Voting Machines in Arizona Recount Should Be Replaced, Election Official Says”
NYT:
Arizona’s top elections official on Thursday urged the state’s most populous county to replace hundreds of voting machines that have been examined as part of a Republican-backed review of the state’s November election.The request added fuel to charges by… Continue reading
National Constitution Center “We the People” Podcast: Constitutional Issues in Voting Rights Today”
I participated in a great conversation with Derek Muller and host Jeffrey Rosen. Listen!
June 4 Humphrey School Event: “The New Danger in Voting Legislation”
Looking forward to participating in this virtual event (registration required) at Minnesota’s Humphrey School’s Center for the Study of Politics and Government:
Topic: The New Danger in Voting LegislationDescriptionGeorgia, Texas and other states are pursuing legislation that will make it… Continue reading
“Stewards of Democracy: Pursuing diversity and representation among LEOs”
Paul Gronke, Paul Manson, Jay Lee, and Heather Creek at Electionline:
Who are the professionals doing the day-to-day work of running American elections? As we touched on in a preceding post, local election officials are not a population… Continue reading
“Shareholders fight to rein in risk by demanding transparency into public companies’ political spending”
“Trump, Pelosi, and other fundraising juggernauts just got put on notice by the feds that they could be breaking the law with their spammy ‘5x match’ fundraising gimmicks”
Dave Levinthal for Business Insider:
But this wildly popular — and demonstrably bogus — fundraising gimmick could soon be dead. That’s because the Department of Justice on Monday indicated that fraudulent “match” solicitations were one of several misdeeds that factored… Continue reading
“January 6 commission vote: Prospects bleak that 10 Republicans would buck McConnell”
CNN:
After the House passed a bill to establish a commission to investigate the events surrounding January 6, Senate Republicans look poised to torpedo the commission with few Republicans signaling they’d vote with Democrats to support it.Democrats would need… Continue reading
“Thanks to Kobach, Trump and conservative think tank, we know extent of voter fraud “
Charles Hammer column in the KC Star:
We Kansans owe Kris Kobach warm thanks for his greatest triumph: He proved that voter fraud is virtually nonexistent in our state. He achieved that by fiercely striving to prove the opposite.In 2010… Continue reading
“Trump allies seek to import Arizona’s election audit to Georgia”
CNN:
In a bid to bolster former President Donald Trump’s lies about widespread fraud in the 2020 election, Trump’s Republican allies are now seeking Arizona-style audits in other swing states — including Georgia, where the former President’s false claims have… Continue reading