“Meet the Faces of Democracy”

June 29, 2025, 11:44 amelection administration, election law biz, election subversion riskJustin Levitt

Issue One has a new interview with former Georgia State Election Board member Edward Lindsey. I raise it up mostly to highlight the exceptional set of interviews they’re amassing. As they put it: “More than 10,000 officials across the country… Continue reading

“Republicans push for election skeptics to oversee Atlanta-area voting”

June 28, 2025, 5:58 pmelection administration, election subversion risk, The Voting WarsThe Big LieJustin Levitt

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution covers a distressingly familiar fight that’s now hit the courts: The Democrat-controlled Fulton County Commission in May voted along party lines to reject the GOP’s nominees. That led the Georgia Republican Party to sue earlier this month… Continue reading

“Running a low-turnout Georgia runoff election could cost $100 per vote”

June 24, 2025, 1:23 pmalternative voting systems, election administrationelection budgets, runoff electionsJustin Levitt

The AP’s lede: Miller County Election Supervisor Jerry Calhoun says he’s not sure anyone will vote in an upcoming Democratic primary runoff. After all, the southwest Georgia county only recorded one vote in the June 17 Democratic primary for… Continue reading

ELB Book Corner: Ciara Torres-Spelliscy: “The Naked 2020 Elections”

June 18, 2025, 6:00 amELB Book CornerRick Hasen

I am pleased to welcome Ciara Torres-Spelliscy to the ELB Book Corner, writing about her new book Corporatocracy. This is the third of four posts: Because of the “Big Lie,” most Republicans to this day think the… Continue reading

New Report on Election Security from Brennan Center

June 18, 2025, 5:28 amelection administrationTabatha Abu El-Haj

The Brennan Center has published Election Certification: How to Strengthen State Frameworks by Lauren Miller Karalunas. The report explains the shift since 2020 in the ways some officials have turned a mandatory formality at the end of vote-counting into… Continue reading

ELB Book Corner: Ciara Torres-Spelliscy: “The Musical Influences on Elections”

June 17, 2025, 6:00 amELB Book CornerRick Hasen

I am pleased to welcome Ciara Torres-Spelliscy to the ELB Book Corner, writing about her new book Corporatocracy. This is the second of four posts: My new book Corporatocracy gave me a chance to look at events in recent… Continue reading

Georgia county Republicans have standing to challenge primary ballot rules that “forced” them to associated with unwanted candidates, Eleventh Circuit holds

June 12, 2025, 4:51 pmballot accessDerek Muller

The decision in the Eleventh Circuit is an unpublished per curiam opinion, but a reversal of the trial court–something of a rare combination of events, in my view. The summary of Catoosa County Republican Party v. Catoosa County Board of … Continue reading

Georgia Supreme Court on the Elections Clause after Moore v. Harper

June 10, 2025, 12:57 pmElections ClauseDerek Muller

Rick H. linked to the story earlier, but one specific holding from today’s decision in RNC v. EVA: The Defendant-Intervenors and the State (collectively, the “Appellants”) argue that the trial court erred in concluding that the SEB rules violated… Continue reading

“Georgia high court rejects election board’s rules for hand counts and inquiries”

June 10, 2025, 7:16 amelection administration, election subversion riskRick Hasen

AJC: The State Election Board exceeded its authority by passing new voting rules last year, the Georgia Supreme Court unanimously ruled Tuesday, limiting the Republican-led board’s power. The 96-page decision upholds a lower court decision last year that invalidated… Continue reading

Important laches election case from the Georgia Supreme Court

May 29, 2025, 12:50 pmelection subversion risklachesJustin Levitt

In Dean v. Georgia, the state Supreme Court rejected a (bold) claim by a losing candidate in the Georgia Labor Commissioner primary that all other candidates in both Democratic and Republican primaries lacked the proper qualifications. The dismissal was… Continue reading

“Mayor, two other former local officials indicted in south Georgia for election interference in municipal races last year”

May 29, 2025, 12:44 pmchicanery, election administration, residencycriminalization of politics, disqualification, Election InterferenceJustin Levitt

On the same day as the 2024 general election (which was run by the county), municipal elections were scheduled in Camilla, Georgia. There was a firestorm with notable racial overtones about the eligibility of a former city councilmember, who had … Continue reading

“The weighty lesson from Arizona’s ‘fake electors’ stumble”

May 23, 2025, 6:52 amelectoral collegeDerek Muller

Jason Willick in the Washington Post: After the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot, Donald Trump’s opponents had a dilemma. The president’s behavior had been egregious, but the Senate acquitted him in an impeachment trial. He had to be criminally… Continue reading

“Elon Musk’s pro-Trump PAC failed to pay swing state petition signers, new suit alleges”

May 16, 2025, 12:35 pmcampaigns, chicaneryRick Hasen

CNBC: Elon Musk’s America PAC didn’t keep its promise to pay swing state voters who signed a pro-Trump petition ahead of the 2024 election, and who enlisted others to do the same, a new lawsuit alleges. The case, a proposed… Continue reading

“The Slippery Slope of Political Iconography”

April 22, 2025, 7:10 amUncategorizedTravis Crum

NYT: Earlier this month Brendan Carr, the chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, decided to swap out his usual American flag lapel pin. Instead of the stars and stripes, he pinned a gold medallion in the shape of President… Continue reading