Watched Archived Video of SDP Webinar, Combatting False Election Information: Lessons from 2024 and a Look to the Future
Fascinating discussion with Alice Marwick, Kate Starbird, and Josh Tucker. Watch:
“Judge dismisses election security case but voices ‘concerns’ about Georgia’s voting computers”
AJC:
A federal judge has dismissed an epic court case challenging Georgia’s touchscreen voting system, ending the seven-year lawsuit that uncovered election security vulnerabilities and a breach in Coffee County.
U.S. District Judge Amy Totenberg closed the case Monday… Continue reading
“Nearly 60 bipartisan election officials express their opposition to the SAVE Act”
Issue One:
Nearly 60 bipartisan election officials from across the country are expressing their opposition to the SAVE Act (H.R. 22, S. 128) — federal legislation expected to be voted on in the House of Representatives this week that would… Continue reading
Musk’s PAC Appears to Be Offering People $20 to Take Photo with Supreme Court Candidate Brad Schimel (This Does Not Appear Illegal, and Looks More Like Paying People to Sign Petition Gimmick)
Someone just sent me this screenshot:
This does not pay people to vote, but looks more like the effort to gin up turnout and collect names by sloshing around some money.
Voting Rights Groups Sue Over Trump’s Election EO
Read the complaint.
This is separate from the complaint filed by Democrats.
Michael Rosin: “Professor Tribe Is Mistaken – Donald Trump Cannot Be Elected Vice President”
A guest post from Michael Rosin, drawn from “Why Did the Framers of Section 3 of the Twentieth Amendment Employ the Term Failed to Qualify?” (forthcoming in South Texas Law Review) and from material in a longer manuscript on… Continue reading
“Republicans double down on voter ID — even though it may not help them”
Ben Ginsberg: “Echoes of Gore’s Florida recount in Griffin’s attempt to toss ballots”
Ben Ginsberg in the Carolina Journal:
Jefferson Griffin’s attempts to invalidate 60,000 North Carolina voters bear haunting parallels to what Al Gore supporters tried to do late in the 2000 Florida recount to take away George W. Bush’s victory. I… Continue reading
“Democrats sue Trump administration over elections executive order”
WaPo:
Several Democratic groups — including the Democratic National Committee — along with Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer (D-New York) and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-New York) on Monday sued the Trump administration over President Donald Trump’s executive … Continue reading
“The Strategy Behind Trump’s Repeated Musings About a Third Term”
NYT:
President Trump cannot run for a third term as president, barring changes to the Constitution. But that has not stopped him from openly flirting with the idea.
He has floated it publicly and privately, and on Sunday, he said… Continue reading
Universal injunctions and election law
The conversation about “nationwide injunctions” has been about, well, nationwide injunctions in the federal courts, often targeting presidential action. But back in 2024, Professor Sam Bray rightly notes that the same concerns have arisen with respect to statewide injunctions in… Continue reading
April 10 Safeguarding Democracy Project Webinar: “Partisan Primaries, Polarization, and the Risks of Extremism”
Join us for the final SDP webinar of the spring semester, April 10 at 12:15 pm PT (free registration required):
Thursday, April 10
Partisan Primaries, Polarization, and the Risks of Extremism
Register for the webinar here.Thursday, April… Continue reading
Michael Rosin: “In VRA1970 Congress Intended Election Day to Be a Floor, Not a Ceiling, for Receipt of Mail In Ballots”
The following is a guest post from Michael Rosin:
Rick Hasen recently criticized Trump’s March 25 Executive Order for attempting to end the counting of mail in ballots received after election day. He noted that “the EO would try… Continue reading
Trump’s Voting Executive Order and Section 2 of the VRA
Hi everyone. Travis Crum here. Long-time guest blogger. Newly minted contributor. Looking forward to participating in the conversation more. Thanks to Rick for having me.
Last week, President Trump issued an Executive Order that risks disenfranchising countless… Continue reading