New academic article in the Election Law Journal. From the abstract: False information about the legitimacy of recent American elections has prompted a barrage of harsh rhetoric against the officials who administer them. This spike in negativity, largely occurring through… Continue reading

Washington Post: Those who harass, intimidate or use force on election workers performing their duties in Nevada could soon face up to four years in prison under a new law signed by the Western swing state’s Republican governor on Tuesday.… Continue reading

From David Wasserman at Cook (paywalled): There’s already buzz that Albany Democrats, if given the chance, could opt for a “safer play” than the map they pursued in 2022, targeting five or six GOP incumbents who are already at varying… Continue reading

Politico: When an image showing what looked to be a bombing at the Pentagon started to spread online last week, the stock market dipped momentarily. Kayla Tausche, who covers the White House for CNBC, quickly started fact checking. Popping into… Continue reading

An op-ed from David Lublin, Glen Wright, and Benjamin Reilly in the Anchorage Daily News: They did it. Alaska’s budget, which passed the Legislature last week, was a classic political compromise, with a smaller divided check than many would have… Continue reading

In case you wondered whether he was running. From NYT.

From a new study by Jacob Brown in PSRM: Voting in 2008 caused a greater increase in the likelihood of voting in 2010 for Blacks than for other new voters, but there is no evidence of a sustained mobilizing advantage… Continue reading

Results still appear to be coming in, but this is the consistent reporting on the outcome. Danielle Smith, the leader of the conservatives, has strongly associated herself with Ron DeSantis. The New Democratic Party appears to have won a majority… Continue reading

As many readers of this blog know, I have been writing for some time now about the forces that are making democratic politics throughout the West more fragmented and that, as a result, are making it all the more difficult… Continue reading

Updated Post: The Court hands down opinions on Thursday this week. IF it’s going to dismiss this case, Thursday would be one likely date for an order dismissing the case, given the time that’s elapsed since the latest filings to… Continue reading

From Matt Yglesias’ Slow Boring substack. Best link for that I know of is here. Here’s an excerpt: There’s a construct — “misinformation” — that’s been wielded over the past five years as a kind of weird partisan cudgel… Continue reading

Russell Berman with an intriguing piece in The Atlantic on less-discussed ways in which AI might dramatically lower the cost of campaigns and enable a broader range of candidates to run and compete: Amid the growing panic, however, a new… Continue reading