Election Law Blog3h
“Fact check: 12 election lies Trump is using to set the stage to dispute a potential 2024 defeat”
The Stagnation, Retrogression, and Potential Pro-Voter Transformation of U.S. Election Law, 134 Yale Law Journal (forthcoming 2025), draft available: Reckoning with the Undead Irreparable Injury Rule ...
Election Law Blog3h
“Pennsylvania Republicans Lag Democrats in Early Mail Ballot Requests”
NYT: In the past two election cycles, Republicans have been far less eager to vote by mail than Democrats — and their candidates have suffered because of it. This year, Republicans made Pennsylvania ...
Election Law Blog39m
“Despite federal court ruling, Arizona has power to ensure counties certify election results”
Votebeat: A federal judge has blocked an Arizona rule aimed at enforcing timely finalizing of election results, ruling that the state can’t simply exclude a county’s results if local officials there ...
Election Law Blog4h
“AI Could Still Wreck the Presidential Election”
Nathan Sanders and Bruce Schneir in The Atlantic.
Election Law Blog5h
“Democrats sue to block new Georgia rule requiring hand-count of Election Day ballots”
CNN: Democrats sued Georgia’s State Election Board on Monday over a new rule that requires counties to hand-count the number of ballots cast at polling places on Election Day, arguing it will allow ...
Election Law Blog8h
“Advocacy groups urge Congress to commit to certifying election results”
WaPo: A broad coalition of advocacy groups called on every member of Congress to commit to certifying the results of the presidential election on Jan. 6, 2025, warning lawmakers in a letter sent ...
Election Law Blog1d
Ninth Circuit tosses part of Arizona voter registration election case in broad standing decision, citing FDA v. AHM
In June, I noted that the Supreme Court’s decision in FDA v. AHM might result in an uptick in election law cases where plaintiffs would lose cases for lack of standing for plaintiffs who claimed a ...
Election Law Blog1d
“Trump Allies Bombard the Courts, Setting Stage for Post-Election Fight”
NYT: Republicans have unleashed a flurry of lawsuits challenging voting rules and practices ahead of the November elections, setting the stage for what could be a far larger and more contentious legal ...
Election Law Blog1d
Trump, Once Again Lying, Back to Blaming Cities with Large Minority Populations–Atlanta, Detroit, and Philadelphia–for Cheating in Elections
Trump on elections: I’m here because they cheat.. they cheat in this state and I’ll mention a couple of the areas. Philadelphia is out of control. Detroit is out of control. Atlanta is out of control.
Election Law Blog1d
“Conservative Christians were skeptical of mail-in ballots. Now they are gathering them in churches”
AP: With Election Day just a few weeks away, longtime church members Lucky Hartunian and Janie Booth sat outside the Revival Christian Fellowship’s sanctuary in Menifee, California, inviting ...
Election Law Blog2d
“Misinformation spreads after 750k names removed from NC voter rolls. Here are the facts.”
Muller, Election Subversion and the Writ of Mandamus, William & Mary Law Review (forthcoming) Spencer Overton, Power to Regulate Social Media Companies to Prevent Voter Suppression. GWU Legal Studies ...
Election Law Blog2d
“ACLU asks U.S. Supreme Court to take up challenge to Pennsylvania’s mail ballot dating rule”
Votebeat: The American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to decide whether requiring voters to date their mail ballot return envelopes violates federal law. The ...