Washington Post: Billionaire Elon Musk pitches X as both a haven for free speech and a superior alternative to the mainstream media for keeping up with news and politics. Under his ownership, the social media platform formerly known as… The post “False rumors about Vance, Musk’s X show misinfo cuts both ways” appeared first on Election Law Blog ..read more

CNN: On Jan. 6, 2025, Vice President Kamala Harris is set to preside over Congress and count the electoral votes that will make either her — or Donald Trump — the 47th president of the United States. And like… The post “Kamala Harris knows exactly what she will do on Jan. 6, 2025” appeared first on Election Law Blog ..read more

CNN: The election authorities of at least 48 states, both Republicans and Democrats, say there are no obstacles that would prevent Vice President Kamala Harris from getting on election ballots if she becomes the official Democratic presidential nominee, as… The post “CNN survey finds 48 states say Harris can get on ballot instead of Biden, rejecting claim switch breaks state laws” appeared first on Election Law Blog ..read more

The Guardian: The former attorney general Bill Barr was personally involved in a decision to release an unusual and misleading justice department statement on the eve of the 2020 election suggesting there may have been voter fraud in Pennsylvania,… The post “Bill Barr complicit in misleading voter fraud statement’s release – watchdog” appeared first on Election Law Blog ..read more

NYT: LaVon Bracy has been registering Florida voters ever since Lyndon Johnson signed the 1965 Voting Rights Act, because she wanted, she said, to give others the voice she was denied as a Black student in a largely white… The post “How Some States Are Making It Harder to Register Voters” appeared first on Election Law Blog ..read more

Press release from the U.S. Department of Justice: The Justice Department today filed a statement of interest in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Hampshire supporting the right of private plaintiffs to bring a lawsuit challenging robocalls… The post “Justice Department Files Statement of Interest Supporting Private Parties’ Right to Bring Voting Rights Act Challenge to Robocalls” appeared first on Election Law Blog ..read more

ABC News: NEW YORK — The Federal Communications Commission has advanced a proposal that would require political advertisers to disclose their use of artificial intelligence in broadcast television and radio ads, though it is unclear whether new regulations may be… The post “FCC pursues new rules for AI in political ads, but changes may not take effect before the election” appeared first on Election Law Blog ..read more

NYT: ….The emergence of Vice President Kamala Harris as the new Democratic front-runner touched off new paroxysms of disinformation and explicitly hateful comments. More than one in 10 posts mentioning her on X on Sunday included racist or sexist… The post “A Volatile Election Is Intensifying Conspiracy Theories Online” appeared first on Election Law Blog ..read more

Washington Post: SACRAMENTO — Justice Elena Kagan said Thursday that she would support the creation of a committee of judges to examine potential violations of the Supreme Court’s new ethics code, speaking out on a contentious subject as President Biden… The post “Justice Kagan calls for a way to enforce Supreme Court ethics code” appeared first on Election Law Blog ..read more

Washington Post: Weeks after the Supreme Court rejected a conservative-led push to block contacts between the U.S. government and social media companies, a new report from the Justice Department’s inspector general found that intelligence agencies’ communications with the companies… The post “FBI should clean up its interactions with online platforms, DOJ watchdog says” appeared first on Election Law Blog ..read more