Elections

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VoteBeat: Texas Republicans want to hand count 2024 primary ballots. Experts say it’s “a recipe for disaster.” – Republicans in counties large and small are considering ditching tabulation machines to count their primary ballots by hand. Only one county — Gillespie in the Texas Hill Country — is moving forward with such plans for now.

Election Fraud in Bridgeport, Connecticut

NBC News: In Connecticut, a rare election do-over could oust a sitting mayor – The race is among three recent election redos across the country, raising eyebrows among experts who worry such contests may become more common.

NBC Connecticut: Judge orders new Bridgeport mayoral primary after surveillance videos show possible ballot stuffing

Election Law Blog: Coverage of this Bridgeport CT mayoral election

Connecticut Mirror: How the battle for absentee ballots defined the Bridgeport election – More than 22% of all votes cast in the Bridgeport Democratic primary were absentee ballots

Connecticut Mirror: How CT Mirror investigated Bridgeport’s absentee voting process – an excellent breakdown of how the CT Mirror used data journalism techniques to figure out what happened in this election

The Federalist: Judge Overturns Bridgeport Mayoral Election Due To Evidence Of Mail Ballot Fraud

Truthout: 2023 Saw a Growing Pro-Democracy Movement Win Voting Access Gains – State lawmakers have been pushed to make pro-democracy reforms in the absence of federal legislation to protect voters.

Politico: ‘The Opposite of Politics’: A Conservative Legal Scholar Says Kicking Trump Off the Ballot Is ‘Unassailable’ – J. Michael Luttig explains why he thinks the 14th Amendment should prevent Trump from running for president again.

The American Conservative: How Mass Mail-In Voting Changes Everything – A Republican-slanted article analyzing how mail-in voting affects Republican candidates. Quote: “Mass mail-in voting is not a voting rights matter. It is a matter of greatly expanding the power of leftist nonprofits and partisan election activists to manipulate elections and determine outcomes.”

Bolts Mag: Twelve Questions Shaping Democracy and Voting Rights in 2024 – A good overview of how local, county and state governments, state and federal courts, and legislatures could affect the 2024 elections.

The Atlantic: The Constitution Prohibits Trump From Ever Being President Again – J. Michael Luttig and Laurence Tribe give an overview of how Section Three of the Fourteenth Amendment forbids holding office by former office holders who then participate in insurrection or rebellion (see also this recent paper on this subject). Sounds good to me!