“A third of Kansas election officials have quit because of harassment and conspiracy theories”
The Lawrence Times reports.
“Trump and Bolsonaro Claimed Fraud. Now an Argentine Candidate Is, Too.”
NYT: Javier Milei, a far-right libertarian economist, could be elected Argentina’s president on Sunday. If he is not, he has already pointed to fraud.
ProPublica on the Contiguity Requirement for Wisconsin Redistricting and the Upcoming Lawsuits
Ninth Circuit, Over the Dissent from Denial of Rehearing En Banc by a Number of Conservative Judges, Upholds a San Francisco Campaign Finance Disclosure Law for Ballot Measure Elections
The panel’s result in this case seems both correct and one that the Supreme Court could well agree to hear and overturn. (For reasons I explain here.)
Galveston Plaintiffs Go to Supreme Court to Prevent 5th Circuit From Running Out the Clock on 2024 Redistricting After Plaintiffs Won Their Case
“Nevada GOP fake electors under state investigation”
Nevada Independent:
Nevada’s attorney general is investigating the six Republicans who, in 2020, falsely pledged Nevada’s electoral votes to Donald Trump even though the former president lost to President Joe Biden by 2.4 percentage points. It marks a significant change… Continue reading
Political questions and Section 3 of the Fourteenth Amendment
I went back to look at some of the commentary around the Supreme Court’s decision in Rucho v. Common Cause in 2019. The decision shut the door on federal constitutional challenges to partisan gerrymanders. Much of the commentary around the… Continue reading
“Today’s Election Administration Landscape”
From Paul Gronke at Electionline Weekly:
As regular electionline Weekly readers know, the administration of elections in the United States is a decentralized system with a complex set of diverse institutional arrangements that vary across states and sub-state jurisdictions.
Nearly… Continue reading
“Ethics panel finds ‘substantial evidence’ Rep. Santos violated federal laws”
WaPo:
House investigators found “substantial evidence” that Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.) knowingly violated a litany of ethics and criminal laws, according a House Ethics Committee report released Thursday.
“Representative Santos’ conduct warrants public condemnation, is beneath the dignity of the… Continue reading
“The New Hampshire Primary Will Be Jan. 23”
NYT:
New Hampshire’s presidential primary will be held Jan. 23, state officials announced on Wednesday.
The date had been in contention since the Democratic National Committee decided earlier this year to change its nominating calendar, which had long given New… Continue reading
Massachusetts: “Video allegedly shows woman stealing ballots from Lawrence mailbox”
NBC 10 Boston:
Officials are looking into allegations of possible voter fraud in Lawrence, Massachusetts, and NBC10 Boston has obtained video footage from a man’s home that appears to show a woman removing ballots from his mailbox.
The man, who… Continue reading
Now Available in Time for Winter/Spring Classes: The Fifth Edition of My Student Study Aid, Remedies: Examples and Explanations
Hot off the presses with a 2024 cover date:
Examples & Explanations for Remedies, Fifth Edition
The Fifth Edition of Examples& Explanations: Remedies provides a bridge between law school and the real world.A favorite classroom prep tool of successful students that is often recommended… Continue reading
“State Implementation of the Electoral Count Reform Act and the Mitigation of Election-Subversion Risk in 2024 and Beyond”
Very important piece from Kate Hamilton in the Yale Law Journal Forum:
The 2020 election and its aftermath were a shocking warning that election subversion poses a threat to the continued health of American democracy. Unlike voter suppression, which is… Continue reading