[UPDATE: Here’s the text of the bill.] Senator Collins office on the bipartisan effort she led with Senator Manchin: “In addition to Senators Collins and Manchin, the senators involved in the bipartisan negotiations include: Rob Portman (R-OH), Kyrsten Sinema… Continue reading

Blake Hounshell in “On Politics” for the New York Times discusses a poll of voters in five states on their perception of the upcoming Secretary of State elections in those states. His big picture observation is that “a remarkable symmetry… Continue reading

The Bipartisan Policy Center and Alliance for Securing Democracy have released a joint report. Here’s the boldface passage from its recommendations: “To improve the task forces’ effectiveness and encourage the protection of election workers, the DOJ should release additional guidance… Continue reading

NPR’s Hansi Lo Wang reports on “the Trump administration memos and emails [that] were disclosed by lawmakers following a more than two-year legal fight that began after Trump officials refused to turn them over for a congressional investigation.”

Washington Post summary of the evidence so far, yielding this “stark conclusion: It was Donald Trump himself who repeatedly set the nation on the path to violence in the weeks after he lost reelection.”

Happening now. The Hill has live video.

Marc Elias writes in the Democracy Docket. ELB readers know that fellow ELB blogger Derek Muller has posted here a somewhat different perspective on this matter. A hearing is scheduled for July 28. I will be looking to see whether… Continue reading

N.Y. Times reports on the ongoing threat of disinformation campaigns from foreign governments, especially Russia, China, and Iran. Remember, though, as pernicious as foreign disinformation operations are, they are not the same as allegations that foreign governments are attacking the… Continue reading

The Hill reports: “Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) says former President Trump will face a lot of competition in a Republican primary if he runs for president in 2024.” “I think we’re going to have a crowded… Continue reading

N.Y. Times reports. Here’s the opening paragraph: ‘Prosecutors in Atlanta have informed 16 Trump supporters who formed an alternate slate of 2020 presidential electors from Georgia that they could face charges in an ongoing criminal investigation into election interference, underscoring… Continue reading

Beau Tremitiere of Protect Democracy has a piece for RealClearPolicy arguing in favor of a return to fusion voting, to enable Democrats to co-nominate a non-MAGA Republican running also as the nominee of a centrist party. The specific example discussed… Continue reading

Earlier today I discussed David Leonhardt’s summary of the New York Times Magazine piece on the origins and evolution of the “Stop the Steal” movement. The piece itself, which is extremely detailed (although the broad outlines will be familiar to… Continue reading

Here’s the decision. Note: this decision will not affect this year’s elections. Here’s the Columbus Dispatch’s report: “The map struck down by the Ohio Supreme Court will be used in the November elections, however, because candidates were selected… Continue reading

Just Security asked 8 experts. Here’s the summary: “Almost every expert said a defamation suit brought by Dominion against Trump would be very strong, but one expert raised concerns about the practicality of such a lawsuit and another raised… Continue reading