From David Fontana in the Washington Post Magazine. Perhaps a little Wendell Berry in our politics! A snippet:
Paul Ryan was elected to Congress in 1998 from Janesville, Wis., current population about 64,000. Ryan attended college outside Wisconsin. He… Continue reading
Associated Press:
A group of Texas Republicans wants to audit the 2020 election results in just the large, mostly Democratic counties across the state. If they get their way, they’ll miss many of the real — but minor —… Continue reading
Topeka Capital-Journal:
Voter advocates won’t resume registration drives in Kansas, despite the Douglas County district attorney’s refusal to enforce a new election law.Douglas County District Attorney Suzanne Valdez, a Democrat, announced last week that her office won’t prosecute people… Continue reading
Detailed analysis and context from Georgia Public Broadcasting:
The latest battle over Georgia’s massive new voting law is over sections that allow state officials to temporarily take over county elections boards, with Republicans eyeing Fulton County in particular. But… Continue reading
I want to flag a couple significant aspects to the important 2-1 Ninth Circuit decision in Thompson v. Hebdon that Derek blogged about here. The Alaska laws at issue had been adopted in 2006 through a ballot measure that passed… Continue reading
From Alex Seitz-Wald and Ben Kamisar at NBC News:
Republicans are beginning to catch up with Democrats in online fundraising, creating for the first time in modern history a political landscape where both parties are largely funded by… Continue reading
No one connects the dots like Jane. What a story.
I’ll have more to say soon about the connection between the false claim that the election was stolen and reliance on the “Independent State Legislature” doctrine as briefly described by… Continue reading
The 2021 Supplement is now available at this link at Foundation Press. A few things happened regarding the law of democracy over the past year, all of which are covered in the 2021 Supplement — including major new sections on… Continue reading
Reid Wilson at The Hill:
Democrats and Republicans are preparing to pour millions of dollars into races for Secretary of State up for election in half the states next year amid a new recognition that those who oversee the… Continue reading
From the Macomb Daily, chronicling efforts in metropolitan Detroit:
The Republican clerk said he added the UBS feature in light of unsubstantiated claims of voting fraud in Michigan and nationally in the November election.“We get a lot of questions… Continue reading
The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act enacted in March 2020–which feels like an eternity ago–included congressional approval of $400 million in “Election Security Grants.” The Election Assistance Commission made quick work of distributing that money to states.
At… Continue reading
Thanks, Ned, for your terrific insight over the last couple of weeks. And thanks once again, Rick, for this opportunity to join ELB as a contributor, including picking up daily blogging duty for the next couple of weeks.
Late last… Continue reading
Not exactly like an Olympic relay, but a couple of weeks ago I received the hand-off from Dan Tokaji and now I’m passing it on to Derek Muller. Please send any tips to him. I’m looking forward to his posts.
The Hill reports on Manchin’s conversation on CNN. I haven’t had a chance to watch the video yet, but when I do I’ll look to see if the separate idea of a “talking filibuster” came up.