Sioux Falls Argus Leader:
A federal judge ruled Thursday that the South Dakota Secretary of State’s Office is not following federal laws requiring state agencies to make it easier to register to vote.Judge Lawrence Piersol, of the United States… Continue reading
You can find the unanimous opinion, with a concurrence, at this link.
The Court found that the materiality provision of the Civil Rights Act allowed a private right of action and that the failure to include the date on… Continue reading
I’ve posted this new essay, which is coming out in the California Law Review, on SSRN. Here’s the abstract:
Democracies throughout the West are unable to marshal wide-enough support to deliver effective government. The communications revolution is one reason… Continue reading
NCC “We the People” Podcast:
There’s a lot happening in the world of election law. From the Supreme Court’s opinion last week in FEC v. Ted Cruz, to a redistricting case in Alabama, to a North Carolina case dealing with… Continue reading
From Quartz:
A new report by Canadian national intelligence experts says that country faces new threats from a once unlikely source: the United States.
The paper, published by a task force that includes two former directors of the Canadian Security… Continue reading
AJC:
Federal investigators have interviewed several Georgia Republicans who refused to join a phony slate of GOP electors to help Donald Trump’s failed effort to overturn the 2020 presidential election.The interviews, first reported by CNN, involved at least… Continue reading
AJC:
The Fulton County District Attorney’s wide-ranging criminal investigation into efforts to overturn Georgia’s 2020 presidential election is heating up, weeks after the seating of a special purpose grand jury with subpoena power.Jurors are soon slated to hear testimony from… Continue reading
Roll Call:
The Senate voted 54-38 Tuesday to confirm Democratic political lawyer Dara Lindenbaum, whose clients included the gubernatorial campaign of Georgia Democrat Stacey Abrams, to serve on the Federal Election Commission.An election lawyer with the firm Sandler Reiff… Continue reading
I’ve written this essay for Democracy: A Journal of Ideas. It starts and ends with Odysseus and the song of the sirens. In the middle is an analysis of why Congress should constrain itself to accepting whatever results the… Continue reading
Texas Tribune:
A disciplinary committee for the State Bar of Texas on Wednesday filed a professional misconduct lawsuit against Attorney General Ken Paxton for his attempt to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential elections in four battleground… Continue reading
Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel:
A Republican member of the Wisconsin Elections Commission under fire from members of his own party for refusing to entertain 2020 election distortions stunned his colleagues Wednesday by announcing his resignation from the oversight board and blasting the… Continue reading