A year before the 2020 Presidential Election, Democratic Groups are filing Lawsuits in New and Emerging Battleground States, Challenging Election Laws and Procedures they say Disproportionat… Read More
A Lawyer for President Trump is asking a Federal Judge to Require House Democrats to Alert him if they Intend to take Advantage of a New York Law that gives them Access to the President&rsqu… Read More
A Federal Judge, late Monday, Ordered House Democrats to Notify President Trump Contemporaneously if they Seek his New York State Tax Returns, and barred the House Democrats from having to w… Read More
Abraham Lincoln’s decision to enshrine the last Thursday of each November as a day of national Thanksgiving in 1863 was tantamount to a Papal Bull. It immediately rendered null and voi… Read More
CJN Tanko Calls For Amendment Of Nigeria’s Constitution To Accommodate Sharia Law
President Buhari and Acting CJN Tanko MuhammedThe Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Ibrahim Tanko Moh… Read More
House Counsel, Douglas Letter, said in a Filing in Federal Court that a Second Impeachment could be Necessary if the House Uncovers New Evidence that Trump attempted to Obstruct Investigatio… Read More
Legislative Updates
Alaska: Supporters of an Election Reform Initiative that would include allowing Ranked-Choice Voting, have turned in 41,000 Petition Signatures. To earn a spot on the Ba… Read More
The black and white memories of Carol Peletier’s past are threatening to steal away the colorful foundations of her future.
The swan song of her lost boy, draining any lifelong joy
She… Read More
House Democrats scored a Major Legal Victory as a Federal Appeals Court Panel Granted them Permission to access Grand Jury Secrets from Special Counsel Robert Mueller's Russia Probe.
The 2… Read More
A Commission Appointed by Congress will Recommend that Expanding Selective Service Registration to Women is a “necessary and fair step.” Women have been Serving the U.S. Military… Read More
The spread of COVID19 has rapidly spun out of control the world over and needs to be tackled urgently.
Though the problem is global, there are national specificities that require nuanc… Read More
The Supreme Court sidestepped its First Major Case on the Second Amendment in nearly a Decade, by Ruling that New York City's Repeal of a Transportation Restriction on Gun Owners Rendered th… Read More
Minnesota has Agreed to Abandon Two of its most Unusual and Harsh Election Rules, which have Restricted Help for People Casting Ballots, the freshest Victory in the barrage of Voting Rights… Read More
If you’re reading this wondering if you should stop using AES-GCM in some standard protocol (TLS 1.3), the short answer is “No, you’re fine”.
I specialize in secur… Read More
The Supreme Court Declined to hear a Challenge to New Jersey's Gun Restrictions and other Second Amendment Cases on Monday, Signaling its Reluctance to wade back into the National Battle ove… Read More
If you see the letters GNU in a systems design, and that system intersects with cryptography, I can almost guarantee that it will be badly designed to an alarming degree.
This is as true… Read More
The Maine Republican Party's Referendum Initiative to Overturn the use of Ranked-Choice voting (RCV) in Presidential Contests Submitted too Few Valid Signatures to make the November Ballot… Read More
Legislative Updates
Federal Legislation: U.S. House of Representatives Democrats, on Wednesday, Unveiled Legislation that would Require Same-Day Processing for Mail-in-Ballots and give the… Read More
A persistent Texas Voter, Twice thwarted when he tried Registering to Vote while Renewing his Driver’s License Online, has for the Second time convinced a Federal Judge that the State… Read More
A Federal Judge in Cleveland, Ohio, on Tuesday Oct. 6th, broadly Interpreted a New Ohio Directive Allowing Ballot Drop Boxes at Locations “outside” Boards of Elections as Permitt… Read More
The Supreme Court said, on Monday Oct. 19th, it would take up Cases concerning Trump's Border Wall Funding and a Controversial Policy that Requires Asylum Seekers to Remain in Mexico as they… Read More
Legislative Updates
Federal Legislation: This week the president signed legislation making it a federal crime to attempt to hack federal voting systems. The Defending the Integrity of Votin… Read More
A Federal Judge, on Thursday Oct. 22th, Tossed the Trump Campaign’s Lawsuit against New Jersey’s Primarily Mail-In Election, Ruling that Most of its Arguments were Speculative an… Read More
A Lawyer for Trump and Three of his Adult Children: Ivanka, Donald Jr., and Eric, argued to an Appellate Court Tuesday that a Fraud Case brought against his Clients for endorsing ACN, a Mark… Read More
Today is the 79th anniversary of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. However, for many of us our minds are elsewhere this week as COVID continues to ravage the nation.
