“Democracy Litigation in SCOTUS and the States”
The State Democracy Research Initiative and the Elections Research Center at U. Wisconsin are hosting an all-star panel on July 11: Miriam Seifter facilitating a conversation with Pam Karlan, Derek Muller, Gowri Ramachandran, and Rylee Sommers-Flanagan. You’ll want to save the date for this.
“Streaming: the best films about elections”
The Guardian with a list for your summer evenings.
“If Everyone Voted, Would Biden Benefit? Not Anymore.”
Nate Cohn at The Upshot with evidence supporting the dynamic I’d mentioned a few days ago: incremental restrictions on voting may be disproportionately impacting Trump supporters.
“Partisan gridlock prevents fixes to Pennsylvania’s voting laws as presidential election looms”
I can co-sign the AP’s lede:
Pennsylvania is seeing lots of action targeting gaps in its vote-by-mail laws. The problem is that it’s in the courtroom and not the legislature.
And no, I’m not suggesting that’s a problem of constitutional magnitude.
“Documents detail Republican push to force hand counts in Arizona election”
A Guardian report about the press for hand counts, the product of election denialism that led to criminal charges when supervisors refused to certify results.
I’m old enough to remember when it was the hand counting that was causing the dispute.