California Supreme Court blocks tax initiative from ballot as an unconstitutional “revision”
Unanimous decision in Legislature of the State of California v. Weber. From the introduction:
Petitioners — the Legislature of the State of California, Governor Gavin Newsom, and elector and former Senate President Pro Tempore John Burton — filed this… Continue reading
“Ranked-Choice Voting Draws Bipartisan Ire”
TAP:
In an era warped by extreme partisan discord, ranked-choice voting has managed to unsettle Republican and Democratic politicians alike. Long fearful of African American voter strength and cross-racial coalitions that sometimes spring up, many white Republican political power brokers… Continue reading
“Georgia becomes first state to require election law training for police”
The Guardian:
Georgia is the first state to mandate training in election law in order for police to become state certified, a reflection of lessons learned in the aftermath of the state’s 2020 race.
The new requirement for police trainees… Continue reading
“Republican lawmakers working on sweeping changes to Ohio election administration”
Ohio Capital Journal:
Legislation in the Ohio House and Senate would make sweeping changes to the way Ohioans vote and how those votes are counted. Despite sterling post-election audits in Ohio and the arrival last year of strict new… Continue reading
“Trump raised so much last month he erased Biden’s cash advantage”
Politico:
Former President Donald Trump’s huge May fundraising haul erased President Joe Biden’s longstanding cash advantage as the two gear up for a rematch.
Trump’s campaign had $116.6 million in the bank at the end of May, compared to $91.6… Continue reading
“Timothy Mellon, Secretive Donor, Gives $50 Million to Pro-Trump Group”
NYT:
Timothy Mellon, a reclusive heir to a Gilded Age fortune, donated $50 million to a super PAC supporting Donald J. Trump the day after the former president was convicted of 34 felonies, according to new federal filings, an enormous… Continue reading
“Trump, GOP urge early and mail voting while continuing to raise specter of voter fraud”
It is Now Possible That the Supreme Court Will Rule on Trump’s Immunity Claim for Charges of Subverting the 2020 Election the Day Before, the Day of or the Day After the First Presidential Debate on June 27
Who can sue in federal court to enforce the date of holding presidential elections (and perhaps by extension some provisions of the Electoral Count Reform Act)?
The Republican National Committee sued Nevada last month in federal court in Nevada in RNC v. Burgess. The complaint alleges, among other things, that Nevada accepts mail ballots received up to three days after Election Day, even without a… Continue reading
I’ll Be Moderating: “Under the Gavel: The U.S. Supreme Court’s Most Recent Term in Review” July 10 at the UCLA Hammer Museum
Really looking forward to moderating this all-star panel at the UCLA Hammer Museum, co-sponsored by the Safeguarding Democracy Project (video of the event will be posted shortly after the event):
With rulings on major issues expected by the start of… Continue reading
“The Biden admin has no firm plan to call out domestic disinformation in the 2024 election”
NBC News:
The Biden administration has no firm plans to alert the public about deepfakes or other false information during the 2024 election unless it is clearly coming from a foreign actor and poses a sufficiently grave threat, according to current… Continue reading
“Va. 5th District vote count continues in closer-than-expected contest”
WaPo:
One rare area of agreement among observers chewing over the race: Almost everyone expects allies of 2020 election-deniers Good and McGuire to watch the counting and recounting like hawks.
“It’s not lost on us that these are two candidates… Continue reading
“Recommendations for Improving Election Data Transparency”
Gordon-Rogers, Liza, Michael Latner, and Christopher Williams. 2024. Recommendations for Improving Election Data Transparency. Cambridge, MA: Union of Concerned Scientists:
Many in the United States currently lack access to electoral information that could improve our ability to vote,… Continue reading