Monthly Archives: February 2020
“Los Angeles County’s Seismic Voting Shift: California unveils some of the biggest election changes in its history on Super Tuesday. After the Iowa debacle, will voters in the country’s largest voting jurisdiction pay enough attention to the new way they must vote?”
Gabrielle Gurley for TAP.
Michigan: “Elections head: Issue absentee ballots within 24 hours; demand rises 63%”
Detroit News:
Michigan clerks should have been ready to mail absentee ballots to voters on Jan. 30, the state’s elections director indicated in an email to clerks on Thursday, a day after The Detroit News reported concerns about delays… Continue reading
“Should We Be Concerned About Election Security in the U.S.?”
I was on WNYC’s The Takeaway talking about Iowa and Election Meltdown.
Listen.
“Most of the Wisconsinites targeted for removal from voter rolls cast ballots in 2016”
Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel:
Many of the 232,000 Wisconsinites at the heart of a lawsuit over who should be on the state’s voting rolls are reliable voters, with nearly three-quarters of them casting ballots in the 2016 presidential election.
The frequency… Continue reading
“Benjamin Netanyahu’s election app potentially exposed data for every Israeli voter”
WaPo:
An election app in use by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s political party potentially exposed sensitive personal information for the country’s entire national voting registration of about 6.5 million citizens, according to Israeli media reports.The cellphone-based program, identified… Continue reading
“Florida man arrested after van driven through GOP voter registration tent; The Republican Party of Duval County said the driver ‘intentionally targeted’ volunteers who were registering voters.”
“How the Iowa Caucuses Became an Epic Fiasco for Democrats”
NYT deep dive:
The fragile edifice of the caucuses, which demoralized Democrats in search of a strong nominee to take on President Trump, crumbled under the weight of technology flops, lapses in planning, failed oversight by party officials, poor training,… Continue reading
“What Happens When QAnon Seeps From the Web to the Offline World”
NYT:
What began online more than two years ago as an intricate, if baseless, conspiracy theory that quickly attracted thousands of followers has since found footholds in the offline world. QAnon has surfaced in political campaigns, criminal cases, merchandising… Continue reading
Part of Trump Reelection Strategy: Depress Turnout (Per Maggie Haberman)
Haberman tweet:
Not in our story, but the president and his aides are looking to either win back or * neutralize * voters who turned out in 2018. Depressed turnout was a factor in 2016. If they can’t make Trump… Continue reading
“Iowa Democratic Party projects Pete Buttigieg the winner of the delegate race, with Bernie Sanders preparing a challenge”
WaPo:
The update from the state party reflected its review of 55 precincts, making up about 3 percent of the total 1,765. But the review involved only rectifying discrepancies between numbers reported on math worksheets completed by caucus leaders… Continue reading
“After the meltdown at the Iowa caucuses, Democrats fear a repeat in Nevada”
“Florida Voted to Give 1.4 Million Felons the Right to Vote. It Hasn’t Gone Smoothly”
WSJ:
More than a year after Florida voters approved a constitutional amendment restoring voting rights to an estimated 1.4 million people with felony convictions, widespread confusion surrounds its implementation.A law aimed at carrying out the amendment has sparked legal battles… Continue reading
“Assessing the Validity of an Election’s Result: History, Theory, and Present Threats”
Ned Foley has posted this timely draft on SSRN. Here is the abstract:
In the wake of President Trump’s acquittal in the Senate impeachment trial, the United States will need to hold a presidential election in unprecedented circumstances. Never before… Continue reading