The majority and primary dissent essentially track the views expressed in the ordinary panel opiinon.

An… Continue reading

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The Justice Department is intensifying its investigation into the recruitment of an opponent with the same name as a Republican senator in Alaska, sending letters to about 20 Democrats informing them they might be targets, two people with knowledge… Continue reading

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Many GOP candidates seem to realize that to stand a chance, they need their voters to trust the system and cast their ballot. Political strategists and election experts told us that there are diminishing returns for the GOP… Continue reading

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Senior leaders of the Justice Department, many of them veterans of President Trump’s legal and political wars over the past decade, share a singular, striking attribute: They have not admitted, unequivocally or plainly, that he lost the 2020 election.… Continue reading

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The Department of Homeland Security has mounted an extraordinary campaign to hunt for illegal voters, devoting hundreds of federal agents to the task of poring over tens of thousands of voter records and knocking on the doors of people… Continue reading

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Two years ago, the government agency at the forefront of election security did what it had done for every federal election cycle since 2018.

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency set up a digital and physical war room, to… Continue reading

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Election Day… Continue reading

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The first results should appear around 9 p.m. 

The first batch of results will be posted online between 8:45 and 9 p.m. Alaska Time, according to the Division of Elections. Election officials say they’ll provide… Continue reading

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Local law enforcement and election officials are bracing for a tense Election Day as President Trump has kept up a sustained attack on the integrity of U.S. elections, including by offering a $1 million reward for information that leads… Continue reading

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The post Federal Government Wins One: Federal District Court in DC Won’t Bar DOJ/DHS From Sending Letters Demanding that States Segregate Ballots from Alleged Non-Citizens appeared first on Election Law Blog.

It… Continue reading

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ICE at the polls. Last minute voter roll purges. As the midterms loom, no shortage of election threats have catalyzed public discourse and preparedness efforts. But less time has been… Continue reading

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It was before dawn when Amandeep Kaur turned herself in to federal authorities in downtown Los Angeles last Monday. Wrapped in a tasseled shawl, she paced and shivered as she waited outside the courthouse.

At 6:30 a.m., two plainclothes… Continue reading

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As Mississippians gear up to cast ballots for a major U.S. Senate race and all four U.S. House seats, some voters could still be sent to the wrong location on Election Day at multiple polling places… Continue reading

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