“Effort to allow for early processing of Wisconsin absentee ballots stalls out”
WPR:
Local clerks may still have to wait until Election Day to begin processing absentee ballots in Wisconsin, despite a bipartisan effort to allow for early canvassing.
The state Assembly passed legislation in November that would allow election workers to… Continue reading
“The Quiet Way Democrats Hope to Expand Their Power at the State Level”
NYT:
Locked out of power on the Supreme Court and still playing catch-up against Republicans in the federal judiciary, Democrats are hoping to gain a political advantage on a less visible but still important playing field: the state courts.
After… Continue reading
I Will Be Discussing My New Book, “A Real Right to Vote” with Larry Mantle at Feb. 21 Free “America at the Crossroads” Webinar
Looking forward to this conversation Feb. 21 at 5 pm PT:
Join us!
“Gov. Tony Evers signs new election maps, ending Wisconsin Republicans’ grip on legislative power”
Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel:
Wisconsin Republicans lost their more than decade-long grip on control of the state Legislature Monday after Democratic Gov. Tony Evers signed into law new electoral maps that reshape down-ballot races in this battleground state.
Evers signed a bill … Continue reading
Free UCLA Law Webinar: February 20, 12:15pm – 1:15pm: “Lessons and Warning Signs: A Conversation with a January 6th Investigator”
At UCLA Law:
Register here for in-person or virtual attendance.
Organized by the Promise Institute for Human Rights; co-sponsored by the Safeguarding Democracy Project
With introductions by Director of the International & Comparative Law Program, Jess Peake, the conversation will… Continue reading
“San Francisco Appoints First Noncitizen to Serve on Elections Commission”
KQED:
The newest member of the San Francisco Elections Commission, a seven-member civilian body that oversees and creates policy for the city’s Department of Elections, isn’t legally allowed to vote.
Kelly Wong, an immigrant rights advocate, is believed to be… Continue reading
“A Top-3 Presidential Election System”
Happy President’s Day. Here’s a new Common Ground Democracy column explaining why and how to apply the top-3 electoral system that Eric Maskin and I describe in our Project Syndicate column to presidential elections. The key, as explained at the… Continue reading
“Trump VP contender Tim Scott doesn’t want to talk about vice president’s role in certifying election”
AP:
Sen. Tim Scott, a potential running mate if Donald Trump becomes the Republican presidential nominee, is treading carefully on questions about whether he would have certified the 2020 election had he been vice president at that time.
On Jan.… Continue reading
“No, Your Honor, You Can’t Call Yourself ‘High Justice’ on the Ballot in Chinese”
NYT:
Hong Le still remembers meeting a charismatic woman campaigning for San Francisco district attorney in 2003. In Cantonese, that woman’s name was 賀錦麗, which is pronounced Ho Gam-lai and means “Congratulate Brocade Beautiful.”
Most Americans know her by another… Continue reading
“College Leaders Urged to Act on Campus Voting Sites”
Bard News:
A letter sent today to higher education leaders across New York State calls on them to help fulfill the promise of 2022 legislation designed to promote poll sites on college campuses across New York State. It urges them to… Continue reading
Watch Archived Video of My Conversation with Sherrilyn Ifill, Jamie Raskin, and Pam Fessler About My Book, A Real Right to Vote
Huge crowd and a great conversation at Politics and Prose in Washington DC. Watch here:
“Disqualified President’s Day: Navigating the Enforcement of Section 3 in a ‘Dangerously Unclear’ Legal Framework”
Important points from Michael Stern.
“Trump permits Jan. 6-related lawsuits against him to advance — for now”
Politico:
Donald Trump is passing up the chance to add a fourth case to a trio of Trump-related appeals already stacked up at the Supreme Court.
Trump elected not to ask the justices to reverse a federal appeals court ruling… Continue reading