This new paper by Ellen Katz and a team of coauthors examines VRA Section 2 decisions from 1982 to 2021. The paper updates an important earlier study by Katz et al. covering the period from 1982 to 2005. The amicus … Continue reading

I’ll be taking the ELB blogging baton from Ned this week, and I’ll be posting together with Sarah Sadlier. Sarah is a recent Harvard Law School grad, and a History Ph.D. candidate at Harvard, with interests in election law and… Continue reading

Bob Bauer and Jack Goldsmith, at Lawfare, have a comprehensive, organized, and point-by-point response to various critiques of the bipartisan Senate ECA reform bill that have emerged since the bill was introduced on Wednesday. Anyone interested in this topic… Continue reading

N.Y. Times deep dive into the Georgia criminal investigation includes this on the alternate electors dimension of the probe: ‘In a legal filing, the electors’ lawyers likened their clients’ actions to those of electors in Hawaii during the 1960 presidential… Continue reading

Interesting WaPo profile on Kinzinger’s transition from Kevin McCarthy’s (and Mike Pompeo’s) buddy to his current role in attempting to protect democracy from Trump and election denialism. What especially caught my eye was this Kinzinger quote at the end: ‘“Trump… Continue reading

POLITICO story on the difference that specific electoral rules can make in protecting democracies from the risk of authoritarian extremism. In this case, the focus is on Washington’s “top two” primary system, which the state shares with California. ELB readers… Continue reading

The Hill reports: ‘We’re hoping that Leader [Chuck] Schumer will bring it to the floor in September. We have bipartisan support. We think we have enough support to pass this bill,” Cardin told [CNN]. “We’ve already talked to… Continue reading

In an opinion essay for The Hill, the former mayor and presidential candidate argues that the Democratic Party should reform its calendar of presidential primaries. He argues for putting first states that will be battlegrounds in November and have more… Continue reading

Joint statement from nation’s leading civil rights organizations. An excerpt: “…The provisions in the bill are intended to address any ambiguity in the ECA. We look forward to Congress carefully reviewing and strengthening the current proposal to ensure that… Continue reading

AP reports on the “constitutional sheriffs” movement, which maintains that “a sheriff’s power in a county is greater than that of any other official.” To debunk the movement, the article quotes Steve McAllister, whose career includes serving as dean… Continue reading

AP summary, and retelling, of the evidence presented at the hearings, starting with Trump’s desperate distortion of the truth over ginger mints in Georgia, and ending with a comparison to “Bonfire of the Vanities.”

Ilya Somin in the Volokh Conspiracy. Linking to the joint post that appeared earlier on ELB, as well as other commentaries, Ilya writes that the “bipartisan proposal would be a big step forward on” securing “the three… Continue reading