“Do You Have the Right to Vote?”
Jamelle Bouie at the NYT opinion blog.
“A GOP state lawmaker who participated in the 2020 alternate elector strategy has introduced bill that aims to give state legislature sole authority to appoint presidential electors.”
Here we go.
ARIZONA—A GOP state lawmaker who participated in the 2020 alternate elector strategy has introduced bill that aims to give state legislature sole authority to appoint presidential electors. Background: https://t.co/lbmbc0CD8j https://t.co/qzHl7KyFZh— Yvonne Wingett Sanchez (@yvonnewingett) January 22, … Continue reading
Supreme Court Won’t Interfere in Michigan Case Finding that Its Independent Redistricting Commission Likely Engaged in Racial Gerrymanders in Drawing Legislative District Lines Around Detroit
Via Chris Geidner:
And, this application out of Michigan — https://t.co/hS5GNOOWmm — was denied. There were no noted dissents. pic.twitter.com/MvOHHSgYq2— Chris “Law Dork” Geidner (@chrisgeidner) January 22, 2024
Here‘s the docket for the case. The Commission has… Continue reading
“Part of new NC election law ruled likely unconstitutional, in loss for Republicans”
WRAL:
Some of the new changes to elections laws that Republican state lawmakers passed into law late last year are likely unconstitutional and should be blocked from going into effect — at least until problems with North Carolina’s same-day registration… Continue reading
“Recusal as Remedy: Disincentivizing Donors”
Benjamin Edelstein and Sara Benesh have written this article for State Politics & Policy Quarterly. Here is the abstract:
As judicial elections become increasingly expensive, recusal has emerged as a way to address concerns about the impartiality of judges who… Continue reading
“Iowa Medicaid process likely leaves poor off voter rolls, violates federal law, advocates say”
News from the States reports.
“Here Is One Way to Steal the Presidential Election”
Lessig & Seligman NYT oped:
What happens when you stress-test America’s system for electing a president? How well does it hold up?
After the assault on the nation’s Capitol three years ago, we worked through every strategy we could… Continue reading
The Origins of “A Real Right to Vote”
I wrote in the New York Times’ “Opinion Today” newsletter about the origins of my forthcoming book, A Real Right to Vote:
I have been studying and writing about election law for nearly 30 years, and for most of… Continue reading
“Dean Phillips open to No Labels ticket: ‘Why would we not consider that?”
“Barton Gellman Joins Brennan Center in Fight for American Democracy”
Release:
Today journalist Barton Gellman joins the leadership team of the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU Law as Senior Advisor. He will work with the organization’s experts to respond to the threats of abuse of power and the assault… Continue reading
“Election Fraud Is Rare. Except, Maybe, in Bridgeport, Conn.”
NYT:
Two months ago, Joe Ganim received the most votes in the race for mayor of Bridgeport, Conn. This week, the city will vote again — to decide if he should even be the Democratic candidate.
The unlikely and confusing… Continue reading
“Fake Joe Biden robocall tells New Hampshire Democrats not to vote on Tuesday”
NBC News:
A prominent New Hampshire Democrat plans to file a complaint with the state attorney general over an apparent robocall that appears to encourage supporters of President Joe Biden not to vote in Tuesday’s presidential primary.
The voice in… Continue reading
Thoughts on Opening Briefs in Trump’s Colorado Case
The Colorado case at the U.S. Supreme Court on whether section 3 of the Fourteenth Amendment disqualifies Donald Trump from returning to the presidency hinges most especially on this question: whether, as Trump’s brief puts it (at 40), Congress possesses… Continue reading
“Graves to lose U.S. House seat under Louisiana redistricting plan that adds minority seat”
Louisiana Illuminator:
Louisiana lawmakers gave final approval Friday to a congressional redistricting plan that adds a second majority-Black district to the state’s U.S. House lineup, likely at the expense of U.S. Rep. Garret Graves, a Republican from Baton Rouge.
State… Continue reading