Monthly Archives: June 2021
ELB Downtime Today—to Be Ready for July 1
We were planning on switching over to the new Election Law Blog theme on the night of June 30/morning of July 1, but with the big election law-related opinions coming July 1, we are doing the transition today. So the… Continue reading
“Threats Against Election Officials Are a Threat to Democracy”
Sue Halpern in The New Yorker.
The draft Colorado legislative maps
Colorado’s independent commission just made public its draft state legislative maps. PlanScore’s analyses of the maps are below. They’re both impressively balanced based on every measure of partisan fairness.
Supreme Court Does Not Issue Opinions in Election Law Cases (Brnovich and AFP), Only Cases Remaining for the Term
The final opinions are expected to come on Thursday, July 1. [this post has been updated.]
July 7 Event with Congressman Jamie Raskin, Jane Mayer, and Me: “Impeachment + 6 Months: What Have We Learned About America and Our Future”
Really looking forward to this virtual event. Registration required.
Language Access for Voters Webinar
July 22 Democracy Fund event:
Join the Democracy Fund for our Language Access for Voters Webinar on July 22nd from 3:30-5pm ET.As we all eagerly await the release of census data, including the redistricting data file, another important data release… Continue reading
“Newsom sues elections chief to call himself a Democrat on recall ballot”
Politico:
Gov. Gavin Newsom is suing his own appointed elections chief to get two words next to his name on the recall ballot: Democratic Party.The governor and his staff overlooked paperwork last year that would have allowed him to state… Continue reading
“Wisconsin GOP leaders say Trump is ‘misinformed’ after the former president claimed they are hiding election corruption”
Molly Beck reports for the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel.
Arizona: “Audit leader Doug Logan appears in conspiracy theorist election film”
Arizona Mirror:
The CEO of a Florida-based firm chosen to conduct the review of Maricopa County’s election results appeared in a conspiracy theorist film riddled with falsehoods about the 2020 election and directed by a man whose previous work claimed … Continue reading
“Arizona’s Maricopa County will replace voting equipment, fearful that GOP-backed election review has compromised security”
“How Deceptive Campaign Fund-Raising Ensnares Older People”
Shane Goldmacher deep dive for NYT.
“Toyota leads companies in election-objector donations”
Axios:
Nearly three-dozen corporate PACs have donated at least $5,000 to Republicans who objected to certifying the 2020 election, yet Toyota leads by a substantial margin.Why it matters: Following Jan. 6, huge segments of corporate America rethought their political-giving programs.… Continue reading
Disclosure Law in a Toxic Political Culture: The Impending Americans for Prosperity v. Bonta Decision
That’s the way I would frame the big-picture perspective on this case. The major precedents on when state demands for disclosure of a group’s donors violate the First Amendment’s protections for freedom of association (outside the campaign-finance context) come from… Continue reading