“A Crusade to Challenge the 2020 Election, Blessed by Church Leaders”
NYT:
Evangelical churches have long been powerful vehicles for grass-roots activism and influence on the American right, mobilized around issues like abortion and gay marriage. Now, some of those churches have embraced a new cause: promoting Donald J. Trump… Continue reading
“Dowless, key figure in NC absentee ballot fraud probe, dies”
AP:
Leslie McCrae Dowless Jr., the key player in a North Carolina absentee ballot fraud probe that led to a do-over congressional election, has died.His daughter, Andrea Dowless Heverly, wrote that her father “passed away peacefully” Sunday morning, according… Continue reading
“Exclusive: Local election chief threatened by Republican leader seeking illegal access to voting equipment”
Reuters:
A local Republican Party leader in North Carolina threatened to get a county elections director fired or have her pay cut unless she helped him gain illegal access to voting equipment, the state elections board told Reuters.The party… Continue reading
“Judge: 3 Arizona candidates can stay on ballot”
Tucson.com:
A judge will not bar three Arizona officials who allegedly were involved in some way in the Jan. 6, 2021, riot from running again for office.In a 19-page ruling released Friday, Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Christopher Coury said… Continue reading
“OAN network agrees to settle defamation claims brought by election workers”
Oregon Live:
Two Georgia election workers agreed to settle defamation claims against a right-wing cable news channel, which they said falsely claimed they engaged in ballot fraud during the 2020 election, according to a court document filed Thursday.Fulton County… Continue reading
“Lawsuit seeks to ban ballot-counting machines in Arizona”
“Republicans Have Picked An Election Denier To Run Michigan’s Elections”
BuzzFeed:
Michigan Republicans endorsed Kristina Karamo, a first-time candidate who has spread lies about the 2020 election, to run all the state’s elections as the party’s candidate for secretary of state.Karamo is one of at least 17 election deniers running… Continue reading
I Spoke with Mehdi Hasan on MSNBC/Peacock About Elon Musk Buying Twitter and the Risks of Virally Spread False Speech About Stolen Elections (Cheap Speech)
You can watch here.
The Power of Political Parties to Block Candidates from Running in the Party’s Primary Election
Last week, the Tennessee Republican Party successfully removed from the ballot three candidates who wanted to run in the Republican primary for the congressional seat in TN’s newly created 5th district. One of those removed was Morgan Ortagus, who had… Continue reading
“Greene says she can’t remember if she urged Trump to impose martial law”
WaPo:
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, testifying Friday about her alleged role in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol as part of a case seeking to disqualify her from seeking reelection, said she could not remember… Continue reading
“Prosecutor drops all charges against Pamela Moses, jailed over voting error”
Sam Levine for The Guardian:
A Memphis prosecutor has dropped all criminal charges against Pamela Moses, the Memphis woman who was sentenced to six years in prison for trying to register to vote.Moses was convicted last year and sentenced in… Continue reading
Top Recent Downloads in Election Law on SSRN
Here:
1.Liquidating the Independent State Legislature TheoryMichael WeingartnerIndependentDate Posted: 02 Mar 2022Last Revised: 18 Apr 20229882.The Independent State Legislature Claim, Textualism, and State LawCarolyn ShapiroIIT Chicago-Kent College of LawDate Posted: 05 Mar 2022Last… Continue reading
“This weekend’s Michigan GOP convention marks a key moment for election denialism”
Miles Parks for NPR:
Michigan Republicans will meet this weekend to decide which candidates to nominate for a number of key statewide positions, marking an early swing-state test of former President Donald Trump’s influence in the midterm elections.It could… Continue reading