“RELEASE: NEW ISSUE BRIEF: Speech and Its Relationship to Equality: Constitutional Values in the Digital Age”
New from David Gans and CAC.
Monthly Archives: May 2020
“The Trailer: The mail voting debate gets more confounding”
Weigel:
Since the start of the pandemic, vote-by-mail has been expanded in multiple states. The debate over that expansion has grown increasingly surreal and politically contradictory. As they ramp up their own absentee ballot programs, aimed at their base,… Continue reading
“How You Have an Election in a Crisis”
I was a guest on the McGeorge Cap Center podcast. Listen.
“Trusted Elections Network Resource Guide”
This is a very useful guide for journalists covering the 2020 elections, and includes links to relevant recommendations of our Fair Elections During a Crisis report.
“Election in a pandemic: Bipartisan election bill promised as others fight over NC’s ballot rules”
WRAL:
House leaders are close to filing a bill, with bipartisan support, changing state election rules because of the pandemic.The measure has most of what the State Board of Elections asked for two months ago when it rolled out… Continue reading
“Professor Explores Ways To Have A Fair Election In November”
I talked to KJZZ about our Fair Elections During a Crisis report.
District Court in Census Case Sanctions DOJ For Failing to Produce Relevant Documents as to Reason for Adding Citizenship Question; Declines Sanctions for Possible DOJ Officials’ Lying, Because Plaintiffs Got All the Relief They Wanted at Supreme Court
You can read the 23-page ruling here.
Two snippets:
“In other words, Defendants’ failure to produce the documents was caused by a lapse that would make a first-year litigation associate wince.”..
At the end of the day, the NGO… Continue reading
“Here’s the problem with mail-in ballots: They might not be counted. That’s especially true for younger, minority and first-time voters.”
Enrijeta Shino, Mara Suttmann-Lea and Daniel A. Smith for the Monkey Cage. … Continue reading
May 29 OSU Event: “A Bipartisan Take on Preparing for the November Elections”
Zoom registration:
At a time when concerns about the health and safety of our populace and our electoral processes have intensified, we are honored to welcome Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson and Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose… Continue reading
“Trump escalates campaign to discredit mail balloting, threatening federal funds to two battleground states”
WaPo:
President Trump on Wednesday escalated his campaign to discredit the integrity of mail balloting, threatening to “hold up” federal funding to Michigan and Nevada in response to the states’ plans to increase voting by mail to reduce the… Continue reading
“Who’s Requesting Mail Ballots in Georgia’s Upcoming Primary? Analyzing absentee ballot request data reveals significant racial, age, and party disparities.”
New Brennan Center analysis.
Michigan: “Petition signatures ruling revives hopes for 2 candidates”
Detroit News:
At least two judicial candidates who felt they were destined to be left off Michigan ballots this August for not meeting state requirements for collecting petition signatures got new life Wednesday, thanks to a U.S. District Court order.In… Continue reading
“Federal judge orders Ohio to allow state issue campaigns to collect electronic petition signatures”
Cleveland.com:
A federal judge in Cincinnati has ordered Ohio officials to allow state issue campaigns to collect the signatures needed to make the ballot electronically, granting a request from backers of two campaigns targeting the November election.Ohioans for Raising the… Continue reading
“Ohio Readies for the Covid-Russia-Trump Election”
Frank Wilkinson for Bloomberg View:
The state’s 88 county boards of election are all bipartisan, consisting of two Republicans and two Democrats, limiting the scope of partisan temptation. Its chief election officer is Republican Secretary of State Frank LaRose, an… Continue reading