Adam Bonica : This investigation was originally developed for The New York Times, where it underwent eight months of editing, multiple rounds of fact-checking, and independent replication of the underlying methodology. The piece had a scheduled publication date when requests Continue reading The post Must-Read Adam Bonica: “Hook and Squeeze: How Democratic consultants, committees, and party…
Caleb Groves for the AJC : Using artificial intelligence to scan public databases, a Princeton University researcher has exploited a known weakness in Georgia’s voting system to identify,with fair certainty, how more than 2,200 people voted in Cherokee and Heard Continue reading The post “Known flaw in Georgia vote system still unfixed. Is your ballot secret? Researcher used AI, public databases…
NYT : The U.S. attorney’s office in Chicago has spent the past year investigating a Democratic fund-raising firm once co-owned by the daughter of the judge in President Trump’s hush-money trial in New York, according to court filings and people Continue reading The post “Prosecutors Examined Firm With Tie to Judge in Trump Hush-Money Trial” appeared first on Election Law Blog .
Josh Putnam: The DNC adopted the rules that will govern the party’s 2028 presidential nomination process at its summer meeting in Austin, TX on Saturday, August 15. Within the report from the Rules and Bylaws Committee (RBC) were the delegate Continue reading The post “DNC reverses course on ranked choice voting rule” appeared first on Election Law Blog .
Release : New York City Council Speaker Julie Menin and civic engagement leaders this week announced the launch of a new Census Taskforce and convened for the group’s inaugural meeting. In early preparation for the 2030 Census, the New York Continue reading The post NYC: “Speaker Julie Menin Announces Launch of New Council-led Census Taskforce” appeared first on Election Law Blog .
Bloomberg Law: The full Sixth Circuit won’t revisit the Justice Department’s failed bid for Michigan’s unredacted voter rolls, though nine Republican appointees signaled some support for the Trump administration’s arguments. Most of the 16 active judges on the right-leaning Cincinnati-based Continue reading The post “Trump’s State Voter Rolls Push Wins Over More Appeals Judges” appeared first on…
ProPublica : Since Trump regained the White House, his administration has launched a series of unprecedented initiatives to find and prosecute voting by noncitizens, which he’s long claimed, without evidence, is rampant. He’s stepped up this push in recent weeks, Continue reading The post “Inside Trump’s Failed Hunt for Noncitizen Voters” appeared first on Election Law Blog .
LAT : California voters are sharply divided over a ballot measure to impose a one-time tax on billionaires to help fund healthcare programs , a proposal already triggering a fierce and expensive political fight as the November election approaches, according Continue reading The post “Californians split on proposed tax on billionaires, sour on voter ID requirement, poll shows” appeared first on…
Bolts : Elsewhere, the GOP has responded to similar circumstances by overhauling state supreme courts—from West Virginia lawmakers removing justices in the last decade to Utah’s legislature expanding their state’s high court this year. In Kansas, GOP lawmakers put a Continue reading The post “A Ballot Measure’s Defeat, and New Judicial Appointments, Foil Kansas Conservatives” appeared first on…
Ruth Greenwood wrote this op-ed about proportional representation for the Boston Globe : Sadly, this reality is a feature, not a bug, when it comes to a single-member district system. A single-member district is an area that elects just one Continue reading The post Gerrymandering won. It’s time to change the rules. appeared first on Election Law Blog .
Nevada Independent: A Clark County judge has tossed out forgery charges against Nevada s six so-called fake electors for the second time, the latest defeat for prosecutors efforts to convict the Republicans behind the effort to overturn Nevada s 2020 election results Continue reading The post Clark County judge dismisses case against Nevada fake electors for second time appeared first on Election…
Steven Hill: Look at the recent results in the Democratic primary for Wisconsin governor. The leading candidates – Francesca Hong and David Crowley – were separated by only 4,000 votes. The moderate Democrat Crowley won with a low plurality of Continue reading The post Steven Hill: Democrats Making a Mistake in Not Using Ranked Choice Voting More in Their Primaries appeared first on Election Law…
KTUU: The State of Alaska is doubling down on its criminal prosecution of nine American Samoan residents in Whittier, opposing a motion to dismiss that argues a landmark U.S. Supreme Court ruling makes them U.S. citizens. The development comes as Continue reading The post Alaska: State continues Whittier voter misconduct prosecutions despite landmark U.S. Supreme Court citizenship ruling appeared…
I wrote yesterday about the Trump v. California application for a stay before the Supreme Court: DOJ does not defend the upcoming rules on the merits, but instead says that the case is not yet ripe because the final rules Continue reading The post Is The Trump Mail-in Balloting Case the Longest the Supreme Court Has Ever Taken to Decide an Emergency Election-Related Motion? (Now Updated) appeared…
Adam Liptak for the NYT: On about 40 mornings each year, the justices take their seats behind the Supreme Court’s majestic mahogany bench to hear oral arguments. Part interrogation of the lawyers before them and part conversation among the justices, Continue reading The post How a Covid-Era Scramble Transformed Supreme Court Arguments appeared first on Election Law Blog .
Zack Beauchamp for Vox: Tom Tiffany, the new Republican nominee for governor in Wisconsin, is not just a passive supporter of President Donald Trump s lies about the 2020 presidential election. He is an active promoter of them. In December 2020, Continue reading The post The election deniers coming to a swing state near you appeared first on Election Law Blog .
Texas Tribune: The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Wednesday restored several pieces of a 2021 Texas election law that overhauled mail-in and assisted voting, overturning a lower court’s block on those provisions. Five years ago, Texas passed Senate Continue reading The post Texas’ mail ballot ID requirements restored by federal appeals court appeared first on Election Law Blog .
From the letter: if defendants believe a stay of that preliminary injunction is warranted, the proper course is to seek a stay in that case and to give those plaintiffs an opportunity to respond. That is especially true in light Continue reading The post The States Respond to DOJ Regarding the Still-Pending SCOTUS Mail-In Ballot Application appeared first on Election Law Blog .
James Valvo and Cindy Crawford : A healthy federal government depends on an ongoing conversation between the branches. But that is not currently happening. When Congress disagrees with the Supreme Court’s statutory interpretations, it tends to offer vitriol instead of Continue reading The post SCOTUS has issued its decisions. Now Congress has the floor. appeared first on Election Law Blog .
Votebeat: Milwaukee election officials spent Tuesday trying to prove they had a better way to count absentee ballots — faster, smoother, and with less reason for anyone to doubt the process. Then, after 15 hours of nearly flawless work, a Continue reading The post An election night error overshadowed Milwaukee’s improvements at processing absentee ballots appeared first on Election Law Blog .
Walter at Cato: So far as I am aware, this is by far the biggest instance of unlawful noncitizen voting in the US unearthed in the past generation, so it may matter that it seems to be widely agreed that Continue reading The post Walter Olson: More on the New Jersey Voter Registration Fiasco appeared first on Election Law Blog .