Release via email: The American Civil Liberties Union, ACLU of Georgia, and Southern Poverty Law Center filed an emergency lawsuit to safeguard the voting rights of Cobb County voters. Cobb County admitted that they had failed to mail out more… Continue reading

Milwaukee early votes likely will take until 2 or 3 am to count…. From my earlier Slate piece: Well, déjà vu may be on tap for a week from Tuesday. Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, alone among the swing states,… Continue reading

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Discussing among other things ahead of Election Day, the intentional sabotaging of drop boxes, available on Apple Podcasts and YouTube.

Here: Amid teetering uncertainty over who will win next week’s presidential election, little suspense looms about one thing: if Donald Trump loses, he will not concede to Kamala Harris. Instead, as he has been doing throughout his campaign, Mr… Continue reading

In its emergency stay application in this case, the RNC argues that the PA supreme court decision should be stayed, in part due to Purcell considerations.  Purcell thus far applies only to federal courts, as the RNC acknowledges, but it… Continue reading

Just came across this quote from me on All In with Chris Hayes, June 10, 2020: “We may have a full week where we don’t know who has won in Pennsylvania while those absentee ballots are counted. If Trump is… Continue reading

Order. Update: Petition before Justice Alito.

The indispensable Charles Stewart: What does all this mean for 2024? I would highlight three things. First, pre-processing make a difference, although it makes the biggest difference in the early hours of counting. In 2020, seventeen states prohibited processing of… Continue reading

Brian Stelter for CNN: “I’ve used just about every adjective for ‘close,’ and ‘even,’ but that’s the message every time,” Anthony Salvanto, the CBS News executive director of elections and surveys, told CNN. Election-related fears and anxieties are especially high this year, but the… Continue reading

Miami Herald: Containers with Miami-Dade ballots were found on the side of a road overnight after they fell out of a county truck, the Elections Department confirmed Tuesday. “The worker forgot to lock the back of the truck and as… Continue reading

The Republican National Committee filed yesterday an emergency stay application in the PA Genser litigation.  The theory underlying the RNC brief significantly expands the scope of absentee ballots potentially affected.  In light of that, I have to update my initial… Continue reading

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No surprises here. In a sentence: “Plaintiffs delayed too long to file their action, they lack standing, they have failed to join indispensable parties, and they have failed to articulate a viable cause of action.” One more snippet on… Continue reading