“Fighting Trump, Dems launch plan to elect thousands of local election supervisors”
Politico:
A Democratic candidate recruiting group is pitching donors on an ambitious three-year program to find, train and support 5,000 candidates for local offices in charge of election administration, a sprawling national effort intended to fight subversion of future… Continue reading
HLS Democracy Series Event on Redistricting
I’ll be moderating the final session of Harvard Law School’s Democracy speaker series tomorrow, on the subject of redistricting and gerrymandering. The panelists will be Michael Li of the Brennan Center, Deuel Ross of LDF, and Jason Torchinsky of Holtzman… Continue reading
“What If Nothing Is Enough to Save Us from the Scourge of Cheap Speech? A Response to Balkinization Symposium Participants”
[Cross-posted at Balkinization, with great thanks to Jack for hosting this symposium on my book.]
For the Balkinization symposium on Richard L. Hasen, Cheap Speech: How Disinformation Poisons Our Politics-and How to Cure It (Yale University Press, 2022).
Richard L. HasenNear… Continue reading
“Lawmakers worry 2020 will provide a blueprint for stealing a future election”
NBC News:
Congress is trying to strengthen the law, though with little to show for its work. For much of the past year, Democratic lawmakers who control both houses focused instead on broader election reform aimed at expanding… Continue reading
“Trump’s Focus on 2020 Election Splits Michigan Republicans”
NYT:
The shouting in the banquet hall erupted just minutes after the Macomb County Republican Party convention was called to order.In a room packed with about 500 people, Mark Forton, the county party chairman and a fierce ally of… Continue reading
“Wisconsin Supreme Court adopts legislative maps drawn by Republicans”
Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel:
The Wisconsin Supreme Court embraced a redistricting plan crafted by Republican state lawmakers Friday, three weeks after the U.S. Supreme Court threw out election maps drawn by Democratic Gov. Tony Evers.States must draw new election maps once… Continue reading
Requiring Majority Winners for Congressional Elections
This Q&A with Kevin Kosar, as part of his Electoral Reform Conversations, was a great way to distill the essence of recent scholarship on this topic.
“Iowa Supreme Court: Finkenauer qualifies for Senate ballot’
AP:
The Iowa Supreme Court ruled Friday that Democratic Senate candidate Abby Finkenauer qualifies for the primary ballot, rejecting a lower court decision and allowing her to continue her campaign for the nomination and the chance to face… Continue reading
“Democrats’ redistricting gains hit a roadblock: The Supreme Court”
WaPo:
Wisconsin Democrats thought they had won the redistricting war. They took over the governor’s office, competed in and won state judicial races and filed lawsuits as early as they could, determined to prevent another cycle of Republican-leaning maps.… Continue reading
“Two Florida men at The Villages admit to voter fraud in 2020 election”
WaPo:
Two Florida men charged with filing ballots in two states in the 2020 presidential election confessed to voter fraud, according to court records.Charles F. Barnes and Jay Ketcik, residents of The Villages in Sumter County, Fla., pleaded guilty to… Continue reading
I Spoke with Molly Jong-Fast About My New “Cheap Speech” Book for “The New Abnormal” Podcast for the Daily Beast
You can listen here.
“N.Y. Democrats back election law change to remove former Lt. Gov. Brian Benjamin from ballot”
NYDN:
Advocates and Democratic lawmakers have devised a way to boot recently indicted ex-Lieutenant Gov. Brian Benjamin from the ballot.Or at least prevent another problem like the one Dems will face in two months when Benjamin’s name will still… Continue reading
“CNN Exclusive: ‘We need ammo. We need fraud examples. We need it this weekend.’ What the Meadows texts reveal about how two Trump congressional allies lobbied the White House to overturn the election.”
CNN:
In the weeks between the 2020 election and the January 6 attack on the US Capitol, almost 100 text messages from two staunch GOP allies of then-President Donald Trump reveal an aggressive attempt to lobby, encourage… Continue reading