Faces of Democracy: Utah County’s Josh Daniels
Issue One has this interview with the former County Clerk of Utah County, UT, part of its series highlighting election officials and poll workers across the country.
“‘Fake elector’ charges epitomize how Trump’s allies played with fire”
WaPo on yesterday’s felony charges against 16 people in Michigan: “Here’s what the Michigan case reinforces about the ‘fake elector’ plots: just how many people seemed to recognize that the plan wasn’t exactly on the up-and-up.”
“Senators to Propose Ban on U.S. Lawmakers, Executive Branch Members Owning Stock”
WSJ:
Two U.S. senators are set this week to introduce bipartisan legislation to bar members of the federal executive branch and lawmakers from owning stock in individual companies, as new polling shows broad public support for such a measure.… Continue reading
“Target Letter to Trump Raises Possibility of Obstruction and Fraud Charges”
NYT on the possible federal indictment relating to Trump’s efforts to remain in office culminating in the January 6 attack on the Capitol:
A person briefed on the matter said the target letter cited three statutes that could be applied… Continue reading
“Illegal voting maps were used in some states in 2022. This legal idea allowed them”
Hansi Lo Wang has this extended NPR piece on the still-growing impact of Purcell v. Gonzalez (audio to be added late tomorrow afternoon). It includes an interview with Helen Purcell, who was Maricopa County’s top election official when the Supreme… Continue reading
“Michigan charges 16 Trump electors who falsely claimed he won the state”
WaPo: “Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel charged 16 Republicans who falsely claimed to be the state’s 2020 presidential electors with forgery and other felonies Tuesday, bringing the first criminal prosecution against Trump electors as investigations over attempts to overturn… Continue reading
ASU Report on Voter Attitudes about Elections
From the hotbed — no pun intended (sorry Arizonans, I know it’s been sweltering) — of election denialism comes this report by Arizona State’s Center for Independent and Sustainable Democracy. Highlights from the press release:
Arizona voters strongly support… Continue reading
CREW’s case for Donald Trump’s disqualification
From CREW’s summary of its 88-page report: “The attack on the Capitol was not a spontaneous event. It was the culmination of a multi-part scheme by Trump and his allies to use lies, intimidation, coercion and ultimately violence to… Continue reading
League of Women Voters/Common Cause Report on California Citizens Redistricting Commission
The report, authored by Christian Grose, is available here. From the press release: “The CRC process, by design, is massively more participatory, inclusive, and transparent than redistricting conducted by state legislatures. The result is a process that empowers… Continue reading
“Did a New York Court Just Hand Democrats Control of Congress in 2024?”
Slate on last week’s decision from an intermediate state appellate court: “If Thursday’s ruling is upheld by the state’s highest court, both parties believe that Democrats could conceivably hammer out new district lines that conform to the state’s legal standards… Continue reading
Webinar on “Building Trust in Elections”
From the MIT Election Data + Science Lab and scheduled for July 28, 11-2 ET: “This webinar brings together researchers, election officials, and organizations dedicated to supporting the work of election officials for a series of panels reflecting on lessons… Continue reading
Daniel Richman on Percoco
The abstract of “Percoco v. United States – Navigating Between ‘Politics As Usual’ and Sacks of Cash,” on SSRN and forthcoming in Yale L.J. Forum:
In Percoco v. United States, as in other recent cases, the Court’s interest in avoiding… Continue reading
“Galveston County’s redistricting plans go to trial next month, in a major test of the Voting Rights Act”
From Houston Public Media: “Next month, a federal trial will take place in Galveston that will mark the first serious test of the Voting Rights Act since the U.S. Supreme Court upheld a key portion of the law in … Continue reading
“Another campaign complaint filed against opponents of Alaska ranked choice voting”
Alaska Public Media:
On Monday, Alaskans for Better Elections filed a complaint against former Republican U.S. Senate candidate Kelly Tshibaka, a nonprofit that she operates and Alaskans for Honest Elections, which is campaigning to repeal ranked choice voting in… Continue reading