“Why do Georgia’s voting stickers now say, ‘I secured my vote’?”
Atlanta Magazine reports.
“They Were Trying to Help Run Elections. Then They Got Criminally Investigated.”
ProPublica: “Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton hasn’t just been pursuing supposed voter fraud. His office has also criminally investigated at least 10 election workers, in a harbinger of potential post-midterm turmoil.”
Most of Paxton’s investigations of election workers center… Continue reading
“Voter Data, Democratic Inequality, and the Risk of Political Violence”
Bertrall Ross and Doug Spencer have posted this draft on SSRN (forthcoming, Cornell Law Review). Here is the abstract:
Campaigns’ increasing reliance on data-driven canvassing has coincided with a disquieting trend in American politics: a stark gap in voter turnout… Continue reading
Election Law Program Publishes Revised Election Law Manual
The Election Law Program, a joint project of the National Center for State Courts and William & Mary Law School, is pleased to share the 2022 edition of its Election Law Manual. The Manual is organized around substantive election law… Continue reading
“Musk personally led call with civil rights groups to address hate speech on Twitter”
Politico:
Twitter CEO Elon Musk single-handedly led a call on Tuesday with civil rights groups in an effort to assure them that he would curtail hate speech — and stop the spread of misinformation ahead of the midterm elections.Musk said… Continue reading
“It Can Happen Here: 8 Great Books to Read About the Decline of Democracy”
11th Circuit finds eligibility challenge to Marjorie Taylor Greene moot, but one judge finds Georgia had no power to adjudicate her qualifications
From Greene v. Secretary of State (disclosure: I filed an amicus brief in the case), a per curiam opinion (Judges Wilson, Branch, and Lagoa):
As explained, in this federal lawsuit, Rep. Greene is seeking to enjoin the application of the… Continue reading
“Independent State Legislature Theory Undermines Elections Principles”
BPC:
ollowing the Supreme Court’s decision to hear Moore v. Harper, one of the more consequential cases in recent years, the Bipartisan Policy Center’s Structural Democracy Project released their latest report, Independent State Legislature Theory Undermines Elections Principles. The… Continue reading
“Lawyers Who Advanced Trump’s Election Challenges Return for Midterms”
NYT:
At least three dozen lawyers and law firms that advanced Donald J. Trump’s failed attempt to overturn the 2020 election are now working for Republican candidates, parties and other groups, filing lawsuits and other complaints that could lay… Continue reading
“Biden says Americans ‘can’t take democracy for granted any longer'”
WaPo:
With just six days until Election Day, President Biden delivered a speech in which he warned the country about the risk posed by voter intimidation and political violence. “What we’re doing now is going to determine whether democracy will… Continue reading
“New poll workers raising concerns in Michigan, other states”
AP:
A shortage of poll workers has concerned local election officials in some parts of the country as the midterm elections approach. Not so in Michigan.Conservative groups and local Republican Party operatives who have pushed false claims about the 2020… Continue reading
“Canvassing Deserts: When Obstacles to Reaching Urban Voters Become Voter Suppression”
Interesting piece at Just Security.
“Originalism Demands Only One Answer in the Supreme Court’s Big Elections Case”
David Gans on Moore v. Harper.
More related to Ranked Choice Voting
I had the opportunity to discuss Ranked Choice Voting on WOSU All Sides with Ann Fisher. (Mike Thompson was substituting for Ann Fisher today.) I was fortunate to be joined in the conversation by Nate Atkinson, who teaches… Continue reading