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Stephen Wolf

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Contributor @the-downballot.com. Elections, voting rights, redistricting, and maps.

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Billy Corriher

Republicans have passed a bill that gives the GOP justices the power to remove Justice Anita Earls and any other judge they don’t like. Right now, a commission decides if a judge violated ethics rules. The new law allows the high court to override its decision. ncnewsline.com/2026/07/29/n... #ncpol

NC Senate approves judicial oversight measure despite warnings of politicization • NC NewslineThe final version of H377 gives the state Supreme Court the power to censure, publicly reprimand, suspend or remove judges at its discretion.ncnewsline.com
Stephen Wolf

Maryland Democrats are expected to pass their amendment next week. If voters approve it this fall, Democrats could redraw the congressional map to target the last Republican, Rep. Andy Harris. A new map could look similar to the one below that Dems unsuccessfully tried to pass earlier this year

Stephen Wolf

Maryland Democrats have unveiled their constitutional amendment that would let them redraw the congressional map for 2028 if voters approve it in November. It would insulate congressional maps from legal challenges and specify that existing restrictions on maps only apply to state Senate/House maps

Stephen Wolf

Maryland Democrats have unveiled their constitutional amendment that would let them redraw the congressional map for 2028 if voters approve it in November. It would insulate congressional maps from legal challenges and specify that existing restrictions on maps only apply to state Senate/House maps

Maryland lawmakers reveal proposed redistricting constitutional amendment, special session planThe proposed changes to the Maryland Constitution around congressional redistricting have been published.www.wypr.org
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Mark Joseph Stern

The Supreme Court invited exactly this when it held that the president's attempt to conduct "sham" "investigations" was a core executive power immune from all regulation, including criminal prosecution, in Trump v. United States.

Deborah Pearlstein

"Secret Service agents who questioned the former FBI director James B. Comey were told to send details of the interview to Air Force One so President Trump could review them....One government document said that 'POTUS was requesting a copy of the interview notes to use in his 6pm press conference.'"

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Governor Gavin Newsom

Trump's own immigration agents admit it: they were ordered to target last summer’s redistricting rally in LA. Use federal law enforcement to target political opponents. Politicize the Department of Justice. Defy court orders. That is blatant authoritarianism, ordered by Trump.

The Daily Beast

Leaked messages have shown that federal agents complained about being used for a “political stunt” targeting Trump's nemesis.

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The Downballot

NEW: The Downballot has closely tracked special elections for years, but it turns out they can tell us even more than we realized. Specials can act as an early-warning system, as @marshak1.bsky.social shows, that tell us when the political environment is shifting—and they can do so very quickly.

Special elections can tell us when the electoral winds are changing—faster than ever beforeWith new tools, we can detect shifts in the political weather after just a handful of electionswww.the-downballot.com
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Gregg Gonsalves

"If there is a question to ask, then, it is this: Why does Musk get a pass? Why do politicians, journalists and commentators treat his far-right racist radicalism as a sideshow rather than the core of his political, ideological and industrial project..." www.nytimes.com/2026/07/29/o...

Opinion | Elon Musk Is a Menace to Society (Gift Article)Why does the owner of X get a pass for what he says and does there?www.nytimes.com
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The Downballot

We've got a fantastic announcement: The Downballot has just released a new version of our one-of-a-kind "hexmap," which shows every congressional district as the same size. @donnermaps.bsky.social has been hard at work updating it for all 10 states with new maps. Check it out here! 🧵

The Downballot releases our latest House 'hexmap,' updated for redistrictingBy making every district the same size, we eliminate that misleading sea of redwww.the-downballot.com
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Leonardo Carella

Italy is changing its electoral system (again): the fifth reform since 1993. I wrote for @laderafrutal.bsky.social's Fruits & Votes blog on how the new bonus-adjusted system works, why the government wants it, and its political implications. fruitsandvotes.wordpress.com/2026/07/27/i...

Italy is changing its electoral system (again)Nicknamed the “Stabilicum” by the right-wing coalition government that introduced it, this would be the fifth major electoral reform in Italy since 1993.fruitsandvotes.wordpress.com
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G Elliott Morris

A new poll shared exclusively with Strength In Numbers finds independent candidate Seth Bodnar polling 6 points ahead of Republican Kurt Alme in a hypothetical one-on-one for Montana's Senate race, but the Democratic candidate Alani Bankhead trailing by 8. www.gelliottmorris.com/p/2026-07-28...

To defeat Republicans, Democrats should stand down in places independents are more likely to winAn exclusive poll shared first with Strength In Numbers shows Independent Seth Bodnar in Montana runs ahead of the Democrat in a hypothetical Senate horse-racewww.gelliottmorris.com
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Andy Craig

The DNC is a perpetual mess because it’s powerless and irrelevant, not vice versa. The American party system is so hollowed out it predictably does not attract the ambitious and competent, nor is the rational place for donors to put their money. The RNC has money because it’s a slush fund for Trump.

Dean Obeidallah

Democratic National Committee is horribly struggling. Republican National Committee is sitting on nearly $130 million. While DNC is $2 million in debt. Bad management of DNC but also another sign that the energy in the Dem base is for change--not the establishment. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/26/u...

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Don Moynihan

The de facto position of the US government: *we should influence the elections of other countries *we should cast doubt on legitimate election outcomes when we don't like the outcome *we should use claims of foreign interference to cast doubt on legitimate US election outcomes

Matthew Hay Brown

UPDATE Brazil has denied visas to the two State Department officials Trump planned to send to undermine confidence in the country’s electoral system

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