The sharply divided CA 4 en banc decision also illustrates what a mess trying to apply the Purcell “doctrine” can be. Purcell cautions federal courts against changing the status quo in election cases too close to the election. It’s probably… Continue reading

After having just divided 4-4 on the PA case, which centered on the “independent legislature” constitutional issue, the Court might soon be faced with that issue yet again. The en banc 4th Circuit split yesterday on precisely this issue… Continue reading

That’s the title CNN put on my piece on the Supreme Court’s decision in the PA case. I’ll keep the excerpt short, since most readers here will already understand much of the background: In the most important pre-election case this… Continue reading

“Neil deGrasse Tyson warns asteroid could hit Earth the day before the election”

The Supreme Court has taken an exceptionally long time – given the impending election — to address the legal challenges before it involving voting issues in Pennsylvania.  Given that length of time, it’s reasonable to assume we are going to… Continue reading

From the Washington Post: It’s not Election Day that worries most county officials. It’s the next stage — the count. This spring, in the primary, it took 10 days for the county elections office to count about 30,000 mail-in… Continue reading

For details on each of these measures, which also reports that $630 million has been spent so far on them, see this story.

The first part of this story suggests the conflicts over GOP drop boxes in CA have now been resolved: California officials lowered the temperature Friday in their legal standoff with the California Republican Party over its unauthorized ballot boxes, saying… Continue reading

Politico story on local-government ballot measures this fall to change policing systems: Nevertheless, in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Portland, Philadelphia, Akron and Seattle, voters will get to decide on some pioneering changes to the way their policing systems work. These… Continue reading

Some interesting data on several election-policy issues from a recent Ipsos poll for Axios: What we’re watching: Most Black respondents (82%), Hispanic Americans (77%), Asian Americans (63%) and white respondents (59%) say the president should be elected nationally by… Continue reading

“New Jersey Election Officials Scramble on First Mostly Mail-In Vote” From the WSJ: New Jersey’s election system will be tested in the coming weeks as most voters will be casting their ballots for the presidential election by mail or… Continue reading

From the WSJ: THIRD-PARTY SENATE CANDIDATES could play key roles in some of the fall’s closest contests—in some cases with the help of a major party candidate. In South Carolina, where Democrat Jaime Harrison has run close to Sen.… Continue reading

My favorite TikTok video of all time, especially the end, not surprisingly: https://twitter.com/LissaJoStewart/status/1316496502567641089?s=09

This is from the latest Morning Consult Poll: But as Nov. 3 has inched closer, questions over the U.S. Postal Service’s ability to deliver mailed ballots on time has prompted some Democratic organizers to encourage people to vote in person.… Continue reading