Category Archives: absentee ballots
“NJ NAACP Leader Calls For Paterson Mail-In Vote to Be Canceled Amid Corruption Claims”
“Texas Voters Face Malicious Prosecutions After COVID-19 Absentee Ballot Ruling”
I have written this piece for Slate. It begins:
On Wednesday, Texas Supreme Court issued a ruling that makes a Lone Star-sized mess of the state’s law on absentee balloting and the question of whether voters who lack immunity to… Continue reading
New Lawsuit Challenges Kentucky Voting Rules During Pandemic
“Column: Trump doesn’t like mail-in voting, but it’s not his call”
Doyle McManus LAT column.
Texas Digs Itself Into a Deeper Hole on Excuses for Absentee Balloting
Why does Texas continue to try to discourage voting during the pandemic?
Texas has claimed that lack of immunity to COVID-19 is not a reason enough to vote by absentee. The technical argument is that it is not a “disability”… Continue reading
“Republican National Committee sues California to halt vote-by-mail for November general election”
CNN:
The Republican National Committee and other Republican groups have filed a lawsuit against California to stop the state from mailing absentee ballots to all voters ahead of the 2020 general election, a move that was made in response … Continue reading
Federal District Court in South Carolina Holds It Unconstitutional to Apply Witness Requirement to Absentee Ballots for June Primary in Light of COVID; Rejects Motion to Extend Deadline for Receipt of Absentee Ballots Postmarked by Election Day
You can find the district court’s opinion at this link. On the witness requirement, the district court found that South Carolina does not use the witness requirement to ferret out voter fraud and in any case there is virtually nothing… Continue reading
Montana State Court Issues Preliminary Injunction Barring the Enforcement of Montana Law Limiting Third Party Collection of Absentee Ballots and Requiring Mail Ballots Be Received by Election Day
You can find the 17-page opinion here. Among other things the court found that the limit on third party collection of ballots would suppress voter turnout of Native Americans.
This is one of the Marc Elias lawsuits (press release… Continue reading
“The Trailer: The mail voting debate gets more confounding”
Weigel:
Since the start of the pandemic, vote-by-mail has been expanded in multiple states. The debate over that expansion has grown increasingly surreal and politically contradictory. As they ramp up their own absentee ballot programs, aimed at their base,… Continue reading
“Trump escalates campaign to discredit mail balloting, threatening federal funds to two battleground states”
WaPo:
President Trump on Wednesday escalated his campaign to discredit the integrity of mail balloting, threatening to “hold up” federal funding to Michigan and Nevada in response to the states’ plans to increase voting by mail to reduce the… Continue reading
“Who’s Requesting Mail Ballots in Georgia’s Upcoming Primary? Analyzing absentee ballot request data reveals significant racial, age, and party disparities.”
New Brennan Center analysis.
“Close Results In Paterson Vote Plagued By Fraud Claims; Over 3K Ballots Seemingly Set Aside”–One Race Has a Candidate Leading by 8 Votes
The latest from NBC New York.
“Trump’s bogus attacks on mail-in voting could hurt his supporters, too; The president is undermining democracy. He could also be undermining his own campaign.”
I have written this piece for the Washington Post. It begins:
On Wednesday morning, President Trump threatened to withhold aid from Michigan and Nevada because of purportedly illegal activity related to absentee ballots. In reality, the states are doing nothing… Continue reading