“Alaska Supreme Court Keeps Initiative to Repeal Top-Four on the Ballot”
BAN with the news.
“Six ‘America First’ Candidates, Vying to Take Over Florida Elections, Advance to November”
Bolts:
Followers of Donald Trump are pursuing an unusually coordinated effort to capture local election offices in his home state of Florida. Still motivated by his false claims of widespread voter fraud, they have formed a slate of self-described “America … Continue reading
Supreme Court Ignores the Purcell Principle in Its Latest Voting Case on Arizona, Creating Confusion and Potential Disenfranchisement for Newly Registering Voters in the Period Before the Election
I have long been critical of the application of the Purcell Principle, a Supreme-court created rule that discourages court orders in the period before the election on grounds that it can cause election administrator difficulties and voter confusion. I initially… Continue reading
“A close race brings fresh fears of election interference by Trump allies”
WaPo:
Also this week, election officials in at least three battleground states received nearlyidentical letters from the American Conservative Union explaining their plan to monitor ballot drop boxes and scrutinize those using them to vote. The letters prompted concerns… Continue reading
“RFK’s withdrawal from Arizona’s ballot signals a likely end to his presidential bid”
NPR:
Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has filed paperwork to withdraw his name from Arizona’s ballot, a sign his long-shot candidacy may be ending.
Kennedy had already planned to give remarks Friday in Arizona, on his “path forward.”… Continue reading
“NECR Webinar: Overcoming Toxic Polarization and the 2024 Election”
Aug. 29 webinar at Columbia:
During the M.S. in Negotiation and Conflict Resolution’s first webinar of the new academic year, Dr. Peter T. Coleman, author of The Way Out: How to Overcome Toxic Polarization (Columbia University Press, 2022), will share… Continue reading
“How states are preparing to head off an election certification crisis in November”
Votebeat:
New rules in Georgia governing how local officials finalize vote totals have some election watchdogs worried that loyalists of former President Donald Trump could trigger a crisis if he loses the state in November, by abusing their authority… Continue reading
Breaking: Supreme Court Issues Split Emergency Order in Arizona Case; CJ Roberts and J. Kavanaugh Cast Deciding Votes to Allow AZ to Bar from Registering Those Who Use State Form and Don’t Provide Documentary Proof of Citizenship [UPDATED]
The Court’s order reads in full as follows:
Application (24A164) is granted in part and denied in part by the Court. The district court’s May 2, 2024 judgment is stayed only to the extent it enjoins enforcement of Ariz. Rev.… Continue reading
“Court Accepts Request to Review Appeal of Crystal Mason Acquittal”
Release:
The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals has decided to reexamine the voting case of Fort Worth grandmother Crystal Mason that it had previously sent back to the Texas Second Court of Appeals to review. That lower court reversed Crystal … Continue reading
“Democrats get a third-party hopeful knocked off Pennsylvania ballot, as Cornel West tries to get on”
AP:
Pennsylvania Democrats have won legal challenges keeping the left-wing Party for Socialism and Liberation off the battleground state’s presidential ballot, at least for now, while a lawyer with deep Republican Party ties is working to help independent candidate … Continue reading
“Democrats signal voting rights bills will top the agenda if Harris wins”
Patrick Marley deep for WaPo:
Democratic leaders say passing sweeping legislation to expand voting rights and curb gerrymandering will be at or near the top of their governing agenda should Vice President Kamala Harris win the presidency this fall in… Continue reading
“LAWSUIT: North Carolina woman challenges state’s unconstitutional ‘ballot selfie’ ban”
Release from FIRE.
“Morning Digest: The Utah GOP wants the power to overturn citizens’ ballot initiatives”
The Downballot:
Utah’s Republican-dominated legislature voted on Wednesday to place a constitutional amendment on the general election ballot that would explicitly allow lawmakers to amend or repeal voter-approved initiatives―including a 2018 measure that could put an end to partisan gerrymandering.… Continue reading
Bob Bauer in The Atlantic on Republicans’ Argument in the AZ Case About Congress’s Power to Regulate Presidential Elections
Bob in The Atlantic:
Only months before November’s elections, the Republican National Committee has launched a new legal attack on the rules that govern federal elections. Supported by 24 states, the RNC is seeking, on an emergency basis, a Supreme… Continue reading