They vote. A story on Chicago’s most active precinct (in 2020): the Cook County jail. (The vast majority of people housed at the jail have not yet faced trial, and are eligible to vote.)
Looks like, among other items on the menu, more tussling over Amendment 4 and voters with convictions, and more tussling over restrictions on independent voter registration groups.
Folks in many regions of the country understand the impact of weather on election day (and the reasons not to rely on just one day). Looks like it could be rough in parts of Chicago this evening.
There’s been ample publicity about the conspiracy-fueled decision in Shasta County, CA to hand-count election results (more here), and a similar truncated effort in Cochise County, AZ. (Aside from the fact that tallies will take far… Continue reading
Jefferson Public Radio:
After ditching Dominion Voting Systems in January, Shasta County still doesn’t have a clear way to conduct elections. The county’s Board of Supervisors voted on Tuesday to try hand counting every ballot.
Shasta County supervisors moved… Continue reading
Jason Marisam has posted this draft on SSRN (forthcoming, UCLA Law Review Discourse). Here is the abstract:
In 2020 and 2022, multiple Republican county canvassers refused to perform their ministerial duty to approve election returns, obstructing the official certification of… Continue reading
I’ve been a bit surprised, and disappointed, around the actions, and the coverage, about the Electronic Registration Information Center (“ERIC”) in recent weeks, but I have (perhaps, typically?) some different thoughts about the direction and the challenges.
NPR:
Ohio on Friday announced it was the latest Republican-led state to pull out of a key election partnership that has become the focal point of conspiracies on the far-right.
The Ohio secretary of state, Frank LaRose — a Republican… Continue reading
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Justin here. I’m delighted to join the roster of reflections on the 20th anniversary of the Election Law Blog. Travis and Ellen have already noted how indispensable the blog is — how indispensable it’s been from… Continue reading
Doug Chapin at Electionline:
Ed Koch, former New York City mayor (1978-1989), was famous for greeting his constituents, on street corners or in the subway, with a simple phrase: “how’m I doin’?” It was his way of reconnecting with them and asking… Continue reading
WaPo:
Republicans here, reeling from a midtermelection rout that many blamed on the influence of former president Donald Trump, respondedSaturdayby spurning the former president’s choice for state party chair — and choosing someone even more extreme.
Kristina Karamo,… Continue reading
Andrew over at Freedom to Tinker, with the kind of problem that is not going to be caught by a typical post election audit:
In the November 2020 election in Williamson County, Texas, flawed e-pollbook software resulted in voters inadvertently… Continue reading