In fact, statistic… Read More
Legislative Updates
California: Senator Thomas Umberg (D-Santa Ana) has introduced several elections related bills including:
SB 29: Minimum In-Person Voting Standards for Counties Conduc… Read More
A Federal Appeals Court kicked a Legal Battle over Trump's Financial Statements back to a Lower Court. The action Delays House Democrats' efforts to obtain Years of Trump's Personal and Busi… Read More
Legislative Updates
Alabama: Rep. John Rodgers of Birmingham pre-filed HB102 to propose the establishment of an advance voting period during which qualified electors, without excuse, may vo… Read More
Under Normal circumstances, when an Election produces an Administration of a Different Political Party, the Solicitor General plays a Key role managing a wave of Potential Reversals on Certa… Read More
President Biden's Administration, on Monday, asked the U.S. Supreme Court to Cancel upcoming Oral Arguments and Delay further Action in Two pending Appeals that were filed by his Trump over… Read More
Three and a half years ago, Trump was Charged in Court over Unconstitutional Payments he Received from Foreign and Domestic Governments while serving as President. Recently, the Supreme Cour… Read More
The Supreme Court, on Monday, Declined to take up a Pair of Legal Challenges to Pennsylvania's Election Rules Mounted by Trump's GOP Allies, Closing the Book on Trump's Efforts to Contest th… Read More
Two Counties in Georgia are seeking to Recoup Attorneys' Fees from Trump and Georgia Republican Party Chairman, David Shafer, stemming from their Lawsuit that made "frivolous" and "baseless"… Read More
Nearly 70 Indigenous Rights, Wildlife, and Civil Rights Groups, are calling on the Biden Administration to Tear Down nearly 60 Miles of Border Fencing erected by the Previous Administration… Read More
The recent U.S. Mass Shootings has Renewed attention on the Constitutional Contours of Firearms Regulation and the Supreme Court's 2008 Decision in District of Columbia v. Heller. In that 5… Read More
Five months after the Presidential Election, the Supreme Court, said on Monday, that it won't take up a Case from several Republicans Challenging Changes to Election Rules in the battlegroun… Read More
Legislative Updates
Alabama: Under SB118, Voting Rights would be Restored to Thousands of former Prisoners without including their Remaining Court Fees and Criminal Fines as a Prerequisite… Read More
A Judge will hear Arguments on whether to Dismiss a Lingering 2020 Election Lawsuit in Antrim County, Michigan, that has ensnared the Attention of Trump's Allies who still Claim the Presiden… Read More
Legislative Updates
Alabama: The Legislature passed legislation to allow local election officials to fill the ranks of the workers who work the polls during an election with workers who res… Read More
Thirteenth Circuit Court Judge, Kevin Elsenheimer, Ruled that the Lawsuit filed by, Michigan Resident Bill Bailey, Lacks the Legal Grounds to move forward due to a Statewide Post-Election Au… Read More
Legislative Updates Federal Legislation: The House Oversight and Reform Committee unanimously approved the 2021 Postal Reform Act after Republicans offered their support. Rep. James Comer (R… Read More
The Supreme Court, on Monday, Shut Down a Lawsuit Challenging Trump's "Remain in Mexico" Policy after President Biden Ended it in June 2021.
The Court, in an Unsigned Order, sent the Case… Read More
The Supreme Court, on Friday, Rejected an Appeal from Trump, to Rule against Funding used for the Wall along the Southern Border.
In an Unsigned Order, the Court sent the Case back to the… Read More
Maricopa Count, Arizona, and Dominion Voting Systems, are Rebuffing the latest Subpoenas from the GOP-led Senate, for Election Materials related to the so-called Audit of 2020 Election Ballo… Read More
Members of the New York Assembly Committee leading the Impeachment Investigation into Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) say there is still interest in pursuing a Probe despite Cuomo’s Resignation… Read More
Legislative Updates
District of Columbia: Councilmember Charles Allen (D-Ward 6) introduced the Elections Modernization Amendment Act of 2021, a bill he says is intended to make voting in D… Read More
Legislative Updates
Massachusetts: A ballot measure that if approved would have required voters to show a photo ID in order to vote is not moving forward after organizers failed to gather e… Read More
Legislative Updates
Tennessee: Rep. Bruce Griffey (R-Paris) has submitted HB1662 that would have the state revert to paper ballots for elections. Under the bill, voting machines and ballot… Read More
The Ohio Supreme Court, declared Invalid, on Wednesday, newly drawn Maps that had Retained Republican Supermajorities in both Chambers of the State Legislature, giving the State Redistrictin… Read More
Arizona: Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez spoke to a joint session of the state Legislature last week opposing a bill by Sen. Wendy Rogers (R) that would, if passed, ban use of mail-in b… Read More
Legislative Updates
Federal Funding: Thirty-three Democratic senators urged President Biden to include $5 billion for grants to state and local governments to improve election security in h… Read More
The Ukrainian Government announced a New Security Pact with the U.K. and Poland, on Feb. 17, as the day’s developments upped the ante yet again in the Standoff with Russia.
The tie-u… Read More
When Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R), signs a Bill establishing a New Investigative Unit focused on Election Crimes, he will also be Banning Ranked-Choice-Voting (RCV).
The “elections… Read More
Legislative Updates
Alabama: The House of Representatives has passed a bill that would make it a crime for state and county election officials to accept money or services from private group… Read More
Legislative Updates
Florida: Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) has signed a bill into law that creates a statewide voter fraud force to respond to allegations of illegal election activity reported by c… Read More
Thanks to Richard Winger of Ballot Access News for this post.
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