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.
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Center for the Study of the Public Domain: Public Domain Day 2024 – A review of the works coming into the public domain this year – the most famous one being the Disney cartoon “Steamboat Willie”.
Election Law Blog: Roundup: Colorado Supreme Court’s Disqualification of Trump from 2024 Primary Ballot – Links to media, analyses, and the actual decision from the Colorado Supreme Court.
Lawfare Media: Tracking Trump Section 3 Disqualification Challenges – This page tracks which states have active Section 3 litigation or administrative proceedings to remove Trump from the 2024 ballot. At the bottom is a selected reading of Lawfare‘s coverage on the issue.
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.
EmacsConf.org: Report on the 2023 conference. I have been listening to the presentations, it has been very enjoyable so far!
OregonLive.com: Editorial: Fixing Oregon in 2024 – This editorial focuses on the issues of housing, homelessness, behaviorial health, K-12 education, political unity, and electing competent leaders.