Adam Unikowsky Obliterates Fifth Circuit Opinion on Mississippi Accepting Ballots Timely Mailed by Election Day That Arrive After Election Day
Worth a read if only to see how absurd Judge Oldham’s opinion is.
Breaking: Supreme Court Will Hear Louisiana Racial Gerrymandering Case, with Implications for Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act
The Court noted probable jurisdiction both the state’s and the LDF’s appeals. The cases are consolidated for argument. It will present another opportunity for the Court to address the “race or party” problem endemic in these racial gerrymandering cases.
“Fraud, lawsuits, chaos: how Trump is preparing to contest the 2024 election”
Sam Levine for The Guardian.
“Republicans bring back fake electors in battlegrounds”
Politico:
Many of the people preparing to cast votes for Donald Trump in the Electoral College in 2024 were involved in his plot to subvert the election in 2020.
Some are even facing criminal charges for it.
Of the 93… Continue reading
“This election night, the media can better explain how results work”
Kevin Johnson and Nick Penniman at The Fulcrum.
“The Ongoing Relevance of Electoral Reform”
A brief Common Ground Democracy post following up on Rick H’s “Hope for Irrelevance By Next Weekend.”
“Iowa can challenge ballots of 2,000 voters on flawed noncitizen list, judge says”
Des Moines Register:
A federal judge has ruled that Iowa poll workers may continue challenging the ballots of more than 2,000 Iowans who are on a flawed list of possible noncitizens, denying a request to order counties to allow those… Continue reading
Global Interest in the Election
Not surprisingly, many people overseas are as anxious about the election as Americans. In the last week, I’ve done media in the UK, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Australia and others. You can’t escape it by running to New Zealand, either.… Continue reading
“Trump tells ABC he expects a winner to be declared election night”
ABC News:
In a phone conversation with ABC News Chief Washington Correspondent Jonathan Karl on Sunday morning, Donald Trump said he has “a substantial lead” and predicted the winner of the election will be known by election night.
Karl asked… Continue reading
My Hope for Irrelevance By Next Weekend
There’s a certain adrenaline rush that comes with working in the area of election law in the period before presidential elections. That’s especially true if, like me, you do a lot of public speaking and media. It’s great to be… Continue reading
“Why Pennsylvania’s unusual voting laws make it ripe for rigged election claims”
Jane Timm for NBC News:
With Pennsylvania expected to be a close and crucial state in the 2024 race for the presidency, it’s unusual election laws are again under the microscope.
First, there’s the counting. The state doesn’t have… Continue reading
NYT: “Trump Tells Supporters He ‘Shouldn’t Have Left’ the White House; Donald J. Trump, who sought to overturn his loss of the 2020 election, also joked that he didn’t mind if reporters were shot.”
NYT:
Former President Donald J. Trump told supporters on Sunday that he “shouldn’t have left” the White House at the end of his term during an end-of-campaign rally where he vented angrily about a spate of new public polls showing… Continue reading
“Canvassers for Elon Musk’s America PAC Were Fired and Stranded in Michigan After Speaking Out”
Wired:
Standing next to her hastily packed suitcase in Michigan’s Macomb County Wednesday night, Tyra Muldrow had a bad feeling in her gut.
“I have this eerie feeling that I need to get the hell up out of there,” says… Continue reading
“How a New Mexico county pulled back from the brink of election chaos”
WaPo:
Sandoval County has overhauled the hand-counting of absentee ballots, reduced its number of ballot drop boxes and curtailed their hours of access. Not only have Brady-Romero and Dominguez, her chief deputy, spent many hours answering questions from a… Continue reading