Jessica Huseman: Donald Trump Jr. looked straight into a camera at the end of September as triumphant music rose in a crescendo. “The radical left are laying the groundwork to steal this election from my father,” he said. “We… Continue reading

Josh Douglas at CNN: In at least 18 cases this year, federal trial courts ruled in favor of plaintiffs and put on hold various election rules, often due to the challenges of voting during the pandemic, only to see federal… Continue reading

Reuters reports.

I spoke with Mary Harris of Slate’s “What’s Next” podcast about the state of play in the courts.

WaPo: Federal judges nominated by President Trump have largely ruled against efforts to loosen voting rules in the 2020 campaign amid the coronavirus pandemic and sided with Republicans seeking to enforce restrictions, underscoring Trump’s impact in reshaping the judiciary.An analysis… Continue reading

Guy Charles NBC oped: We turn to courts to help us address deficiencies in voting rules that are really not designed to stand up under any type of pressure, whether it is the pressure of close elections or the… Continue reading

ProPublica: As ballots began pouring in by mail after Wisconsin’s April 7 primary, local election officials became increasingly perplexed over which ones to count.A federal judge had ordered that ballots arriving as many as six days after the election should… Continue reading

L.A. Times: A Memphis, Tenn., poll worker turned away people wearing Black Lives Matter T-shirts, saying they couldn’t vote. Robocalls warned thousands of Michigan residents that mail-in voting could put their personal information in the hands of debt collectors and… Continue reading

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WaPo reports.

Nate Persily and Charles Stewart at The Monkey Cage: Americans are worried about this election. And who can blame them? Each day, a new story, whether true, false or overblown, creates fresh anxiety about mail-in voting or polling places.A battleground-state … Continue reading