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. Voter suppression might be decisive in key races in Tuesday’s election Ari Berman breaks down the real possibility of voter disenfranchisement deciding key races for Governor and the control of the U.S. Congress in the New York Times. Jelani Cobb surveys...
1. Georgia gets shadier by the day It was always a problem that the Republican candidate for Governor of Georgia, Brian Kemp is also the current Secretary of State, which means he manages elections. That conflict of interest is compounded with the fact that he had a...
1. Michigan is a gerrymandered mess. But maybe not for long. When it comes to discussing heavily gerrymandered states, I’ve often pointed to Wisconsin, Ohio, Pennsylvania, or North Carolina. But Michigan sucks, too. Until I dug into the numbers this week, I...
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...
Donald Trump claimed, without evidence, that more than three million noncitizens voted against him in 2016. Likewise, Republicans across the country use fears of “voter fraud” — especially the alleged threat of noncitizens voting — to justify a wide range...
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...
Today, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled 5-4 in favor of the state of Ohio in Husted v. A. Philip Randolph Institute. The decision focused on Ohio’s practice of purging voters from the eligible voter list if they didn’t vote for two years and if they didn’t respond to a...
Gerrymandering distorts the democratic process, skewing election outcomes in ways that don’t fairly reflect the electorate. In many states like Ohio, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, and North Carolina, partisan gerrymandering has grossly distorted state and...
