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2023 Anti-Voter Predictions – Citizen Ballot Initiatives Likely Targets of Anti-Voter Legislatures

January 3, 2023January 3, 2023

This week, we’re making predictions on what state democracy legislation we’ll see in 2023. Last year, some of the most significant state democracy reforms came from citizen ballot initiatives – so we predict you’ll see anti-voter legislatures attempt to make restrictions to the citizen ballot initiative process.

2023 Texas Bills Propose More Restrictions, Penalties, Oversight, and an Election Police Force

December 13, 2022December 13, 2022

It’s not yet January and the 2023 election and voting bills are already piling up in Texas like tumbleweeds. Many of these bills are designed to prevent voter fraud, which already is as rare in Texas as the Jackalope.

Not Counting Undated Absentee Ballots May Have Determined Outcome in PA House Race

November 21, 2022November 21, 2022

We’re zooming in on Bucks County, Pennsylvania today, where the initial margin in a race for Pennsylvania’s 142nd state house district was just 53 votes. But this wasn’t just any race; this was a race which would determine control of the Pennsylvania legislature.

ADM for August 23, 2022: North Carolina Supreme Court May Invalidate Constitutional Amendment Proposed by Gerrymandered Legislature

August 22, 2022August 22, 2022

Here’s a fascinating case from North Carolina that you’ll hear more about in the mainstream press in the next few days. The North Carolina Supreme Court has conditionally ruled that because the state’s legislature was elected with gerrymandered voting maps, state constitutional amendments enacted in 2018 may be invalid.

American Democracy Minute for July 20, 2022: Ohio Redistricting Commission Doubles Down on Rigged Voting Map Just Weeks Before Aug. 2 Primary

July 19, 2022July 19, 2022

Just when you thought it was safe to go back into the voting booth in Ohio . . . The Ohio Redistricting Commission has doubled down on implementing a rigged state legislative voting map. Back in May as we reported, a federal court panel refused to hear an appeal, and returned it to the state to create a new map, not budging on moving the August 2nd state primary date.