1. Surprised? Florida’s recount is a dumpster fire of flawed election laws, right-wing conspiracy theories, baseless “fraud” charges, and inept ballot design Florida’s Senate and governor races are all too close to call and undergoing a...
*|FNAME|*, if you see a problem on Election Day, report it! If you go to the polls tomorrow and experience or witness anything that seems wrong — voter intimidation, voting machine problems, extreme delays, voters being turned away — report it to Election Protection:...
1. The real threats to election integrity have nothing to do with Voter ID Three recent stories point to the alarming vulnerability of our election systems to attack. First, the New York Times Magazine has an in-depth feature on "The Crisis of Election...
1. Georgia’s Brian Kemp has a stunningly bad record on voting rights Georgia Secretary of State and would-be Governor Brian Kemp has not only embraced Donald Trump’s political agenda, but also his open hostility to voting rights. As the highest elections...
Quick editor’s note: I’m on the road this week, so apologies for the late delivery of this edition. Given limited availability, there will be no roundup in this issue — just the usual breakdown of top headlines. More in-depth coverage will return next...
When Justice Anthony Kennedy announced his retirement on June 27th, many of us looked at it as a big blow for hopes for the Supreme Court to help reign in partisan gerrymandering. Over the last few years, there had been much speculation about how Justice Kennedy might...
Blue wave, schmoo wave: Will young voters show up this fall? When it comes to elections, there’s a reliable trend: old people vote; young people, not so much. Young people have lowest voter participation rate of any age group. In 2016, only 46% of Americans...
Time served, but still not free When an American has been convicted of a felony, goes to jail, serves his or her time, then is released, the general principle is that they’ve paid their debt to society and have a new chance at a better life. A criminal record...
