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“Trump Holds Up Transition Process Over Ethics Code”
NYT: President-elect Donald J. Trump has not yet submitted a legally required ethics pledge stating that he will avoid conflicts of interest and other ethical concerns while in office, raising ...
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“Elon Musk Is Positioning X Behind the New Trump Presidency”
NYT: Since Donald J. Trump won the presidential election, Elon Musk has gone all in on X to promote the incoming administration. Mr. Musk, who owns X, posted on the platform about politics more than ...
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“Ohio’s chief of elections eyes top cyber role under Trump”
Politico: Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose is seeking the top cybersecurity and elections role in the incoming Trump administration, according to four people who have spoken to those in LaRose’s ...
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New “Law and Democracy” on what happened in the election
The Stagnation, Retrogression, and Potential Pro-Voter Transformation of U.S. Election Law, 134 Yale Law Journal (forthcoming 2025), draft available: https://papers ...
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Open Secrets Lays Off Researchers, in Blow to All of Us Who Work with Their Excellent Data
Very sad to see this. Their work is indispensable. There needs to be adequate funding for nonpartisan entities like this doing such important work. They are providing a key public good. And of course ...
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“Election Denial Conspiracy Theories Are Exploding on X. This Time They’re Coming From the Left”
Wired: It took just minutes for the conspiracy theories about the 2024 US presidential election to flood Elon Musk’s X platform after Donald Trump was announced as the winner in the early hours of ...
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Colorado: “Two women arrested in Mesa County ballot fraud scheme were trying to ‘test’ voting signature system: Affidavit”
Denver7: Two women arrested Wednesday for attempting to cast over a dozen fraudulent ballots in Mesa County for the Nov. 5 election were trying to “test” the county’s voting signature verification ...
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“Ballot measures to upend state election systems failed across the country”
The Stagnation, Retrogression, and Potential Pro-Voter Transformation of U.S. Election Law, 134 Yale Law Journal (forthcoming 2025), draft available: https://papers ...
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“Ohioans Reject Redistricting Reform, Protecting GOP Gerrymanders”
Bolts: Ohioans on Tuesday rejected Issue 1, a ballot measure that would have created a new independent redistricting commission and stripped elected politicians of their power to draw congressional ...
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“Arizonans Defeat Three GOP Measures That Would Have Restricted Their Voting Power”
Bolts: Republican lawmakers in Arizona placed a slew of constitutional amendments on the ballot this fall to limit the recourse available to voters to hold politicians and courts accountable and to ...
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Weissman: “Judge’s Error Casts Shadow Over Trump’s Felony Convictions”
The following is a guest post from Stephen R. Weissman: President-elect Donald Trump is scheduled to be sentenced on November 26 th for 34 New York State felonies. Even if his lawyers are able to ...
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“Republican election denial claims take a hiatus with Trump’s victory”
WaPo: A remarkable thing happened Tuesday night on an “election integrity” discussion page on the social media platform X, as it became clear that former president Donald Trump was headed to a ...