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Politico goes deep into the details of former president Trump's concerted plans to oust Rep. Liz Cheney as revenge for her commitment to honest vote-counting. Particularly interesting are the efforts to change the rules to make it more difficult for… ...
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  1.  Trump’s efforts to “primary” Cheney<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7840789/https://electionlawblog.org/?p=123630>
  2.  The latest on battle for electoral reform<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7840789/https://electionlawblog.org/?p=123628>
  3.  A positive bipartisan development<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7840789/https://electionlawblog.org/?p=123626>
  4.  How Voters Eventually Decided 4-Year Terms for Governors were Appropriate<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7840789/https://electionlawblog.org/?p=123622>
  5.  We are not in Walter Cronkite’s world<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7840789/https://electionlawblog.org/?p=123620>
  6.  Pew survey: views on voting<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7840789/https://electionlawblog.org/?p=123618>
  7.  A tell from Trump’s money?<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7840789/https://electionlawblog.org/?p=123616>
  8.  House Hardball, part 2<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7840789/https://electionlawblog.org/?p=123614>
  9.  The Shift to Four-Year Terms for Governors<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7840789/https://electionlawblog.org/?p=123606>
  10. Will Pelosi add Kinzinger …<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7840789/https://electionlawblog.org/?p=123608>
  11. Trump on tape about Jefferson & 1800 election<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7840789/https://electionlawblog.org/?p=123605>
  12. Collateral damage from ersatz audits<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7840789/https://electionlawblog.org/?p=123603>

Trump’s efforts to “primary” Cheney<https://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=179643009&f=1116553&c=7840789&u=102231511>
By Ned Foley, July 23, 2021
Politico goes deep<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7840789_/~www.politico.com/news/2021/07/23/trump-cheney-challenger-500599> into the details of former president Trump’s concerted plans to oust Rep. Liz Cheney as revenge for her commitment to honest vote-counting. Particularly interesting are the efforts to change the rules to make it more difficult for… Continue reading <https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7840789_/~electionlawblog.org/?p=123630>

The latest on battle for electoral reform<https://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=179643011&f=1116553&c=7840789&u=102231511>
By Ned Foley, July 22, 2021
NY Times <https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7840789_/~www.nytimes.com/2021/07/22/us/politics/biden-voting-rights.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage> reports on the divide among Democrats. I continue to believe that the short-term strategy should be a stand-alone bill focused solely on combatting partisan gerrymandering, to test the possibility of getting 60 votes in the Senate. If there… Continue reading <https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7840789_/~electionlawblog.org/?p=123628>

A positive bipartisan development<https://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=179643013&f=1116553&c=7840789&u=102231511>
By Ned Foley, July 22, 2021
Paul Kane of The Washington Post tweets<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7840789_/~twitter.com/pkcapitol/status/1418295301111173125> about a new bill, jointly sponsored by Rep. Rodney Davis and Rep. Abigail Spanberger, to deal with the problem of a presidential candidate dying during critical time periods in the Electoral College process.… Continue reading <https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7840789_/~electionlawblog.org/?p=123626>

How Voters Eventually Decided 4-Year Terms for Governors were Appropriate<https://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=179643017&f=1116553&c=7840789&u=102231511>
By Richard Pildes, July 22, 2021
Continuing the discussion of the two-year term for the House, Tyler Yeargain, Associate Director of the Yale Center for Environmental Law and Policy, sent me this graph he created. This shows, first, the strength of the original view that democracy… Continue reading <https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7840789_/~electionlawblog.org/?p=123622>

We are not in Walter Cronkite’s world<https://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=179643019&f=1116553&c=7840789&u=102231511>
By Ned Foley, July 22, 2021
CBS News <https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7840789_/~www.cbsnews.com/news/republicans-belief-voter-fraud-opinion-poll/> has a new poll showing that 73% of the voters who (mistakenly) believe there was “widespread fraud” in the 2020 election say they heard this from “reports on the news”; by contrast, only 49% say they heard this… Continue reading <https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7840789_/~electionlawblog.org/?p=123620>

