Outside the Beltway

Things are not looking good.

The state is voting during the high point of a global pandemic because Republicans forced it.

Evidence from the four early states is not looking promising.

There’s a very real possibility the legitimacy of the 2020 election will be contested.

Democrat Jon Ossoff has thrown his hat in the ring to challenge David Perdue for Georgia’s Senate seat in 2020.

What happened to “building a lasting relationship within the African American community”?

Let’s call it what it is.

Stacey Abrams, best known for losing the race for Governor of Georgia in 2018, is still apparently thinking of getting in the race. Her chances seem slim at best.

The narrow loser of the Georgia governor’s race has left open the possibility of running for President.

Ballot measures across the country would deny access to those who refuse to release tax returns.

After a decade of using the alleged problem of “voter fraud” to justify things like Voter ID Laws, Republicans are remarkably silent in the fact of an actual example of fraud and election tampering.

A North Carolina Congressional Election that was tainted by Absentee Ballot Fraud will be redone.

Gerrymandering. It’s not just for Republicans.

Yes, there can be real problems with election activities, but that does not excuse POTUS’ lies about fraud.

While the outcome in the Florida Governor’s Race is clear, the Senate race remains up in the air and headed for a hand recount that, in the end, is unlikely to change the outcome of the race.

Donald Trump is engaging in another round of baseless and bizarre conspiracy theories about alleged voter fraud.

Today in bad columns.

Florida has begun the recount process in both the Senate and Governor’s races. Where it goes from here is anyone’s guess.

The issues are different than in Florida or Arizona, but the Georgia Governor’s race remains unresolved as Stacey Abrams hopes to find enough votes to force the race into a runoff.

Donald Trump’s lies became even more frequent during the recently-concluded campaign season.

Florida voters approved an amendment to the state’s Constitution that will restore the voting rights of as many as 1.2 million ex-felons and make it easier for future released felons to get their civil rights back.

The emergence of a silly talking point.

The 2018 midterms were mostly about Donald Trump. The results were idiosyncratic.

Faced with the probability of losses today, President Trump is already getting ready to blame everyone but himself.

A Federal Judge is letting a North Dakota Voter ID law that clearly discriminates against Native Americans stand.

New evidence indicates that the same Russian backed bots and trolls that sought to influence the 2016 election are now attempting to exploit the social divisions raised by the N.F.L. players kneeling during the National Anthem.

A Georgia County is abandoning a dubious plan that would have closed 2/3 of the county’s polling stations.

A federal trial court has ruled the practice an unconstitutional infringement on suffrage.

President Trump has shut down the commission he established to investigate unsupported claims of “voter fraud” in the 2016 election.

Republicans now face a stark choice.

Thoughts on the quality of our democracy.

More than twenty states are resisting requests for data from a ‘voter integrity’ Commission built on President Trump’s lie that millions of people voted illegally in the 2016 election.

A big win for opponents of Voter ID laws.

In the wake of the Democratic victory in the North Carolina Governor’s race, the Republican-controlled legislature has stripped the Governor’s office of significant power.

Now Donald Trump is alleging that the 2016 Election was tainted by ‘illegal voting,’ even though he won!

A Federal Judge in North Dakota has struck down that state’s Voter ID Law, the fourth such decision in less than a month.

Today, many states and municipalities are having elections that will mostly attract Democrats.

Based on the available evidence, there’s very little evidence that Voter ID laws had a significant impact on the midterm elections.

There’s nothing wrong with choosing not to vote.

Some recent political science on the subject.

Do Voter ID laws really suppress voter turnout? The evidence from at least one state doesn’t prove it.

Democrats are approaching an “Electoral College lock.” Republicans are trying to pick it.

Why I supported Mitt Romney despite his constant flip-flopping, fibbing, and fecklessness.

Could Romney win Ohio by ginning up Republican turnout and tamping down Democratic votes?

The arguments of the people claiming that every single poll showing Mitt Romney is unfairly biased do not stand up to scrutiny.

A Wisconsin DOT official sent out a memo telling DMV staffers not to volunteer the availability of free voter identification cards.