“What Trump ordering an investigation into Biden’s actions might mean legally and politically”

June 6, 2025, 8:21 amDepartment of JusticeDerek Muller

Associated Press: President Donald Trump has ordered an investigation into pardons and other executive actions issued by his predecessor, Joe Biden — launching an extraordinary effort to show that the Democrat hid his cognitive decline and was otherwise too… Continue reading

“A Super PAC Is Encroaching on the DCCC’s Territory”

June 6, 2025, 8:20 amcampaign finance, campaignsDerek Muller

NOTUS: A super PAC with close ties to House Democratic leadership is taking a more active role with House candidates ahead of next year’s elections, expanding its political operation into the realm traditionally occupied by the Democratic Congressional Campaign… Continue reading

Challenges to Wisconsin’s Congressional Plan

June 6, 2025, 6:29 amUncategorizedNicholas Stephanopoulos

Three challenges have recently been launched against Wisconsin’s congressional plan, all invoking state constitutional — not federal — law. These suits pose interesting questions about what (if anything) is legally problematic about this plan. One suit alleges malapportionment because the… Continue reading

“Michigan House Republicans sue the secretary of state over election training materials”

June 6, 2025, 3:41 amelection administrationDerek Muller

Associated Press: Michigan Republicans are suing the battleground state’s top elections executive over access to election training materials. The lawsuit filed Thursday is the latest escalation in a brewing dispute that began when the GOP took majority control of… Continue reading

“Texas legislators refer 17 constitutional amendments for Nov. 2025 ballot—the most for a single election date since 2003”

June 6, 2025, 3:36 amballot access, election administration, voter initiativesDerek Muller

Ballotpedia.

“U.S. warns Arizona and Wisconsin over compliance with federal election law”

June 6, 2025, 3:35 amDepartment of JusticeDerek Muller

Votebeat. And in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, “Wisconsin Elections Commission chairwoman responds to warning letter from federal officials.”

“First Circuit wary of restoring voting ban on anti-trans Maine lawmaker”

June 5, 2025, 3:57 pmlegislation and legislaturesDerek Muller

Courthouse News Service: First Circuit panel of Joe Biden-appointed judges seemed wary about reinstating a voting ban against a firebrand Maine legislator who had criticized a transgender high school athlete. Earlier this year, Maine Representative Laurel Libby was censured… Continue reading

“Musk floats idea of third party amid feud with Trump”

June 5, 2025, 3:56 pmballot accessDerek Muller

On the heels of Unity08, Americans Elect, and No Labels, this headline from The Hill brings to mind an Arrested Development meme.

“Gov. Tim Walz calls for less ‘rigid’ Democratic nominating calendar in future election cycles”

June 5, 2025, 3:56 pmprimariesDerek Muller

Iowa Capital Dispatch: Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz said Thursday Democrats need to take a broader approach to the states they are targeting during elections — which could mean further changes to the presidential nominating calendar. Speaking with Minnesota Reformer … Continue reading

New Report from the Center for Civic Design: “Poll Workers: The Face of Elections”

June 5, 2025, 11:05 amelection administrationDerek Muller

Here.

“Lamont forces legislators to keep elections watchdog independent”

June 5, 2025, 11:05 amelection administrationDerek Muller

Connecticut Mirror: Facing a potential veto from Gov. Ned Lamont, the General Assembly agreed Wednesday to delete a portion of a bipartisan bill that would have ended a half century of independence by Connecticut’s elections watchdog. Lamont objected to… Continue reading

“Trump Orders Investigation of Biden and His Aides”

June 5, 2025, 8:53 amauthoritarian threats in USRick Hasen

NYT: President Trump ordered his White House counsel and the attorney general on Wednesday to investigate former President Joseph R. Biden Jr. and his staff in Mr. Trump’s latest attempt to stoke outlandish conspiracy theories about his predecessor. In an… Continue reading

“Florida ballot initiative law mostly upheld by federal judge, but key part suspended”

June 5, 2025, 3:17 amballot access, court decisions, voter initiativesDerek Muller

Tallahassee Democrat: A federal judge in Tallahassee mostly denied requests to temporarily block parts of a new Florida law revising rules for citizen-led ballot initiatives from plaintiffs who say it violates the First Amendment right to free political speech.… Continue reading

“Bipartisan deals on voting and election changes are rare. It just happened in one swing state”

June 5, 2025, 3:17 amabsentee ballots, election administration, voter idDerek Muller

Associated Press: Facing a legislature dominated by Democrats, Republican Gov. Joe Lombardo stood before Nevada lawmakers earlier this year with a message that some did not expect to go far: “Set aside partisan politics.” It was a plea that… Continue reading