“Failure of Texas proof-of-citizenship law is not the end”
Washington Post
And from the Associated Press, “Republican push for proof of citizenship to vote proves a tough sell in the states.”
Mountainhead from Mountainview: “Google’s New AI Tool Generates Convincing Deepfakes of Riots, Conflict, and Election Fraud”
Time:
Google’s recently launched AI video tool can generate realistic clips that contain misleading or inflammatory information about news events, according to a TIME analysis and several tech watchdogs.
TIME was able to use Veo 3 to create realistic videos,… Continue reading
The Court Rightly Granted Cert. in the Illinois Election Case
Bost v. Illinois State Board of Elections raises important questions about who, if anyone, has standing to bring federal challenges to certain types of election laws in advance of an election. These are laws that expand opportunities to vote but… Continue reading
“Firings, pardons and policy changes have gutted DOJ anti-corruption efforts, experts say”
“Low Turnout in Mexico’s Far-Reaching Judicial Election Fuels Legitimacy Concerns”
New York Times:
Mexico’s sweeping reorganization of its judicial system got off to a rocky start. The nationwide election of thousands of judges over the weekend was marked by an exceptionally high level of abstention, with nearly 90 percent… Continue reading
New Iowa law allows poll workers to challenge voters on the basis of citizenship, bans ranked choice voting, and changes major party status rules
Tom Barton for the Cedar Rapids Gazette:
House File 954 addresses elections laws regarding voter registration, citizenship and major party status. It also bans ranked choice voting in Iowa.
It adds citizenship status to age and residency under which… Continue reading
“An Initial Assessment of Proportional Ranked-Choice Voting in Portland, Oregon”
New report from AEI by Kevin Kosar, Jaehun Lee, and Jack Santucci:
Our core findings are as follows:
Voter Choices. There were more candidates overall in 2024 than in past elections, although each voter could choose only among the candidates… Continue reading
UK: “Speaker’s Conference reports on abuse and intimidation of MPs and election candidates”
Report from Parliament:
An interim report from the Conference has found that threats and abuse are dissuading candidates from standing and making it harder for MPs and candidates to engage with the public. This has worsened over the last… Continue reading
“DOJ’s New Top Voting Lawyer Worked for Leading Anti-Voting Law Firm”
Democracy Docket:
The new top voting lawyer at the Department of Justice was until recently an attorney and activist for a leading anti-voting legal group that has worked for years to spread fear about illegal voting and press election officials… Continue reading
“Trump Court Pick Once Called For Bringing Back Literacy Tests For Voters”
Jennifer Bendery for HuffPost:
One of President Donald Trump’s nominees to a federal judgeship, Josh Divine, argued in a college opinion piece that people should be required to take literacy tests in order to vote — despite such tests being… Continue reading
“Should SC lead off or bat clean-up in the Dem primary order? What Clyburn thinks”
From South Carolina’s The State:
When the Democratic National Committee decides its presidential nominating contest order, U.S. Rep. Jim Clyburn, D-Santee, said all he wants is for South Carolina to be in the early primary window.
Clyburn told reporters… Continue reading
“CNN Poll: A record share of Americans want the government to get more done. Few trust either party to do it”
Sobering polling as detailed by Ariel Edwards-Levy.
“Mike Lindell’s defamation trial begins Monday”
Denver Gazette:
Former MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell will not be sleeping through his defamation trial. Lindell has decided to take the stand in his own defense in what the staunch MAGA supporter has coined “the trial of the century.”… Continue reading
Supreme Court grants certiorari in Bost v. Illinois State Board of Elections on standing to challenge rules relating to the time receiving absentee ballots
From SCOTUSblog and the question presented:
Federal law sets the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November as the federal Election Day. 2 U.S.C. §§ 1 and 7; and 3 U.S.C. § 1. Several states, including Illinois, have enacted… Continue reading