Oakland Public Financing Proposal

July 14, 2022, 4:12 amcampaign financeDan Tokaji

Bolts: On Monday night, the Oakland City Council unanimously voted to place a democracy vouchers referendum on the city’s November ballot, with all six council members present voting aye.If Oakland voters approve the measure, a new Democracy Dollars program… Continue reading

Kansas Sheriff Says He’s Continuing to Investigate Fraud

July 14, 2022, 4:07 amfraudulent fraud squad, voting technologyDan Tokaji

Despite the apparent lack of evidence that any occurred. From the KC Star: Johnson County Sheriff Calvin Hayden told a “constitutional sheriffs” group in Las Vegas on Tuesday that he is continuing to investigate the county’s election results to… Continue reading

Bob Bauer and Jack Goldsmith: The North Carolina Case in Perspective: and Why the Danger of a Subverted Presidential Election Lies Elsewhere

July 13, 2022, 5:43 pmelection subversion risk, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

The following is a guest post from Bob Bauer and Jack Goldsmith: A wave of panic greeted the Supreme Court’s recent announcement that it will review a case involving North Carolina’s gerrymandered congressional map. The ultimate concern is that… Continue reading

CLC on “The Supreme Court’s Role in the Degradation of U.S. Democracy”

July 13, 2022, 8:07 amcampaign finance, redistricting, Supreme Court, Voting Rights ActDan Tokaji

From the first page of the hard-hitting report, available here, that Campaign Legal Center released today: The time has come to talk about what the Supreme Court is doing to American democracy. For more than half a century—roughly during… Continue reading

2022 Cook Partisan Voting Index

July 13, 2022, 7:27 amredistrictingDan Tokaji

Available here, with maps for each congressional district and state. “Now that all 50 states have finalized new lines for the 2022 elections, the Cook Political Report is pleased to introduce the 25th Anniversary edition of the Cook… Continue reading

Is mandamus appropriate in the Pennsylvania certification dispute, Chapman v. Berks County Board of Elections?

July 13, 2022, 7:05 amelection administrationDerek Muller

Dan links to the dispute that’s arisen in Pennsylvania, Chapman v. Berks County Board of Elections, as three of the Commonwealth’s 67 county boards of elections have not certified results that include undated absentee ballots. News outlets like NBC … Continue reading

“The European Commission’s disinformation fail”

July 13, 2022, 5:50 amcheap speechDan Tokaji

L. Gordon Crovitz, former publisher of WSJ and now co-CEO of NewsGuard, in Politico.eu on the EC’s recently adopted anti-disinformation code: The Strengthened Code of Practice on Disinformation, which was announced in June, continues to inoculate platforms from the… Continue reading

“Gerrymander U.S.A.”

July 13, 2022, 5:39 amredistrictingDan Tokaji

Jesse Wegman in the NYT, with photos by Damon Winter of Denton, TX in the state’s 13th Congressional District, which is now represented by former Trump WH physician Ronny Jackson.

“Black Church Leaders in Georgia Intensify Their Voting Rights Push”

July 13, 2022, 5:33 amUncategorized, voter registrationDan Tokaji

NYT: [A]fter Georgia Republicans passed an extensive law last year with a variety of balloting restrictions, Jackson and other Black faith leaders across the state worry that they need to do more to help Black Georgians exercise their right… Continue reading

Berggruen Institute Report on Citizens Panels in the EU

July 13, 2022, 5:29 amUncategorizedDan Tokaji

You can find the report, authored by Carsten Berg, here: “Random groups of citizens were key drivers of the process at the just-concluded Conference on the Future of Europe. By gathering 800 citizens from all member nations to make… Continue reading

“Pennsylvania’s in an election results certification crisis over the primary, and the state just sued three counties”

July 13, 2022, 5:22 amelection administration, election subversion riskDan Tokaji

Philadelphia Inquirer: “Nearly two months after the May 17 primary election, three of the state’s 67 counties have refused to count “undated” mail ballots, defying both an earlier court order and the Pennsylvania Department of State’s requests.” An example… Continue reading

Safeguarding Democracy Project Advisory Board Member Janai Nelson Gives Extensive Interview to CBS News about SDP and the Need to Protect U.S. Democracy

July 12, 2022, 6:05 pmUncategorizedRick Hasen

You can watch here. .@JNelsonLDF on CBS News on the Safeguarding Democracy project:"Many lawyers, legislators, scholars and democracy advocates are coming together across an ideological spectrum to examine what we can do to safeguard our democracy as we… Continue reading

Roundup of Today’s Jan. 6 Hearing

July 12, 2022, 3:08 pmelection subversion riskDan Tokaji

Coverage in NYT, Politico, WSJ, and WaPo. From the Politico story: The select committee at its Tuesday hearing revealed video of former White House counsel Pat Cipollone, former White House spokesperson Judd Deere, former Attorney General… Continue reading

Center for Democracy & Technology Report on Ballot-Marking Devices

July 12, 2022, 2:55 pmvoting technologyDan Tokaji

Available here. From the summary: BMDs are widely used in U.S. elections and come with several benefits for election officials and voters. Because of their accessibility features — for example, allowing users to increase the displayed font size, use… Continue reading