“With election reform stalled, Senate should prioritize anti-gerrymandering”
Kevin Johnson oped at The Fulcrum.
Monthly Archives: May 2021
“Inspired by Arizona recount, Trump loyalists push to revisit election results in communities around the country”
WaPo:
At a public meeting last week in Cheboygan County, Mich., a lawyer from Detroit told county commissioners that the voting machines they used in 2020 could “flip” votes and throw an election. She offered to send in a “forensic… Continue reading
“Pro-Trump OAN Reporters Are Blatantly Raising Money For A Bogus Election ‘Audit’ In Arizona”
BuzzFeed:
Two reporters at One America News, a far-right TV station, are running a dark money organization that they say is helping fund a counter-reality “audit” that former president Donald Trump and his supporters believe will overturn Arizona’s 2020 election… Continue reading
“Lawmakers are targeting the courts that could shoot down voter suppression laws”
Patrick Berry and Alicia Bannon WaPo Outlook piece:
By the Brennan Center for Justice’s count, state lawmakers have introduced more than 360 voter suppression bills across the nation, and the aim seems clear: Despite rhetorical nods to protecting “… Continue reading
“Elected-Official-Affiliated Nonprofits: Closing the Public Integrity Gap”
Richard Briffault has posted this draft on SSRN (forthcoming Notre Dame Journal of Law, Ethics and Public Policy). Here is the abstract:
Recent years have witnessed the growing use by elected officials, particularly state and local chief executives, of affiliated… Continue reading
Michigan: “GOP bills would embolden challengers and create election chaos, voting rights advocates say”
Detroit Free Press:
A series of Republican bills that would dramatically expand the rights of poll watchers and election challengers would burden election administrators, cause delays for voters at polling locations, open the door to voter intimidation and re-create… Continue reading
“Column: Trump couldn’t steal the election in 2020. His allies are laying the groundwork to try again”
Doyle McManus LAT column.
“I watched the GOP’s Arizona election audit. It was worse than you think.”
Jennifer Morrell for WaPo Outlook:
When Arizona’s secretary of state asked me whether I would serve as an observer of the Arizona Senate’s audit of Maricopa County’s ballots, I anticipated that I would see some unusual things. Post-election audits and… Continue reading
“The Jolt: Brad Raffensperger: ‘Yes, I’m running again’”
News from Georgia.
And he sounded more like an Attorney General when he pointed to the rule of law as the most essential element in the American democratic process.“Now I’ve lived it and I can tell you it’s very important… Continue reading
“A Kentucky Surprise: Bipartisan Reforms to Ease Voting”
Miles Rapoport and Cecily Hines for TAP.
“Breyer Worries Retiring Could Add to Polarization. Would It?”
“Deregulated Redistricting”
Travis Crum has posted this important draft on SSRN (forthcoming, Cornell Law Review), which synthesizes the great changes to redistricting doctrine over the last decade. Here is the abstract:
From the civil rights movement through the Obama administration, each successive… Continue reading
“Arizona Audit’s Major Procedural Flaws Will Create Conflict With Official Tally”
Steven Rosenfeld:
But the audit has proceeded at Phoenix’s Veterans Memorial Coliseum. As details emerge from the arena’s floor, it appears the hand count of presidential and U.S. Senate votes from Maricopa County will likely produce results that diverge from… Continue reading
“Republicans eye new House majority through redistricting”
The Hill:
Republican state legislators see this year’s decennial redistricting process as a prime opportunity to gain House seats in next year’s midterms — with some believing those gains alone can help the GOP take back the majority.Legislators are preparing… Continue reading