The basis is federal court abstention, giving the state courts the first chance to work this out. But the court tells the lower federal district court to retain jurisdiction to deal with federal ...

NYT: When Albany Democrats began discussing a rewrite of New York’s special election law in recent days, seemingly out of the blue, they framed it publicly as a matter of good governance. But behind ...

I’m very much looking forward to participating in a panel on the 2024 U.S. elections at this event, with a terrific lineup, at UCI this Friday and Saturday.

Politico: Elon Musk’s headlong rush to take control of crucial federal agencies and functions — and to dismantle some of them virtually overnight — has stoked widespread alarm in Washington about the ...

NYT: In Elon Musk’s first two weeks in government, his lieutenants gained access to closely held financial and data systems, casting aside career officials who warned that they were defying protocols.

Ryan Reilly (full NBC News story) ...

Release: A groundbreaking new report from the Election Reformers Network (ERN) shows how state legislatures and elected officials have manipulated the ballot initiative process to stymie the will of ...

Nate Atkinson and Ezra Friedman have posted this paper on SSRN. Here’s the abstract: Should states retain plurality rule or adopt a different voting method? We study the class of sequential plurality ...

Very much looking forward to moderating this online event on February 13 at 12:15 pm PT. Free registration required. Christina Adkins, Director of Elections, Texas Secretary of State’s Office, Judd ...

Votebeat: Lane, one of four congressional staff members on the panel, said the SAVE Act will be a priority for the House this time. He acknowledged a push to consider what a voter identification ...

NYT: Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent gave representatives of the so-called Department of Government Efficiency access to the federal payment system late on Friday, according to five people familiar ...

Here is the abstract: This article examines the historical and constitutional foundations of an anti-coup principle in the United States, emphasizing how state-level prosecutions deter and can ...