“Local election officials in Florida call for scrapping new ID rules for mail voting”
NPR:
County election supervisors in Florida are urging the state to throw out new vote-by-mail restrictions that are set to be rolled out next year, saying the measures could present serious logistical and security issues.
In a report sent to… Continue reading
“New Report: Publicly Funded Campaigns Can Dilute Big Money’s Influence on California’s Politics”
Release:
“Matching funds” programs and democracy dollars, two approaches to public financing of campaigns, can be keys to breaking big money’s grip on state politics and lifting up the voices of regular Californians, according to a new report released today… Continue reading
“Report: NY can boost voter turnout with this single change”
Gothamist:
Could New York City’s notoriously low voter turnout just be a scheduling snafu?
That’s the argument in a new report from Citizens Union to be released on Friday. The nonpartisan good government group examined how holding local elections in… Continue reading
“Revealed: Trump secretly donated $1m to discredited Arizona election ‘audit'”
The Guardian:/Documented:
One of the enduring mysteries surrounding the chaotic attempts to overturn Donald Trump’s defeat in the 2020 presidential battle has been solved: who made a secret $1m donation to the controversial election “audit” in Arizona?
The identity… Continue reading
“The Incoherence of Facebook’s Trump Decision”
David Graham for The Atlantic:
Whatever one thinks of Meta’s decision to allow Donald Trump back on Facebook and Instagram, how the company is doing so is already shambolic. This is a man who tried to stay in office despite… Continue reading
With Petition for Rehearing Filed in (Republican-Majority) North Carolina Supreme Court, Could SCOTUS Decision in Moore v. Harper Become Moot?
Back on November 9, I wrote:
Could the Flipping of the North Carolina Supreme Court to Republican Control Moot the Moore v. Harper Case about the Independent State Legislature Doctrine?
With news that the North Carolina Supreme Court has flipped… Continue reading
Watch Archived Video of My Conversation with Rachel Maddow: “What ‘Ultra’ Can Teach Us About Threats to American Democracy Today”
You can watch this very interesting conversation at this link.
State Bar of California: “Attorney John Eastman Charged with Multiple Disciplinary Counts by the State Bar of California”
Release:
The State Bar of California’s Chief Trial Counsel George Cardona announced today the filing of a Notice of Disciplinary Charges (NDC) against attorney John Charles Eastman (State Bar No. 193726). The 11 charges arise from allegations that… Continue reading
“Cyber Ninjas’ ties to Trump during Arizona election ‘audit’ revealed in messages”
Arizona Republic:
Former President Donald Trump publicly kept his distance from the review of Maricopa County’s 2020 election. But inside Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Phoenix, his influence loomed over critical aspects of the “audit,” according to messages sent and… Continue reading
Eighth Circuit considers whether the Voting Rights Act allows private parties to sue under Section 2
An Eighth Circuit panel recently heard oral argument (MP3) in Arkansas State Conference NAACP vs. Arkansas Board of Apportionment. It’s an appeal from a district court decision concluding that private parties may not sue under Section 2 of… Continue reading
Must-Read NYT: “Barr Pressed Durham to Find Flaws in the Russia Investigation. It Didn’t Go Well.”
Must-read NYT:
It became a regular litany of grievances from President Donald J. Trump and his supporters: The investigation into his 2016 campaign’s ties to Russia was a witch hunt, they maintained, that had been opened without any solid… Continue reading
My New One at Slate: “Meta is Bringing Trump Back to Facebook. It Should Keep Him on a Short Leash to Protect Our Democracy.”
I have written this piece for Slate. A snippet:
Meta’s decision Wednesday to replatform former president Donald J. Trump on Facebook and Instagram is lamentable and ill-considered. The company’s own standards required his continued exclusion from the social media platform… Continue reading
“With newfound powers, statehouse Democrats race to expand voting rights”
CNN:
After strong electoral results in the midterm elections, Democrats in some key states are moving quickly this year on voting rights – pushing ambitious plans to expand access to the ballot ahead of the 2024 presidential election.
In… Continue reading