A more optimistic note on Ohio’s handling of the Biden ballot mess (h/t Derek Muller):
‘DeWine told 10TV that he doesn’t think anyone should worry.
“We’ve got some technicalities that are going on, but it’s going to get worked out… Continue reading
The Election Law Clinic at Harvard Law School is hiring a Clinical Instructor: an attorney with at least three years of experience who is ready to train a new generation of election lawyers. The job posting is on the ELC… Continue reading
That’s the headline of this Houston Chronicle article, but the body of the article (which is behind a paywall) notes that there is a disagreement among experts on the point. Because the podcast payments went to a PAC, there’s… Continue reading
Matt Vasilogambros for Stateline:
“This month, Wisconsin joined 27 other states that have banned or restricted local governments’ use of private donations to run cash-strapped election offices, buy voting equipment or hire poll workers for Election Day.
“All of… Continue reading
USA Today:
“The bill’s prospects are uncertain. Secretary of State Frank LaRose said it includes some good ideas, but other parts are entirely unworkable or need significant revision. …
“DeWine spokesman Dan Tierney said it’s important to maintain confidence… Continue reading
N.Y. Times reports. The country shouldn’t be in the position where a sitting governor and potential vice-presidential nominee won’t say that Mike Pence did the right thing by accepting Biden’s valid Electoral College victory, but unfortunately that’s where we are… Continue reading
Jed Handelsman Shugerman in NYT oped:
About a year ago, when Alvin Bragg, the Manhattan district attorney, indicted former President Donald Trump, I was critical of the case and called it an embarrassment. I thought an array of legal problems… Continue reading
N.Y. Times opinion column explaining the prosecution’s overly expansive conceptive of “election fraud”:
“Mr. Bragg has adopted a weak theory of “election interference,” and Justice Juan Merchan described the case, in his summary of it during jury selection, as… Continue reading
N.Y. Times reports on the formation of American Sunlight Project by Nina Jankowicz and Carlos Álvarez-Aranyos:
“The inception of the group, the American Sunlight Project, reflects how divisive the issue of identifying and combating disinformation has become as the 2024… Continue reading
POLITICO reports on new polling that suggests RFK Jr. might pull support from Trump as well as Biden. Although the story doesn’t say so, the key point should be that a well-designed electoral system wouldn’t let a third-party or independent… Continue reading