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Monthly Archives: August 2020
President Trump Allows His Mail-in Ballot to Be Harvested
The Hill:
The Palm Beach County elections office received the completed ballots on Monday, a spokesperson for the office confirmed to The Hill.The president and the first lady’s ballots were dropped off in person instead of being returned to the… Continue reading
“Wisconsin clerks worry about November election as mail-in ballot requests grow”
Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel:
With August’s primary election behind them, clerks in Wisconsin are now starting to look with apprehension toward the November presidential election, still in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic. Though the number of voters in the August election… Continue reading
“Court struggles with felon vote in Fla., case could determine participation in November”
Pete Williams reports on the 11th Circuit en banc oral argument today.
Postmaster General Says Cutbacks Will Wait Until After the Election
Via Michelle Ye Hee Lee:
NEW –> U.S. Postmaster General Louis DeJoy announces he will halt the controversial cost-cutting initiatives until after the election, after reports of backlogs of a week or more across the country and concerns about the… Continue reading
“At least 20 states plan to sue the U.S. Postal Service over service delays, threat to election”
WaPo:
At least 20 states plan to file lawsuits this week against the U.S. Postal Service and its new postmaster, Louis DeJoy, seeking to reverse service changes that have prompted widespread reports of delays and accusations of an intentional… Continue reading
“We’ve got to vote early, in person if we can.”
“No, Wisconsin mailbox picture isn’t proof of ‘massive voter suppression'”
Roger Stone Sent Message to WikiLeaks to Release Podesta Emails Immediately in Response to Trump “Access Hollywood” Tape
As many suspected (via the Senate Report):
Some details about the day of the Access Hollywood tape/Podesta emails release: Trump campaign team heard about the tape an hour before its release. Stone told Corsi to get Assange to "drop… Continue reading
NYT and WaPo Offer Explainers on Mail In/Absentee Voting
“Bipartisan Senate report describes 2016 Trump campaign eager to accept help from foreign power”
NBC News:
In a thousand-page bipartisan report released Tuesday, the Senate Intelligence Committee said the Trump administration obstructed its investigation with “novel claims” of executive privilege. It painted a portrait of a Trump campaign eager to accept help from a… Continue reading
“Election commission orders top voting machine vendor to correct misleading claims”
Kim Zetter for Politico:
The federal Election Assistance Commission has rebuked the nation’s top voting-machine maker over marketing materials that the panel says deceptively implied the company’s voting machines are EAC-certified.The commission admonished Election Systems & Software over promotional literature… Continue reading
“Legal Loopholes Leave the U.S. Vulnerable to Election Interference; Report finds Russia, China, and other countries have spent over $300 million to influence the democratic process in countries around the world.”
Foreign Policy:
Authoritarian regimes including Russia and China have spent more than $300 million over the past decade to interfere in political processes of dozens of other countries around the world, according to a new report released Tuesday by… Continue reading
“Postal Crisis Has States Looking for Alternatives to Mail-In Ballots”
NYT:
Postal slowdowns and warnings of delayed mail-in ballots are causing election officials to rethink vote-by-mail strategies, with some states seeking to bypass the post office with ballot drop boxes, drive-through drop-offs or expanded in-person voting options, despite the coronavirus… Continue reading