Watch Archived Video of Safeguarding Democracy Project Webinar, “Race and the Risk of Election Subversion”
You can watch this important conversation with Sophia Lin Lakin (ACLU), Spencer Overton (George Washington University Law School), and Sonni Waknin (UCLA Voting Rights Project), moderated by me, at this link.
See also Spencer Overton’s comments on the panel… Continue reading
“Trump Allies Have a Plan to Hurt Biden’s Chances: Elevate Outsider Candidates”
NYT:
Allies of Donald J. Trump are discussing ways to elevate third-party candidates in battleground states to divert votes away from President Biden, along with other covert tactics to diminish Democratic votes.
They plan to promote the independent candidate Robert… Continue reading
“Content creators ask Meta to reverse politics limits on Instagram, Threads”
Taylor Lorenz for WaPo:
Hundreds of political and news content creators, along with activists, meme account administrators and journalists, have signed an open letter to Meta asking the company to reverse its decision to limit the reach of accounts posting… Continue reading
“Why Trump’s ‘hush money’ case is bigger than hush money; The judge indicates that this might be another case of election interference. Could it have affected the outcome?”
Aaron Blake for WaPo:
But that last shorthand might not be totally apt, if a Monday letter from the judge in the case is any measure. Indeed, New York Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan seems to indicate that what we… Continue reading
Travis Crum: “Originalism, Lived Experience, and the Twenty-Sixth Amendment”
The following is a guest post from Travis Crum:
Next week, the Supreme Court will consider whether to grant cert in Cascino v. Nelson. The question presented in Cascino is whether Texas’s law allowing any voter who is… Continue reading
Why Is California Preregistration of 17-year-olds So They Are Ready to Vote at Age 18 Stuck at a Low 15% Despite “Automatic Voter Registration?”
Laura Brill and Lisa Cohen explain that not all “automatic voter registration” is the same.
Speaking on April 21 Panel at the L.A. Times Book Festival on My New Book, “A Real Right to Vote”
Looking forward to this conversation:
By the People, For the People: Conversations on Safeguarding Democracy – Tickets Required
Town and Gown
Sunday, Apr 21
1:30 PM – 2:30 PM
Event Description
Sometimes it’s hard to tell if it’s normal for… Continue reading
Ned Foley Blogging the Weeks of April 15 and April 22
As we get closer to the end of the spring semester and into the summer, ELB contributors will be taking one or two week stints as ELB primary bloggers. This gives me a chance to get a bit of a… Continue reading
“Alabama secretary of state says Democratic convention too late to get Biden on ballot this fall”
Al.com:
Alabama Secretary of State Wes Allen has notified the state and national Democratic parties that the scheduled date of the Democratic National Convention is a few days after the deadline for the party to put its nominees for president… Continue reading
“At least 104 Southern California voters mailed their ballots on time. They weren’t counted”
Press Enterprise:
On or before the March 5 primary, 104 voters in Orange, Riverside and San Bernardino counties mailed their ballots.
Legally, those ballots should have been counted, barring a problem like a ballot envelope signature not matching… Continue reading
“2 Men Fined $1.25 Million for Robocall Scheme to Suppress Black Vote”
NYT:
Two right-wing political operatives who used a robocall campaign to try to discourage Black New Yorkers from voting in the 2020 election will pay up to $1.25 million for their actions, the New York State attorney general’s office announced … Continue reading
“California State Appeals Court Rules that Lower Court Was Correct to Let Candidate Run for Two Offices Simultaneously”
BAN on the Vince Fong case.
“Republican National Committee courts election conspiracy theorists to help watch polls”
Zachary Roth:
As the Republican National Committee ramps up plans to monitor the polls for illegal voting this fall, the national party is increasingly working with a loose network of anti-fraud extremists who have been found to routinely spread… Continue reading