“Ohio primary date debate continues”

March 24, 2022, 6:30 amredistrictingDerek Muller

Ohio Capital Journal: The debate over a court’s role in changing the primary date continues in responses submitted to the Ohio Supreme Court.Senate President Matt Huffman and House Speaker Bob Cupp flatly rejected the idea of a primary date… Continue reading

Supreme Court coverage roundup on Wisconsin Legislature v. Wisconsin Elections Commission

March 23, 2022, 2:25 pmredistrictingDerek Muller

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Mo Brooks: Trump asked me to “hold a new special election for the presidency”

March 23, 2022, 2:24 pmelectoral collegeDerek Muller

For Alabama.com, relaying this statement from Brooks: President Trump asked me to rescind the 2020 elections, immediately remove Joe Biden from the White House, immediately put President Trump back in the White House, and hold a new special election… Continue reading

Breaking: Supreme Court, in Bizarre Unsigned Opinion, Strikes Wisconsin Legislative Maps on Voting Rights Grounds, Signalling New Hostility to the Voting Rights Act

March 23, 2022, 9:49 amredistricting, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

In a per curiam (unsigned) opinion on the shadow docket, over the dissent of Justices Kagan and Sotomayor, the Supreme Court has rejected a redistricting plan that a divided Wisconsin Supreme Court had adopted for drawing state assembly and senate… Continue reading

BREAKING: Supreme Court says Wisconsin Supreme Court erred in interpreting Voting Rights Act and Equal Protection Clause precedents when adopting state legislative maps

March 23, 2022, 9:35 amredistrictingDerek Muller

The Court’s per curiam opinion in Wisconsin Legislature v. Wisconsin Elections Commission is here. Justice Sotomayor, joined by Justice Kagan, dissented. (More coverage to come later today.) The bottom line: We agree that the court committed legal error in… Continue reading

“As GOP lawmakers push for more election fraud charges, prosecutors find few cases”

March 23, 2022, 8:59 amelection administrationDerek Muller

Rosalind Helderman & Amy Gardner in the Washington Post: In Wisconsin, two local prosecutors in recent days have announced they will not file criminal charges over allegations that a bipartisan state elections commission broke the law by changing voting… Continue reading

“Abrams files lawsuit to use fundraising law meant to aid Kemp”

March 23, 2022, 8:59 amcampaign finance, campaignsDerek Muller

Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Democratic gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams filed a federal lawsuit Monday seeking court approval to use a law that gives Republican Gov. Brian Kemp a massive fundraising advantage in his reelection bid this year.The challenge asks the court… Continue reading

WaPo op-ed: “What if everyone voted? The case for 100 percent democracy.”

March 23, 2022, 8:59 amvotingDerek Muller

From E.J. Dionne Jr. & Miles Rapoport, based on their new book: The first step toward ending our voting wars is to recognize that every citizen should play a role in shaping our nation’s destiny.In the wake of changes… Continue reading

“Michigan lawmakers use maneuver to delay Benson’s new absentee signature rules”

March 23, 2022, 4:56 amabsentee ballots, legislation and legislaturesDerek Muller

Beth LeBlanc in the Detroit News: Michigan Republican lawmakers used a rule-making maneuver Tuesday to delay the adoption of rules that would govern signature verification and online applications for absentee ballots. The six GOP members of the Joint Committee… Continue reading

“With 6 weeks until Ohio’s primary, many voting districts still haven’t been decided”

March 23, 2022, 4:49 amredistrictingDerek Muller

NPR: Voters in Ohio are supposed to be able to vote in the state’s May 3 primary – up and down the ballot – but with just six weeks to go, the voting districts for the state legislature haven’t… Continue reading

Adam Laxalt, Senate Candidate, Says He’s Already Gearing Up to Fight Election Fraud

March 22, 2022, 5:28 pmvotingDerek Muller

Nick Corasaniti, Blake Hounshell and Leah Askarinam in the New York Times: Nevadans still have 231 days until they head to the polls in November. But Adam Laxalt, the former attorney general of Nevada and a Republican candidate for… Continue reading

New book details White House friction over voting rights push

March 22, 2022, 5:25 pmvoting, Voting Rights ActDerek Muller

Politico excerpts portions of Jonathan Martin and Alex Burns’s This Will Not Pass: Trump, Biden, and the Battle for America’s Future: Harris did ask to lead the administration’s push to shore up federal voting rights. But as the effort stalled… Continue reading

“California Legislature upended by new political maps”

March 22, 2022, 5:23 pmlegislation and legislatures, redistrictingDerek Muller

Associated Press: “New political maps have upended the California Legislature this year by prodding more than two-dozen state lawmakers into early retirement or career changes, while others are forced into unfamiliar new districts ahead of the November election.”