Jessica Huseman:
Perhaps the theme of this newsletter is “when things change, things also slow down.” It has ever been thus in elections, and it was thus in Harris County this week, as Texas’s largest county faced delays… Continue reading
Fernanda Santos WaPo column:
The election-related bills kept coming, most of them aimed squarely at restricting voting access. The files clogged the desk of Pima County Recorder Gabriella Cázares-Kelly — 141 by early last week, she said, or almost … Continue reading
Detroit News:
A report released Friday by Michigan’s Office of the Auditor General quashed a conspiracy theory that a significant number of fraudulent votes were cast on behalf of dead people in the state’s 2020 presidential election.The 67-page document… Continue reading
So reads the headline over at the News & Observer. The basis, as early reports have it, is that Congress’s decision to enact the Amnesty Act of 1872 effectively prevents application of Section 3 of the Fourteenth Amendment… Continue reading
Michael Weingartner has posted this draft on SSRN. Here is the abstract:
Following the 2020 Presidential election, an obscure and potentially revolutionary constitutional theory re-emerged. The so-called “independent state legislature” theory posits that the Constitution vests state legislatures with plenary… Continue reading
Anchorage Daily News:
The commission charged with enforcing Alaska’s campaign finance laws has lifted all limits on donations to candidates for governor, state legislative seats and municipal races — a decision that could allow a huge wave of cash… Continue reading
Pew Research Center:
The once-a-decade process of legislative redistricting is a topic of intense interest for both parties and scores of lawmakers whose jobs may be riding on the outcome. But when asked their view of how redistricting is being… Continue reading
WaPo:
A data expert for former president Donald Trump’s campaign told him bluntly not long after polls closed in November 2020 that he was definitely going to lose his campaign for reelection.In the weeks that followed, multiple top… Continue reading
Detroit Free Press:
The Michigan Bureau of Elections should do more to ensure local election officials are trained in how to conduct post-election audits, Michigan Auditor General Doug Ringler said in a report released Friday.And inadequate oversight and reporting… Continue reading
The following is a guest post from Susan Greenhalgh and Philip Stark:
Last month, Election Law Blog highlighted a Votebeat newsletter published January 29 by Jessica Huseman, a response to a story in the Atlanta Journal Constitution. The newsletter… Continue reading
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
The state Supreme Court approved election maps Thursday that were drawn by Democratic Gov. Tony Evers but will give Republicans the upper hand in races for the Legislature. Thursday’s ruling builds off of a 4-3 ruling… Continue reading