Monthly Archives: April 2020
Indiana: “Lawsuit seeks no-excuse absentee voting for general election”
Tribune-Star:
A dozen people including two members of the nonprofit Indiana Vote by Mail organization on Wednesday filed a federal class-action lawsuit against the Indiana Election Commission and Indiana Secretary of State.The lawsuits seeks to expand no-excuse absentee voting… Continue reading
Wisconsin: “Justice Daniel Kelly Will Lift Recusal In Voter Purge Case”
WPR reports.
State Supreme Court Justice Daniel Kelly announced Wednesday he would lift his recusal in a case that could purge up to 200,000 names from Wisconsin’s voter list.Kelly, who lost his bid for a 10-year term on the court… Continue reading
Is Ranked-Choice Voting Illegal?
For those looking for a break from virus-related election issues, Michael Parsons and I have posted on SSRN this article, titled The Legality of Ranked-Choice Voting. The reason for the question we address is explained in this abstract for… Continue reading
Another Lawsuit Argues Allowing Only Texas Voters at Least 65 Years Old to Vote without Excuse by Mail Violates 26th Amendment
May 6 U. Denver Event: Election Safety: A Panel Discussion
Looking forward to this:
What do elections look like during a pandemic, and what do states and the federal government need to do to ensure safe elections this fall? A panel of experts discuss the latest evidence and the… Continue reading
“Trump Can’t Postpone the Election; Congress could push it back a few weeks, but the Constitution sets the end of the term on Jan. 20.”
Derek Muller for WSJ.
Eleventh Circuit Reverses on Standing Ground District Court Decision Which Struck Down Florida Ballot Law Giving Party That Won Last Governor’s Race First Line on Ballot
Two judges reversed on standing grounds, and a third would have imposed an even stricter standing requirement.
Breaking: In Major Decision Rejecting Kris Kobach’s Claims of Massive Voter Fraud, Tenth Circuit Unanimously Holds Kansas’s Documentary Proof of Citizenship Requirement to Register to Vote Violates Constitution and Federal Law
In a major ruling, a 10th Circuit panel (consisting of 2 judges, as a third judge on the panel had passed away), a Tenth Circuit panel has held that a Kansas anti-voting law championed by former Secretary of State Kris… Continue reading
“California Republicans prepared to match Democrats on ‘ballot harvesting.’ Then came coronavirus”
Carla Marinucci for Politico:
Leaders of the embattled California Republican Party are reversing course during the Covid-19 pandemic to demand Gov. Gavin Newsom ban a voting practice they until recently endorsed.The Republican leaders vowed to boost their “ballot harvesting” efforts… Continue reading
“Congressional Stock Trading During Pandemic Diminishes Public Trust”
“‘The Nightmare Scenario’: How Coronavirus Could Make the 2020 Vote a Disaster Trump can’t cancel the presidential election. Here’s what you should really be worrying about.”
Zack Stanton does a Q and A with me for Politico Magazine.
“Two-Thirds of Americans Expect Presidential Election Will Be Disrupted by COVID-19; Sizable majority favors option of voting by mail”
Pew Research Center:
With just over six months until Election Day, two-thirds of Americans (67%) – including 80% of Democrats and Democratic-leaning independents and half of Republicans and Republican leaners – say it is very or somewhat likely that… Continue reading
“Rep. Justin Amash to seek Libertarian Party nomination for president”
Weigel:
It’s unclear whether a bid by Amash would have a greater effect on Biden or on Trump. In 2019, a Detroit News poll found Biden leading Trump in Michigan, a state that has grown more uncertain for the president,… Continue reading