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Just in Time for Halloween, Michigan Case Tries to Reanimate the Independent State Legislature Theory and Kill Democracy Reforms

October 26, 2023December 28, 2023

Just in time for Halloween, Michigan GOP legislators are attempting to reanimate the rejected Independent State Legislature theory to invalidate a voting rights citizen ballot initiative passed in 2022. Haven’t we seen this horror movie before?

Kentucky’s Constitution Mandates “Free & Equal” Elections. Are the Commonwealth’s Manipulated Voting District Maps Legal?

September 24, 2023December 29, 2023

The Kentucky Supreme Court heard arguments September 19th on whether the “free and equal elections” provision in the Commonwealth’s constitution prohibits partisan gerrymandering of its voting districts.

Investigation Opened Into Election Denier Activists Allegedly Impersonating Election Officials in New York County

September 3, 2023December 29, 2023

Election officials in an upstate New York county last week asked for an investigation of activists apparently impersonating election officials and visiting voters’ homes, in an effort to find evidence of voter fraud.

Bombshell SCOTUS Decision in Alabama Case Reaffirms VRA Section 2 and May Impact 2024 Elections

June 11, 2023June 12, 2023

The day before the bombshell classified documents indictment of former President Trump, the U.S. Supreme Court handed down a bombshell of its own. Its surprise decision in Allen v. Milligan, an Alabama racial gerrymandering case, may have an impact on 2024 elections nationwide.

Midterm Voters Found Mail-In Ballot Process Had Few Problems Nationwide

June 8, 2023June 8, 2023

On Tuesday, we told you about the MIT Election Data & Science Lab’s Survey of the Performance of American Elections for the 2022 midterms, and its finding that voters were overall satisfied with the voting process. Today, we’re exploring the findings on voting by mail – with results which may surprise people of both parties.