“North Carolina elections take a risky turn”
Steve Ford discusses the NC legislature’s partisan transfer of the power to select the State Board of Elections from the governor to the state auditor.
“Why stricter voting laws no longer help Republicans”
The Economist, making my point from yesterday.
“Noem urges Poles to elect Trump ally as CPAC holds its first meeting in Poland”
I somehow missed this AP report from Tuesday, about the current U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security (with a cameo by John Eastman) expressly campaigning in Poland for a particular candidate in tomorrow’s Polish presidential election.
(While OLC has interpreted … Continue reading
“Judicial Candidates Try TikTok and Tinder in Mexico’s Sprawling Elections”
I mentioned Mexico’s historic upcoming judicial elections a few days ago, but hadn’t then focused on the campaign finance regime. Now the NYT digs a little deeper:
They weren’t allowed to buy ads on television, radio, billboards or… Continue reading
“Tarrant County Judge Tim O’Hare Speaks on Redistricting Effort, Partisanship Claims”
A coming vote on new mid-decade maps for Tarrant County, Texas (where Ft. Worth is the county seat) has been quite controversial, with charges of racial and partisan impropriety, and likely litigation on the horizon.
County Judge Tim O’Hare has… Continue reading
“Why On-And-Off Voters Who Backed Trump May Be GOP’s Midterm Silver Bullet”
The Daily Caller calls out low-propensity Republican voters.
Given that restrictions on access to the ballot generally hit low-propensity voters harder, I’ve been wondering for a while whether the political incentives on election administration issues might be changing. (And that’s… Continue reading
“What the REAL ID delay tells us about implementing proof-of-citizenship laws”
That’s the subject line of this week’s Votebeat newsletter, covering a bunch of reporting from a bunch of states that it’s been less straightforward for people to get the right kind of ID than it might at first seem.
“What is the president’s role in federal elections?”
David Becker, on CBS, says “not much” for 6 and a half minutes.
“School Choice and Household Participation in School District Politics”
A fascinating new Annenberg Institute paper from three MSU researchers on the connection between school choice and voter turnout in local bond elections. Theoretically, I can understand why sending your kid to a different school might change incentives to vote… Continue reading
Quote of the Day
“They don’t want someone who’s just going to be like, ‘We’re going to follow the law and do the originalistic thing, and whatever the result is, so may be it,’” said the consultant. “They want someone [who] can figure out… Continue reading
“US government is investigating messages impersonating Trump’s chief of staff, Susie Wiles”
This AP story is presented as a cybersecurity issue. And it is.
But one of the dangers of running government without any regard for standard administrative process is that it makes fraud so much easier to perpetrate. If government action… Continue reading
“Oklahoma parents fight new curriculum on 2020 election ‘discrepancies’”
The WaPo subhead: “A lawsuit alleges that state superintendent Ryan Walters added a provision on election questions without notifying some board members before they voted.”
A further excerpt from the article:
The draft shown to the public only mandated… Continue reading
“Fuzzy Math: Several House districts could be redrawn before 2026 elections”
The Washington Examiner looks at some of the congressional district plans most likely to be modified over the next year.
“Red State Voters Approved Progressive Measures. GOP Lawmakers Are Trying to Undermine Them.”
ProPublica with a summary of the legislative backlash to direct democracy.