Torres-Spelliscy on Trump’s Potential Use of the Pardon Power in a Second Term
Listen at Slate Amicus.
Where the Arizona proof of citizenship dispute might lead
Rick P. earlier noted that Republican National Committee v. Mi Familia Vota is pending for an emergency application for a stay before the Supreme Court. There are complicated issues about the procedural posture and the timing, including which way a… Continue reading
Is Michigan properly interpreting its own laws in keeping Cornel West off the ballot?
Rick P. highlights this story from the Detroit News, which explains that Cornel West will be kept off the ballot. It includes a PDF of his “Affidavit of Identity,” which Bureau of Elections claims fails at least four elements… Continue reading
DNC and Others File in Supreme Court Opposition to RNC’s Stay Application in AZ’s “Proof of Citizenship” Case
The brief on behalf of the DNC and others is here. The brief leads off with Purcell Purcell Purcell.
“AZ secretary of state admits to declaring wrong Green Party winner in U.S. Senate primary”
KJZZ:
The Secretary of State’s Office says it erroneously declared the wrong winner in the Green Party’s U.S. Senate primary.
Write-in candidate Eduardo Quintana received 282 write-in votes, the most of any candidate. But the canvass signed by Secretary of… Continue reading
“Cornel West disqualified from Michigan’s presidential ballot over notary problems”
From the Detroit News:
Independent presidential candidate Cornel West has been disqualified from the state’s ballot because of problems with the way a required document his campaign submitted was notarized, the Michigan Bureau of Elections announced Friday.
West, a longtime… Continue reading
Will the Use of Ranked-Choice Voting Delay Knowing the Outcome of the Presidential Race in Maine and Alaska?
CNN has a piece raising this issue. In response, Michael Parsons (Senior Legal Fellow at Fair Vote) and David Daley (Senior Fellow, Fair Vote) have written this guest post for ELB:
Maine values its long history of independent politics, electing… Continue reading
“Georgia Election Official Under Pressure in Defamation Case”
From the NYT:
Brad Raffensperger, Georgia’s Republican secretary of state, has been forced to spend half a million dollars defending himself in court for having stood up to former President Donald J. Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election.
The… Continue reading
“Ohio redistricting amendment backers: Draft ballot language would rig the election”
From Columbus Dispatch:
Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose’s office is proposing loaded ballot language for a redistricting reform measure, including references to manipulating the boundaries of legislative districts and repealing constitutional protections against gerrymandering.
The proposed ballot language for… Continue reading
“Give Young Adults the Vote”
I wrote this response to Joshua Kleinfeld and Stephen Sachs’s forthcoming article, “Give Parents the Vote.” The response will be published in the Notre Dame Law Review alongside Kleinfeld and Sachs’s article. Here’s the abstract:
Joshua Kleinfeld and Stephen… Continue reading
2024 Election Law Teacher Database
It is now available here.
Correcting Earlier Post: Republican Party of Arizona, Not RNC, Filed Brief Supporting Emergency Relief in NVRA Documentary Proof of Citizenship to Register Case
This post has been corrected and the error was entirely my fault. Apologies!
Ninth Circuit Rejects Election Integrity Project’s Long-Running Challenge to CA Voting Policies
Here’s the opening paragraph of the opinion. Link is here.
On January 4, 2021, two days before the Vice Presidentof the United States was set to preside over a joint session of the United States Congress to certify the results… Continue reading
No, Trump Did Not Vote Illegally
This story is incorrect, for reasons Justin has explained:
Back in 2019, Donald Trump moved his permanent residence to Mar-a-Lago, which means he’s a Florida voter. (And cast ballots in Florida in 2020 – by mail for the presidential… Continue reading