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Colorado: “Two women arrested in Mesa County ballot fraud scheme were trying to ‘test’ voting signature system: Affidavit”
Denver7: Two women arrested Wednesday for attempting to cast over a dozen fraudulent ballots in Mesa County for the Nov. 5 election were trying to “test” the county’s voting signature verification ...
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I Had Said the PA Fight Over Provisional Ballots Might Return to the Courts. It has, in the Senate Race
After the Supreme Court declined to take on issues concerning rules on provisional ballots in PA, including the independent state legislature claim, I had said this issue might return after the ...
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“Wave of Racist Texts After Election Prompts F.B.I.’s Scrutiny”
The Stagnation, Retrogression, and Potential Pro-Voter Transformation of U.S. Election Law, 134 Yale Law Journal (forthcoming 2025), draft available: https://papers ...
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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 ...
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“Ohioans Reject Redistricting Reform, Protecting GOP Gerrymanders”
Bolts: Ohioans on Tuesday rejected Issue 1, a ballot measure that would have created a new independent redistricting commission and stripped elected politicians of their power to draw congressional ...
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“Arizonans Defeat Three GOP Measures That Would Have Restricted Their Voting Power”
Bolts: Republican lawmakers in Arizona placed a slew of constitutional amendments on the ballot this fall to limit the recourse available to voters to hold politicians and courts accountable and to ...
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Lara Trump Wants “maybe…a blanket federal election process that every state abides by”
Newsweek: Lara Trump, co-chair of the Republican National Committee (RNC) and wife of Donald Trump‘s son Eric, has said that, after her father-in-law’s inauguration, the Republican-controlled ...
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Weissman: “Judge’s Error Casts Shadow Over Trump’s Felony Convictions”
The following is a guest post from Stephen R. Weissman: President-elect Donald Trump is scheduled to be sentenced on November 26 th for 34 New York State felonies. Even if his lawyers are able to ...
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“Republican election denial claims take a hiatus with Trump’s victory”
WaPo: A remarkable thing happened Tuesday night on an “election integrity” discussion page on the social media platform X, as it became clear that former president Donald Trump was headed to a ...
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“Jan. 6 riot defendants celebrate Trump’s election, angle for pardons”
WaPo: Some defendants charged in the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack reacted to Donald Trump’s election victory with elation Wednesday, as their defense lawyers began taking steps to delay trials or ...
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“What to Know About Trump’s New York Criminal Case After the Election”
NYT: The People of the State of New York v. Donald J. Trump was the one criminal case against the former president that actually went to trial. Now that Mr. Trump has reclaimed the presidency, it, too ...
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“In Trump’s Win, G.O.P. Sees Signs of a Game-Changing New Coalition”
NYT: Republicans have sounded alarms for more than a decade about the limits of their overwhelmingly white party. To stay competitive for the White House, strategists warned, they would need to bring ...