Derek Muller joins “Law & Democracy” podcast
Derek reflects on this year’s election and its implications for election law. Available on Apple Podcasts and YouTube.
“Losing GOP candidate for NC Supreme Court challenges 60,000 ballots as recount starts”
News&Observer: Jefferson Griffin, the Republican candidate for North Carolina Supreme Court, requests a recount where he trails by 625 votes while also filing “a series of election protests on Tuesday challenging the validity of over 60,000 ballots cast across… Continue reading
“Ranked choice voting and open primaries retained in Alaska after final ballot count”
An update on the Alaska ballot initiative from the Anchorage Daily News. The total ballot count in the end was 340,510. The repeal effort appears to have failed by 664 votes.
“A coalition of left-leaning and moderate legislators in the… Continue reading
“Mandate? Fuller election results increasingly show GOP gains were small.”
Aaron Blake (Washington Post) argues that more information about the 2024 Election adds nuance to the overall picture.
“[A] more holistic look — at races not just for president and the Senate but also for the House and… Continue reading
“Republicans in North Carolina pass sweeping changes to consolidate power”
Washington Post. North Carolina Republicans are back at it! The North Carolina legislature (controlled by Republicans) is seeking “last-minute inclusions” in a hurricane relief bill that “will strip the incoming Democratic governor and attorney general of significant authority before… Continue reading
“Reckoning with Our Rights: The Evolution of Voter Access in California, Part II”
“Californians turn down minimum-wage increase”
Politico
“The defeat of an initiative to raise the minimum wage to $18 an hour makes California the first state to reject a statewide minimum-wage increase at the ballot in almost 30 years, an outcome likely to reverberate across organized… Continue reading
“Nearly 40% of young Americans get their news from influencers. Many of them lean to the right, study finds”
CNN: A new PEW study of 10,658 Americans finds one-fifth of US adults ‘regularly’ receive their news from online ‘news influencers.’ But 37% of young adults aged 18 to 29 do. “A clear majority of news influencers are men… Continue reading
“Ranked choice voting repeal now trailing by 45 votes ahead of final Alaska ballot count and tabulation Wednesday”
From the Anchorage Daily News. Approximately 5,800 ballots remain to be counted.
“DNC layoffs with no severance leave staffers scrambling, union says”
Washington Post has this intriguing story. DNC layoffs appear to go beyond the normal cycle of scaling back the political organization after an election. The article reports: “Those laid off included people who had been with the organization for 40… Continue reading
Election Update: House of Representatives might be at 217(R)-215(D)
Given the new vote tallies in the five outstanding races, Politico estimates that the House will be down to a very narrow margin after cabinet appointments. From the morning feed:
“GOP Rep. JOHN DUARTE’s lead dwindled yesterday while fellow Republican… Continue reading
“Gov. Josh Shapiro defends Sen. Bob Casey’s recount choice and points to Dave McCormick’s own failed recount”
The Philadelphia Inquirer reports that the costs of accuracy in the vote are causing political fallout. Governor Shapiro reiterates that PA law provides for an automatic recount where the margin is below 0.5% in statewide races and that McCormick himself… Continue reading
New Paper–“An Internet Voting System Fatally Flawed in Creative New Ways”
Andrew W. Appel (Princeton, Computer Science) and Philip B. Stark (UC Berkeley, Statistics) have a new paper cautioning about a new software designed to accelerate the count for overseas votes by relying on the internet.
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Call for Papers: Democracy Works-in-Progress Conference, April 10-11, 2025
The Michigan State University College of Law will be hosting a Democracy Works-in-Progress Conference on April 10-11, 2025.
For purposes of the conference, “democracy” is broadly defined. The organizers hope to draw those who write and research in areas that fall under… Continue reading