Jan. 6 Select Committee Round Up

June 3, 2022, 1:06 pmUncategorizedTabatha Abu El-Haj

Ryan Goodman and Justin Hendrix at Just Security have published a “Primer on the Hearings of the January 6th Select Committee.” Helpfully, “[t]he resource is structured around the key prongs of the investigation itself — how the Select… Continue reading

“Should States Retain Prior Districts if Population Has Changed Little?”

June 3, 2022, 8:45 amUncategorizedRichard Pildes

Based on the recent redistricting saga in New Hampshire, I’ve published this essay at Real Clear Politics. Maine went through a similar extended saga with its two congressional districts in the 2010 round of redistricting. Here’s an excerpt: In New… Continue reading

“The RNC’s Ground Game of Inches”

June 3, 2022, 5:56 ampolitical partiesTabatha Abu El-Haj

Alexander Sammon at The American Prospect has this extended piece on the RNC’s ground game focused on building support among nonwhite voters by establishing community centers across the country. Quite interested in this in light of my interest in associational … Continue reading

With Florida’s Maps in Place, 2022 Redistricting Cycle Basically Done

June 3, 2022, 5:00 amredistricting2022 Redistricting cycleTabatha Abu El-Haj

N.Y. Times offers this summary of the 2022 redistricting cycle. Key points: Litigation over congressional maps continues, but it is unlikely to change the maps before November.This redistricting cycle “has created a much less competitive House map than before.”The Democrats… Continue reading

Breaking & Analysis —Commonwealth Court Issues Injunction in PA Republican Primary Recount

June 2, 2022, 5:50 pmabsentee ballots, ballot access, recounts2022 Republican PrimaryTabatha Abu El-Haj

The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania ruled in favor of Dave McCormick’s petition for a “judicial declaration that ‘timely returned absentee and mail-in ballots may not be rejected due solely to the lack of a date in the declaration on the… Continue reading

“Michael Avenatti Sentenced to Four-Year Prison Term for Stealing From Stormy Daniels”

June 2, 2022, 2:50 pmUncategorizedRichard Pildes

From the WSJ (behind paywall): Onetime celebrity lawyer Michael Avenatti was sentenced to four years in prison Thursday for stealing $300,000 from the adult-film actress Stormy Daniels, whom he represented in her battles with former President Donald Trump. U.S.… Continue reading

Fetterman’s Health Raises Questions

June 2, 2022, 1:39 pmUncategorizedTabatha Abu El-Haj

NBC News is reporting increasing concerns among Democrats about the potential implications of John Fetterman’s health status, including whether there will be a need to brush up on the state’s ballot replacement provisions. Those laws defer to state party rules… Continue reading

Breaking–Florida Supreme Court won’t block DeSantis redistricting map

June 2, 2022, 9:45 amredistricting2022 Redistricting cycle, Florida, state courtsTabatha Abu El-Haj

The Florida Supreme Court has declined to block the state’s new congressional map on the ground that it lacks jurisdiction. The congressional map that will go into effect is the one backed by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis and previously struck… Continue reading

Election Law Blog Will Be Down for a Server Move on June 7-8

June 2, 2022, 7:12 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

As I move from UCI to UCLA, ELB is moving too. The site will be down and unreachable beginning on June 7. We anticipate it will be available again late on the 7th or on June 8. Thanks for reading,… Continue reading

Watch My Appearance on the PBS News Hour: “Republican plans to use political operatives as poll workers alarm voting rights activists”

June 2, 2022, 7:11 amelection subversion risk, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

You can watch or read the transcript at this link.

“How the Proud Boys Gripped the Miami-Dade Republican Party”

June 2, 2022, 5:51 ampolitical parties, political polarizationTabatha Abu El-Haj

The N.Y. Times is reporting on the Proud Boys’s successful efforts to join the leadership of the Miami-Dade Republican Party, once the locus of Jeb. Bush’s power. “[A]t least a half-dozen current and former Proud Boys who have secured seats… Continue reading

The Dispatch Podcast on the Problem with Primaries

June 1, 2022, 6:45 pmUncategorizedNed Foley

Sometimes a conversation really clicks. That’s my sense of the discussion I was fortunate to have on the Dispatch podcast, with host Sarah Isgur and Nick Troiano, executive director of Unite America. Sarah asks great questions, and does so… Continue reading

Colorado Springs Election Timing Challenge

June 1, 2022, 6:35 pmUncategorizedNicholas Stephanopoulos

I wanted to flag a lawsuit that Harvard Law School’s Election Law Clinic filed today on behalf of Citizens Project, Colorado Latinos Vote, the League of Women Voters of the Pikes Peak Region, and the Black/Latino Leadership Coalition. The suit… Continue reading

Is the House GOP feeling the need to show voters the Party can govern?

June 1, 2022, 3:33 pmlegislation and legislaturesgovernance, Policy ReponsivenessTabatha Abu El-Haj

The Washington Post reports that “House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) plans to unveil a strategy Thursday outlining how Republicans would address climate change, energy and environmental issues if their party gains control of the House in the midterm elections.”… Continue reading