“Pharma is showering Congress with cash, even as drug makers race to fight the coronavirus”
According to this story from Stat News, the money seems to go pretty evenly to both parties, with a slide edge as of now to Republicans (53%).
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“Facts and Myths about Misperceptions”
This is a good survey article by Brendan Nyhan about what we know (or wrongly think we know) about misinformation regarding factual matters, including on policy and politics: the sources of misinformation, the distribution of public beliefs about it, and… Continue reading
Sen. Rubio Rightly Moves to Change Key Dates for the Electoral College Process
Good news: Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) has introduced a bill to extend the federal safe harbor period for states to determine electors from December 8, 2020 to January 1, 2021 for this year’s presidential election. He explains his position in… Continue reading
The Fight Over Vote-By-Mail is Over
The Washington Post has published this piece of mine. An excerpt:
The main fight over “vote by mail” is over. President Trump ended it, even if he doesn’t realize that.
In the past few weeks, the president has repeatedly and… Continue reading
2020 Supplement to “The Law of Democracy” Now Available
West Academic Published has announced that the 2020 Supplement to The Law of Democracy: Legal Regulation of the Political Process is now available at this link.
The Supplement contains a free-standing 15-page section on issues concerning the fall election, including… Continue reading
“Poll: More Than Half Of Young People Lack Resources To Vote By Mail”
This title might be a bit misleading, since the text of the story refers to lack of resources or knowledge. Still, raises important issues:
As the coronavirus pandemic has upended normal balloting, more than half of voters under the age… Continue reading
“Md. Gov. Larry Hogan says he tried to expand access to voting. Instead, he sparked a revolt”
From the Washington Post:
When Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan announced an all-of-the-above strategy to conduct “a normal” election in November, he cast it as a decision to maximize voter access during the coronavirus pandemic.
A massive backlash ensued.… Continue reading
“2020 election threats extend to the Senate — and jeopardize our democracy”
Sen. Coons op-ed in WP:
It is now well understood that states across the country do not have adequate resources to conduct an election during the novel coronavirus pandemic, largely because Congress and the states have provided only a… Continue reading
“Why Alaska needs ranked-choice voting “
Op-ed in the Anchorage Daily News from Jacob Begich, after his father, Sen. Mark Begich, wrote a WSJ op-ed opposing RCV.
“Despite virus threat, Black voters wary of voting by mail”
From AP News, in the Bellefontaine Examiner:
Fears that the coronavirus pandemic will worsen, Victor Gibson said he’s not planning to take advantage of Michigan’s expanded vote-by-mail system when he casts his ballot in November.
The retired teacher from… Continue reading
“Supreme Court’s ‘summer break’ has become a series of consequential actions”
From Bob Barnes at the WP:
But the court’s customary summer lull? It never arrived.
Instead, responding to emergency pleas for intervention, the justices allowed federal executions to resume for the first time in 17 years. They threw up … Continue reading
“Trump’s own intelligence officials contradict his repeated claims of mail-in voting fraud”
From CCN:
US intelligence officials on Friday discounted the possibility of foreign countries mass producing fake ballots to interfere in the November elections, contradicting President Donald Trump’s continued insistence that mail-in voting poses a significant threat to election security.… Continue reading
Ned Foley Op-Ed on the Legitimacy of the Fall Election
In the NY Daily News:
The elections will remain scheduled for Nov. 3. The question will be whether procedures to be used will be sufficient to permit every eligible voter wishing to participate to have an adequate opportunity to… Continue reading
Important: Preventable Fall Election Nightmare Looming in Michigan and States with Similar Policies
This story from Yahoo News is titled “GOP intransigence in Michigan could lead to a chaotic presidential election.” The story identifies an issue that I have been hammering away at since way back in March. There are going to be… Continue reading