Monthly Archives: March 2020
“The majority-black city blocked from electing black officials”
Sam Levine for The Guardian.
“Georgia election officials approve computer recounts of paper ballots”
Bad news in the AJC:
The State Election Board voted unanimously Friday to conduct recounts of Georgia’s new paper ballots with scanning machines instead of people.The board approved an elections rule that requires recounts to rely on bar codes, despite… Continue reading
Slate Plus Bonus Podcast: “Election Meltdown: The Debrief; Dahlia Lithwick and Rick Hasen on what they’ve learned and what’s changed.”
For Slate Plus members (free two-week trial).
“The 2020 race could become the coronavirus election. Is America ready?”
The LA Times reports.
March 12 Event at Skirball: “Voter Suppression and the 2020 Election: A Threat to Our Democracy?”
You can RSVP for this event here.
I Joined Julian Zelizer for Princeton’s “Politics & Polls” Podcast Talking “Election Meltdown”
You can listen here.
“Alabama blocked a man from voting because he owed $4”
“Can America Run a Successful Election?”
Great podcast conversation with Chris Riback:
Today we continue with our check on the state of American democracy. We began with Harvard professors Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt to get an update on “How Democracies Die” and the… Continue reading
“A New Bipartisan Organization Is Recruiting Volunteers To Audit Broward County’s Elections In 2020”
WLRN:
A new nonpartisan group organizing in Broward County is looking to make sure the next round of elections goes a lot more smoothly than 2018 – with all the recounts. It’s called Citizens Audit Broward. Volunteers all… Continue reading
Michigan: “Redistricting applicants so far largely white, male, over 45”
“Like being ‘an enslaved person’: Why former prisoners are suing Pennsylvania over ‘prison gerrymandering’”
The Philadelphia Inquirer reports.