July 5 Online Conversation with Patt Morrison and Me: “Voting Rights, Election Laws, Supreme Court and More”
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“‘Am I actually awake?’: The lawyer whose redistricting litigation was instantly affected by SCOTUS’s Milligan surprise”
Carrie Levine for VoteBeat:
The Campaign Legal Center’s Mark Gaber had just wrapped up a trial over redistricting in Washington state, representing plaintiffs who argued that newly redrawn political maps diluted the strength of Hispanic voters, on June 7. There… Continue reading
“Ten years of a crippled Voting Rights Act: how states make it harder to vote”
Sam Levine and Kira Lerner for The Guardian:
In 2013, the US supreme court gutted the pre-clearance requirement in a landmark case called Shelby county v Holder. In a 5-4 ruling, Chief Justice John Roberts wrote that the Voting… Continue reading
“Oregon lawmakers send ranked choice voting proposal to November 2024 ballot”
KTVZ:
The Oregon Legislature on Sunday’s final day of the session passed House Bill 2004, which puts a proposal to move to ranked choice voting for federal and statewide races on the statewide ballot in November 2024.
Breaking: Supreme Court Dismisses Louisiana Voting Rights Act Cert Grant, Sends Case Back to 5th Circuit to Resolve “in Advance of the 2024 Congressional Elections”
The Court had initially agreed to hear this case finding a voting rights violation in the failure to draw another majority-minority district in Louisiana, but now dismisses the cert. grant as improvidently granted after the Court’s decision in Milligan last… Continue reading
“GOP state legislatures seek greater control over state and local election offices”
AP:
Lawmakers in several Republican-led states have been looking to exert more authority over state and local election offices, claiming new powers that Democrats warn could be used to target left-leaning counties in future elections.
The moves range from requiring… Continue reading
“As Legal Fees Mount, Trump Steers Donations Into PAC That Has Covered Them”
NYT:
Facing multiple intensifying investigations, former President Donald J. Trump has quietly begun diverting more of the money he is raising away from his 2024 presidential campaign and into a political action committee that he has used to pay his… Continue reading
“The super PAC frenzy redefining campaign operations”
Politico:
Super PACs have been growing in strength for more than a decade, but this cycle are swimming in more money than ever. They have started earlier, with more than $14 million in independent expenditures in the primary already, according… Continue reading
“A.I.’s Use in Elections Sets Off a Scramble for Guardrails”
NYT:
What began a few months ago as a slow drip of fund-raising emails and promotional images composed by A.I. for political campaigns has turned into a steady stream of campaign materials created by the technology, rewriting the political playbook… Continue reading
July ELB Blogging Schedule
Thanks to Ned Foley for blogging these past two weeks.
I’m back with you this week, as the Supreme Court finishes its term.
I will also be blogging the week of July 3 (updated), and Dan Tokaji will be blogging… Continue reading
“Today’s Senate: Less debate, fewer votes and taking forever to do it”
Paul Kane for WaPo:
The world’s greatest deliberative body, as senators like to call their club, is not living up to that moniker: they’re voting less often and taking longer to hold those roll calls, while debating the issues far… Continue reading
“Former Trump Campaign Official in Talks to Cooperate in Jan. 6 Inquiry”
NYT:
Michael Roman, a top official in former President Donald J. Trump’s 2020 campaign, is in discussions with the office of the special counsel Jack Smith that could soon lead to Mr. Roman voluntarily answering questions about a plan to… Continue reading
“Death threats and harassment: 2024 election workers already are scared”
“Pro-RFK Jr. Super PAC Has Deep Ties to Marjorie Taylor Greene, George Santos”
Rolling Stone:
There’s nothing abnormal about a candidate getting a super PAC, even a candidate making a longshot bid like Kennedy’s. What is abnormal, however, is that Kennedy is running as a Democrat in the Democratic primary, while the creators… Continue reading