“Ranked choice voting repeal now trailing by 45 votes ahead of final Alaska ballot count and tabulation Wednesday”
From the Anchorage Daily News. Approximately 5,800 ballots remain to be counted.
“DNC layoffs with no severance leave staffers scrambling, union says”
Washington Post has this intriguing story. DNC layoffs appear to go beyond the normal cycle of scaling back the political organization after an election. The article reports: “Those laid off included people who had been with the organization for 40… Continue reading
Election Update: House of Representatives might be at 217(R)-215(D)
Given the new vote tallies in the five outstanding races, Politico estimates that the House will be down to a very narrow margin after cabinet appointments. From the morning feed:
“GOP Rep. JOHN DUARTE’s lead dwindled yesterday while fellow Republican… Continue reading
“Gov. Josh Shapiro defends Sen. Bob Casey’s recount choice and points to Dave McCormick’s own failed recount”
The Philadelphia Inquirer reports that the costs of accuracy in the vote are causing political fallout. Governor Shapiro reiterates that PA law provides for an automatic recount where the margin is below 0.5% in statewide races and that McCormick himself… Continue reading
New Paper–“An Internet Voting System Fatally Flawed in Creative New Ways”
Andrew W. Appel (Princeton, Computer Science) and Philip B. Stark (UC Berkeley, Statistics) have a new paper cautioning about a new software designed to accelerate the count for overseas votes by relying on the internet.
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Call for Papers: Democracy Works-in-Progress Conference, April 10-11, 2025
The Michigan State University College of Law will be hosting a Democracy Works-in-Progress Conference on April 10-11, 2025.
For purposes of the conference, “democracy” is broadly defined. The organizers hope to draw those who write and research in areas that fall under… Continue reading
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“End the Criminal Cases Against Trump,” says Thomas Goldstein
Thomas Goldstein (SCOTUS Blog) offers his views on the criminal cases against Trump. The people have spoken; it is time to drop the cases: “Democracy’s ultimate verdict on these prosecutions was rendered by voters on Election Day.”
I am not… Continue reading
“Manhattan D.A. Suggests Freezing Trump’s Case While He Is President”
What to do about the sentencing of a convicted felon who will assume the highest office of the land?
Trump: Obviously, dismiss the criminal conviction–to do otherwise is to impede my ability to perform my constitutional duties.
Manhattan DA: Freeze… Continue reading
NC Supreme Court Race–Update
WRAL News: North Carolina Supreme Court Justice Allison Riggs, the Democratic incumbent, appears to have won her judicial race by “625 votes out of 5.5 million.” There are still some outstanding votes to be counted, but her Republican challenger… Continue reading
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“Effort to repeal ranked choice voting and open primaries in Alaska on track to narrowly fail after latest ballot count”
From Anchorage Daily News:
“Results posted Monday showed 50.03% of voters opposed the measure repealing ranked choice voting, while 49.97% were in favor of the repeal. Just 192 votes separated the two camps, with more ballots set to be… Continue reading
“Ranked Choice Voting: What Happened & What’s Next”
Michael Parsons (FairVote, Senior Legal Fellow) and Meredith Sumpter (FairVote CEO) offer reflections at Democracy Takes on what the results of the 2024 ballot initiatives tell us about the future of rank-choice voting as a reform. A peek here:
“In… Continue reading
“Supreme Court won’t hear challenge to Alaska campaign finance laws”
I missed this news yesterday:
More than 14 years after the Supreme Court’s decision in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, which removed limits on independent political expenditures by corporations and unions, the justices declined to weigh in on … Continue reading