“Arizona Republicans propose major changes to elections after GOP review finds no fraud”
Jane Timm for NBC News:
Arizona Republicans have put forth two dozen bills this month that would significantly change the state’s electoral processes after the GOP’s unorthodox review of millions of ballots affirmed President Joe Biden’s victory and turned up… Continue reading
Watch Archived Video: “What Can (And Should) Journalists Do to Prevent Election Subversion and Another January 6?”
Deep, clarifying discussion with Bart Gellman, Jessica Huseman, and Margaret Sullivan for the UCI Law Fair Elections and Free Speech Center. Watch here:
“Vote-by-mail rejections are testing integrity of Texas Republicans’ voting law”
Alexa Ura for Texas Tribune:
Barely started down the path toward the first elections conducted under voting restrictions enacted last year by Republican lawmakers, Texas voters and local election officials have found themselves enveloped in a fog of errors,… Continue reading
“Democrats make surprising inroads in redistricting fight”
AP:
Democrats braced for disaster when state legislatures began redrawing congressional maps, fearing that Republican dominance of statehouses would tilt power away from them for the next decade.But as the redistricting process reaches its final stages, that anxiety… Continue reading
“Trump followers zero in on secretary of state campaigns”
Zach Montellaro for Politico:
Donald Trump’s pick to become Arizona’s top elections official raised more campaign cash in 2021 than his two potential Democratic opponents combined — a sign of MAGA-world’s deep engagement in taking over under-the-radar positions in charge… Continue reading
Nevada: “Election official departures rising amid burnout, angry voters, new requirements”
Nevada Independent:
More Nevadans than ever made their voices heard in the 2020 election, spurred by intense interest in the presidential race and helped by law changes that vastly expanded paths to register and multiplied voting options that… Continue reading
Newt Gingrich Threatens That Members of Congress Serving on January 6 Investigation Committee Could Face Jail Time if Republicans Retake House
“How Trump’s flirtation with an anti-insurrection law inspired Jan. 6 insurrection”
WaPo:
Within days of President Donald Trump’s election defeat, Stewart Rhodes began talking about the Insurrection Act as critical to the country’s future.The bombastic founder of the extremist group Oath Keepers told followers that the obscure, rarely used… Continue reading
“For Many Who Marched, Jan. 6 Was Only the Beginning”
NYT:
For these Donald Trump supporters, the next chapter of Jan. 6 is not the ashes of a disgraced insurrection, but an amorphous new movement fueled by grievances against vaccines and President Biden, and a deepened devotion to his… Continue reading
“How Arizona’s slate of electors planned to deliver Trump a second presidential term”
Arizona Republic:
Among the alternate Republican electors from Arizona were Jim Lamon, currently a U.S. Senate candidate; Jake Hoffman, a state representative; Anthony Kern, a former state lawmaker running for a state Senate seat; and Kelli Ward, the… Continue reading
“No, Biden and Trump are not alike on election legitimacy”
CNN’ column by John Harwood:
In other words, Trump unsuccessfully sought to replace a legitimate election outcome with an illegitimate one; his allies aim to improve the chances of succeeding next time. Biden sought safeguards against illegitimate outcomes… Continue reading
“Start the Steal: New MAGA Emails Reveal Plot to Hand Arizona to Trump”
Andy Kroll for Rolling Stone:
The technology was complicated, but the plan was simple: Scan mail-in and absentee ballots in populous Maricopa County, remove the “invalid votes,” and recertify the state’s 2020 election count, surely declaring then-President Donald Trump the… Continue reading
EJ Dionne: “Opinion: Giving up on voting rights now would be unconscionable”
New WaPo column.