“Anti-Gerrymandering Reforms Had Mixed Results”
New analysis from Michael Li of the Brennan Center.
Cheney-Lofgren Bill to Amend the Electoral Count Act Lists Permissible Bases to Object to Counting Certain Electors, Including that Candidate is Ineligible for President Because of Participation in an Insurrection
I’ve just begun reviewing the draft Cheney-Lofgren bill to reform the Electoral Count Act. It is very much in line with the spirit of the Collins-Manchin bill in the Senate, but differs in some particulars. For example, it has a… Continue reading
“In Wisconsin, Election Skeptics Deploy as Poll Watchers for Midterms”
WSJ:
Republicans here are recruiting a fresh batch of poll watchers to monitor voting in November as part of a revamped response to allegations of election fraud that roiled the latest presidential contest.Poll watching, a normally mundane duty where… Continue reading
“We Have a Bill to Help Prevent Another Jan. 6 Attack; It’s past time to reform the Electoral Count Act to make clear Congress can’t overturn an election result.”
Liz Cheney and Zoe Lofgren oped in the WSJ (with a proposal that sounds very much in line with Collins-Manchin):
Despite this, Mr. Trump continues to make intentionally false election-fraud allegations, claiming that he should be reinstalled as president. And… Continue reading
“Trump Rally Plays Music Resembling QAnon Song, and Crowds React” (and Video)
NYT:
Former President Donald J. Trump appeared to more fully embrace QAnon on Saturday, playing a song at a political rally in Ohio that prompted attendees to respond with a salute in reference to the cultlike conspiracy theory’s theme song.While… Continue reading
“Republicans in key battleground races refuse to say they will accept results”
WaPo:
A dozen Republican candidates in competitive races for governor and Senate have declined to say whether they would accept the results of their contests, raising the prospect of fresh post-election chaos two years after Donald Trump refused to… Continue reading
“How a rural Colorado county became an epicenter of Donald Trump’s Big Lie”
Steven Rosenfeld:
What happened next in Mesa County gets complex. It also reveals how a rare but recurring trend among a handful of local election officials—mistakes with setting up or using their system’s computers—can be exploited by partisans who claim… Continue reading
ELB Podcast, Season 4, Episode 2: Moore v. Harper and Potential Threats to American Democracy
New ELB Podcast:
What is the “independent state legislature theory,” and does a potential Supreme Court embrace threaten American democracy?Will use of the doctrine raise the risk of election subversion or stolen elections?How far could the theory go in… Continue reading
“Voter challenges, records requests swamp election offices”
AP:
Spurred by conspiracy theories about the 2020 presidential election, activists around the country are using laws that allow people to challenge a voter’s right to cast a ballot to contest the registrations of thousands of voters at a… Continue reading
“Echoing Trump, These Republicans Won’t Promise to Accept 2022 Results”
NYT:
Nearly two years after President Donald J. Trump refused to accept his defeat in the 2020 election, some of his most loyal Republican acolytes might follow in his footsteps.When asked, six Trump-backed Republican nominees for governor and the… Continue reading
Must-Read David Leonhardt NYT: “‘A Crisis Coming’: The Twin Threats to American Democracy”
Extensive analysis by David Leonhardt in the NYT:
The United States has experienced deep political turmoil several times before over the past century. The Great Depression caused Americans to doubt the country’s economic system. World War II and the Cold… Continue reading
“Alabama GOP chair refused to show license to vote. That became a problem for poll workers.”
Al.com column.
“A federal court clears the way for a Texas social media law; The law, which had been blocked by a lower court, makes it possible to sue large social media platforms for taking down political viewpoints”
NYT:
A federal appeals court on Friday reversed a lower court’s order blocking a Texas law that stops large social media platforms from removing political posts, a blow for tech companies that say their content moderation decisions are protected… Continue reading
“How vote count mistakes by two rural counties fed Trump’s big lie”
Steven Rosenfeld:
Since 2020’s presidential election, two rural counties in Michigan and Colorado that initially reported incorrect results have had outsized roles in spreading Donald Trump’s big lie that his second term was stolen by Democrats colluding with one… Continue reading