Lawsuit to Watch If It Comes Down to Pennsylvania
Hamm v. Boockvar, a state court case attacking some PA Secretary of State curing procedures. Hearing on Wednesday.
Keep your eye on this one, and the other suit I wrote about earlier today.
Category Archives: election administration
“Nevada Supreme Court rejects Trump campaign emergency request to limit mail ballot counting in Clark County”
Nevada Independent:
The Nevada Supreme Court has denied an emergency request by President Donald Trump’s re-election campaign and the state Republican Party to immediately order Clark County election officials to stop processing mail ballots.The appeal, filed Tuesday in the state… Continue reading
Georgia: “Fulton election results delayed after pipe bursts in room with ballots”
AJC:
Fulton County’s absentee-by-mail processing operation at State Farm Arena was delayed four hours today after a water pipe burst in a room with ballots.No ballots were harmed thanks to the slant of the room, voting officials told the elections… Continue reading
So Far, Only Minor Hiccups Reported with Election Day Voting Across U.S.
NBC News rounds up the reports.
“Philadelphia prepares for ‘avalanche’ of mail-in ballots”
ABC News:
In Philadelphia, officials are estimating they could have to process more than 350,000 returned absentee ballots from the over 425,000 requested by voters.Beginning at 7 a.m. on Tuesday, officials will begin processing the ballots, organized by precinct, and… Continue reading
The list of COVID-19 election cases hits 325
Justin here. I’m tracking the litigation over election issues related to COVID-19 … and the list of cases just hit 325. (The Stanford-MIT Healthy Elections Project also has a really useful sortable database of these cases, with more info.… Continue reading
“Lingering Mail Problems Worry Voters in Final Week of Election”
“‘Tsunamis of Misinformation’ Overwhelm Local Election Officials”
NYT:
Election officials across the country are already stretched thin this year, dealing with a record number of mail-in ballots and other effects of the coronavirus pandemic. On top of that, many are battling another scourge: misinformation.
Fueled by… Continue reading
“Texas voters have to wear masks while voting despite Gov. Greg Abbott’s exemption, federal judge rules”
Texas Tribune:
Texas voters are nowrequired to wear face masks when casting ballots during the pandemic, a federal district judge ruled Tuesday, invalidating an exemption for polling places that Gov. Greg Abbott had included in his statewide mask mandate.The… Continue reading
“The Roadmap to the Official Count in an Unprecedented Election; Election officials take a series of administrative steps to ensure that the vote count — and the final election results — are accurate.”
New helpful Brennan Center resource.
“When we’ll find out election results: Here’s what we know about swing states, ballot counting and more”
WaPo:
We will probably get earlier results in states with two key traits: voters who have widely embraced early in-person or mail voting, and rules that let officials process and count mail ballots before Election Day. Arizona, Florida and… Continue reading
Pennsylvania: “Agreement reached over incorrect ballots sent to voters in Allegheny County”
WPXI:
A lawyer for Republican congressional candidates Sean Parnell and Luke Negron said an agreement has been reached over nearly 29,000 incorrect mail-in ballots sent to Allegheny County voters.The Republican candidates and the Allegheny County Board of Elections agreed… Continue reading
11th Circuit, on 2-1 Vote, Stops District Court Order Which Would Have Required Georgia to Have Paper Backups of Electronic Pollbooks and Other Emergency Procedures in Place
You can find the order (without any stated reasons) at this link.
Here is my October 11 coverage of the district court’s order.
“A Court Fight Is Brewing Over A Ballot Slip-Up Affecting 29K Pittsburgh-Area Voters”
TPM:
Republicans have gone to federal court to make it easier for them to challenge the ballots of nearly 29,000 Pittsburgh-area voters who were caught up in ballot-sending flub in recent weeks.The court fight stems from a mail vendor screw-up… Continue reading