Watch My Appearance on the PBS News Hour: “Republican plans to use political operatives as poll workers alarm voting rights activists”
You can watch or read the transcript at this link.
Monthly Archives: June 2022
“How the Proud Boys Gripped the Miami-Dade Republican Party”
The N.Y. Times is reporting on the Proud Boys’s successful efforts to join the leadership of the Miami-Dade Republican Party, once the locus of Jeb. Bush’s power. “[A]t least a half-dozen current and former Proud Boys who have secured seats… Continue reading
The Dispatch Podcast on the Problem with Primaries
Sometimes a conversation really clicks. That’s my sense of the discussion I was fortunate to have on the Dispatch podcast, with host Sarah Isgur and Nick Troiano, executive director of Unite America. Sarah asks great questions, and does so… Continue reading
Colorado Springs Election Timing Challenge
I wanted to flag a lawsuit that Harvard Law School’s Election Law Clinic filed today on behalf of Citizens Project, Colorado Latinos Vote, the League of Women Voters of the Pikes Peak Region, and the Black/Latino Leadership Coalition. The suit… Continue reading
Is the House GOP feeling the need to show voters the Party can govern?
The Washington Post reports that “House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) plans to unveil a strategy Thursday outlining how Republicans would address climate change, energy and environmental issues if their party gains control of the House in the midterm elections.”… Continue reading
Lawsuit Challenging New Jersey’s Obfuscating Primary Ballot Design to Proceed
U.S. District Court denied seven motions to dismiss a lawsuit challenging the design of New Jersey’s primary ballots yesterday. The case seeks to end the influence county party leaders exert over ballot placement. Among other things, the suit challenges a… Continue reading
“New York on brink of major voting rights act”
Democrats in Albany are expected to pass major election reforms. The package is expected to also “create a so-called pre-clearance program that requires local governments with histories of discrimination against minority voters to prove that any changes they make… Continue reading
“A Systematic Assault”: GOP Rushes to Change Election Rules to Block Medicaid in South Dakota
This article from Bolts Magazine demonstrates just how unabashed Republican efforts to entrench the party and its policies are at this political moment. In this instance, the goal is to prevent South Dakotans from side-stepping the Republican controlled legislature to… Continue reading
GOP Plans to Contest Swing-State Elections, on Tape
Politico’s Special Report describes the GOP plan for Michigan, which centers on recruiting activists primed to believe election fraud lies as poll workers and connecting them directly to movement lawyers. This appears to be the party’s playbook for other swing… Continue reading