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In the birthright citizenship cases, the Supreme Court today issued a 32-page 6-3 opinion that didn’t touch the merits (and produced 21 pages of concurrences and 65 pages of dissents). But the ...
In response to this recent post from Justin, I would just briefly flag note 12 in the majority opinion: “There may be other injuries for which it is all but impossible for courts to craft relief that ...
The Maricopa County Recorder’s Office mailed about 83,000 voters an incorrect letter warning them that they would be moved to the inactive voter list if they didn’t respond, a mistake the Recorder’s ...
Florida Politics reports on the Miami commissioners’ vote — against stern advice from the Florida Attorney General — to postpone city elections from 2025 to 2026.  The move moves the elections to a ...
The NYT headline is “If Everyone Had Voted, Harris Still Would Have Lost.”  Which, of course, is impossible to know, unless you assume that demographics is inevitably destiny.  But the broader point ...
That’s the headline in the NYT, and the second exaggerated NYT headline I’ve flagged today.  I don’t know that the article actually delivers what the headline promises (and headlines are usually not, ...
My last post yesterday highlighted the patience NYC voters might need, but it looks like the verdict was pretty clear even in ...
The number of registered independents and third-party members is growing as voters are breaking from the two-party system at ...
The L.A. Times and O.C. Register have coverage of the latest from the Civil Rights Division, in a very odd (but also comparatively low-impact?) lawsuit. The complaint is here. The fuss is apparently ...
As Congress considers dramatic cuts to the P&A system – a congressionally created network of nonprofits serving people with disabilities, including in voting access — the BPC has a new primer on what ...
NYC news outlets today are letting voters know they may need a little bit of patience to get results from the primary.  The City’s board of elections has a helpful explainer on why.  First-choice ...
Miller County Election Supervisor Jerry Calhoun says he’s not sure anyone will vote in an upcoming Democratic primary runoff. After all, the southwest Georgia county only recorded one vote in the June ...