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Election Shenanigans

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Isgur, S., & French, D. (2026, October 27). Election Shenanigans. The Dispatch. https://thedispatch.com/podcast/advisoryopinions/election-shenanigans/

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Sarah Isgur and David French discuss election-related legal issues across multiple states, focusing particularly on New Hampshire’s student ID laws and election lawsuits. They also critique what they see as forum shopping in litigation and address judges’ behavior in handling these cases. The discussion includes a brief mention of Sarah voting in Texas and touches on topics like AI and mental health within the context of current political events.

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Sarah Isgur and David French from The Dispatch discuss ongoing election-related legal issues across several U.S. states including Texas, Alaska, and New Hampshire on their podcast "Advisory Opinions." They focus on New Hampshire's student ID laws, challenging media narratives around them, and address specific cases like Sarah Isgur voting in Texas. The discussion also includes criticism of what they term as forum shopping, a practice where litigants strategically choose courts based on perceived favorable rulings.

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Topics

Alaska Dispatch New Hampshire New Hampshire’s Texas

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Alaska GPE · 2× David French PERSON · 2× Dispatch ORG · 2× Sarah PERSON · 2× Sarah Isgur PERSON · 2× Texas GPE · 2× Hampshire GPE · 1× New Hampshire GPE · 1× New Hampshire’s GPE · 1× The Dispatch ORG · 1×

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The Agenda: –New Hampshire’s student ID laws and why the media got it wrong –Sarah votes in Texas –Harsh opinions and hallucinating decisions Advisory Opinions is a production of The Dispatch, a digital media company covering politics, policy, and culture from a non-partisan, conservative perspective.

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2026-10-27 · The Dispatch

Election Shenanigans · assertive framing

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Sarah Isgur and David French discuss election-related legal woes from New Hampshire to Alaska, election lawsuits and where they’re headed, plus a little takedown of forum shopping. asserted

they → discuss → shopping

Opinions → get → perspective

If you’d like to remove all ads from your podcast experience, consider becoming a premium Dispatch member by clicking here. asserted

you → like → experience

I was born ready. asserted

I → bear → ?

And we are gonna start with election shenanigans from Alaska to New Hampshire. asserted

we → go → Hampshire

Feels like we're singing, you know, "God Bless America" here. asserted

you → feel → America

[chuckles] We'll talk about the election lawsuits and where they're headed, as well as a revisit of what's causing the interim docket, the likelihood of success on the merits versus forum shopping. asserted

what → talk → shopping

And we've got everything, a history of the rocket docket in the Eastern District of Texas, and a proposal now pending before the Rules Committee to end forum shopping or just make a lot more cases. asserted

we → get → cases

We'll see. asserted

We → see → ?

We'll see what we think. asserted

we → see → what

Before we start though, Sarah, I wanna say, the sun is shining, the birds are singing, and Kentucky is number one in the Southeastern Conference on October 26th. asserted

Kentucky → start → 26th

Well, no, I'm gonna say it is, the only time it has happened asserted

it → go → ?