NYT: The episode is one of many warning signs that has election officials on alert as voting begins for midterm elections, the biggest test of the American election system since Mr. Trump’s lies about the 2020 results launched an assault… Continue reading

AP: Georgia is one of several states where voters will face new hurdles to casting a ballot during the November election under laws passed by Republican-led legislatures following former President Donald Trump’s false claims that voter fraud cost him reelection… Continue reading

Gallup: With the midterm elections less than a month away, large majorities of Americans favor three measures meant to make voting easier: early voting (78% in favor), automatic voter registration (65%) and sending absentee ballots to all eligible voters (60%).Majorities… Continue reading

Ciara Torres-Spelliscy in the University of Illinois Law Review. Abstract: This piece will argue that the Roberts Supreme Court’s protection of lying and its choice to fence government speech as outside of First Amendment analysis have created a perfect storm… Continue reading

WaPo: Gov. Ron DeSantis is making it easier for voters to cast ballots in three southwestern Florida counties that were hit hard by Hurricane Ian and are bastions for GOP support, sparking criticism that he is “politicizing a natural disaster.”More… Continue reading

Eric Geller for Politico: There’s a largely overlooked hacking target that could help those who want to sow doubt about vote tallies in the November midterms: cellular modems that transmit unofficial election-night results.The modems, which send vote data from precincts… Continue reading