Washington Post:
The federal government has found no evidence that flaws in Dominion voting machines have ever been exploited, including in the 2020 election, according to the executive director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency.CISA, an arm of… Continue reading
Initial stories about voter turnout in Georgia’s primaries noted the dramatic increase in turnout from the prior primaries in 2018. I flagged those stories, but said I wanted to see what the rejection rate for absentee ballots would be, given… Continue reading
NYT:
Donald J. Trump had cast this year’s primaries as a moment to measure his power, endorsing candidates by the dozen as he sought to maintain an imprint on his party unlike any other past president.But after the first… Continue reading
Tucson.com:
Gov. Doug Ducey has vetoed legislation which would have required county election officials to cancel the registration of anyone they determine is not qualified to vote.The move Friday, the first of the governor this session, came amid… Continue reading
Jessica Huseman for VoteBeat:
We have survived another round of elections, everyone. Congratulations. But a bigger congratulations goes to election administrators in Texas and Georgia, who pulled off successful elections last week after both states passed winding and… Continue reading
At Politico, in a story titled Why Texans Can’t Get the Gun Laws They Really Want, Joshua Blank reports on polling data that appears to show that Texans favor stricter gun policies than those the legislature has recently enacted.… Continue reading
There will be occasion to write much more about what when wrong, and why, with the effort at redistricting reform in Ohio for this decennial cycle. But all of us who work in the field of election law should take… Continue reading
Sioux Falls Argus Leader:
A federal judge ruled Thursday that the South Dakota Secretary of State’s Office is not following federal laws requiring state agencies to make it easier to register to vote.Judge Lawrence Piersol, of the United States… Continue reading
You can find the unanimous opinion, with a concurrence, at this link.
The Court found that the materiality provision of the Civil Rights Act allowed a private right of action and that the failure to include the date on… Continue reading