“Behind the Curtain of Post-Election Canvassing, Audits, and Certification”
New report from Matthew Weil and Christopher Thomas of the Bipartisan Policy Center.
Monthly Archives: October 2021
“Report Cites New Details of Trump Pressure on Justice Dept. Over Election”
Katie Benner for the NYT:
Even by the standards of President Donald J. Trump, it was an extraordinary Oval Office showdown. On the agenda was Mr. Trump’s desire to install a loyalist as acting attorney general to carry out… Continue reading
“Trump allies did little to investigate election fraud claims, court documents show”
Tierney Sneed and Katelyn Polantz for CNN:
Allies of former President Donald Trump testified under oath that they did little to check out some of the uncorroborated claims they made about 2020 election fraud before amplifying them on the… Continue reading
House Oversight Committee Hearing Tomorrow, Oct. 7: “Assessing the Election ‘Audit’ in Arizona and Threats to American Democracy”
“The use of differential privacy for census data and its impact on redistricting: The case of the 2020 U.S. Census”
New article by Christopher T. Kenny et al., in Science Advances. Abstract:
Census statistics play a key role in public policy decisions and social science research. However, given the risk of revealing individual information, many statistical agencies are considering… Continue reading
“The Carter Center Releases ‘The Big Lie and Big Tech’”
Release:
The Carter Center today published “The Big Lie and Big Tech,” a new report that details the role played by “repeat offenders”—media known to repeatedly publish false and misleading information—in spreading election fraud narratives in online… Continue reading
“Former Supreme Court Justice Gableman, head of Wisconsin election review, says he does not understand how elections work”
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
The attorney leading a partisan review of Wisconsin’s 2020 election acknowledged this week that he doesn’t understand how elections are supposed to be run. The admission by former state Supreme Court Justice Michael Gableman comes as… Continue reading
Now Available: Transcript of September 24 UCI Law Conference: “Election Subversion: Is American Democracy in Danger?”
You can find the transcript here.
(Watch the event video.)
“How AT&T helped build far-right One America News”
U.S. Election Assistance Commissioner Christy McCormick Continues Her Embarrassing Tenure by Undermining American Elections
Just wow.
“Facebook Whistleblower’s Testimony Builds Momentum for Tougher Tech Laws”
WSJ:
Facebook Inc. whistleblower Frances Haugen testified to Congress Tuesday on internal documents showing harms from the company’s products—from teenagers’ mental-health problems to poisoned political debate—adding fuel to efforts to pass tougher regulations on Big Tech.The documents gathered by Ms.… Continue reading
“Democrats’ voter registration edge shrinks in key states”
The Hill reports. More from NBC News.
“Why Democrats See 3 Governor’s Races as a Sea Wall for Fair Elections; Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania all have Democratic governors and G.O.P.-led legislatures. And in all three battlegrounds, Republicans are pushing hard to rewrite election laws.”
NYT reports.