“Voters with disabilities often overlooked in voting battles”
The AP with an update focused on Wisconsin and Chicago, given the pending state supreme court and mayoral runoff elections.
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County boards and hand counts
There’s been ample publicity about the conspiracy-fueled decision in Shasta County, CA to hand-count election results (more here), and a similar truncated effort in Cochise County, AZ. (Aside from the fact that tallies will take far… Continue reading
State enforcement of 14th Amd. insurrection clause
Free Speech for People and Professor Gerard Magliocca out with a new blog post and report on state enforcement of section 3 of the 14th Amendment, prohibiting those who have “engaged in insurrection or rebellion against” the United States from… Continue reading
Shareholder resolutions on disclosure of lobbying and political activity
Lindsey Stewart at Morningstar has this post at the HLS Forum on Corporate Governance, linking to this full report. Both have some intriguing data on the way that the different mega-asset managers have been voting recently on shareholder resolutions… Continue reading
Textualism and 1874
Should some older statutes be getting a radical makeover?
On Thursday last week, a Fifth Circuit panel released a decision on qualified immunity. Judge Don Willett, a frequent critic of the doctrine, wrote for the majority … and then separately… Continue reading
ND legislature bans ranked-choice and approval voting
The statewide legislation, passed with a vetoproof majority, prohibits the approval voting system used in Fargo for the last two elections.
“Arkansas Bill Easing Ballot Access for Newly-Qualifying Parties Passes Legislature”
Hat tip to Richard Winger, of course, on the news.
I’d be intrigued to see if there’s any correlation between the major-party vote margin and the permissiveness of a state’s minor-party ballot access structure.
Signing on for duty
Hi, all. Justin here. I’ll be your Cruise Director for the rest of this week. As Rick mentioned, please send tips my way. Critique, as usual, should be sent directly to @elonmusk.
Show Me the Money
(2003 ed.)
Justin here. I’m delighted to join the roster of reflections on the 20th anniversary of the Election Law Blog. Travis and Ellen have already noted how indispensable the blog is — how indispensable it’s been from… Continue reading
The list of COVID-19 election cases hits 325
Justin here. I’m tracking the litigation over election issues related to COVID-19 … and the list of cases just hit 325. (The Stanford-MIT Healthy Elections Project also has a really useful sortable database of these cases, with more info.… Continue reading
The list of COVID-19 election cases hits 275
Justin here. I’m tracking the litigation over election issues related to COVID-19 … and the list of cases just hit 275. (The Stanford-MIT Healthy Elections Project also has a really useful sortable database of these cases, with more info.)… Continue reading
Wisconsin GOP tries to stop Racing Sausages from promoting civic participation
The Wisconsin GOP sent a letter yesterday claiming that it would be improper “electioneering” and/or vote buying for MLB and the Brewers’ Racing Sausages to encourage early voting.
The legal citations in the letter seem … off.
The assertions with… Continue reading
PA legislators ask SCOTUS to stay mail deadline ruling
(Cross-posted at Take Care)
The state Senate leadership in Pennsylvania, intervenors in litigation over the deadline to receive ballots cast by mail, has just asked the U.S. Supreme Court to stay a Sept. 17 decision of the Pennsylvania Supreme … Continue reading
The list of COVID-19 election cases hits 250
Justin here. I’m tracking the litigation over election issues related to COVID-19 … and the list of cases just hit 250. (The Stanford-MIT Healthy Elections Project also has a really useful sortable database of these cases, with more info.)… Continue reading