“Who should count? Details of Missouri GOP redistricting plan could mean big changes”
KC Star:
Who should be counted when Missouri’s 197 legislative districts are redrawn: everyone who lives in the state or only citizens old enough to vote?It’s not a question that’s gotten much attention in the more than a year lawmakers… Continue reading
“Trump allies are handing out cash to black voters”
Politico:
Allies of Donald Trump have begun holding events in black communities where organizers lavish praise on the president as they hand out tens of thousands of dollars to lucky attendees.The first giveaway took place last month in Cleveland,… Continue reading
“Trump’s Digital Advantage Is Freaking Out Democratic Strategists”
Tom Edsall in the NYT:
If you attend an evangelical or a Catholic Church, a women’s rights march or a political rally of any kind, especially in a seriously contested state, the odds are that your cellphone ID number,… Continue reading
“Column: Will the 2020 elections be fair and safe from meddling? Fasten your seat belts, it’s going to be bumpy”
I spoke with the LA Times Patt Morrison about my upcoming book, Election Meltdown. There’s both an audio Q and A and an edited transcript.
Crum: Originalism, Colorblindness, and the Fifteenth Amendment
The following is the third in a series of guest posts by Travis Crum on the 150th anniversary of the 15th amendment:
Any project to revive
a constitutional provision must confront originalism’s hold on today’s Court. Originalist
arguments play a… Continue reading
“Panel of federal judges asks tough questions about Amendment 4 and felon voting”
Miami Herald:
Three federal judges hearing a legal challenge to a Florida measure allowing felons to vote asked tough questions of the attorney for Gov. Ron DeSantis on Tuesday, repeatedly asking about the fairness of a subsequent bill that levied… Continue reading
Michigan: “Benson, Detroit clerk press for early processing of absentee ballots”
Detroit News:
Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson is advocating for legislative changes that will allow local clerks to process an anticipated uptick in absentee voter ballots ahead of the first statewide election since new laws went into effect,… Continue reading
“TikTok Gets Political, Raising Concerns About Misinformation”
On Pod Save the People Podcast with DeRay Talking about Upcoming Election Meltdown Book
“Injunction upheld in campaign case; panel says Arkansas law likely unconstitutional”
Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (via How Appealing):
A panel of federal appellate judges agreed Monday that a campaign contribution blackout law that has been in place in Arkansas since 1996 is probably unconstitutional.
The panel upheld a preliminary injunction that… Continue reading
“Opinion: Kentucky photo ID bill needs more work and should take effect after 2020 election”
Josh Douglas Courier-Journal oped.
Crum: The Voting Rights Act of 1869
The following is the second in a series of guest posts by Travis Crum on the 150th anniversary of the 15th amendment:
In celebrating the
Fifteenth Amendment’s sesquicentennial, let’s start at the beginning and ask a
deceptively complicated question: Why… Continue reading
“Election Officials To Convene Amid Historic Focus On Voting And Interference”
NPR:
Still, the push to tighten election security and boost public confidence has been complicated by Trump’s downplaying of the foreign threat and his repeated claims, without evidence, that voter fraud is rampant.Former Secretary of Homeland Security Michael Chertoff… Continue reading