“The Airtight Case Against Texas’ Mail-In Voting Age Requirements”
David Gans at Slate:
In Texas and a number of other states, voters age 65 and older have the right to vote by mail for any reason, while younger voters generally have to cast ballots in person. As a result,… Continue reading
April 2 Fordham Symposium: “If You Can Keep It: The Legal Issues Surrounding the 2024 Election”
New Issue of the Fordham Law Voting Rights and Democracy Forum Now Available
Volume II, Issue 2
(March 2024)
Essay:
The California Supreme Court Replaces Gingles Prong One
Bruce A. Wessel & Jason D’Andrea
Articles:
Fraudulent Vote DilutionJason Marisam, Mitchell Hamline School of Law
Spies, Trolls, and Bots: Combating Foreign Election Interference … Continue reading
“Can Trump use campaign funds to pay his $454 million civil fraud debt? Absolutely not.”
Ciara Torres-Spelliscy at Law & Crime.
LDF 8th Circuit Amicus Brief in North Dakota Indian Country Case Argues that Section 1983 Gives Private Right of Action to Sue to Enforce Section 2 of VRA
Very Strong Brief from Plaintiffs in South Carolina Racial Gerrymandering Case Opposing Getting Last Minute SCOTUS Intervention
You can find it here.
Still amazed that the state of South Carolina tried to rely on Purcell here.
“Murkowski Won’t Vote for Trump and Declines Ruling Out Leaving the G.O.P.”
NYT:
Senator Lisa Murkowski, Republican of Alaska, said in an interview released on Sunday that she would not vote for former President Donald J. Trump. She also did not rule out the possibility of leaving the Republican Party.
In the… Continue reading
“Federal officials say 20 have been charged for threatening election workers”
WaPo:
Justice Department officials said reports of widespread threats against officials running the 2020 and 2022 elections have resulted in charges against roughly 20 people, with more than a half dozen receiving sentences between one and 3½ years.
But the… Continue reading
“United in Security: How Every State Protects Your Vote”
New explainer from the Bipartisan Policy Center, Issue One, and the R Street Institute.
“New Guidance on Preventing Election Certification Interference”
New from Protect Democracy.
“How a Pandemic Malaise Is Shaping American Politics”
NYT:
In March 2020, when Joseph R. Biden Jr. and Donald J. Trump competed for the White House for the first time, American life became almost unrecognizable. A deadly virus and a public health lockdown remade daily routines with startling… Continue reading
“Deepfake Kari Lake video shows coming chaos of AI in elections”
WaPo:
Hank Stephenson has a finely tuned B.S. detector. The longtime journalist has made a living sussing out lies and political spin.
But even he was fooled at first when he watched the video of one of his home state’s… Continue reading