“GOP activists and candidates set stage to claim elections they lose are stolen”
Politico:
The apparent missed irony is just one example of the eagerness of Trump allies — many of whom subscribe to debunked conspiracy theories around voting machines and Democrats’ manipulating computer algorithms — to stoke suspicion of election results in… Continue reading
“DeSantis official says Justice Dept. can’t send monitors to 3 Florida counties”
WaPo:
The DeSantis administration is attempting to block Department of Justice election monitors from gaining access to polling places in South Florida, saying in a letter that the federal government’s involvement would be “counterproductive” and in violation of state law.On… Continue reading
“Philly elections officials adopted a last-minute change that will slow down the counting of votes”
Inquirer:
Counting Philadelphia’s votes will take longer than expected this election.City officials voted Tuesday morning — as polling places opened and the vote count began for the midterm elections — to reinstate a time consuming and labor-intensive process for catching… Continue reading
“Fueled by Falsehoods, a Michigan Group Is Ready to Challenge the Vote”
NYT:
The invitation went out in early July.Republican activists, lawyers and elected officials in Michigan who call the results of the 2020 election fraudulent would unite with a single focus: “to provide ongoing citizen oversight, transparency, and accountability” in elections.… Continue reading
My Appearance on the PBS News Hour: “Republican groups file legal challenges to voting process before Election Day”
You can watch the segment at this link.
Approaching the last day of voting in these midterms, lawsuits have been filed targeting the elections process in several key states. The challenges take issue with how votes are being cast… Continue reading
“Wayne County judge rejects Karamo’s ‘false flag’ lawsuit over Detroit voting”
Detroit News:
A Wayne County judge has denied a request Monday to change Detroit’s absentee voting processes ahead of Tuesday’s election, ruling that all of the claims advanced in a lawsuit filed by GOP Secretary of State candidate Kristina… Continue reading
Eleventh Circuit Purcell Ruling
In the Jacksonville racial gerrymandering case that Harvard Law School’s Election Law Clinic is litigating, the Eleventh Circuit just denied the city’s effort to stay the district court’s decision striking down seven city council districts. This means that Jacksonville will… Continue reading
10th anniversary of “blue shift” research
On Election Night in 2012, I first noticed the phenomenon that I termed the “blue shift” and since 2020 has often been called “the red mirage.” While watching the returns coming in, I was attempting to calculate what… Continue reading
“Federal appeals court releases True the Vote leaders from jail”
VoteBeat:
After spending nearly a week in jail, Catherine Engelbrecht and Gregg Phillips — leaders of Texas-based right-wing voting activist group True the Vote — have been released. They’d been held for contempt of court since Halloween, having repeatedly refused… Continue reading
“Report: Far-right social media site users claim they’ll be poll workers”
Politico:
Members of far-right social media sites Gab, Gettr and Truth Social who believe fraud was committed in the 2020 election have stated they intend to serve as official poll workers in their jurisdictions on Tuesday, according to a new… Continue reading
“U.S. Supreme Court dismisses Michigan redistricting challenge to Congress map”
Detroit News:
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday dismissed the appeal of Michigan Republicans who had challenged the state’s new congressional map as drawn by the redistricting commission last year.The Republicans had argued that the congressional map unjustifiably deviated from… Continue reading
“Cochise Co. Arizona Judge Ensures Election Remains Free of Conspiracy-Driven Hand Counting”
Release from All Voting is Local.