“Florida elections officials quietly made it easier for Ron DeSantis to fund his 2024 bid”
NBC News:
Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration has quietly changed state guidelines, essentially giving its blessing for a state-level political committee he previously ran to move millions of dollars to a super PAC helping his presidential campaign.
For years, elections officials… Continue reading
“Trump White House Aides Subpoenaed in Firing of Election Security Expert”
NYT: “The special counsel is scrutinizing the dismissal of Christopher Krebs, who contradicted baseless claims by the former president that the 2020 election was marred by fraud.”
Independent State Legislature Theory, Voting Rights Act Watch Today
The Supreme Court hands down opinions today at 10 am EST. The Alabama Voting Rights Act case, Allen v. Milligan, is the only argued case from the Court’s first sitting in October that has yet to be decided. The two… Continue reading
“Voter Fraud Is Rare. But 15 Illegal Votes in Laredo Have Thrown the City Council Into Turmoil.”
This is pretty wild: a court found that enough people had illegally established sham residencies in Laredo TX to change the outcome of a city council election. The court declared the plaintiff the rightful winner of the election. Meanwhile, the… Continue reading
“‘Numbers Nobody Has Ever Seen’: How the GOP Lost Wisconsin”
This Politico story raises the question of whether WI is shifting left, with the post-Dobbs abortion issue playing a major role:
“We got our butts kicked,” Rohn Bishop, Bachleitner’s predecessor as chair of the Fond du Lac County GOP and,… Continue reading
“NC lawmakers expected to roll out major election law changes, with input from former Trump lawyer”
From WRAL News:
The 2024 elections in North Carolina could be conducted under far stricter rules under a proposal being crafted behind closed doors by Republican lawmakers — with input from a lawyer best known for assisting in efforts… Continue reading
Former Cochise County Election Director Receives $130,000 Settlement from State Fund Because She Refused to Act Illegally
This relates to the effort of some election officials to require a hand count of the 2022 ballots in Cochise County, AZ, despite the legal conclusions of the relevant county election lawyers that such a hand count would be illegal… Continue reading
Nevada Republican Party sues to stop from being forced to use a presidential primary instead of a caucus
A Nevada news outlet has the details here, and the news release from the Nevada Republican Party is here. It took me a while to find the complaint, which was filed in state court last week in a… Continue reading
In 2004 Partisan Gerrymandering Case, Justice Scalia Originally Had a Majority with J. Kennedy Joining, and J. Souter Was Going to Concur in the Judgment Not Dissent
I did not have time when I was at the Library of Congress looking at Justice Stevens’ papers to give a close read to the file in Vieth v. Jubelirer, a 2004 partisan gerrymandering case. In that case, four… Continue reading
Sending Healing Thoughts and Strength to Gerry Hebert
Our friend Gerry Hebert, with a long and distinguished career in voting rights at the Department of Justice and at the Campaign Legal Center (not to mention his role as “Bailout King“), is ill with brain cancer. Jerry… Continue reading
“Opinion: The Supreme Court was enabling corruption well before the Clarence Thomas scandal”
Ciara Torres-Spelliscy with her views on this in the LA Times:
The Supreme Court recently reversed the conviction of a onetime aide and campaign manager for disgraced former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo. The decision may have surprised those… Continue reading
“Texas AG Says Trump Would’ve ‘Lost’ State If It Hadn’t Blocked Mail-in Ballots Applications Being Sent Out”
From Newsweek:
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, a Republican, said former President Donald Trump would have lost in Texas in the 2020 election if his office had not successfully blocked counties from mailing out applications for mail-in ballots to… Continue reading
“Justice and Trump with Commanding Early Leads in West Virginia”
Here: “In a hypothetical 2024 U.S. Senate matchup in West Virginia, the latest ECU Poll shows Governor Jim Justice with a significant 22-point lead over incumbent Senator Joe Manchin, 54% to 32%, among registered voters in the state (with 13%… Continue reading