by jpitney | Dec 4, 2021 | Elections, Montana, Rural voters
Steve Bullock writes in NYT: I was re-elected as Montana’s governor in 2016 at the same time Donald Trump took our state by more than 20 points. It’s never easy for Democrats to get elected in Montana, because Democrats here are running against not only the opponent...
by jpitney | Nov 21, 2021 | Elections, Public Administration
Zack Beauchamp at Vox: Democracy doesn’t work unless citizens make it work. This not only means showing up to vote but also helping operate and administer the key institutions in a democratic society — such as schools, polling places, and local health agencies. ...
by jpitney | Nov 4, 2021 | California Politics, Claremont McKenna College, Congress, Dreier, Elections
From Between the Lines: David Dreier is a CMC and CGU graduate, and the very first legacy alumnus to graduate from CMC. His father was in the CMC class of ’52. He is a businessman, philanthropist, and politician who served for over 30 years as a member of the U.S....
by jpitney | Oct 31, 2021 | Election Security, Elections, Uncategorized
Testimony of Al Schmidt, City Commissioner of Philadelphia, The Committee on Rules and Administration of the United States Senate, Emerging Threats to Election Administration, Tuesday, October 26, 2021 “This is domestic terrorism. The whole point is to terrorize, to...
by jpitney | Oct 10, 2021 | Elections
John C. Fortier and Charles Stewart III have an AEI report titled Lessons learned from the 2020 election. From the overview: The 2020 election witnessed a continuation oftrends established in recent elections, whereby vote counting has slowed and the votes counted...
by jpitney | Sep 20, 2021 | Bipartisanship, Election Security, Elections
Michael Wines at NYT: It is perhaps a metaphor for the times that even the volunteer who checked you into the polls in November now has a legal defense committee. The Election Official Legal Defense Network, which made its public debut on Sept. 7, offers to...
