Carol Leaning and Aaron Davis in a Washington Post must-read. Some excerpts: “… Sherwin, senior Justice Department officials and Paul Abbate, the top deputy to FBI Director Christopher A. Wray, quashed a plan by prosecutors in the U.S. attorney’s office… Continue reading

This Washington Post story is an important cautionary tale. In Arlington County, Virginia, the Democratic primary for two seats on the county board is using a multi-winner form of RCV (a system when employed elsewhere is sometimes called the “single… Continue reading

Jonathan Chait in the Intelligencer, discussing the twin threats to Biden from Cornel West and No Labels. Interesting comparison at the end of the piece to Truman in 1948, who also faced splintering from two different sides: Strom Thurmond… Continue reading

AP in The Hill. “By setting South Carolina’s vote on Feb. 24, … candidates would have more time after Nevada votes on Feb. 6 to focus their attention on the state.” Meanwhile, “Biden’s plan [is] to strip Iowa’s caucus of… Continue reading

POLITICO reviews what’s happening on this front, which is a mixture that the story sums up as “a side hug more than a bear hug … a half-hearted embrace”: “Notably, no committee chairs or party leaders participated in the biggest… Continue reading

The Hill has an interesting story detailing significant developments already, including an important comparison between two dueling ads from the Trump and DeSantis campaigns: “After DeSantis announced his campaign during a Twitter Spaces conversation with company CEO Elon Musk, Trump… Continue reading

Important, comprehensive analysis by Dan Balz and colleagues in the Washington Post. One brief excerpt: “Many of Trump’s critics wish that through the legal process, the former president were somehow disqualified from serving again as president. The counterargument to… Continue reading

Washington Examiner. Not sure there is anything unlawful in what’s described here. Wealthy individuals, whether liberal or conservative, can give money to 501(c)(3)s, (c)(4)s, PACs, superPACs, political parties, candidate campaigns, etc. The web of various donations can sometimes be difficult… Continue reading

Michael Scherer in the Washington Post. “DeSantis has effectively abandoned the old model of running field operations with volunteers from a cash-strapped campaign, outsourcing the effort to a super PAC in ways that test the boundaries of campaign finance… Continue reading

A Wall Street Journal summary of where things currently stand on this investigation: “It isn’t known whether it will result in criminal charges against Trump or anyone else. … “Questions directed at some of those testifying in the postelection investigation… Continue reading

What a mess, as POLITICO reports: “Democrats could wage a write-in campaign for Biden, to help him avoid an early embarrassment en route to his inevitable renomination.” Wouldn’t it be nice if the United States had a sensible system for… Continue reading

Zachary Roth offers some interesting observations about low-turnout states and their election laws.

Derek Clinger (a great former student at Ohio State!) has a very helpful summary, as part of University of Wisconsin Law School’s State Democracy Research Initiative, on the Ohio Supreme Court’s 4-3 ruling on using an August special election… Continue reading