Pew survey: views on voting<https://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=179643023&f=1116553&c=7840789&u=102231511>
By Ned Foley, July 22, 2021
What jumped out most to me on a first quick look at these numbers<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7840789_/~www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2021/07/22/wide-partisan-divide-on-whether-voting-is-a-fundamental-right-or-a-privilege-with-responsibilities/?utm_source=AdaptiveMailer&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=21-07-22%20Voting%20values%20GEN%20DISTRO&org=982&lvl=100&ite=8860&lea=1890664&ctr=0&par=1&trk=> was the racial divide on whether voting is a “fundamental right” or instead a “privilege”. Blacks split 77-21 in favor of “fundamental right.” Asians and Hispanics… Continue reading <https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7840789_/~electionlawblog.org/?p=123618>

A tell from Trump’s money?<https://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=179643025&f=1116553&c=7840789&u=102231511>
By Ned Foley, July 22, 2021
This Washington Post story<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7840789_/~www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-pac-ballot-reviews/2021/07/22/d451fcaa-e596-11eb-934f-7e6c1927f261_story.html>, on Trump’s PAC not spending for the pseudo-audits of the 2020 election, suggests instead that he’s saving the funds for a 2024 run, or perhaps to dole out in the midterms. The most interesting nugget,… Continue reading <https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7840789_/~electionlawblog.org/?p=123616>

House Hardball, part 2<https://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=179643029&f=1116553&c=7840789&u=102231511>
By Ned Foley, July 22, 2021
Nick Stephanopoulos makes some fair points in response<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7840789_/~electionlawblog.org/?p=123600> to my post<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7840789_/~electionlawblog.org/?p=123575> on whether, in the absence of a new Act of Congress, the House can or should refuse to seat winning candidates solely on the ground that their districts were… Continue reading <https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7840789_/~electionlawblog.org/?p=123614>

The Shift to Four-Year Terms for Governors<https://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=179643031&f=1116553&c=7840789&u=102231511>
By Richard Pildes, July 22, 2021
In response to the NYT piece <https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7840789_/~www.nytimes.com/2014/11/03/opinion/cancel-the-midterms.html> I published today on the two-year term for the House, Rob Richie pointed out to me that governors had originally been enacted to short terms for many decades. Indeed, after WWII more than 20… Continue reading <https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7840789_/~electionlawblog.org/?p=123606>

Will Pelosi add Kinzinger …<https://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=179643033&f=1116553&c=7840789&u=102231511>
By Ned Foley, July 22, 2021
… to the January 6 select committee? Reports<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7840789_/~thehill.com/homenews/house/564310-pelosi-to-ask-kinzinger-to-join-jan-6-panel> are that she might.

Trump on tape about Jefferson & 1800 election<https://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=179643037&f=1116553&c=7840789&u=102231511>
By Ned Foley, July 22, 2021
It’s fascinating to hear Trump talk<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7840789_/~www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/07/21/trump-interview-i-alone-can-fix-it/> about the historical example that Bruce Ackerman and David Fontana wrote about in their article, Thomas Jefferson Counts Himself into the Presidency<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7840789_/~www.virginialawreview.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/551.pdf>. One could rehash how that precedent should be characterized (a point… Continue reading <https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7840789_/~electionlawblog.org/?p=123605>

Collateral damage from ersatz audits<https://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=179643041&f=1116553&c=7840789&u=102231511>
By Ned Foley, July 22, 2021
Another state is afflicted with Arizona’s problem<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7840789_/~www.washingtonpost.com/politics/pennsylvania-decertifies-county-voting-system-following-private-company-audit-promoted-by-pro-trump-state-senators/2021/07/21/cee5bf38-ea4e-11eb-97a0-a09d10181e36_story.html>: a county’s voting machines have been decertified, because they became ensnared in a pseudo-audit that “was not transparent or bipartisan” (as Pennsylvania’s acting Secretary of State determined). What’s the county going to… Continue reading <https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/7840789_/~electionlawblog.org/?p=123603>
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