If not, you will be soon enough. To get you in the spirit, Prof. Derek Muller and I will be debating partisan gerrymandering later tonight for the University of Utah’s 37th Annual Jefferson B. Fordham Debate, with link for Zoom … Continue reading →

The majority decides the case primarily on standing grounds. From Judge Moore’s dissent: Make no mistake: today’s majority opinion is yet another chapter in the concentrated effort to restrict the vote. See, e.g., Raysor v. DeSantis, 140 S. Ct. 2600 … Continue reading →

New Brennan Center report. … Continue reading →

AJC: Voting slowed to a crawl across Georgia this week in large part because of check-in computers that couldn’t handle the load of record turnout at early voting locations.The problem created a bottleneck as voters reached the front of the line, when … Continue reading →

In this important Washington Post story about early voting, I was heartened to see this passage: While polls show that Democrats are more likely to vote by mail this year, there are signs that many are abandoning those plans and … Continue reading →

NYT reports. … Continue reading →

AP:  A federal judge ordered North Carolina on Wednesday to ensure that absentee ballots have a witness signature in a mixed ruling that allows voters to fix other more minor problems without casting a new ballot from scratch.Judge William Osteen … Continue reading →

Josh Douglas CNN oped. … Continue reading →

27-Order-Denying-Motion-for-Temporary-Restraining-Order-and-Other-Preliminary-ReliefDownload … Continue reading →

Boston Globe: More than 40 former congressional leaders, former Cabinet secretaries, retired military officials, and leaders of civic organizations have formed the bipartisan National Council on Election Integrity to ensure a democratic outcome to the 2020 election. … Continue reading →

Zoom registration. … Continue reading →

At the New Republic, from Jeff Sheshol, one of the leading scholars of the political battle over FDR’s Court-packing plan: When Roosevelt finally struck against the court, at the start of his second term, his party held 76 of 96 seats … Continue reading →

NYT reports. “I know of no evidence that drop boxes have lead to more or less fraud” than sending ballots through the mail, said Charles Stewart III, a professor of political science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology who runs … Continue reading →

AP: California’s top elections and law enforcement officials, both Democrats, on Monday said the boxes are illegal, threaten election security and must come down. Those behind the GOP effort could face criminal prosecution, Attorney General Xavier Becerra said.Rick Hasen, an … Continue reading →

Gear petition and Swenson petition. More at SCOTUSBlog. … Continue reading →

WBUR’s Here and Now. … Continue reading →

I spoke with Madeline Brand of KCRW’s “Press Play.” … Continue reading →

I spoke to NPR’s “Here and Now.” … Continue reading →

NY Post reports. … Continue reading →

Zoe Tillman with the details: Now: The 11th Circuit has blocked a district court order that would have lifted Alabama's witness and photo ID requirements for absentee voters at higher risk of COVID-19; the circuit won't reinstate Alabama's ban on … Continue reading →

Political Wire: David Wasserman: “It is absolutely imperative that every news outlet prepare viewers for the reality that unprecedented partisan polarization of early/Election Day votes makes lopsided batches of results expected, not suspicious, on 11/3.”Jonathan Bernstein: “I think that’s the best … Continue reading →

WSJ: With only three weeks until Election Day, many states are already seeing historic levels of early voting as people cast their ballots through the mail in the middle of a pandemic.Pennsylvania, Kentucky and Virginia have already received more early … Continue reading →

Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel: Groups seeking to allow late-arriving absentee ballots to be counted in Wisconsin are taking their case to the U.S. Supreme Court.The push comes a week after an appeals court determined that none of Wisconsin’s voting laws should be changed because … Continue reading →

Cal Matters. … Continue reading →

WaPo: A dispute over how North Carolina voters should correct problems with their mail ballots remains unresolved roughly three weeks before Election Day, leaving at least 6,800 votes — including more than 3,300 ballots from people of color — in … Continue reading →