Charis Franklin has written this Note for the Fordham Law Review. Here’s the excerpt:
The Voting Rights Act of 1965 (“the Voting Rights Act”) is one of the primary vehicles by which plaintiffs receive injunctive relief ahead of elections. More… Continue reading
Missed this story (and the Illinois one Derek flags) while traveling:
Representative Henry Cuellar, a Texas Democrat in a crucial swing district, and his wife were charged with participating in a yearslong $600,000 bribery scheme involving Azerbaijan and a… Continue reading
Politico:
North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum on Sunday supported the election fraud allegations made by former President Donald Trump, claiming on CNN: “I think it’s clear that there’s vote-buying going on at a scale like we have never seen before.”…… Continue reading
The Chicago Tribune has this coverage of a new election law in Illinois that changes the rules of ballot access in the middle of an ongoing campaign:
Gov. J.B. Pritzker has signed into law a comprehensive election bill that would… Continue reading
NBC News:
South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott on Sunday did not directly answer multiple questions about whether he’d accept the results of the 2024 presidential election, regardless of who wins.
“At the end of the day, the 47th president of… Continue reading
WaPo on the campaign losing the adult in the room:
The top lawyer at the Republican Party is resigning after he cited conflicts with his other work obligations and after Donald Trump grew angry about his criticism of the former… Continue reading
I’ve been critical of the NY district attorney seeking to turn the Trump falsifying business records charges into felony charges in the hush money case now on trial in NY. To turn the misdemeanors into felonies, Trump had to be… Continue reading
AP:
Sterling, the chief operating officer for the Georgia Secretary of State’s Office, is part of an effort begun after the last presidential election that seeks to bring together Republican officials who are willing to defend the country’s election systems… Continue reading
Nevada Independent:
The Trump campaign and its allies filed a lawsuit Friday challenging a Nevada law allowing elections officials to accept mail ballots for up to four business days after Election Day, as long as they are postmarked before polls… Continue reading
Rachel Moran has written this article for the Houston Law Review. Here is the abstract:
In 2016, the U.S. Supreme Court decided Evenwel v. Abbott, a case challenging the use of total population in state legislative apportionment as a violation… Continue reading
Votebeat:
Tucked inside a massive elections bill passed last month by Georgia’s legislature is a provision that requires the state to spend millions of dollars to overhaul the state’s existing voting system, or to purchase a new one before… Continue reading
AP:
Nearly two months after the election, a recount settled the outcome in a Northern California U.S. House primary contest, breaking a mathematically improbable tie for second place but also spotlighting the lengthy stretch it took count the votes.
Most… Continue reading