AG backs off on mailers

https://marylandmatters.org/2024/11/01/attorney-general-will-not-pursue-legal-action-against-mailer-of-threatening-voter-letters/

Attorney General Anthony Brown backed off on a cease and desist order on mailers issued by the Voter Participation Center that show that individuals' voting participation records can be widely publicized.

MAGA justices again misuse the "Shadow Docket"

https://www.stevevladeck.com/p/106-the-supreme-court-and-the-2024?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=1174827&post_id=151009247&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=cw8n&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email

 

The recent ruling allowing the Republican governor of Virginia to continue a program that removes people from the voter roll based on the possibility that they are not citizens was issued on the "Shadow Docket" with no explanation as to the rationale or why the higher court thinks the lower court erred in staying the program. [Democrats allege that some of the people being removed are citizens.]

Maryland AG orders halt to GOTV letters

https://marylandmatters.org/2024/10/31/state-orders-halt-to-mailings-that-left-voters-intimidated-shocked-and-ill-at-ease/

Some voters had complained that the letters, which show that individuals' voting participation records can be widely publicized, are intimidating. The Voter Participation Center says that the language in the letters is proven effective at encouraging people to register and vote.

[The Washington Post] Massive influx of shadowy get-out-the-vote spending floods swing states

Massive influx of shadowy get-out-the-vote spending floods swing states

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/10/17/get-out-the-vote-campaigns-election/

Independent spending, often by dark money groups, is trying to increase voter turnout with creative techniques. People are being paid to contact their friends and neighbors and ask them to vote.

Well, some of this activity may be positive, it is difficult to determine where lines may be crossed, and there is no chance of regulating this activity prior to the election. People would not know who is behind these. Get out the vote efforts in many instances.

 

Texas governor exaggerates to stir up fear about non-citizen voting

https://www.propublica.org/article/texas-noncitizen-voter-roll-removal-included-americans 

Fewer than 600 people have been removed from Texas voting rolls as non-citizens, but Governor Greg Abbott claimed it was 6,000 people.

Supreme Court declines to hear challenge to San Francisco's disclosure law

https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/4919230-supreme-court-dark-money-disclosure/ 

A Pair of Billionaire Preachers Built the Most Powerful Political Machine in Texas. That’s Just the Start. — ProPublica

https://www.propublica.org/article/tim-dunn-farris-wilks-texas-christian-nationalism-dominionism-elections-voting