“Voters Need Safe and Sanitary In-Person Voting Options”
The latest coronavirus analysis from the Brennan Center.
Monthly Archives: April 2020
Ned Foley on Diane Rehm: “How To Conduct Elections In The Middle Of A Pandemic”
“Judge signals he will expand voting but not delay Wisconsin’s election amid coronavirus outbreak”
Journal-Sentinel:
A federal judge is signaling he will not move next week’s presidential primary but will expand people’s ability to vote — possibly by allowing them to cast ballots by mail after election day because of the coronavirus pandemic.U.S. District… Continue reading
“Loeffler reports more stock sales amid insider trading allegations”
AJC:
U.S. Sen. Kelly Loeffler’s most recent financial disclosures show that millions of dollars in stocks were sold on her behalf at the same time Congress was dealing with the impact of the coronavirus.The largest transactions — and the most… Continue reading
Wisconsin: “Gov. Tony Evers to use National Guard members to work the polls amid massive shortage of workers”
The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel reports.
“Gerrymandered by Definition: The Distortion of ‘Traditional’ Districting Principles and a Proposal for an Empirical Redefinition”
Yunsieg Kim and Jowei Chen have posted this draft on SSRN. Here is the abstract:
What are “traditional” districting criteria? The meaning of that term is critical to curbing abusive districting practices, because states must draw electoral districts according to… Continue reading
“Not an April Fools’ joke: Nation’s campaign finance watchdog is MIA as FEC endures longest period without a quorum in its history”
Sean Parnell on State Legislators’ Power to Set the Rules for Choosing Presidential Electors
Sean’s post is about limits on state legislative power in relation to NPV, but the issue goes well beyond that in this period of crisis.
No ELB April Fool’s Posts This Year
One of my great work joys will have to be on hiatus given present circumstances.