Kevin McGill for the AP. From the article:
“Democratic Gov. John Bel Edwards on Tuesday called a special legislative session to redraw Louisiana’s congressional boundary lines after a map adopted by the Republican-dominated Legislature was blocked by a federal… Continue reading
Joseph Marks of The Washington Post on Audrey Trujillo. From the article:
“Last night, Audrey Trujillo became the latest 2020 election denier to win her party’s nomination to oversee a state’s elections.
The New Mexico Republican is part of… Continue reading
In The NY Times, Blake Hounshell reports on the efforts of a new political party, the Moderate Party, to get rid of New Jersey’s anti-fusion law.
From the article:
“The party’s goal is to give centrist voters more of a… Continue reading
Since 2011, the Election Law Blog has been hosted by UCI Law, run out of the law school’s IT department with the assistance of the Office of Information Technology at UC Irvine. The law school’s IT department has been headed… Continue reading
A federal district court in Louisiana granted a preliminary injunction in favor of the plaintiffs who challenged Louisiana’s congressional redistricting plan. The case, brought by a coalition of civil rights groups, is Robinson v. Ardoin. The court concluded that… Continue reading
Reuters reporting that state authorities in Michigan are expanding their investigation into attempts by local Republicans and allies of former President Trump to illegally access voting systems.
From the Reuters report:
“The police documents reveal, among other things, that the… Continue reading
Stanford Law Review recently posted a short essay that I wrote for the journal’s symposium on “Safeguarding the Fundamental Right to Vote.” The symposium includes a really terrific set of essays from Sam Issacharoff, Yasmin Dawood, Michael Kang, Michael Morley,… Continue reading
Adam Liptak (@adamliptak), has this piece in The NY Times on this emergency application by North Carolina Republicans seeking a stay of the North Carolina Supreme Court’s decision in the partisan gerrymandering case of Harper v. Hall.… Continue reading
CDT:
Bogus conspiracy theories about the 2020 election have been repeatedly debunked. But that hasn’t stopped election conspiracy theorists from attempting to gain influence in election administration, either as low level poll workers or as top state election officials… Continue reading