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Idaho Voters Likely to Vote This Fall on Shifting to Top 5 Primaries, with Instant Runoff Voting in the General Election
This story reports that proponents of this ballot measure appear to have gained enough signatures to get the measured qualified for the ballot this fall. This is “the Alaska model” of primary reform, ...
Election Law Blog20h
“Trump Again Vows Mass Deportations and Won’t Rule Out Political Violence”
NYT: Former President Donald J. Trump told Time magazine in an interview published Tuesday morning that if elected in November, he would deploy the U.S. military to detain and deport migrants and ...
Election Law Blog20h
“Inside the far-right plan to use civil rights law to disrupt the 2024 election”
LAT: At a diner just off the freeway north of Sacramento, a mostly white crowd listened intently as it learned how to “save America” by leaning on the same laws that enshrined the rights of Black ...
Election Law Blog20h
“Will hackers, trolls and AI deepfakes upset the 2024 election?”
LAT reports.
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FEC Commissioner Trey Trainor Has a Ted Cruz Campaign Sign on His Front Lawn at His Texas Home
Nonprofit Law as a Tool to Kill What Remains of Campaign Finance Law: Reluctant Lessons from Ellen Aprill, 46 Loyola of Los Angeles Law Review (forthcoming 2023 ...
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“Trump: ‘Marco has this residency problem.'”
Marc Caputo for The Bulwark: COULD IT WORK? Probably. Rubio would have to establish residency or “inhabitance” out of state if he wants a shot on Trump’s ticket. He’s willing to do that, according to ...
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“A Mysterious Flier, a Tiny Charity and a Disinformation Campaign at the Border”
The two men rang the bell at the Resource Center Matamoros, a migrant aid group in the Mexican border city, and, speaking in broken Spanish, said they were looking for volunteer work. Security footage ...
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In election contest, Missouri Supreme Court throws out enacted state constitutional amendment on police funding for faulty ballot summary
The opinion has some really interesting ballot initiative issues, including the timing of election contests, and pre-election v. post-election challenges, with some dissents largely on procedural ...
Election Law Blog1d
May 7 CAP Online Event on Citizens United Includes Sheldon Whitehouse, Shana Broussard, Jamie Raskin, Sarah Haan and Tom Moore
Nonprofit Law as a Tool to Kill What Remains of Campaign Finance Law: Reluctant Lessons from Ellen Aprill, 46 Loyola of Los Angeles Law Review (forthcoming 2023) (festschrift symposium honoring Ellen ...
Election Law Blog1d
“Meta Faces E.U. Investigation Over Election Disinformation”
NYT: Meta, the American tech giant, is being investigated by European Union regulators for the spread of disinformation on its platforms Facebook and Instagram, poor oversight of deceptive ...
Election Law Blog1d
Trump in TIME Interview: “I Think a Lot of People Like” Talk of Dictatorship
Toward the end of our conversation at Mar-a-Lago, I ask Trump to explain another troubling comment he made: that he wants to be dictator for a day. It came during a Fox News town hall with Sean … Cont ...
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“Why an Immunity Ruling in Trump’s Favor Might Not Alter the Shape of His Trial”
Charlie Savage in the NYT: If the Supreme Court rules that Donald J. Trump is immune from being charged with crimes over official actions he took as president, it would be a momentous decision for the ...