I want to highlight one intriguing aspect of this decision.  The state adopted no-excuse absentee voting in a law passed in 2019, before the pandemic.  That meant that the surrounding laws were not written for the volume of absentees likely… Continue reading

This well-researched Thomas Edsall NYT essay is my must-read piece of the day. It’s subtitled: “Apocalyptic terms” have taken over the 2020 election, with potentially dangerous implications. I’m not going to try to post an excerpt, because it would be… Continue reading

Pennsylvania, under divided government, nonetheless recently created a new “Election Advisory Board.” I’m flagging this because many of us have advocated for various forms of independent or bipartisan boards or commissions to oversee the election process. This new Board has… Continue reading

From the Guardian: Election experts are deeply worried about the chaos from a scenario in which Trump leads in-person voting on election night, claims victory, only to see his lead evaporate as more mail-in votes are counted. Election law… Continue reading

One of the silver linings of Zoom is being able to talk with law students at places that would be logistically difficult if conferences had to be in person. Nick Stephanopolous and I will be speaking tomorrow at this conference… Continue reading

This is a good piece on an under-discussed election reform issue. One reason it’s good is that it’s not all doom and gloom, and recognizes positive developments in this area. The piece also offers a new institutional reform for this… Continue reading

CNN has published this op-ed of mine on what voters can do at this point to minimize the risk of an election meltdown. My contract with them permits me to offer only this very brief excerpt, so take a look… Continue reading

In this NYTimes survey of security experts about potential risks to the election process and ways to forestall them, I think this suggestion from Michael Chertoff is worth highlighting: But defenses are not perfect, so we also need ways to… Continue reading

This is a must-read piece from Ned Foley on the importance of recognizing the difference between problems in the election process — which social media will inevitably amplify — and issues that would actually cast doubt on the legitimacy of… Continue reading

The WSJ editorial page offers another strong endorsement of changing laws in states like PA, MI, and WI to permit election officials to begin processing absentees earlier than Election Day. I strongly agree on that point, without necessarily agreeing with… Continue reading

As this piece today in the Washington Post notes, 70% of people are “very confident” their vote will be counted accurately if they vote in person, while only 30% say the same if they vote by mail. Many people want… Continue reading

Princeton’s magazine ran that statement from me as the lead to an interview I recently did with them on voting issues for this fall. As I’ve said, I intend to keep hammering away at this issue, which I see as… Continue reading

And here’s the subtitle from this must-read piece in The Atlantic from Russell Berman: “Experts now say the health risk of casting an in-person ballot is relatively low. Will Democrats tell their voters that?” I’m thrilled to see this piece.… Continue reading

This WSJ piece makes several important points about the absentee voting process. In particular, Rove strongly endorses a crucial policy change that should be made now, particularly in six battleground states: permit election officials to start the processing of verifying… Continue reading