Testing, 1, 2,3….Is this thing on?
Looks like the blog is back in business….
Federal Court Says that Louisiana Congressional Redistricting Plan Violates Section 2 of the VRA
A federal district court in Louisiana granted a preliminary injunction in favor of the plaintiffs who challenged Louisiana’s congressional redistricting plan. The case, brought by a coalition of civil rights groups, is Robinson v. Ardoin. The court concluded that… Continue reading
“Michigan widens probe into voting system breaches by Trump allies”
Reuters reporting that state authorities in Michigan are expanding their investigation into attempts by local Republicans and allies of former President Trump to illegally access voting systems.
From the Reuters report:
“The police documents reveal, among other things, that the… Continue reading
A Reminder That Election Law Blog Will Be Down Tuesday for a Server Move
We should be back up by Wednesday morning. Thanks for your patience.
“Enforcing the Political Constitution”
Stanford Law Review recently posted a short essay that I wrote for the journal’s symposium on “Safeguarding the Fundamental Right to Vote.” The symposium includes a really terrific set of essays from Sam Issacharoff, Yasmin Dawood, Michael Kang, Michael Morley,… Continue reading
“Supreme Court May Hear ‘800-Pound Gorilla’ of Election Law Cases”
Adam Liptak (@adamliptak), has this piece in The NY Times on this emergency application by North Carolina Republicans seeking a stay of the North Carolina Supreme Court’s decision in the partisan gerrymandering case of Harper v. Hall.… Continue reading
“Do Ballot Barcodes Threaten Election Security?”
CDT:
Bogus conspiracy theories about the 2020 election have been repeatedly debunked. But that hasn’t stopped election conspiracy theorists from attempting to gain influence in election administration, either as low level poll workers or as top state election officials… Continue reading
“Trump allies explored sending armed private contractors to seize voting machines in 2020 election”
LAT:
Supporters on the fringes of former President Trump’s circle explored seeking sweeping authority after the 2020 election to enlist armed private contractors to seize and inspect voting machines and election data with the assistance of U.S. marshals, according… Continue reading
“Texts Reveal GOP Mission to Breach Voting Machine in Georgia”
Daily Beast:
The Georgia Secretary of State claims it is investigating how a local election supervisor gave a cadre of 2020 election truthers improper access to an election computer system, in what initially seemed like the latest example… Continue reading
Georgia: “A pro-Herschel Walker gas giveaway fuels Democratic outrage”
AJC:
A long line of cars formed at a Chevron gas station south of downtown Atlanta on Saturday as word spread that a political action committee was handing out $25 vouchers. Now the pro-Herschel Walker group’s giveaway is fueling… Continue reading
Iowa Democrats offer to reform caucus to keep their place
AP News: Iowa Democrats are offering to reform the caucus rules to enhance equal participation if they can keep their historical place in the Democratic Party’s presidential primary. The big change is an amendment to party rules to “allow… Continue reading
“Woodward and Bernstein thought Nixon defined corruption. Then came Trump.”
Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein, in an exclusive Washington Post perspective piece, use Richard Nixon as a foil to reflect on Donald Trump’s continuing threat to democratic institutions.
The heart of Nixon’s criminality was his successful subversion of the electoral… Continue reading
“In Races to Run Elections, Candidates Are Backed by Key 2020 Deniers”
NYT:
Key figures in the effort to subvert the 2020 presidential election have thrown their weight behind a slate of Republican candidates for secretary of state across the country, injecting specious theories about voting machines, foreign hacking and voter… Continue reading
African-American voting in North before 1860 may have been higher than previously understood
The First Reconstruction: Black Politics in America from the Revolution to the Civil War (UNC Press 2021) by Van Gosse, Franklin and Marshall College. At a conference this week with nonlegal academics, I was made aware of this new… Continue reading