“Koch-backed AFP is endorsing @NikkiHaley for president.”
Scoop from @jonkarl: “They plan to spend tens of millions to try to defeat Trump in the primaries”
https://x.com/jonkarl/status/1729508317557317665?s=20
“Court turns down request for relief in Arizona leadership’s voting law dispute”
This is an issue that comes up regularly: whether legislators can be deposed in redistricting and voting-rights litigation when purpose-based challenges are made to these laws. From Scotus blog:
The Supreme Court on Monday afternoon denied a request from the… Continue reading
“Pence told Jan. 6 special counsel harrowing details about 2020 aftermath, warnings to Trump: Sources”
Must read: A lot of significant new information in this ABC story . One of the most significant is that Pence, and presumably many others around him, fully understood that that there would be a shift in the vote toward… Continue reading
No rush to decide Section 3 cases in Michigan, Colorado
“Expedited” review of cases may be in the eye of the beholder. Appeals are pending in Section 3 cases in both Colorado and Michigan. Both states have indicated the cases ought to be resolved by the first week of January… Continue reading
Speaking at Baker Institute (Rice) This Friday at Conference Previewing 2024 Elections
I’ll be on a panel with Joshua Sellers on legal issues and the 2024 election. You can register for a free livestream.
Conference schedule:
Agenda
Please scroll for descriptions of the conference panels.
8:55 amWelcome Remarks9:00 amPanel I — A Presidential… Continue reading
“Donations to GOP drop as worries mount about the party’s finances”
From the Washington Post:
The Republican Party’s finances are increasingly worrisome to party members, advisers to former president Donald Trump, and other operatives involved in the 2024 election effort, according to 10 people familiar with the matter….
Donors have… Continue reading
“The far right is moving into Europe’s mainstream”
This piece is from @gideonrachman, the Financial Times’ chief foreign affairs commentator (I believe it’s paywalled.) For an extended academic discussion of these issues, see my piece, “Political Fragmentation in the Democracies of the West.” From Rachman:
“Political groups… Continue reading
“Why Biden’s Weakness Among Young Voters Should Be Taken Seriously”
This Nate Cohn piece for the NYT argues that we should take seriously the results from a number of recent polls which converge on the finding that young voters are more divided on a Biden-Trump contest than in 2020. But… Continue reading
“Voting machine trouble in Pennsylvania county triggers alarm ahead of 2024”
One county in critical swing state of PA continues to have problems with its touch-screen voting machines. It’s a good thing the system prints out paper recordings of their vote that voters can check, which is one of the policies… Continue reading
“Editorial: Success of ranked choice voting strengthens Boulder’s democracy”
Boulder elected its mayor for the first time and also used ranked-choice voting to do so. This was an example of a “come from behind” RCV win. In the initial tally, two candidates from the Boulder Progressives split the vote… Continue reading
I’ll Be Doing the Blogging This Week, so Send Your Potential Posts to Me
“Battle over ‘legal ballot harvesting’ being waged in New York”
Times-Union:
U.S. Rep. Elise Stefanik is waging a court challenge against New York’s new vote-by-mail law in court while also promoting “legal ballot harvesting” on the campaign trail as the fierce and costly battle for control of Congress in next… Continue reading
“How election officials are planning to avoid a repeat of 2020’s slow vote count”
Zach Montellaro for Politico:
Election officials are preparing to count votes a lot faster in 2024, desperate to avoid a repeat of the long ballot count that left the winner of the presidential race uncertain for days in 2020.
Several… Continue reading
E.J. Dionne WaPo Column Discusses the Threats to Voting Rights, and the Need for a Constitutional Amendment Protecting the Right to Vote (Citing My Upcoming Book, “A Real Right to Vote”)
E.J. Dionne WaPo column:
In his decision in Shelby, Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. claimed that even without a strong Section 4, the Voting Rights Act bans discrimination under Section 2, which “is permanent, applies nationwide, and is not… Continue reading