“Unduly Burdensome Public Records Requests and their Effects on Local Election Officials”
New report from EVIC.
“Indiana Republicans Move to Ban Student IDs for Voting”
Bolts:
Daniel Jenkins has volunteered to boost voter turnout on Indiana University’s Bloomington campus since becoming a student there in 2022. Jenkins, now a junior studying political science, has spent years helping other students fill out voter registration forms and… Continue reading
“In Crucial Judicial Race in Wisconsin, G.O.P. Now Has a Financial Edge”
NYT:
The last time Wisconsin held an election for the state’s Supreme Court, Republicans cried foul over the wave of money from out-of-state Democrats that overwhelmed their candidate.
Two years later, Republicans have learned their lesson. It is Democrats who… Continue reading
“Universal vote by mail is popular in Utah. GOP lawmakers continue to move away from it in a revised bill.”
NJ Appellate Court Upholds State’s Ban on Fusion Candidacies
The New Jersey Appellate Division held that the state’s ban on fusion candidacies does not violate the State Constitution. New Jersey, like other states, prohibits a candidate for public office from appearing on a ballot as the nominee for multiple… Continue reading
Divided Ninth Circuit finds Congress holds power to regulate presidential elections as it does congressional elections
Justin helpfully runs through the major elements of the Ninth Circuit’s holding in Mi Familia Vota v. Fontes, but I wanted to highlight a divide in the opinion I wrote about back in 2022 just as this bill was introduced … Continue reading
Antebellum fusion
Justin again. I had the “pleasure” of teaching Timmons v. Twin Cities Area New Party again yesterday. Timmons was a federal constitutional challenge to “anti-fusion” laws: laws preventing two parties on the ballot from nominating the same candidate (and thereby… Continue reading
9th Circuit affirms limits on AZ proof of citizenship laws
Justin here. A 9th Circuit panel is out with 156 pages’ worth of opinion in Mi Familia Vota v. Fontes, the latest in the battles revolving around Arizona’s laws requiring documentary proof of citizenship to vote. There’s (obviously) quite a… Continue reading
“State Election Officials Seek to Avert Deeper Cuts”
NYT:
Alarmed by cuts already made to federal agencies that help safeguard elections, and fearful that more could be coming, a bipartisan group of the nation’s top state election officials has appealed to Kristi Noem, the secretary of homeland security,… Continue reading
“Before Ascending to Top Tier of F.B.I., Bongino Fueled Right-Wing Disbelief”
NYT:
On a recent episode of his wildly popular podcast, the right-wing provocateur Dan Bongino asserted that he would soon be able to show that pipe bombs found near the Capitol the day of the Jan. 6, 2021, attack were… Continue reading
Connecticut: “Arrest warrants detail charges of voter fraud in Bridgeport”
CT Mirror:
State prosecutors took a big step Friday when they charged five Bridgeport Democrats with more than 150 election-related crimes, but arrest warrants suggest the sprawling investigation into voter fraud and ballot harvesting might not end there.
The charges,… Continue reading
Department of Insanity (and Inanity): “Warner, Who Said CIA Stole Election, Now Leads DOJ Civil Rights”
Bloomberg Law:
The Justice Department has inserted Mac Warner, who last year espoused false claims that the CIA stole Trump’s 2020 presidential victory with the FBI’s help, to run the civil rights division, replacing an ousted career official who’s started… Continue reading
March 4 SDP Event and Webinar: “What Do Documentary Proof of Citizenship Requirements for Voter Registration Accomplish?” (with Arizona SOS Adrian Fontes, Nina Perales, and Walter Olson)
I am looking forward to moderating this event at UCLA Law and online, March 4 at 12:15 pm. Register here.
Tuesday, March 4, 12:15pm-1:15pm PT at UCLA Law School Room 1327 and online
Adrian Fontes, Arizona Secretary of State, Walter Olson,… Continue reading
“New polling shows most Portlanders prefer ranked choice”
Axios:
A new poll shows most voters in Portland preferred ranked-choice voting to the city’s previous election method.
Why it matters: Previous polling showed the new system was widely understood by most voters, but this survey is the first to… Continue reading