NYT reports. The updated headline of this article reads: ‘Your Health or the Right to Vote’: A Battle in Wisconsin as Its Primary Nears … Continue reading
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Tina Barton, Kammi Foote and Paddy McGuire oped in the Detroit Free Press: Today, more than ever before, local and state election officials across this country have the capacity to provide safe and transparent elections to all voters. We are … Continue reading
WSJ reports. … Continue reading
Important Wendy Weiser and Larry Norden oped for Politico. … Continue reading
Steven Rosenfeld reports. … Continue reading
WaPo reports. … Continue reading
Jack Goldsmith and Ben Miller-Gootnick at Lawfare. … Continue reading
Miami Herald: Two poll workers who spent Florida’s primary day in precincts in the city of Hollywood have tested positive for coronavirus, the Broward Supervisor of Elections said Thursday.According to a press release, Supervisor Pete Antonacci has learned that the … Continue reading
Release: The State Board of Elections on Thursday released a list of legislative recommendations to help make voting in North Carolina safe and accessible in 2020, despite the ongoing threat of COVID-19. Karen Brinson Bell, executive director of the State … Continue reading
NBC News reports. … Continue reading
Gavin Weise for the U.S. Vote Foundation. … Continue reading
Bob Bauer, Ben Ginsberg, Nate Persily NYT oped: Who will assist with the best, most informed decisions about the spending of these funds? Our country’s elections are conducted in over 10,000 state and local jurisdictions — and in the face of a … Continue reading
WaPo reports. … Continue reading
NYT reports. … Continue reading
Just wow: Universal vote by mail would be the end of our republic as we know it. https://t.co/NSqodOXsxx— Thomas Massie (@RepThomasMassie) March 24, 2020 … Continue reading
Politifact reports. … Continue reading
Nevada Independent. … Continue reading
WaPo reports. … Continue reading
AJC: Five of the eight justices on the Georgia Supreme Court on Monday disqualified themselves from a case calling for an open election for Justice Keith Blackwell’s seat.Justices Charles Bethel, Michael Boggs, John Ellington, Nels Peterson and Blackwell recused themselves … Continue reading
ProPublica reports. … Continue reading
New report here. … Continue reading
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NYT: A former field organizer for Michael R. Bloomberg filed a proposed class-action lawsuit against his presidential campaign Monday, arguing that she and thousands of others laid off this month had been tricked into taking jobs they were told would last until … Continue reading
Brennan Center coordinating this letter. … Continue reading
You can read the letter here. … Continue reading
Extensive NYT editoral. … Continue reading
Cleveland.com: Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose wants to send postage-paid absentee ballots to millions of Ohioans as part of his plan to complete the state’s presidential primary election, delayed over coronavirus concerns.LaRose on Saturday announced his plan, which would … Continue reading
Over at the Lawfare Blog (which is quickly becoming a go-to site for longer than op-ed length pieces on election law and the virus), I’ve posted this essay, which addresses one particular risk of mail-in voting. If Congress or individual … Continue reading
Jon Meacham NYT opinion. … Continue reading
Brennan Center analysis. … Continue reading
Over at Lawfare: This past week has provided ample evidence that states are in need of reliable plans to carry out elections without interruption in the face of the unfolding medical crisis. Ohio Governor Mike DeWine caused alarm when he decided to … Continue reading
Evan Halper for the LAT. … Continue reading
Smart thoughts from Michael Thorning of BPC about postponing primaries and other elections during an emergency: If a state chooses, in accordance with state and federal law, to postpone an election there are two key considerations for maintaining the contest’s … Continue reading
WaPo reports. … Continue reading
I spoke with Madeline Brand for KCRW’s Press Play. … Continue reading
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Important historical perspective. … Continue reading
New Franita and Foley podcast, with guest Michael Morley. … Continue reading
New BPC blog post. … Continue reading
Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel reports. … Continue reading
EJ Dionne: If Sanders and Biden want an immediate joint project, they can unite in pointing to the dangers to the election process itself, brought home by Gov. Mike DeWine’s decision to cancel in-person voting in Ohio primary on Tuesday. DeWine argued … Continue reading
Greg Sargent in WaPo: It is now becoming distressingly clear that we may be facing severe societal disruptions that could stretch over many months. A big unknown is just how prepared we are to weather these disruptions and what will … Continue reading
Matt Weil of BPC: First, local administrators will need major technology upgrades and staff trainings. Some states do very little voting by mail and would have a difficult task of ramping up without these quick investments. In 2018, 31 states … Continue reading
Over at the MIT Election Lab. … Continue reading
The Columbus Dispatch reports. … Continue reading
Kim Zetter for Politico. … Continue reading
The following is a guest post from Ned Foley: Building upon what I wrote yesterday, I think it’s useful to put Ohio Secretary of State LaRose’s Monday night directive (now challenged in the Ohio Supreme Court) in some historical context.I recall all the flurry of … Continue reading
The Daily Beast reports. … Continue reading
LAT reports. … Continue reading
BuzzFeed News: Voters and poll workers reported chaos, nonfunctional polling places, unsanitary conditions, and low turnout across the state of Illinois on Tuesday as the primary election continued despite the coronavirus outbreak.After the state scrambled to move polling places away from … Continue reading