Election Law Blog12h
“Jeffries Works With N.Y. Democrats to Weaken G.O.P. Control of the House”
NYT: When Albany Democrats began discussing a rewrite of New York’s special election law in recent days, seemingly out of the blue, they framed it publicly as a matter of good governance. But behind ...
Election Law Blog12h
“DOGE’s access to federal data is ‘an absolute nightmare,’ legal experts warn”
Politico: Elon Musk’s headlong rush to take control of crucial federal agencies and functions — and to dismantle some of them virtually overnight — has stoked widespread alarm in Washington about the ...
Election Law Blog1d
“The guy overseeing USAID was identified two years ago as a Jan. 6 participant who entered the Capitol through a broken window.”
Ryan Reilly (full NBC News story) ...
Election Law Blog1d
“Inside Musk’s Aggressive Incursion Into the Federal Government”
NYT: In Elon Musk’s first two weeks in government, his lieutenants gained access to closely held financial and data systems, casting aside career officials who warned that they were defying protocols.
Election Law Blog1d
“Top-Two Runoff Elections (Uniquely) Dominate Plurality Rule”
Nate Atkinson and Ezra Friedman have posted this paper on SSRN. Here’s the abstract: Should states retain plurality rule or adopt a different voting method? We study the class of sequential plurality ...
Election Law Blog4h
Fourth Circuit, in Unpublished Unanimous Order, Won’t Intervene for Now in Dispute Over Winner of North Carolina Supreme Court Election
The basis is federal court abstention, giving the state courts the first chance to work this out. But the court tells the lower federal district court to retain jurisdiction to deal with federal ...
Election Law Blog1d
“REPORT: ERN’s Groundbreaking Report Identifies Partisan Abuses of Ballot Initiatives and Proposes Nonpartisan Solutions”
Release: A groundbreaking new report from the Election Reformers Network (ERN) shows how state legislatures and elected officials have manipulated the ballot initiative process to stymie the will of ...
Election Law Blog1d
Will Mitch McConnell Save America from the SAVE Act?
Votebeat: Lane, one of four congressional staff members on the panel, said the SAVE Act will be a priority for the House this time. He acknowledged a push to consider what a voter identification ...
Election Law Blog1d
February 13 Safeguarding Democracy Project Webinar: “Finding Common Ground on Modernizing Voter Registration”
Very much looking forward to moderating this online event on February 13 at 12:15 pm PT. Free registration required. Christina Adkins, Director of Elections, Texas Secretary of State’s Office, Judd ...
Election Law Blog2d
“Elon Musk’s Team Now Has Access to Treasury’s Payments System”
NYT: Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent gave representatives of the so-called Department of Government Efficiency access to the federal payment system late on Friday, according to five people familiar ...
Election Law Blog4d
“Paramount in Settlement Talks With Trump Over ’60 Minutes’ Lawsuit” (Political Wire: Trump’s Lawsuit Settlements Look a Lot Like Bribery)
NYT: When Donald J. Trump sued CBS for $10 billion days before the 2024 election, accusing the company of deceptively editing a “60 Minutes” interview with Vice President Kamala Harris, many legal ...
Election Law Blog1d
“Arizona officials struggle to straighten out voter rolls after proof-of-citizenship mixup”
Votebeat: Because of a 20-year-old government foul-up, about 200,000 Arizona voters will need to come up with proof of their citizenship soon in order to protect their full voting rights, and they ...