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“A North Carolina Supreme Court Candidate’s Bid to Overturn His Loss Is Based on Theory Election Deniers Deemed Extreme”
ProPublica: Months before voters went to the polls in November, a group of election skeptics based in North Carolina gathered on a call and discussed what actions to take if they doubted any of the ...
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“Racial Turnout Gap Grew in Georgia — Again”
Over the past 15 years, the racial turnout gap in the United States has grown dramatically. A good deal of the widening gap — but by no means all of it — can be attributed to restrictive state voting ...
Election Law Blog1d
“A Pro-Trump Group’s Risky Bet on Infrequent Voters Seems to Have Paid Off”
NYT: Heading into the 2024 election, the conservative group Turning Point Action made a risky and expensive bet as it tried to fix Republicans’ early-voting problem: It zeroed in on infrequent voters ...
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Pennsylvania: “Delaware County prosecutors allege paid canvasser tried to register dead people to vote in the 2024 election”
Delaware County prosecutors announced charges Thursday against a Collingdale woman who they say repeatedly tried to submit voter registration forms for dead people and against an elderly man who cast ...
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“Can Trump pull a Nixon?: The new president can help end the outdated Electoral College”
It hasn’t been reported how Donald Trump celebrated his official election this week, but I have an idea how he should mark the occasion. He should take a leaf out of President Richard Nixon’s … ...
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“Justice Thomas Did Not Disclose Additional Trips, Democrats Say”
NYT: Justice Clarence Thomas failed to disclose two additional trips from a billionaire patron than have previously come to light, Senate Democrats revealed on Saturday after conducting a 20-month ...
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“Trump signals plans to use all levers of power against the media”
WaPo: For many years, Donald Trump repeatedly threatened to sue the press but often didn’t follow through. When he did, he almost always lost. But Trump’s recent settlement with ABC News and a cascade ...
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Ninth Circuit, on 2-1 Vote, Holds Unconstitutional Campaign Contribution Limits in Oxnard, California Elections
The majority and dissent agreed to apply the Supreme Court’s Randall framework, but disagree on application. Perhaps the Ninth Circuit will take up this case en banc, as it seems in tension with other ...
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ELB Book Corner: Nick Stephanopoulos: “Aligning Election Law – The Law of Alignment”
I am pleased to welcome Nick Stephanopoulos to the ELB Book Corner, writing about his new book, Aligning Election Law. This ...
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ELB Book Corner: Nick Stephanopoulos: “Aligning Election Law – Aligning (and Misaligning) Institutions”
I am pleased to welcome Nick Stephanopoulos to the ELB Book Corner, writing about his new book, Aligning Election Law. This ...
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“A voting rights battle in a New York City suburb may lead to a national fight”
In Nassau County, voters of color and white voters tend to prefer different candidates. And the number of people identifying as white and not Hispanic has dropped more than 11% over the past decade, ...
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“Trump sues Des Moines Register, top pollster for ‘brazen election interference,’ fraud over Harris poll”
President-elect Donald Trump is suing the Des Moines Register and its top pollster J. Ann Selzer for “brazen election interference” and fraud over its final 2024 presidential poll showing Vice ...