Great Discussion with Jamelle Bouie and Carolyn Shapiro on Strict Scrutiny Podcast About “Independent State Legislature Theory”
This is worth a listen with Leah Litman and Kate Shaw interviewing.
WaPo Editorial: “Congress’s first job right now: Safeguarding democracy”
WaPo editorial:
Congress has a lot on its to-do list ahead of November’s midterm elections — confirming circuit-court judges, funding the government and possibly enshrining same-sex marriage protections along the way. But at least as important is a piece… Continue reading
Nina Perales, Andrew Appel Join Safeguarding Democracy Project’s Advisory Board
I’m thrilled to welcome two new Advisory Board members to the Safeguarding Democracy Project at UCLA Law:
Nina Perales is Vice President of Litigation at MALDEF
Andrew Appel is Eugene Higgins Professor of Computer Science at Princeton.
Both were on… Continue reading
“Georgia’s biggest county can’t find a top elections official”
WaPo:
It is in many ways an ideal job for a public servant with a passion for democracy — the chance to facilitate voting in Georgia’s most populous county, the electoral center of one of the most important political… Continue reading
Kansas: “‘We’ve got to find somebody’: JoCo sheriff appears to lack probable cause in election inquiry”
KC Star:
Johnson County Sheriff Calvin Hayden, who has spent months promoting a criminal investigation into elections, told a gathering of residents last week that “we’ve got to find somebody” who knows election rigging is happening. But the Republican… Continue reading
“Federal grand jury probing Trump PAC’s formation, fundraising efforts: Sources”
ABC News:
A federal grand jury investigating the activities leading up the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol and the push by former President Donald Trump and his allies to overturn the result of the 2020 election has expanded… Continue reading
FEC on 6-0 Vote Rejects Complaint Against Mark Zuckerberg and Others for Campaign Finance Violations Based on Grants to Help Local Administrators Run Elections During Covid
They say no good deed goes unpunished, but this one mercifully was rejected 6-0.
I’ve been very critical of Facebook for how it has handled election-related content. But these grants by Zuckerberg and Chan (his spouse) were extremely helpful… Continue reading
ELB Book Corner: Routledge Handbook of Election Law: Disputed Elections in Africa and the Role of Courts
am pleased to welcome to ELB Book Corner some of the authors of the Routledge Handbook of Election Law. Here is the final of three posts, by Ugochukwu Ezeh.
Ugochukwu Ezeh
The judicialisation of electoral disputes has emerged… Continue reading
“A Long-Shot Push to Bar Trump in 2024 as an ‘Insurrectionist'”
NYT:
Democrats and liberal groups, determined to find a way to bar former President Donald J. Trump from returning to office, are preparing a variety of ways to disqualify him, including drafting new legislation and readying a flurry of lawsuits… Continue reading
“A QAnon-Touting Election Denier Could Soon Run This Swing State’s Elections”
Cameron Joseph for Vice News:
In June 2020, stuck at home with her kids and growing increasingly infuriated by the government’s response to the coronavirus pandemic, Toni Shuppe binge-watched a QAnon conspiracy theory video series that changed her life—and altered… Continue reading
“Michigan GOP leaders encourage rule breaking at poll worker training session”
CNN:
The evening before Michigan’s state primary, Wayne County GOP leaders held a Zoom training session for poll workers and partisan observers — warning them about “bad stuff happening” during the election and encouraging them to ignore local… Continue reading
“Proposed ‘Defend Elections and National Democracy’ (DEFEND) Act”
Bryan Wildenthal has posted this draft on SSRN. Here is the abstract:
This paper presents a proposed Act of Congress which would block all state restrictions on voting rights, or other state laws affecting federal elections, enacted after January 6,… Continue reading
“The Dark Money Groups Spending Big to Shape the Supreme Court are the Same Groups That Spent Millions Pushing Trump’s Big Lie and Funding Insurrectionists
From the summary of the Accountable.US report:
SUMMARY: Judicial Crisis Network, The 85 Fund, and their affiliated groups have spent tens of millions of dollars in dark money to shape the Supreme Court. This largely concealed network of right-wing organizations,… Continue reading
Must Read Michael Wines NYT: “In Voter Fraud, Penalties Often Depend on Who’s Voting”
Michael Wines for the NYT:
After 15 years of scrapes with the police, the last thing that 33-year-old Therris L. Conney needed was another run-in with the law. He got one anyway two years ago, after election officials held a… Continue reading