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“Trump is trying to build a massive voter database. Election officials are afraid of what he’ll do with it”

CNN: The Trump administration is intensifying its campaign against alleged voter fraud, taking new steps toward building a national citizen database and ramping up its...

“Supreme Court clears path for Trump’s DOJ to dismiss criminal case against Steve Bannon”

CNN: The Supreme Court on Monday cleared the way for President Donald Trump’s administration to drop the government’s criminal case against Steve Bannon, a...

“Democratic Resilience and the Supreme Court’s Democracy Problem”

Lisa Grow and Doug Spencer have posted this draft on SSRN (forthcoming, Utah Law Review). Here is the abstract: The Constitution creates a democracy...

“2 Republican election officials say Trump’s mail-in voting order will be overturned”

Politico: Current and former Republican election officials said Sunday they anticipate President Donald Trump’s executive order aiming to limit mail-in voting will be overturned. Speaking...

California: “Exclusive Bianco interview says no fraud but questions ballot systems”

Palm Beach Desert Sun: Riverside County Sheriff and gubernatorial candidate Chad Bianco says he does not believe election fraud was committed in the special election that redrew...

John Fortier on SCOTUS Watson Case: “Mail Voting Deadlines Come to the Supreme Court”

New report from John at AEI. From the conclusion: In the straightforward case of a ballot mailed with a pre–Election Day postmark that arrives...

“How a House win in Nebraska could cost Democrats the presidency”

Politico: One of Democrats’ best House pickup opportunities this fall could end up endangering their 2028 presidential odds. Democrats are optimistic that they can finally...

Virginia: “Poll shows mixed signs for Democratic push to gain seats in Congress”

WaPo: A slim majority of Virginia voters favors a redistricting measure to give Democrats as many as four extra seats in Congress this November,...

National Review: “Trump Has No Authority to Federalize Elections”

NR Editorial: The president has no constitutional authority to do this. Congress enjoys a good deal of power over federally delivered mail. Congress has power as well to...

“Georgia Lawmakers End Session Without Fixing a Threat to Its Midterm Elections”

NYT: Georgia’s election system is flirting with disarray, experts say, after the State Senate failed overnight to push back a deadline that requires Georgia...

“Wealthy Donors Are Hiding Political Money in Secretive Nonprofits”

Across America, there has been a remarkable shift in the type of people who fund politics. The biggest thing is that they often aren’t...

How Pushing Money Away from Political Parties to Outside Groups Weakens Democracy

In 2020, I published an article with Mike Norton in the peer-reviewed Election Law Journal titled How Outside Money Makes Governing More Difficult....

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