Justice Ain’t Blind, Via Charles Stewart
Charles:
Also from the 1973 Wisconsin Blue Book. pic.twitter.com/FCO9nrqGe0— Charles Stewart III (@cstewartiii) April 12, 2020
Monthly Archives: April 2020
“Hackers hijack Zoom meeting on Milwaukee absentee ballots”
WBAY:
Hackers hijacked a Zoom conference call Sunday afternoon held by the Milwaukee Board of Election Commissioners.The call was scheduled to provide an update on guidelines related to last week’s primary election.The commission planned to discuss late-arriving absentee ballots.The… Continue reading
“Worrying about Wisconsin, While Waiting for Its Election Returns”
Ned Foley:
Now, as we await results from Wisconsin’s April 7 election (to be released starting at 4pm on Monday), we must wonder whether this election is one that fails our national commitment to genuine democracy and, if… Continue reading
“GOP pushes voting by mail — with restrictions — as Trump attacks it as ‘corrupt’”
WaPo:
The same week President Trump told the public that voting by mail is “corrupt” and “ripe for fraud,” his own party was sending a very different message to Republican voters in Pennsylvania.“Voting by mail… Continue reading
Today’s Must-Read on True the Vote: “Conservative Operatives Float Plan to Place Retired Military, Police Officers as GOP Poll Watchers on Election Day
Just wow from The Intercept:
ON ELECTION DAY in November, some polling places could be patrolled by off-duty police officers and veterans, according to a plan hatched by Republican operatives.The idea is a reprisal of once-illegal Election Day “ballot security”… Continue reading
“Voting by Mail Could Be What States Need. But Can They Pull It Off?”
“The Most Important 2020 States Already Have Vote by Mail But the battle over expanding access is only getting started.”
Ron Brownstein in The Atlantic.
John Lott Argues Against Extended Mail-in Voting By Citing Old Jimmy Carter Report and Some Anecdotes, Without Weighing Costs of Holding Only In-Person Voting During a Pandemic
John Lott’s WSJ piece is exactly what you’d expect from him: long on fear mongering and failure to grapple seriously with evidence.
I wrote about the complexity of the question, the rarity of absentee ballot fraud, and the compelling need… Continue reading
“Trump Reveals the Truth About Voter Suppression”
David Blight NYT oped:
America has a long history of attempts to restrict the right to vote to people with property, with sufficient formal education and, too often, those privileged by gender or race. Political minorities — today’s Republican… Continue reading
North Carolina Senate Democrats: “Republicans Send Wrong Message on Protecting Elections”
At Medium:
As we approach the 2020 Elections, we must also focus on protecting the underpinnings of our democracy by keeping our polling places open and safe and expanding mail-in voting options for all who request it. That should… Continue reading
David Lat and George Conway’s Oped on Wisconsin Election Court Decision Minimizes Disenfranchisement of At Least 12,000 Wisconsin Voters
From this WaPo opinion piece:
Here, there was nothing “severe” about imposing an Election Day deadline for receiving absentee ballots. That’s what states ordinarily do, and there’s nothing unreasonable or discriminatory about it — the deadline applies to… Continue reading
“Trump’s Latest Voter Fraud Misinformation”
FactCheck.Org:
President Donald Trump continues to add false and exaggerated statements to his already lengthy list of bogus voter fraud claims.There is no evidence to back up Trump’s blanket claim that “mailed ballots are corrupt.” Voting experts say the president… Continue reading
Congratulations to Nate Persily and Rick Valleley
I’m very pleased to recognize here that Nate Persily and Rick Valleley have won Guggenheim Fellowships — Nate for his project called Securing a Democratic Digital Future and Rick for Uncle Sam’s Closet: Lesbian and Gay Enfranchisement and the American… Continue reading
Supreme Court Wrongly Predicted Leaked Vote Totals in Wisconsin Voting Case
A sharp reader emails:
Note the following passage from the Supreme Court’s per curiam opinion in RNC v. DNC:
The unusual nature of the District Court’s order allowing ballots to be mailed and postmarked after election day is perhaps best… Continue reading