Left for Dead, the C.F.P.B. Inches Back to Life
From today’s New York Times: At the headquarters of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, faint shadows above the entrance are all that remain of the letters that once spelled the…
Rural Arizona County Delays Certifying Midterm Votes, Citing False Election Claims
From today’s CNN News: Officials in a rural Arizona county Monday delayed the certification of November’s midterm elections, missing the legal deadline and leading the Arizona secretary of state’s office…
Michigan Officials Detail a Brazen Voting Machine Scheme by Trump Supporters
From today’s New York Times: In early 2021, with the turmoil of a bitterly contested presidential contest still fresh, several election clerks in Michigan received strange phone calls. The person…
How Movement To Undermine Election Results Is Spreading In The U.S.
From today’s The Guardian: Volunteers in Tarrant county, Texas, are manually reviewing more than 300,000 ballots from the state’s 2020 Republican primary election, Votebeat reported last week. There’s no evidence…
Trump Recently Urged Wisconsin Assembly Speaker to Overturn His 2020 Defeat
From today’s New York Times: Donald J. Trump called a top Republican in the State Legislature in Wisconsin in recent days to lobby for a measure that would overturn his…
Supreme Court Revives GOP-Drawn Voting Map in Louisiana
From today’s New York Times: The Supreme Court on Tuesday reinstated a congressional voting map in Louisiana that a federal judge had said diluted the power of Black voters. The…
SF’s DA recalled, LA’s Caruso Advances, Testing Democrats On Crime
From today’s New York Times: Crime, homelessness and Democratic divisions over the issues took center stage Tuesday as a liberal prosecutor in San Francisco was recalled and seven states held…
Federal Judge Blocks Louisiana’s Redrawn Congressional Map
From today’s Politico: Louisiana’s Democratic governor said Monday he will call the Republican-dominated Legislature into special session soon to draw up new congressional district boundaries, now that a federal judge…
Voting Rights Groups Seek Injunction of FL Congressional Redistricting Plan
From today’s Tampa Bay Times: Focusing on a North Florida district that has become a legal and political battleground, voting rights groups and other plaintiffs are seeking a temporary injunction…
Judge Strikes Down Kansas Electoral Map, Finding GOP Lawmakers Intended to Dilute Minority Votes
From today’s Kansas City Star: A Kansas judge on Monday tossed the state’s Republican-drawn congressional map, finding the Legislature intentionally diluted minority votes in a partisan and political gerrymander that…