Looking forward to this conversation:
By the People, For the People: Conversations on Safeguarding Democracy – Tickets Required
Town and Gown
Sunday, Apr 21
1:30 PM – 2:30 PM
Event Description
Sometimes it’s hard to tell if it’s normal for… Continue reading
As we get closer to the end of the spring semester and into the summer, ELB contributors will be taking one or two week stints as ELB primary bloggers. This gives me a chance to get a bit of a… Continue reading
Al.com:
Alabama Secretary of State Wes Allen has notified the state and national Democratic parties that the scheduled date of the Democratic National Convention is a few days after the deadline for the party to put its nominees for president… Continue reading
Press Enterprise:
On or before the March 5 primary, 104 voters in Orange, Riverside and San Bernardino counties mailed their ballots.
Legally, those ballots should have been counted, barring a problem like a ballot envelope signature not matching… Continue reading
NYT:
Two right-wing political operatives who used a robocall campaign to try to discourage Black New Yorkers from voting in the 2020 election will pay up to $1.25 million for their actions, the New York State attorney general’s office announced … Continue reading
Zachary Roth:
As the Republican National Committee ramps up plans to monitor the polls for illegal voting this fall, the national party is increasingly working with a loose network of anti-fraud extremists who have been found to routinely spread… Continue reading
Honored to be speaking next week:
50th Anniversary
David W. Peck Lecture & Dinner
April 18, 2024
Senior Peck Medal Recipient and Lecturer
Professor Richard Hasen
UCLA Law School
“How Can We Safeguard American Democracy?”
Americans are up in arms… Continue reading
Politico:
Donald Trump’s effort to assemble false slates of presidential electors in 2020 may wind up shielding special counsel Jack Smith’s case from a Supreme Court ruling that could sharply narrow the obstruction law at the heart of the indictment… Continue reading
Jane Timm for NBC News:
Election officials across the country are leaving their jobs at the highest rates in decades, according to new research shared first with NBC News, putting thousands of new officials in place to oversee a tense… Continue reading
CNN:
A New York-based campaign official for Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is pitching Republican voters to support his independent presidential bid by arguing that Kennedy will help Donald Trump defeat Joe Biden if he’s on the ballot in New York.
Rita Palma, the… Continue reading