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There’s an online option for this conference by Catawba College’s Center for North Carolina Politics & Public Service and the Task Force for American Democracy, to be held on Monday, September 28.

I am pleased to welcome to ELB Book Corner Rory Riley Topping and Josh Rultenberg, authors of Draw the Line in Ohio: How One State’s Fight for Fair Maps Explains Gerrymandering in America (ELB readers can use this link… Continue reading The post ELB Book…

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Here’s an excerpt from Derek’s essay: The certification of election results should be a sleepy thing.

Reuters with a comprehensive report: ‘Two months before Americans vote in midterm elections that could reshape the balance of power in Washington, local and stateofficials across the country are rehearsing for a crisis that once seemed unthinkable: ‘What…

The Wisconsin Supreme Court will be hearing arguments tomorrow in two congressional redistricting cases, one alleging separation-of-powers and partisan-gerrymandering violations, the other raising an anticompetitive gerrymandering claim.

Bolts with a lengthy story on this saga.

The September 2026 issue of the ABA’s Human Rights magazine has an impressive Table of Contents, with pieces from prominent contributors, including Wisconsin Law dean Dan Tokaji.

Ruth Marcus in the New Yorker: ‘With three bland, technocratic sentences, the Supreme Court saved the midterm elections. … ‘Fuelled in part by the pandemic, mail-in voting has evolved from exception to norm, much to the displeasure of… Continue reading The

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Washington Post: Campaign behavior in Arizona ‘has escalated long-standing Republican suspicions that Libertarian candidates in hot congressional races are being propped up by Democrats aiming to siphon off conservative votes.

Steve Vladeck on learning three things from yesterday’s opinions: First, about the majority: ‘[M]y own read of the cryptic order is that five other justices [besides Kavanaugh] publicly signaled that they do not believe the government will ultimately succ…

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Q & A: On Monday, the Supreme Court rejected the Trump administration’s last-ditch effort to upend mail-in voting during this year’s midterm elections.

I am pleased to welcome to ELB Book Corner Rory Riley Topping and Josh Rultenberg, authors of Draw the Line in Ohio: How One State’s Fight for Fair Maps Explains Gerrymandering in America (ELB readers can use this link… Continue reading The post ELB Book…

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Last night’s decision came out, which include with the line from the majority, “The Governmentis unlikely to succeed on the merits of its challenge.”

Lead story, Trump’s Effort to Assert Control Over Elections Continues, Despite Court Loss: ‘he stymied attempt to have the U.S.

I have written this piece for Slate.

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Former elections official accuses Missouri secretary of state of altering results, misleading judge, by the Missouri Independent: ‘A former top elections official is accusing Missouri Secretary of State Denny Hoskins of changing local election results, tr…

You can find the ruling at this link.

The brief is so weak I wonder if the government knows it is playing a losing hand and not really trying.

AP reports: ‘Democratic state parties announced Monday that they are launching an operation for the midterm elections they’re calling the “New Battlefield Project,” intended to recruit 10,000 volunteers to guard polling places in case armed federal office…

I am pleased to welcome to ELB Book Corner Rory Riley Topping and Josh Rultenberg, authors of Draw the Line in Ohio: How One State’s Fight for Fair Maps Explains Gerrymandering in America (ELB readers can use this link… Continue reading The post ELB Book…

As I mentioned in an earlier post, I’m co-teaching with former YLS Dean Robert Post a class on potential issues concerning the 2026 elections.

At NYU’s Democracy Project series on election-related issues, my colleague Sam Issacharoff has this piece today.

Wall Street Journal: ‘The new GOP-backed map split metro Kansas City into thirds to weaken Cleaver’s support—and gives Republicans an advantage in seven of the state’s eight House districts.

David French in the NY Times recapping the recent Missouri roller coaster ride: ‘It’s only September, and America just barely averted the first constitutional crisis of this year’s midterm elections. … ‘Complicating the picture further, the state’s primary

Washington Post with a wide-angle lens on the current election-related litigation, quoting many election law scholars: ‘The barrage of high-stakes election cases hitting the nation’s highest court is above historical norms, especially for a midterm electi…

Wall Street Journal provides an overview of the current situation: “William Hensley, a former Postal Service official familiar with election mail, said he was concerned about rushing out significant extra duties for postal workers handling business mail.”

Nicholas Riccardi with the Associated Press: A federal judge late Sunday ordered that the U.S.

WaPo: In 2022, one of the greatest threats to elections came from activists like the armed men and women looming neardrop boxes and questioning America’s voting procedures.

AP: Security researchers say rapid advances in artificial intelligence are making it more critical to address a flaw in Georgia’s voting equipment that can allow voters to be matched to their ballots after they have been cast.

Marty Lederman: So what does the Solicitor General have to say about all of these profound harms in his Supreme Court reply brief?

Texas Tribune: The Texas Supreme Court on Friday prohibited Galveston County from using new voting boundaries for the November general election, ruling county leaders improperly redrew district lines after the primaries.

Tierney Sneed and Jeremy Herb at CNN have this deep dive with a lot of detail about what’s happening at the county level with respect to election administration this fall.

Jim Rutenberg and Maggie Haberman in the NYT: The Justice Department has sent F.B.I. agents to reporters’ homes to serve subpoenas and, in at least one case, flashed a warrant to seize devices.

Bolts: In December 2022, the North Carolina Supreme Court delivered two key wins for voting rights advocates, striking down a voter ID bill as racially discriminatory and blocking a congressional gerrymander designed to hand most of the state’s seats… Con…

NBC News: Democrats and progressive groups are urging voters to cast their ballots as early as possible — and increasingly, in person — amid concerns that President Donald Trump’s intervention and postal delays could disrupt the mail voting process this……

MS NOW: A Russian disinformation campaign is targeting the midterms, and specifically Democrats, in what seems to be the first attempt by the Kremlin-backed operation to meddle in this year’s elections.

On September 3 a USPS official in sworn declaration “anticipated” that the “portal” for uploading state voter lists would be ready for “voluntary” use “sometime” this week.

LAT: Federal authorities arrested a Victorville man on Thursday, charging him and two others with paying people on Skid Row to sign petitions using the stolen identities of registered voters.

Quinta Jurecic at The Atlantic: Donald Trump hates mail-in voting.

The following is a guest post from historian Michael L.

NBC News: Indiana’s Supreme Court on Thursday ruled after a months-long recount that a Republican incumbent state senator narrowly defeated his Trump-backed challenger in the GOP primary for the state Senate seat.

I am pleased to welcome Franita Tolson to the ELB Book Corner writing about her new book, In Congress We Trust?