That’s the opening sentence of this report by Burgess Everett in POLITICO. If Senate Democrats wanted to pursue the kind of statute I’m advocating–to establish fast-track civil litigation to adjudicate Trump’s status under section 3 of the Fourteenth… Continue reading

Alex Halderman on the release of a previously sealed 96-page report he co-wrote as part of the litigation over Georgia’s voting machines: “While we are not aware of any evidence that the vulnerabilities have been exploited to change votes in… Continue reading

This sentence from a story in The Hill caught my eye: “Senate Republicans … say the battle between the Justice Department and Trump, who pleaded not guilty Tuesday to charges that he violated the Espionage Act and obstructed justice with… Continue reading

Tom Edsall in the Times with an extended analysis of Allen v. Milligan and its implications, quoting multiple election law scholars, including excerpts from ELB blog posts on the decision.

An astute reader of yesterday’s essay has asked me to clarify one detail: what should Democrats in Congress do if the kind of statute I propose is not enacted and, further, there is no indictment of Trump under 18 U.S. … Continue reading

Here. Main takeaway: red states and blue states are moving in opposite directions in the regulation of election administration, with red states becoming more restrictive as blue states are becoming more expansive. This could be viewed as a problem, reflecting… Continue reading

Michael Scherer of the Washington Post reports. This is the most concrete evidence so far of Democrats endeavoring to counteract the threat to Biden of a third-party candidacy. (Meanwhile, Cornel West announced that he is pursuing the Green Party… Continue reading

Overnight I’ve received some feedback on my post concerning a potential nightmare scenario on January 6, 2025. One constructive comment concerns the relationship, including differences, between the statutory crime of insurrection in 18 U.S. Code § 2383 and the… Continue reading

Pro Publica with more about the potential implications of Allen v. Milligan. As I noted in my post last night on my fear for January 6, 2025, this kind of analysis provides a basis for considering the possibility that… Continue reading

As strong as the Mar-a-Lago Documents indictment of Donald Trump is, I don’t foresee it eliminating the significant possibility that he will win the Electoral College in 2024 even as he loses the national popular vote. To be sure, Trump… Continue reading

Sam Wang, director of the Electoral Innovations Lab and professor at Princeton, has a new podcast Democracy Reform Meets Science. The inaugural episode, on which he is joined by Bernie Grofman and Jonathan Cervas, discusses Allen v. Milligan. I… Continue reading

The Arizona Republic on internal text messages showing the partisan bias and operational incompetence of the Cyber Ninjas travesty as it happened.

POLITICO examines all the uncertainties still surrounding the presidential primary calendar. Despite the headline, it’s not just Iowa that’s unsettled, but other states as well.

Brennan Center analysis. I share the concern about disinformation, including the capacity for AI to produce more effective deceptions. But I also continue to believe, as I wrote in 2020, that it is essential to maintain a clear distinction… Continue reading