Sept. 21 UCI Event: “Are U.S. Elections Rigged, Broken or Dependable? Lessons from Canada and Australia Offer Insights for Improvement”
Very much looking forward to this event (registration link):
Category Archives: Election Meltdown
Introducing the Covid-Related Election Litigation Tracker
Great news:
A team at the Stanford-MIT Healthy Elections Project has just launched the COVID-Related Election Litigation Tracker, a free, searchable, litigation tracker to help the interested public find, sort and better understand the flood of COVID-related litigation. The… Continue reading
“How a ‘blue shift’ in U.S. mail ballots might set off Election Week chaos”
Must Read from Larry Diamond and Ned Foley: “The Terrifying Inadequacy of American Election Law; The country has narrowly averted catastrophic deadlocks over the presidential-election outcome before. We may not be so fortunate in 2020.”
Atlantic ideas piece:
In that event, who ought to be obeyed as commander in chief starting at noon on January 20: a reelected President Trump, or an Acting President Pelosi?The best time to act to avert this disaster scenario… Continue reading
Wall Street Journal Editorial Calls for States to Allow the Processing of Absentee Ballots Before Election Day
WSJ Editorial:
On election night, the electoral map might suggest a solid lead for Mr. Trump that is eroded as mail ballots are canvassed. What if Mr. Trump reprises his tweet from six days after Florida’s 2018 elections? “An honest… Continue reading
“Michigan secretary of state warns Election Day could be Election Week”
Politico:
Michigan’s secretary of state said on Sunday her state’s full results of the Nov. 3 elections won’t be available on Election Day, advising voters it could take a week for a final tally.“We should be prepared for this to… Continue reading
“Voters Face a Complicated Election as the Pandemic Remakes Voting; Mail-in voting, Covid-19, disinformation and a possibly lengthy wait for results make the 2020 election unlike others”
Important deep dive by the WSJ:
In a year of uncertainties, one thing seems certain: This November’s general election is shaping up to be one of the most complicated in U.S. history.States are racing to make changes to voting procedures… Continue reading
“Texas Matters: Election Misinformation And Voter Suppression”
I spoke with Texas Public Radio’s “Texas Matters.” Listen.
“Vote early and often? That’ll just slow down the ballot count. Most states would catch any duplicate votes. But it will strain the electoral system.”
“Russia is working to undermine confidence in voting-by-mail, DHS warns”
WaPo:
Russia is seeking “to undermine public trust in the electoral process” by spreading false claims that mail-in-ballots are riddled with fraud and susceptible to manipulation, according to a new intelligence bulletin by the Department of Homeland Security.Many of the… Continue reading
I Did a Q and A with CNN’s Paul LeBlanc on Election Night Issues and Election Legitimacy
Read it here.
“Trump’s false claims on mail-in voting do more to harm elections than threat of fraud, experts say”
“Donald Trump’s Encouragement to Vote Twice Could Cause Election Day Chaos”
I have written this piece for Slate. A snippet:
Another possible defense is that Trump was “joking” or not being serious about his comments and this was typical Trumpian hyperbole. Perhaps so, and I do not expect Trump to be… Continue reading
The Most Important Election Story You’ll Read Today: “‘Can you imagine if we’re waiting on Pennsylvania?’: State Dems scramble to avoid voting fiasco”
Politico:
With concerns about an Election Day debacle rising in this critical swing state, Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf privately convened a group of Philadelphia Democrats recently to underscore the consequences of another vote-counting fiasco like the one that took… Continue reading