Election Law Blog23h
“Hovde tells talk radio host he lost, but stops short of conceding to Baldwin”
Breaking a six-day silence after unofficial returns showed him losing to Sen. Tammy Baldwin, whom AP declared the winner of the Wisconsin U.S. Senate race by less than 1 percentage point, Republican ...
Election Law Blog1d
“Jack Smith Plans to Step Down as Special Counsel Before Trump Takes Office”
NYT: Jack Smith, the special counsel who pursued two federal prosecutions of Donald J. Trump, plans to finish his work and resign along with other members of his team before Mr. Trump takes office in ...
Election Law Blog1d
Cleta Mitchell Wants Every Lawyer in the Voting Section (and Likely in the Civil Rights Division) of the Department of Justice to Be Terminated
The Stagnation, Retrogression, and Potential Pro-Voter Transformation of U.S. Election Law, 134 Yale Law Journal (forthcoming 2025), draft available: https://papers ...
Election Law Blog1d
“Injunction Halting Kansas Election Law Reversed on Appeal”
An injunction blocking a Kansas law barring organizations from sending mail ballot applications to voters containing personalized information was reversed by the Tenth Circuit on Tuesday, The court ...
Election Law Blog1d
“Trump Allies Gain Power Over Elections in Arizona’s Largest County”
Bolts: Justin Heap, an Arizona lawmaker who has pushed for severe voting restrictions and whose campaign was led by an indicted 2020 “fake elector” for Donald Trump, has won control of one of the ...
Election Law Blog2d
“Elon Musk’s PAC spent an estimated $200 million to help elect Trump, AP source says”
AP: Elon Musk’s super PAC spent around $200 million to help elect Donald Trump , according to a person familiar with the group’s spending, funding an effort that sets a new standard for how ...
Election Law Blog4d
“Meta’s Threads is ‘overrun’ with liberal election fraud conspiracies”
Over the past several days, Meta’s Threads has become inundated with liberal election fraud conspiracies. The conspiracies range from skepticism about vote tallies in key swing states, to allegations ...
Election Law Blog3d
“Schumer withholds Senate orientation invite from McCormick”
The Stagnation, Retrogression, and Potential Pro-Voter Transformation of U.S. Election Law, 134 Yale Law Journal (forthcoming 2025), draft available: https://papers ...
Election Law Blog8d
Milwaukee Results, Already Not Expected to Be Mostly Complete Until 2-3 am, Will Be Further Delayed Because of Tabulation Issue
States as Bulwarks Against, or Potential Facilitators of, Election Subversion, in Our Nation at Risk: Election Integrity as a ...
Election Law Blog2d
“Republicans inch toward ‘trifecta’ control of House, Senate, White House”
WaPo: Republicans are on the cusp of regaining the House majority for the 119th Congress and securing total control of Washington, days after the party won the presidency and control of the Senate.
Election Law Blog6d
NY State Judge Strikes Down New York State Voting Rights Act as Violating the U.S. Constitution (Now Updated with Link to Opinion)
See here. This will no doubt be appealed to higher courts in NY. Given the federal basis for striking it down, this could potentially make it all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court. UPDATE: Here is a ...
Election Law Blog4d
“Trump Holds Up Transition Process Over Ethics Code”
NYT: President-elect Donald J. Trump has not yet submitted a legally required ethics pledge stating that he will avoid conflicts of interest and other ethical concerns while in office, raising ...