Monthly Archives: June 2020
Eleventh Circuit Expedites Florida Felon Disenfranchisement Case; Oral Argument Likely for August
“Michigan ballot application mailings to dead people raise Republican hackles”
The Detroit News reports.
Democratic NC Governor Signs New North Carolina Voting Law
News & Observer:
Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper signed a wide-ranging elections bill into law Friday, HB 1169. It passed the N.C. General Assembly with the support of every Republican and most Democrats. In addition to its other changes… Continue reading
“The Cybersecurity 202: Reports of mail-in ballot problems, partisan rancor in Georgia primary spell trouble for November”
“Iowa Legislature adjourns after passing budget that includes new voter ID requirements”
Des Moines Register:
The Iowa Legislature adjourned its coronavirus-disrupted 2020 session Sunday after a marathon overnight debate that saw the passage of a mostly status quo budget and a controversial expansion of the state’s voter ID program.
Marc Elias… Continue reading
“Political Groups Track Protesters’ Cellphone Data”
WSJ:
The protests continuing around the country are historic displays of social action. For political operatives, the mass gatherings are also a unique opportunity to harvest data on potential voters.Advocacy and voter-registration groups are gathering a trove of data from… Continue reading
“Covid-19 Changed How We Vote. It Could Also Change Who Votes.”
NYT:
First the Covid-19 pandemic upended how people vote, forcing a huge shift to mailed-in ballots in primary elections nationwide. Now it is taking aim at who can vote — the millions of people who would ordinarily register or… Continue reading
“Trump supporters burn Michigan absentee ballot applications”
AP:
People burned letters informing them that they can vote by absentee ballot in future elections during a protest near Grand Rapids.The applications were burned Friday during an event called Operation Incinerator outside the DeltaPlex Arena in Walker. Many… Continue reading
“Trio of lawsuits challenge Minnesota absentee balloting requirements amid COVID-19”
“Activists cite tabulation flaw in mail-in ballots in Georgia”
AP:
Faulty software or poorly calibrated vote-tabulation scanners used to count mailed-in ballots in this week’s chaotic Georgia primary may have prevented thousands of votes from being counted, election officials and voting integrity activists say.The issue was identified in… Continue reading
“‘Overwhelming’: Georgia poll worker describes voting chaos”
Now Available: Revised–and More Pessimistic–Version of My Paper, Three Pathologies of American Voting Rights Illuminated by the COVID-19 Pandemic, and How to Treat and Cure Them
I have posted this draft on SSRN, which takes into account recent troubling developments in COVID-related voting cases in the Fifth Circuit, Sixth Circuit, and Texas Supreme Court. Here is the revised abstract:
The COVID-19 global pandemic, which already has… Continue reading
Bizarre Washington Examiner Article Posits Republican Fear That Democrats Will “Wield Voting Rights Like a Cudgel” After Georgia Primary Election Meltdown
Washington Examiner:
Republican insiders in Georgia are warning after a balloting meltdown in Fulton County that Democrats could wield voting rights like a cudgel, galvanizing turnout this fall to defeat President Trump in the traditionally red state.Georgia Republicans blame… Continue reading