Republicans in Iowa Legislature Looking to Make It Harder to Vote During the Pandemic
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Monthly Archives: June 2020
Very Bad Sign for November: “Election results in Philly are going to take even longer than expected: Half the votes still haven’t been counted”
This is exactly what I’ve been worried about:
Philadelphia election officials stopped counting mail ballots Thursday and may not start again for days, warning that the outcomes of a number of races in Tuesday’s primary won’t be known for several… Continue reading
“Is Voting Enough?”
Latest episode of Franita and Foley podcast:
In response to the Black Lives Matter protests, some are calling for people of color to “just vote.” But in a country with a history of voter suppression and disenfranchisement, is voting… Continue reading
Ohio House Passes Bill That Would Make It Harder to Vote During the Pandemic
Dayton Daily News:
The Ohio House voted 61-34 along party lines Thursday in favor of an elections bill that voting rights groups say will make casting ballots during a pandemic more difficult.House Bill 680 would block the Ohio secretary of… Continue reading
“Facebook, Twitter and Google Write Their Own Rules for Political Ads—and What You See”
“California lawmaker scrambles to fix bill to make it clear ballots won’t go to phantom voters”
The SF Chronicle reports.
“The Cybersecurity 202: Attempted hacks of Trump and Biden campaigns reveal a race to disrupt the 2020 general election”
WaPo:
It’s official: The race to hack the 2020 general election is in full swing. Iran tried to hack into Gmail accounts used by President Trump’s reelection campaign staff, the leader of Google’s threat-hunting team revealed in a tweet… Continue reading
“California D.A.s Call for Ban on Police Union Money and Endorsements in Prosecutorial Elections”
Eliahyu Kamisher reports for The Appeal:
But a ban on direct campaign contributions will have relatively little effect on the influence of police unions, said Robert Stern, a former attorney who has worked extensively on California campaign finance reform. He… Continue reading
Breaking: Tennessee State Court Holds that, Given COVID-19, State Constitution Requires Offering Any Voter The Opportunity to Vote by Absentee Ballot in Upcoming Election
You can find the opinion here. We will see if the state appeals.
One interesting aspect of the opinion is the discussion of the supposed antifraud benefits of requiring in person voting: “The court notes that voters will be… Continue reading
“Mail-in Voting May Delay US Presidential Election Results”
“Will We Actually Get to Vote in November?”
Sue Halpern in The New Yorker:
A few weeks ago, when I asked the legal scholar Rick Hasen about a scenario, then circulating, that laid out a “legal” way for the Trump Administration to bypass elections and keep Trump in… Continue reading
“Senate panel approves legislation requiring campaigns to report foreign election help”
CNN:
The Senate Intelligence Committee quietly approved on Wednesday a measure that would require presidential campaigns to report offers of foreign election influence to federal authorities, a move taken in response to Russian election interference in 2016 and one… Continue reading
“Union Impact on Voter Participation—And How to Expand It”
New report from Tova Wang at the Ash Center.
Breaking: 5th Circuit Stays Lower Court Order on Challenge to Texas Absentee Voting Rules During a Pandemic, Creating Some Bad Law Along the Way
You can read the court’s opinion by Judge Jerry Smith, along with separate concurrences by Judge Ho and Costa at this link.
The result is no surprise; see my May 19 post, Breaking: Federal District Court, in Sweeping Opinion, … Continue reading