“A Lie Can Travel: Election Disinformation in the United States, Brazil, and France”
New report from CDT:
In 2016, Russian hackers released hacked emails from Democratic officials, rocking the U.S. presidential election. In 2017, a similar hack-and-leak operation released thousands of documents on Emmanuel Macron, just hours before the start of the… Continue reading
Top Recent Downloads in Election Law on SSRN
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LSN: Election Law & Voting Rights (Topic)
Recent Top Papers (60 days)
As of: 15 Oct 2021 – 14 Dec 2021
RankPaperDownloads1.Remedying Intimidating Voter Disinformation Through § 1985(3)’s Support Or Advocacy ClausesMichael WeingartnerIndependentDate… Continue reading
“Fox hosts, Donald Trump Jr., GOP reps begged Mark Meadows in texts to get Trump to stop Capitol riot on Jan. 6”
“Meadows Was Deeply Involved in Fighting Election Outcome, Jan. 6 Panel Says”
NYT:
The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol released a report on Sunday that laid out its case for a contempt of Congress charge against Mark Meadows, the chief of staff to former President Donald J.… Continue reading
“The filibuster debate is (maybe) coming to a head on voting rights. Here’s what could happen.”
Amber Phillips:
Months-long talks among Democrats in Congress about how to pass voting rights legislation over Republican objections are getting more serious — and more urgent.“We had better come up with some way to get around it,” Rep. James… Continue reading
“What crime might Trump have committed on Jan. 6? Liz Cheney points to one.”
Aaron Blake:
Rep. Liz Cheney’s disclosures of intriguing Jan. 6 text messages between Mark Meadows and both Donald Trump Jr. and Fox News personalities are the big news in the committee’s investigation right now. But don’t lose sight of what… Continue reading
“Designing Accessible Elections: Recommendations from Disability Voting Rights Advocates”
Ihaab Syed, Michelle Bishop, Sarah Brannon, Erika Hudson, and Kristen Lee have written this article in ELJ. Here is the abstract:
Disability is frequently cited as a reason that Americans do not vote. This article… Continue reading
“Biden Justice Department Voting Rights Strategy Comes Into Focus”
From Steve Rosenfeld, for Voting Booth:
In November, the DOJ sued Texas after the adoption of 2021’s Senate Bill 1, which restricted voting options for people with disabilities—which also clashed with the Voting Rights Act (VRA). The new Texas… Continue reading
New Political Maps May Kill Swing Districts, But Swing Districts May Not Save Us
The Wall Street Journal is not the first to lament that the 2021 redistricting cycle is not likely to produce very many competitive districts. But how much should we care? The call for competitive elections presumes that electoral accountability emerges… Continue reading
“Activists target corporate campaign cash in battle against voting restrictions”
Kira Lerner:
Members of the Defend Black Voters Coalition chose Detroit’s Huntington Center as their backdrop earlier this month when they issued a warning about the dangers of “voter suppression legislation” backed by Republican state lawmakers. The building… Continue reading
“Key Wisconsin Republican says her colleagues are making baseless attacks and need to wrap up election review”
Patrick Marley for the Journal-Sentinel:
Republicans and Democrats alike Monday ripped into Wisconsin’s partisan review of the 2020 election, saying it was a baseless exercise that would needlessly damage faith in democracy.State Sen. Kathy Bernier, a Republican from Lake Hallie… Continue reading
“USPS built and secretly tested a mobile voting system before 2020; Such systems are widely considered insecure against hacking”
WaPo:
The U.S. Postal Service pursued a project to build and secretly test a blockchain-based mobile phone voting system before the 2020 election, experimenting with a technology that the government’s own cybersecurity agency says can’t be trusted to securely… Continue reading
“Democratic governors worry about threat to democracy but don’t see it as a winning message for 2022”
CNN:
Democratic governors are facing a messaging conundrum: they say American democracy may hinge on their elections in 2022, but they’re not sure they can get most voters to care.Attempts to meddle with the certification of the Electoral… Continue reading