“Trump campaign says it will deploy thousands of election workers to monitor poll sites”
POLITICO:
Former President Donald Trump’s political operation said Thursday that it plans to deploy more than 100,000 attorneys and volunteers across battleground states to monitor — and potentially challenge — vote counting in November.
The initiative — which the… Continue reading
More tentative thoughts on the NJ case
Nick, following up on my initial post on this important new case, adds his own helpful analysis. My views continue to be very preliminary and tentative (unlike Nick, I had no prior involvement in this case until reading the… Continue reading
“Partisan election officials don’t advantage their own party”
John Sides in Good Authority discusses a new paper that uses statistical analysis to show that “nonpartisan election administration may be the norm.” John add his own note of caution to the paper’s disclaimer against over-reading the implications of their… Continue reading
FEC, in divided vote, permits GOP to spend legal funds on ads
In this proceeding (MUR #8071), the Commissioners have released statements explaining their reasons for their votes:
04/11/2024 Chairman Sean J. Cooksey 04/11/2024 Vice Chair Ellen L. Weintraub and Commissioner Shana M. Broussard 04/10/2024 Commissioners Allen J. Dickerson and James … Continue reading
“Hasen to receive Peck Senior Medal from Wabash College”
Rick H is delivering the Peck Lecture, “How Can We Safeguard American Democracy?” at 5 p.m. this afternoon. With Rick P’s Dunwody lecture tomorrow, it’s a very big week for our two Ricks in election law! Many congratulation to them… Continue reading
The End of New Jersey’s County Line
Ned already provided some commentary about yesterday’s Third Circuit decision affirming the district court’s preliminary injunction against New Jersey’s distortive county line system for primary election ballots. I want to add a few more points. (Full disclosure: Harvard Law School’s… Continue reading
“Changing the Rules in Order to Win”
Common Ground Democracy commentary on the recent developments in Nebraska and why it demonstrates the need for changing the way we elect the president.
“Nevada Secretary of State announces ‘no evidence of widespread voter fraud’ after review of 2020-2024”
“Back into the FIRE: Hasen’s response to FIRE and Rohde: Don’t read the press clause out of the Constitution — First Amendment News 420”
I have written this reply, as Ron Collins explains:
It all started when I noticed an SSRN post of a forthcoming essay by Richard Hasen. In it, the UCLA School of Law professor took exception to some of what… Continue reading
Florida’s Dunwody Symposium Starting Today
Ned Foley blogged yesterday about The Dunwody Symposium which starts today at the University of Florida. For those of you who prefer visual information rather than text, here are the full details, starting with Ned himself this am, along with… Continue reading
“Federal appeals court upholds order barring county-line ballots” [updated]
New Jersey Monitor reports. Also the New Jersey Globe. And NorthJersey.com
(If I have any comments on the opinion that I think worth blogging, I will update this post accordingly.)
UPDATE: Having read the opinion, I think the cases raises… Continue reading
“Court takes up push from GOP faction to keep ‘traitors’ from ballot”
Greg Bluestein in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution with more evidence that currently we really have three political parties that don’t fit easily into our existing two-party electoral system. (The solution is the kind of Top Three electoral system I’ve been advocating… Continue reading
Dunwody Distinguished Lecture in Law
On Friday (April 19), Rick Pildes is delivering the Dunwody Lecture, sponsored by the Florida Law Review. His topic is “Combatting Political Extremism,” something I’ve been very fortunate to work with him (among others) on over the last few… Continue reading
