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“NC elections officials reject GOP request to throw out 60,000 votes. Races for Supreme Court, state legislature affected”
WRAL: State elections officials on Wednesday denied efforts by the North Carolina Republican Party to throw out tens of thousands of ballots cast by voters in this year’s elections. The GOP had ...
Election Law Blog16h
“With protested override, NC lawmakers sap power from governor, attorney general, other incoming Democrats”
WRAL: North Carolina Republicans will have new powers over elections, public schools, utilities and more under a wide-ranging new law that strips control from the governor, attorney general and other ...
Election Law Blog23h
Jaffer & Lakier: “The Supreme Court Must Intervene in the TikTok Case”
Last week, the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit upheld a federal law that threatens to shut down TikTok in the United States. The court’s most consequential conclusion: The First ...
Election Law Blog14h
“Explainer: Lame-Duck Power Grabs in North Carolina and Beyond”
Muller, Election Subversion and the Writ of Mandamus, William & Mary Law Review (forthcoming) Spencer Overton, Power to Regulate Social Media Companies to Prevent Voter Suppression. GWU Legal Studies ...
Election Law Blog16h
“State Battles Over Ranked Choice Voting Reveal Shifting Fault Lines”
CMD: It’s been a bad year for advocates of ranked-choice voting reforms.  Legislatures in five states banned the reform outright, as did voters in Missouri. And voters in four states — Colorado, Idaho ...