“Fani Willis Takes on Trump; How bluster became a criminal conspiracy to disenfranchise Black voters.”
I spoke with Mary Curtis for the Slate “What Next” podcast. Listen here.
“Lawsuit over Wisconsin absentee ballot witness addresses allowed to proceed”
Wisconsin State Journal.
“A lawsuit that would let Wisconsin election officials accept absentee ballots with partial witness addresses as long as the correct addresses are discernable can proceed, a Dane County judge has ruled. …
“The lawsuit was filed against… Continue reading
“Rulebook for Arizona’s 2024 elections faces criticism from multiple sides”
Votebeat Arizona.
“As Secretary of State Adrian Fontes makes rules for how next year’s elections must be run in Arizona, Republican legislative leaders say he’s overstepping his authority. Voting rights advocates say he isn’t exerting enough authority.
“The groups publicized… Continue reading
“Georgia election indictment highlights wider attempts to illegally access voting equipment”
AP reports.
“’The one thing that Coffee County shows, and these other counties as well, is that the effort behind Jan. 6 didn’t stop on Jan. 6,’ said Lawrence Norden, an election security expert with the Brennan Center for… Continue reading
“In Georgia and federal indictments, two vastly different approaches”
Washington Post team compares the two indictments, discussing the pros and cons of each approach (one narrower and the other much broader).
“After Years of Spreading Lies, Election Deniers Face Consequences”
Nick Corasaniti in N.Y. Times:
“It is still far from clear whether Mr. Trump and his allies who face charges will ultimately be convicted. But the legal threat may force Trump allies to think twice in the future about… Continue reading
“Judge calls new Texas election law unconstitutional but state says it will appeal ruling”
AP reports:
“The law, which would abolish a position that oversees elections in Harris County, was temporarily blocked by state District Judge Karin Crump in Austin after county officials filed a lawsuit earlier this month.
“But the judge’s order,… Continue reading
“Trump Plans to Release 100-Page Report on Georgia Election Fraud Claims”
Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan in the N.Y. Times.
“The report in question, according to people familiar with the matter, is a document of more than 100 pages that was compiled at least in part by Liz Harrington, a Trump… Continue reading
“Mark Meadows seeks to move Georgia prosecution to federal court”
POLITICO reports.
“Meadows is the first defendant to try to take the case federal, but others — including Trump — are expected to follow suit. A federal law, known as a “removal statute,” generally allows an “officer of… Continue reading
“1.5% of all absentee/mail-in ballots were rejected in 2022”
Ballotpedia News reports (via Electionline). This rate was “roughly equal to the 1.4% rejection rate in 2018, the most recent midterm election, and up from the 1.0% and 0.8% rejection rates in the 2016 and 2020 presidential election cycles,… Continue reading
“States need to pay up to secure 2024 elections, experts warn”
Axios reports.
“Presidential elections cost $2 billion-$5 billion to administer nationally, yet most of the nation’s 10,000 local jurisdictions are woefully underfunded, Charles Stewart III, director of the MIT Election Data and Science Lab, told the [NCSL] conference. …… Continue reading
“Proposed Legislation Would Restore Voting for Released Felons”
Governing reports.
“The Democracy Restoration Act would restore voting rights for released felons in federal elections only. In states where eligibility doesn’t kick in during probation or parole, the voter would only be able to fill out a federal ballot,… Continue reading
States have the power to judge the qualifications of presidential candidates and exclude ineligible candidates from the ballot, if they want to use it
Rick H. links to a forthcoming article by Professors Michael Stokes Paulsen and Will Baude on Section 3 of the Fourteenth Amendment, and specifically the application of that section to former president Donald Trump. I am sure the paper will… Continue reading
“Forget the Trump trials. He might already be ineligible for 2024.”
That’s the new headline the Post is currently using for my column published this morning. I like this headline because I do think the main focus, at least for election law purposes, should be on the issue of Trump’s status… Continue reading