California has long had problems with vote fraud and poor election administration.  Why does California have so many issues?  Single-party rule in the state is one possible answer.  Here are some of the remarkable recent examples of problems.

There has been much debate in the past few weeks over whether vote fraud exists, with many liberals claiming that it does not exist at all.

Today, the 6th Circuit reversed a district court decision that had struck down Ohio's reduction in its early voting period from 35 days to 29 days, still a very long period:

Connecticut is pursuing a campaign finance complaint against Republican State Senator Joe Markley and Republican State Representative Rob Sampson for mentioning the Democratic governor in two mailings criticizing the governor's destructive policies:

We recently discussed how the three Democrats on the FEC voted to ignore the settled exemption from campaign finance regulations granted to internet communications in the complaint against Foundation for a Secure and Prosperous America:

Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt gave a speech earlier this summer about the importance of Justice Scalia's jurisprudence and replacing him with a conservative justice: 

In its decision on North Carolina's voter ID law last month, the Fourth Circuit acted like a trial court in determining new findings of fact, according to election law expert Christian Adams:

Last week, Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner vetoed a bill that would establish mandatory, or automatic, voter registration in Illinois:  

The ABA recently adopted, by voice vote, an amendment to the model rules of professional conduct containing a speech code for lawyers.  Speech codes have become increasingly popular on college campuses, and when challenged in court, are unsurprisingly almost always found to violate the First Amendment (when enacted in a public college or university).  Eugene Volokh explains the meaning of the new model rule and its chilling implications:

Following up on our post of Tuesday, a month ago, yet another organization, Foundation for a Secure and Prosperous America, posted videos on YouTube.  The three Democrat Commissioners voted against applying the Internet exemption to dismiss the case.  This is the second time in two years the Commission split 3-3 over YouTube videos posted for free.  The Republican Commissioners' Statement on the case can be found here.