“‘They don’t trust us’: Nevada Election Workers Still Face Pressure and Harassment”
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Sign Up for Free, Upcoming Safeguarding Democracy Project Webinar with Jake Grumbach, February 16 at Noon Pacific
Jake Grumbach will be in conversation with me about his new book, Laboratories Against Democracy. Thursday, Feb. 16 at noon.
Free registration is required.
It should be a great discussion.
Part of the Spring Webinar series for UCLA Law’s… Continue reading
“How an Arizona official is making Cochise County a ‘laboratory’ for election skepticism”
Votebeat:
David Stevens had never supervised a ballot count. He didn’t know how he would count nearly 50,000 ballots by hand, who would help, or where he would find enough space to do it.
But that didn’t dissuade him.
Less… Continue reading
“The People Onscreen Are Fake. The Disinformation Is Real.”
NYT:
In one video, a news anchor with perfectly combed dark hair and a stubbly beard outlined what he saw as the United States’ shameful lack of action against gun violence.
In another video, a female news anchor heralded China’s… Continue reading
“Georgia panel: Reforms, resources needed for election review”
AP:
A process recently implemented by Georgia state lawmakers to examine how county officials handle elections is likely unsustainable without more resources or reforms, according to the panel that did the first review under the law.
The provision in a … Continue reading
Eighth Circuit refuses to bar Minnesota Attorney General’s subpoenas against WinRed
An opinion in WinRed Inc. v. Ellison written by Judge Benton, joined by Chief Judge Smith (with some excerpts, below, lightly edited). (Judge Shepherd, “writing separately,” argues the case is not ripe for review and the court lacks jurisdiction.)
“Santos’ unusual $199.99 campaign expenses are putting scrutiny on his longtime treasurer”
CNN:
In the fall of 2020, then-New York Rep. Lee Zeldin’s campaign submitted a report to federal regulators with a series of unusual expenses: 21 payments on a single day of exactly $199.99 each. The outlays – each just one… Continue reading
“Who benefits from voter identification laws?”
Jeffrey J. Harden and Alejandra Campos in PNAS. Abstract:
In the first two decades of the twenty-first century, many American state governments implemented voter identification (ID) laws for elections held in their states. These laws, which commonly mandate photo… Continue reading
“Trump Charges in Georgia Over 2020 Could Lead to Bigger Fed Case”
Bloomberg:
The first major criminal charges that Donald Trump could face for interfering in the 2020 election might come from Atlanta — and what happens in Georgia isn’t expected to stay in Georgia.
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis said… Continue reading
Mikhail on James Wilson on ISLT
John Mikhail has some interesting analysis in a post on James Wilson over at Balkinization:
The Independent State Legislature Theory
In light of current events, another pertinent topic is the Elections Clause. Its crucial word, generating the challenge in Moore v.… Continue reading
#ELB20th: Coming Soon: Reflections on ELB’s 20th Anniversary
Anyone remember this?
Twenty years is a long time for anything, especially a blog.
The first post appeared on February 18, 2003, and it looked like this:
Starting in the middle of this month, ELB contributors and friends of… Continue reading
A practical reason for the North Carolina Supreme Court to expedite rehearing of its partisan gerrymandering decision
I appreciate Rick H.’s perspective on the issue of potential mootness in Moore v. Harper. Indeed, I think if the North Carolina Supreme Court reverses its partisan gerrymandering decision, it’s hard to think that even a malleable doctrine like “capable… Continue reading
My New one @Slate: “Unfortunately, the Biggest Election Case of the Supreme Court Term Could Be Moot”
I have written this piece for Slate. It begins:
Will a power grab by the new Republican majority on North Carolina’s Supreme Court—ostensibly to reverse a power grab by the earlier Democratic majority on North Carolina’s Supreme Court—deprive conservatives on… Continue reading
“Inside Harvard’s misinformation meltdown”
Ben Smith and Louise Matsakis for Semafor:
Joan Donovan, Research Director of the Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy, is a defining and combative voice in the study of how false information travels on the internet. She became… Continue reading