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Monthly Archives: November 2021
“The Election Sabotage Scheme and How Congress Can Stop It”
New report from the Brennan Center:
Over the past few months, the drive to allow partisan sabotage of the election process had a series of frightening public successes. The Arizona State Senate concluded its partisan review of the 2020 election… Continue reading
“Steve Bannon’s popular podcast is a ‘dangerous’ fantasyland of election lies”
Daniel Dale for CNN:
Steve Bannon’s aggressive campaign to undermine American democracy didn’t stop on January 6.Bannon, a bellicose right-wing nationalist who served as White House chief strategist under President Donald Trump in 2017, is fighting a subpoena from… Continue reading
“Georgia Grand Jury Looms in Trump Inquiry”
NYT:
As the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol riot fights to extract testimony and documents from Donald J. Trump’s White House, an Atlanta district attorney is moving toward convening a special grand jury in her criminal investigation of… Continue reading
A 2024 Nightmare Electoral College Scenario
As I explained to NPR’s Mara Liasson for All Things Considered:
ANGUS KING: One of our great political parties has embraced the idea that our last election was fraudulent, that our current president is illegitimate, that they must move legislatures… Continue reading
“21 municipalities debuted ranked choice voting programs — how did it go?”
From the Desert News:
Ranked choice voting made its debut across 21 Utah municipalities Tuesday. And while the results are still preliminary, we’re starting to gauge how Utah clerks, voters and candidates feel about the system that’s been touted as… Continue reading
“University of Florida Reverses Course to Allow Professors to Testify Against State”
NYT:
Acceding to a storm of protest, the University of Florida abandoned efforts on Friday to keep three political science professors from testifying in a voting-rights lawsuit against the administration of Gov. Ron DeSantis.Hours later, however, the professors sued… Continue reading
“‘Not a fair map.’ Lawsuit accuses NC Republicans of gerrymandering new districts”
News & Observer:
The first lawsuit challenging North Carolina’s new political districts as unconstitutional partisan gerrymandering was filed Friday by a group affiliated with former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder. State legislators passed the maps into law on… Continue reading
“Trump DOJ official who aided effort to overturn election declines to answer Jan. 6 questions; The chair of the Hill select panel probing the Capitol riot said a contempt of Congress referral for Jeffrey Clark is ‘on the table.'”
Politico:
A top Trump Justice Department official who aided the former president’s quest to overturn the 2020 election refused to answer substantive questions in a meeting with congressional investigators on Friday.The former official, Jeffrey Clark, instead delivered a 12-page … Continue reading
“Virginia Gov.-elect Youngkin’s underaged son tried to vote in Tuesday’s election, elections officials said”
WaPo:
The 17-year-old son of Virginia Gov.-elect Glenn Youngkin (R) tried to cast a ballot in Tuesday’s gubernatorial election twice despite being too young to vote, Fairfax County officials said in a statement released Friday.The statement, which identified the teen… Continue reading
“The 2020 vote and its aftermath have left many election workers beleaguered”
NPR reports.
“Dane County judge orders Wisconsin Republicans to turn over records related to election review”
Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel:
A Dane County judge on Friday ordered Assembly Speaker Robin Vos to turn over records within 10 days about a secretive review of the 2020 election that Republicans have been conducting since this summer.Circuit Judge Valerie Bailey-Rihn ruled… Continue reading
“Small Donor Public Financing Plays Role in Electing Most Diverse New York City Council”
Brennan Center report.
Conflicts Between Politicians who Draw Districts and Secretaries of State who have to Administer Elections
This story out of Mass. highlights the problems that can arise when legislators split election precincts to pursue their own ends in redistricting. From MassLive:
New political boundaries for the Massachusetts House and Senate became official Thursday as Gov.… Continue reading