Monthly Archives: March 2024
Very Strong Brief from Plaintiffs in South Carolina Racial Gerrymandering Case Opposing Getting Last Minute SCOTUS Intervention
You can find it here.
Still amazed that the state of South Carolina tried to rely on Purcell here.
“Murkowski Won’t Vote for Trump and Declines Ruling Out Leaving the G.O.P.”
NYT:
Senator Lisa Murkowski, Republican of Alaska, said in an interview released on Sunday that she would not vote for former President Donald J. Trump. She also did not rule out the possibility of leaving the Republican Party.
In the… Continue reading
“Federal officials say 20 have been charged for threatening election workers”
WaPo:
Justice Department officials said reports of widespread threats against officials running the 2020 and 2022 elections have resulted in charges against roughly 20 people, with more than a half dozen receiving sentences between one and 3½ years.
But the… Continue reading
“United in Security: How Every State Protects Your Vote”
New explainer from the Bipartisan Policy Center, Issue One, and the R Street Institute.
“New Guidance on Preventing Election Certification Interference”
New from Protect Democracy.
“How a Pandemic Malaise Is Shaping American Politics”
NYT:
In March 2020, when Joseph R. Biden Jr. and Donald J. Trump competed for the White House for the first time, American life became almost unrecognizable. A deadly virus and a public health lockdown remade daily routines with startling… Continue reading
“Deepfake Kari Lake video shows coming chaos of AI in elections”
WaPo:
Hank Stephenson has a finely tuned B.S. detector. The longtime journalist has made a living sussing out lies and political spin.
But even he was fooled at first when he watched the video of one of his home state’s… Continue reading
Watch Archived Video of National Constitution Center Event, “Democracy Checkup: Preparing for the 2024 Election,” with Sarah Isgur, Larry Lessig and Me, Moderated by Jeff Rosen
All of the Balkinization Symposium Pieces on “A Real Right to Vote”
Thanks again to Jack Balkin for hosting to to all the contributors.
Here are the collected posts for our Balkinization symposium on Rick Hasen’s new book, A Real Right to Vote: How a Constitutional Amendment Can Safeguard American Democracy (Princeton … Continue reading
Ohio SOS Frank LaRose: “He entered Ohio’s Senate GOP race a frontrunner. He ended it an afterthought.”
Politico:
When Donald Trump’s team invited Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose last summer to a gathering of Republican elected officials at the former president’s Bedminster golf club, it was a big moment for the Senate hopeful.
But it came… Continue reading
“How a Former Democratic Operative Is Testing the Limits of What a Newsroom Can Be”
Maggie Severns for Notus:
Thousands of North Carolinians — mostly women — were targeted with Facebook and Instagram ads shortly before the last midterm elections that shared a dire message: A little-watched race could determine whether abortion would remain legal… Continue reading
“State’s attorney’s race tightens to just 2,000 votes as city elections board acknowledges mail-in ballot miscalculation”
Chicago Tribune:
Already the Chicago area’s most closely watched primary campaign this year, the race for Cook County state’s attorney devolved into some confusion and much frustration this weekend as city election officials acknowledged a mistake in communicating how many… Continue reading
“The disinformation war has taken a toll, but researchers feel a shift”
NBC News:
After weathering a yearslong political and legal assault, researchers who study disinformation say they see reasons to be cautiously hopeful as their efforts heat up ahead of the 2024 election.
These researchers, along with the universities and nonprofits… Continue reading