Scheduled to Be on MSNBC at 8:30 PM ET Talking About the Pending Electoral Count Reform Act
I’ll be on with Ali Velshi, subbing for Chris Hayes. Tune in!
Double-Voting Trump Supporter from the Villages in Florida Got Community Service and Her Conviction to Be Expunged
Details here.
Maybe that’s the right call, but it certainly points out a disparity in how voter fraud prosecutions are handled.
Wonder if Governor DeSantis has commented on this documented case of voter fraud.
“‘One Big Scam!’: Trump Throws Fit Over Rand Paul-Backed Electoral Count Reform Act, Again Claims Pence Could Have Overturned 2020 Election”
Mediaite:
Former President Donald Trump went on a Truth Social tirade on Tuesday, once again claiming Mike Pence had a “choice” in whether he certified the results of the 2020 presidential election. Trump’s latest echo of this declaration appeared to be sparked by an… Continue reading
“Convicted Oath Keepers leader testifies in trial of Alaska lawmaker”
ADN:
Jailed Oath Keepers leader Stewart Rhodes testified Monday in the trial of Alaska state Rep. David Eastman, who identifies as a member of the right-wing group.
Eastman, a Wasilla Republican, is accused of violating a clause of the… Continue reading
“The GOP is quietly ‘Trump-proofing’ our system behind his back”
Greg Sargent:
Nobody tell Donald Trump, but Republicans in the Senate appear poised to join Democrats in protecting our democracy from exactly the election subversion he attempted in 2020 — and would surely attempt again in 2024 if given the… Continue reading
After Celebrating Likely Passage of Bill Fixing the Electoral Count Act, We Must Focus on What Didn’t Make It into the Omnibus to Help Prevent Future Election Subversion
I’m thrilled, as Derek reported, that the must-pass omnibus bill in the Senate includes reform of the Electoral Count Act. As I detailed in this Harvard Law Review Forum piece, Donald Trump and his allies in 2020 tried… Continue reading
“While advising Trump on judges, Conway sold her business to a firm with ties to judicial activist Leonard Leo”
Politico:
Longtime judicial activist Leonard Leo appears to have helped facilitate the sale of former White House senior adviser Kellyanne Conway’s polling company in 2017 — as she was playing a key role in advocating for Leo’s handpicked list… Continue reading
“Judge orders 2-day trial in Kari Lake’s lawsuit, but dismisses some claims”
Arizona Republic:
judge declined Monday to dismiss Kari Lake’s election challenge after oral arguments by attorneys, giving her a chance to try to prove her claims of misconduct by election officials.
Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Peter Thompson tossed eight… Continue reading
Jacksonville racial gerrymandering remedy
Yesterday a federal district court rejected the remedial map the City of Jacksonville adopted in an effort to cure racial gerrymandering violations in its original city council plan. Instead the court ordered the use of one of the remedial maps… Continue reading
Senate’s Electoral Count Reform Act included in omnibus
The text of the omnibus bill has been released, and the bill includes the long-anticipated amendments to the Electoral Count Act. The text is almost identical to the Electoral Count Reform Act, the bill drafted and negotiated by Senators… Continue reading
Fordham’s New “Voting Rights and Democracy Forum”–Open for Submissions
Announcement via email:
Fordham University School of Law’s Voting Rights and Democracy Forum is a new online publication committed to short, timely articles, essays, and commentaries concerning voting rights and issues affecting democratic institutions. In November 2022, the Forum released… Continue reading
Read the 154-Page Executive Summary of the Report of the January 6 Committee on the 2020 Insurrection
Georgia SOS Brad Raffensperger in WSJ Oped Accuses Sen. Warnock of Being an Election Denier Because Warnock Has Accused Georgia of Voter Suppression
This was disappointing to see, whether or not one believes Sen. Warnock has overstated the extent to which Georgia’s laws make it harder for people to register or vote. The term “election denialism” should be reserved for those people who… Continue reading
“The Conservative Policy Bias of US Senate Malapportionment”
Richard Johnson and Lisa Miller have written this article for PS. Here is the abstract:
The US Senate is unique in the United States and rare internationally for its total disregard of population differences among its representational units. To… Continue reading