“We Asked All 143 Texas GOP Congressional Candidates About Biden’s Win. Only 13 Called It Legitimate”
The Houston Chronicle reports.
“How is the ‘Purcell principle’ threatening voting rights in America?”
New at The Economist.
“Federal judge orders John Eastman to detail legal work for Trump”
Politico:
A federal judge on Monday moved to speed up efforts to supply Jan. 6 investigators with a crucial set of emails from John Eastman, the attorney who helped develop then-President Donald Trump’s strategy to subvert the 2020… Continue reading
“Election experts sound alarms as costs escalate and funding dwindles”
WaPo:
When a global pandemic threatened to throw the 2020 presidential election into chaos, hundreds of millions of dollars flowed to state and local election agencies to ensure they had the resources to conduct a fair and accessible election, ultimately… Continue reading
Must-read Jon Ward: “How Democrats botched the fight over voting”
Jon Ward in Yahoo News:
Democrats told Americans over the last year that voter suppression was the biggest threat to democracy, even as it was clear that the far more immediate challenge is the potential for politicians to overturn… Continue reading
“For Beto O’Rourke, 2020 Still Haunts 2022”
After my earlier post on small donors in 2020 and the 2022 Texas’ governor’s race, I saw this NYT story. The subheading is in line with what that earlier story suggested:
Mr. O’Rourke’s remarks during his 2020 presidential campaign shadow… Continue reading
Those Defending North Carolina’s Partisan Gerrymandering of Congressional Maps May Not Have Preserved Independent State Legislature Doctrine for Potential SCOTUS Review, and NC Supreme Court Rejects Argument on Merits (with an Update that the Argument Was Made Below)
Following up on this post, Jordan Wilkie notes the following in the majority opinion issued by the North Carolina Supreme Court yesterday:
https://twitter.com/jojot_wilkie/status/1493621048046202881?s=20&t=le0TP64TsXpZrrea4FNqow
Update: It turns out that the argument was made in the trial court, per Derek Muller… Continue reading
A Technical Note on Accessing Election Law Blog (and Receiving Feedblitz Posts)
We made a small tweak to ELB yesterday that allows one to see the 6 (rather than 3) most recent posts in fuller format. You’ll need to clear your cache to see the change, and if you don’t clear the… Continue reading
Tennessee Senate committee advances bill to challenge U.S. Term Limits, Inc. v. Thornton
Tennessee is considering SB 2616, a bill that would require candidates for congressional partisan primaries meet existing state constitutional residency requirements. This week, the bill advanced out of committee by a 5-1 vote (with 1 abstention). The sponsor read from… Continue reading
“Texting Through an Insurrection”
WaPo:
These and thousands of other frantic, ephemeral text messages that might have otherwise been lost to history are now key to piecing together the most vivid and comprehensive picture to date of the events surrounding the chaos… Continue reading
“Bill that would make it a crime for some to lie about election results dies in WA Senate”
The Seattle Times reports.
“A bipartisan deal to stop Trumpian election subversion? Not so fast.”
Politico:
Joe Manchin is ready to speed up a bipartisan deal to combat election subversion. His friends in the GOP don’t share his sense of urgency.Manchin wants to get what’s known in the Capitol as a “framework” as soon… Continue reading
“They used to just run elections. Now they fight foreign agents.”
Zach Montellaro for Politico:
Voting for the 2022 midterms is already underway, and the nation’s top election officials are caught fighting a two-front war: Battling disinformation stemming from the last election, while simultaneously preparing for the next one.The officials… Continue reading
Have Small Donors Damaged Beto O’Rourke’s Election Prospects in the TX Governor’s Race?
Sarah Isgur has a long essay on Texas politics, at The Sweep, which is part of the The Dispatch and behind a paywall. The piece asserts that O’Rourke’s pursuit of small donors in his presidential bid led him to positions… Continue reading