AJC: With a presidential election on the line in 2020, Georgia is switching to a new voting company, Dominion Voting Systems, that state evaluators ranked second-best and that critics said will leave elections vulnerable.Dominion, based in Denver, must rush to … Continue reading

ACLU: The California Court of Appeal ruled today that Secretary of State Alex Padilla erred when he issued a directive to county election officials in 2017 that deprives tens of thousands of California voters of the language assistance to which… Continue reading

Time with the link to the segment.

AP profiles NH SOS Bill Gardner.

This should be good: Kathay Feng of Common Cause, who discusses redistricting; https://soundcloud.com/ucla-extension/2020-election-preview-from-presidential-candidates-to-californias-ballot-measure-elections California Secretary of State Alex Padilla, speaking about election security:https://soundcloud.com/ucla-extension/week-2-osher-presents-2020-election-preview-with-alex-padilla Bob Naylor, former California Assembly Republican leader, who discusses the future of the Republican Party in… Continue reading

WaPo: A federal judge ruled Friday that Fairfax County must allow 171 George Mason University students to vote next week after their voter registration applications were rejected for providing a generic university address.U.S. District Judge Rossie D. Alston Jr. ordered… Continue reading

Al.com: Montgomery County Circuit Judge Greg Griffin issued a temporary restraining order today blocking a faction of the state Democratic party from holding elections for party chair and first vice chair on Saturday.An attorney representing the party members who planned… Continue reading

Release: Plaintiffs in the case of Common Cause v. Lewis on Friday filed a petition with the NC Supreme Court asking the justices to immediately review the Superior Court’s approval of eight NC House districts that remain extreme partisan gerrymanders… Continue reading

WaPo: Democratic organizations filed lawsuits in Georgia, Arizona and Texas on Friday saying Republicans are given an unfair advantage by being listed first on those states’ general election ballots.The traditionally red states Democrats hope to make competitive in 2020 have… Continue reading

You can find the court’s order at this link. “In their Complaint, Plaintiffs contend that three provisions of the Mississippi Constitution impair that choice. The provisions provide that successful candidates for state-level, statewide office must receive both the majority of… Continue reading

Penn Live: Gov. Tom Wolf put his signature on what has been described as the most significant change to Pennsylvania’s election laws in more than 80 years when they were written.By signing the bill into law, registered voters will soon… Continue reading

Orlando Sentinel: Years ago, the deadline to register to vote in Florida was set at 29 days before the election.The reason was simple. Four weeks gave elections offices enough time to put together the most comprehensive list of voters available… Continue reading

NYT: A coming purge of Georgia’s voter rolls has raised alarms among advocacy groups in the state and nationwide, many of whom see the issue of who gets to cast a ballot re-emerging with next year’s election, particularly in battleground… Continue reading

NYT: In 2015, Seattle voters approved a plan to foil corporate political contributions, creating “democracy vouchers” that allow residents to assign public campaign funds to local candidates of their choice.With the goal of amplifying the voices of regular… Continue reading