Pew is out with new data on voters’ views about the 2024 electoral process, from a survey out Nov. 12-17 of this year.  As they dryly note, “It’s not unusual in presidential elections for voters who ...
As expected, President-elect Donald Trump has filed a motion in the Georgia Court of Appeals to dismiss the conspiracy prosecution against him in Georgia on the basis that “a sitting president is ...
December 5 (30 days after election day) is the final final day for certifying elections in California. Usually, many California counties have certified before today. But this year, as a one-time only ...
An important new piece from Votebeat on the division of responsibilities in Maricopa (and negotiation of new relationships) between the recorder and the board of supervisors.
I’ve gotten a few questions about this. First, there was a request for a machine recount of the by-a-tiny-nose North Carolina Supreme Court election between incumbent Allison Riggs and challenger ...
The Stagnation, Retrogression, and Potential Pro-Voter Transformation of U.S. Election Law, 134 Yale Law Journal (forthcoming 2025), draft available: https://papers ...
The Idaho Capital Sun with a report on a fascinating campaign finance dashboard with some intriguing information.
Executive director says Campaign Finance Board members will make “judgment calls” that could take into account a recent federal indictment for allegedly obtaining $10 million illegally in 2021.” ...
The NYT on the price tag for access this cycle.
A description from Meta about the state of their social media in the recent election cycle (including covert foreign influence operations Meta says it detected and quashed). Of course, it’d be nice if ...
H/t to Sean Parnell for the new paper by Ron Rivest and Philip Stark: National Popular Vote (NPV) Interstate Compact [Koza et al., 2024] attempts to provide direct presidential elections in the U.S.
Marketplace does the numbers … and I’m not sure this accounts for the value of billionaire-driven social media.